Funeral of Will Rogers at Forest Lawn, Glendale, 1935

Description: A similar photograph appears in the Los Angeles Times, 8/23/1935, with the caption: "World Pays Solemn Homage to Will Rogers in Final Rites at Forest Lawn; Thousands, in silent reverence, filed past the bier where Will Rogers lay beneath a flag of flowers to pay him final honor."
Funeral of Will Rogers at Forest Lawn withan honor guard of 4 enlisted men from the Seventeenth Attack Group, of General Headquarters, First Wing, March Field, attending the casket (there were 8 in the honor guard, 4 visible here). The guard was changed every half hour. The casket is draped with a floral American flag, with a column of mourners passing behind a rope barrier.
Caption: Text from negative sleeve: Will Rogers Funeral, 8/22/35. 1619 NITRATE, 1 of 2. Aug. 27, 1935, 9 negs.
Handwritten on negative: Will Rogers Funeral 8-22

Genre: cellulose nitrate film
news photographs
Names: Forest Lawn--Glendale (Cemetery : Glendale, Calif.)
Rogers, Will, 1879-1935
Location: Glendale (Calif.)
Resource type: still image
Subjects: Events
People
Funeral rites & ceremonies--California--Glendale
Culture

Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
Local Identifier: uclamss_1429_0013
ARK: ark:/21198/zz002d96g7
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