[Procession for Father Damien, Priest of Molokai in Honolulu]

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Local identifier: AAF-0818
Title: [Procession for Father Damien, Priest of Molokai in Honolulu]
Date: [1936 Feb. 11]
Issuance: monographic
Associated Group: Acme Newspictures (New York, N.Y.)
Collection: San Francisco Historical Photograph Collection
Type of Resource: still image
Physical Description: 1 photographic print : b&w ; 7 x 9 in.
Form: graphic
Use and Reproduction: Permission to use this image must be obtained from the San Francisco History Center, San Francisco Public Library.
Note: Folder: S.F. Portraits-Damien, Father (Leper Priest)
Newscopy: "ACME Newspictures. San Francisco Bureau. HONOLULU HONORS 'LEPER APOSTLE' OF MOLOKAI--Military, religious and civic bodies joined in Honolulu services honoring Father Joseph Damien, the 'Leper Apostle', whose remains were flown by an airplane escort from Molokai Island to Honolulu, to start the journey toward interment and enshrinement in his native Belgium. Photo shows part of the escorting procession in Honolulu. Father Damien, a Catholic missionary, devoted his life to the Leper Colony on part of Molokai, and died in 1889 from leprosy."
"ACME Photos."
Language (code): eng
Genre: graphic
Portrait photographs.
LCSH Subjects: San Francisco (Calif.)--Photographs
Damien, Father, Saint, 1840-1889
Subject Name: Damien
1840-1889
Bibliographic Number: .b10398399
Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12352/islandora:154373