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Orphanage children at funeral mass

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Order Number	00044472
Title	Orphanage children at funeral mass
Collection ID	Herald Examiner Collection
Location/Accession	HE box 8982.
Date	1940
Physical Description	1 photograph :b&w
Description	Photo caption reads: "Clad in purest white, children of the Los Angeles Orphanage are shown when they added their pleas for the repose of the soul of Sister Cecilia at the solemn requiem high mass held July 13, 1940, in St. Vincent's Church. They were joined by a throng of others, many of whom, like these children, knew Sister Cecilia as their "Mother." She had been Mother Superior of the orphanage for many years".
Subject	Cecilia, Sister. St. Vincent Catholic Church (Los Angeles, Calif.). Orphans--California--Boyle Heights (Los Angeles). Orphanages--California--Boyle Heights (Los Angeles). Girls--Institutional care--California--Boyle Heights (Los Angeles). Funeral rites and ceremonies--California--Los Angeles. Herald-Examiner Collection photographs. Los Angeles Orphanage.
Format	Photographic prints
Reproduction Information	Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Sub-Collection Name	Los Angeles Herald Examiner Photo Collection