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Order Number
00106569
Title
Edward
L
.
Doheny
funeral
Collection ID
Herald Examiner Collection
Location/Accession
HE
box
1822
Date
1935
Physical Description
1
photographic
print
:b&w
;26
x
21
cm
.
Notes
Title
supplied
by
cataloger
.
Historical Data
Edward
L
.
Doheny
was
born
on
August
10
,
1856
in
Fond
du
Lac
,
Wisconsin
.
After
high
school
, he
worked
in
mines
and
moved
to
Los
Angeles
in
1891
.
Living
in
near
poverty
,
Doheny
leased
land
and
discovered
oil
north
of
Downtown
Los
Angeles
.
Doheny
and his
partner
Charles
A.
Canfield
soon
made
a
fortune
by
drilling
in the
area
and
selling
the
oil
to
nearby
factories
and
later
by
persuading
railroads
to
switch
from
coal
to
oil
as
power
for their
trains
.
Doheny
also
became
a
pioneer
in the
Mexican
oil
industry
. In the
1920s
,
Doheny
was
indicted
in the
Teapot
Dome
Scandal
and was
charged
with
offering
a
$100,000
bribe
to
United
States
Secretary
of the
Interior
Albert
Fall
. He was
twice
acquitted
of
offering
the
bribe
, but
Fall
was
finally
convicted
of
accepting
it
.
Doheny
was a
noted
philanthropist
in
Los
Angeles
,
especially
regarding
Catholic
schools
and
charities
. He
died
on
September
8
,
1935
.
St
.
Vincent
de
Paul
Catholic
Church
was
built
in
1925
,
commisioned
and
funded
by
Edward
L
.
Doheny
.
It
was
designated
a
Historic
Cultural
Monument
in
1971
.
Description
Photograph
caption
dated
September
11
,
1935
reads
"In
magnificent
St
.
Vincent's
church
that he
built
and with
all
the
color
and
solemn
ceremony
of the
Catholic
church
,
final
tribute
was
paid
to
Edward
Lawrence
Doheny
, the
poor
Irish
boy
who
worked
himself
up
until
he
ruled
a
vast
oil
empire
. This
candid
camera
photo
shows
priests
singing
the
high
requiem
mass
by the
casket
before
the
altar
while
the
mourners
stand
in their
pews.
" The
large
altar
is
ornate
, a
crucifix
in the
center
.
Lighted
chandeliers
hang
from the
ceiling
and
candles
are
lit
on the
altar
.
St
.
Vincent
Catholic
Church
is
located
at
621
W
.
Adams
Blvd
. in
Los
Angeles
.
Subject
Doheny, Edward L.--(Edward Laurence),--1856-1935--Death and burial.
St. Vincent Catholic Church (Los Angeles, Calif.).
Funeral rites and ceremonies--California--Los Angeles.
Funeral service--California--Los Angeles.
Priests--California--Los Angeles.
Altars--California--Los Angeles.
Coffins--California--Los Angeles.
Crowds--California--Los Angeles.
Spectators--California--Los Angeles.
Architecture--California--Los Angeles--Spanish influences.
Church buildings--California--Los Angeles.
Candles.
Chandeliers.
Catholic churches--California--Los Angeles.
Interiors--California--Los Angeles.
Audiences--California--Los Angeles.
Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monuments.
Men--California--Los Angeles.
Women--California--Los Angeles.
University Park (Los Angeles, Calif.).
Los Angeles Evening Herald and Express photographs.
Herald-Examiner Collection photographs.
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.
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