Deeply impressive ceremony was the funeral of Boelke [sic]

Scene from the funeral ceremony for Oswald Boelcke, German pilot. A German infantry squad fires a last salute over the casket. Accompanies the story "The red knight of Germany," written by Floyd Gibbons.

Publication date: 1928-01-29

Size: 12.8 x 21.9 cm

Publisher: Tribune Company

Print type: grayscale

Language:

• English

Geography:

• Cambrai (France)

Temporal: 1916

Subject(s):

• Boelcke, Oswald, 1891-1916--Death & burial--France--Cambrai--1910-1920
• Military air pilots--German--1910-1920
• Funeral processions--France--Cambrai--1910-1920
• World War, 1914-1918--Casualties--German
• Gibbons, Floyd, 1887-1939. The Red Knight of Germany; the story of Baron von Richthofen, Germany's great war bird,
• Germany. Heer. Luftstreitkräfte--People

Genre(s):

• Photographs

Type(s):

• still image
• text

Copyright(s):

• These materials are either in the public domain, according to U.S. copyright law, or permission has been obtained from rights owners. The digital version and supplementary materials are available for all educational uses worldwide.

Is part of:

• The Janet A. Ginsburg Chicago Tribune Image Collection

Source(s):

• Chicago Sunday Tribune (January 29, 1928), Rotogravure Magazine Section, p. 5

Format(s):

• application/pdf
• image/jpeg