Huey Long is assassinated

Photograph shows people amassing on the Louisiana state house lawn at the funeral of Huey Long, a senator who was assassinated by Dr. Carl A. Weiss Jr., who was then slain by Long's bodyguard.

Publication date: 1935-12-29

Size: 24.5 x 13 cm

Publisher: Tribune Company

Print type: sepia

Language:

• English

Geography:

• Baton Rouge (La.)

Temporal: 1935-09-10

Subject(s):

• Funeral processions--Louisiana--Baton Rouge--1930-1940
• Long, Huey Pierce, 1893-1935--Death & burial--Louisiana--Baton Rouge

Genre(s):

• News photographs
• 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 (December 29, 1935), p. 5

Format(s):

• application/pdf
• image/jpeg

Contributor(s):

• Acme Newspictures (New York, N.Y.)