Workers shown as they started to exhume the body of Mrs. Eva. Pelletier Roy in Sacred Heart cemetery, Lawrence, today. Exhumation was halted, however, just as the casket was reached, because Andover town clerk refused to give a permit to remove the body unless given such an order by the district attorney. The district attorney's office refused.

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Title:
Workers shown as they started to exhume the body of Mrs. Eva. Pelletier Roy in Sacred Heart cemetery, Lawrence, today. Exhumation was halted, however, just as the casket was reached, because Andover town clerk refused to give a permit to remove the body unless given such an order by the district attorney. The district attorney's office refused.
Description:
[Information from item housing] Graves
Date:
[ca. January 1937]
Format:
Photographs
Genre:
Photographic prints
Location:
Boston Public Library
Arts Department
Collection (local):
Boston Herald-Traveler Photo Morgue
Subjects:
Graves
Extent:
1 photograph : print ; sheet 206 x 255 mm
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/1831gm05j
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Language:
English
Notes:
Title(s) from item.
[Additional information from item] Grave Diggers Andover Exhumation
Preferred Citation:
Boston Herald-Traveler Photo Morgue, Boston Public Library
Notes (acquisition):
Gift; Boston University, College of Communication, 1977/1978.
Notes (date):
Date from item.
Identifier:
22_10_001230_0008
Barcode:
39999088103237