Name/Title
Print, PhotographicEntry/Object ID
1992.17.2EDescription
Black and white photo of the memorial service for Father Crowley on Palm Sunday [April 11] 1954.
Included with the photo is a typed note from Helen Gunn that says, "Memorial to the Padres of the Desert / Palm Sunday 1954 / Pete Osdick, Randsburg, kneeling at the cross with boy at right; Leland Abel, of Laton, reading the gospel; Father George Crowley, the Padre's brother, saying Mass and assisted by other priests; the greasewood is the one the little old Prospector asked to have placed on the cross. He brought it from the spot he last saw the Padre and the old man traveled four days to get to the memorial: walking, burrow, car, and wagon. My lilacs tied to the cross and at the base of the cross." Also a photocopy of the Thursday, April 8, 1954 newspaper running an article on the service.
Stamp on reverse says, "Victor A. Stadelman P.O. Box 159 China Lake Calif."Collection
Merritt Photo Collection