Original Associated Press wire photo showing Rev. Charles Marhoefer administering last rites to 23-year-old Richard Padula following a tragic four-way automobile collision in Chicago on September 20, 1947. Padula and two members of his wedding party were fatally injured while returning from a wedding rehearsal the day before he was to be married. The photograph is accompanied by the original AP caption, attached separately. Overall size is approximately 7¾ × 6¼ inches. This photograph came from the archive of a Pittsburgh area newspaper. Please see photos.
