Digital image of the ceremonial procession of Josephine Baker's cenotaph

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A digital, color image by D. Michael Cheers captures a procession of six French military officers carrying Josephine Baker’s ceremonial cenotaph while walking down a red carpet during Baker’s induction into France’s Pantheon mausoleum. The cenotaph is draped with a French flag. A seventh military officer is following behind the procession carrying a shadowbox display case holding Baker’s military medals. In the upper left corner, people are watching the ceremony. On the flat platforms ahead of the procession are black-and-white and color images of Josephine Baker.

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