In the presence of a large crowd and delegates from 40 countries, the coronation of Pope Pius XII was held in Rome yesterday morning.
Picture shows the Sistine Chapel where the College of Cardinals met for the election.
On the roof at the left is the famous chimney connected with the stove where the ballots cast by the Cardinals are destroyed and which shows by the ko the decision of the Cardinals.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.