1939 Press Photo Crowds See White Smoke at Vatican Square Obelisk Pope Pacelli
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Description
Crowds at the obelisk in the square before St. Peter's are shown cheering the white smoke which gave the first indication that the Sacred College of Cardinals had chosen a new Pope. The smoke rose from burning ballot papers in a small iron stove in the Sistine Chapel of the Vatican, where Cardinal Pacelli was elected to the Papacy.
