Contact: Special Collections, Doheny Memorial Library, Libraries, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189; specol@usc.edu Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189 USC Libraries Special Collections University of Southern California specol@usc.edu
Description
12 images. Plane crash in Norwalk (Air Force and Navy planes), 1 February 1958. (Negs by Olmo) Shirley Johnson -- 18 years (sister killed in crash) Detective Sergeant Russell Strohman Billie V. Buntin (copy) (victim) general views of crash. Caption slip reads: "Photographer: Olmo. Date: 02-01. Reporter: Brown. Assignment: Plane crash. 44: Detective Sergeant Russel Strohman examines piece of plane radio which crash thru [sic] station secretary's office roof. Copy -- Billie V. Buntin. Shirley Johnson, 18, of Bering, Oregon, sister of WAF aboard plane, Peggy Johnson, 23. Some pix show unidentified priest giving last rites to victims in wrecked plane. Pix of coroners carrying out bodies of victims. Note: Develop 6 minutes".
Type
image
Format
12 photographs : negatives, b&w 13 x 10 cm. negatives (photographic) photographs
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