Photograph was edited for publication purposes. Photograph caption dated December 16, 1962 reads, "Flying Tiger cargo plane was flying east before crashing at Laurel Canyon Boulevard between Hart and Vose streets. After hitting signboard (black arrow) it left wreckage in area some 1200 feet long and 85 feet wide. Major portion of fuselage was embedded in ground (white arrow) before plane slammed to halt (circle). Eighty feet more and the plane would have smashed into apartment house where 100 persons, including 41 children live."
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1 photographic print :b&w ;31 x 25 cm. Photographic prints
Flying Tiger Line Aircraft accidents--California--Los Angeles Airplanes--California--Los Angeles Debris--California--Los Angeles Streets--California--North Hollywood (Los Angeles) Dwellings--California--North Hollywood (Los Angeles) Apartments--California--North Hollywood (Los Angeles) North Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.) Los Angeles Herald-Examiner photographs Herald-Examiner Collection photographs Aerial photographs
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