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Title
Hearses carrying the bodies of Will Rogers and pilot Wiley Post after they arrived by plane, Los Angeles, 1935
Date Created and/or Issued
August 19, 1935
1935-08-19
Publication Information
Los Angeles Times
Contributing Institution
UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection
Los Angeles Times Photographic Archives
Rights Information
US
Description
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
Hearses outside at an airplane hangar carrying the bodies of Will Rogers and pilot Wiley Post after they arrived by plane, with several police men providing security.
Handwritten on negative: Hearses bearing Roger's and Post's Bodies, 8/19/1935.
Text from negative sleeve: Hearses bearing Rogers & Post's bodies. 8/20/1835. 1619. NITRATE. Aug. 27, 1935, 1 neg.
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_0027
ark:/21198/zz002d96zg
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
People
Transportation
Post, Wiley, 1898-1935
Rogers, Will, 1879-1935
Source
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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