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Hearses carrying the bodies of Will Rogers and pilot Wiley Post after they arrived by plane, Los Angeles, 1935

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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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