Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Portrait of engineer Tom Ward and pilot Joe Crosson in the Pacific Automotive Corp hangar at the Union Air Terminal after arriving in a plane transporting the bodies of Will Rogers and Wiley Post. Crosson brought the bodies of Rogers and Post out of the wilds of Alaska to Seattle. Text from newspaper caption or a similar photograph: They Flew Plane Returning Illustrious Dead: These men flew the bodies of Will Rogers and Wiley Post into Union Air Terminal last night. Left to right they are William A. Winston, pilot; J. L. Fleming, junior pilot; T. W. Dowling, assistant superintendent of communications; Tom Ward, engineer, and Capt. Joe Crosson, hero-flyer, who brought the bodies out of Alaska. The plane also carried Col. Clarence M. Young, general manager of the Pacific Coast division of Pan American. (Los Angeles Times, "Bodies of Rogers and Post Arrive Here; "Mourning Throngs in Silent Tribute; Humorist to Lie in State Thursday; Public Memorial Rites in Bowl; Post's Remains to Be Sent to Home in East Today; Last Journey Told," 8/20/1935) Text from negative sleeve: Plane entering hanger with Post & Rogers Bodies. Hearses awaiting bodies. 8/19/35. Crowd awaiting bodies. 1619. NITRATE. Aug. 27, 1935. 4 negs.
Type
image
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b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_0046 ark:/21198/zz002d97ms
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No linguistic content
Subject
Transportation People Bob Hope Airport (Los Angeles County, Calif.) Crosson, Joe, 1903-1949 Ward, Tom Rogers, Will, 1879-1935 Post, Wiley, 1898-1935
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