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Title
Airplane crash victim Ralph McKeown, [1930-1937?]
Date Created and/or Issued
[1930-1937?]
1930/1937
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.
Ralph McKeown, in suit and tie, and woman in coat and dress, holding hat, both standing on lawn with hill and shrubs in background
Related to Los Angeles Times article, October 19, 1937, Cashier at Air Terminal Crashes on Vacation Flight. Vacationing Ralph McKeown, 27-year-old Union Air Terminal cashier, met disaster in the air in the crash of the huge United Air Lines luxury liner in Utah. He was the only Los Angeles man aboard the ill-fated transport. … Air line employees receive a free ride each year; McKeown was taking his. …
Text from nitrate negative sleeve: 10820 - Ralph McKeown [Stamped:] Feb 21 1938
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
0289
uclamss_1429_0289
ark:/21198/zz002d9j3c
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
People
Disaster
Aircraft accidents--Utah--Wasatch National Forest
McKeown, Ralph, 1910-1937
Source
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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