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Title: Wreckage of Western Air Express crash, Burbank, 1935
Date Created and/or Issued: September 2, 1935
1935-09-02
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.
Access to this collection is generously supported by Haynes Foundation funds.
This photograph is likely related to the article, “Air Experts Seek Cause of Smash-Up,” Los Angeles Times, 3 Sep 1935: 1.
Examiners and spectators gather around the wreckage of Western Air Express near the Burbank Airport.
Text from negative sleeve: 1950--- Western Air Express Crash (3 die) (Boeing Plane) Empire St. and Hollywood Way – Burbank 9/2/35 [stamped:] SEP 4- 1935
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_8283
ark:/21198/zz002dg4gh
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Aircraft accidents--California--Burbank
Western Air Express Corporation
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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