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Isadore R. Edelstein, survivor of United Airlines crash at sea, Los Angeles, 1938

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Title: Isadore R. Edelstein, survivor of United Airlines crash at sea, Los Angeles, 1938
Date Created and/or Issued: December 2, 1938
1938-12-02
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 Haynes Foundation funds.
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
Isadore Edelstein, posed here with a bag in one hand and what appears to be a plane ticket in another.
Former convict Isadore R. Edelstein was one of two survivors on a United Airlines plane that crashed into the Pacific Ocean on November 30, 1938. Five others passengers on the plane died at sea while Edelstein and the pilot, Capt. Charles Baldwin, remained in the cabin and were saved. His condition for release stated that he leave the United States.
This photograph is likely related to the article, “Fate Buffets Sea Survivor,” Los Angeles Times, 4 Dec 1938: A9.
Text from negative sleeve: 15101 – Isadore K. Edelstein (air wreck survivor) United Airlines Passenger Cal. 12-2-38 [stamped:] DEC 8- 1938
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_11816
ark:/21198/zz002h8nmc
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Airplanes--American--California--Los Angeles
Edelstein, Isadore R., 1886-1952
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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