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Men and boys examine the remains of the airplane that crashed, killing Ralph Wagner and Jack Kelder, Manhattan Beach, 1935

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Title: Men and boys examine the remains of the airplane that crashed, killing Ralph Wagner and Jack Kelder, Manhattan Beach, 1935
Date Created and/or Issued: October 27, 1935
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.
Men and boys examine the remains of the airplane that crashed and burned, killing Ralph Wagner and Jack Kelder.
Related to the article "Two Killed In Air Crash: Biplane Dives to Earth. Pilot and HIs Passenger Burned to Death in Wrecked Craft," Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 1935: A1
Text from negative sleeve: 2907. John Kelder. Plane crash victim. 10/27/35. [Stamped:] Nov 22, 1935.
Text from newspaper caption: Pilot and Passenger Killed in This Wreck: Ralph Wagner and Jack Kelder, his passenger, were burned to death in this wreckage when their plane crashed near Manhattan Beach yesterday. The flames prevented rescuers from approaching the craft, and the bodies were not recovered until after the fire had been extinguished. [Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 1935: 8]
Type: Image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_10676
ark:/21198/zz002h9rkr
Subject: Airplanes--American--California--Los Angeles
Accidents--California--Los Angeles
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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