Access to this collection is generously supported by Haynes Foundation funds. Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Related to the article, "One Dead, Twelve Hurt as Plane Crashes on Peak in Blizzard: Victims Carted Down in Storm Near Newhall," Los Angeles Times, 13 Jan. 1937: 1 Rescuers gather beside the wreckage of a crashed Western Air Express plane atop a mountain near Newhall. A couple of rescuers stand in the foreground. One along the left edge and one along the right edge. The man at left looks to camera and the man at right stands with his back to camera. Between them, debris from the crash lies hidden in the mountainside brush. In the mid-ground, the fuselage of the plane stretches across the image. Its right wing extends from the plane at right. Four rescuers stand on the near side of the fuselage and converse with one another. Snow blankets the wreckage. This photograph appears in a photo spread titled, "Pictures Tell Story of Air Liner's Crash in Mountains East of Newhall," Los Angeles Times, 13 Jan. 1937: 20 Text from newspaper caption: Here is a close-up of the plane wreckage at the junction of wing and cabin showing the undergear torn away by the forced landing, but with the wings intact and the cabin proper and the fuselage damaged but little. Figures in the picture are members of the rescue party. Times photo [Los Angeles Times, 13 Jan. 1937: 20] Text from negative sleeve: 7605 1/15/37 O. W. A. & plane wreck (Mr + Mrs Martin Johnson - wild animal hunters, explorers - injured in plane wreck, Western Air Express) Jan 12 '37
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_14614 ark:/21198/zz002j87gx
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Rescue work--American--California--Newhall Transport planes--American--California--Newhall Mountains--California Aircraft accidents--California--Newhall Debris--California--Newhall Western Air Express Corporation
Source
OpenUCLA Collections Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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