Western Air Express plane crash in the mountains near Olive View sanatorium that left five dead, Los Angeles, 1937

Item Overview

Title
Western Air Express plane crash in the mountains near Olive View sanatorium that left five dead, Los Angeles, 1937
Date Created
January 12, 1937
Date
1937-01-12
Publisher
Los Angeles Daily News
Language
No linguistic content
Collection
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Notes
Description
Western Air Express plane crash in the mountains near Olive View sanatorium that left five dead. Martin Johnson and James A. Braden were two of the passengers who died when the plane crashed into the Santa Clara Ridge.
Caption
Handwritten annotation from nitrate negative: Western Air Express wreck near Olive View.
Text from original nitrate sleeve: Aviation - Accidents United Airlines; Wreck near Olive View

Physical Description

Extent
1 photograph
Medium
b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre
news photographs
cellulose nitrate film
Names
Western Air Express Corporation
Location
Los Angeles (Calif.)
Resource type
still image
Subjects
Aircraft accidents--California--Los Angeles
Disaster

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University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
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