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

Title: Isadore R. Edelstein, survivor of United Airlines crash at sea, Los Angeles, 1938
Date Created: December 2, 1938
Date: 1938-12-02
Publisher: Los Angeles Times
Language: No linguistic content
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description: This photograph is likely related to the article, “Fate Buffets Sea Survivor,” Los Angeles Times, 4 Dec 1938: A9.
Isadore Edelstein, posed here next to an airplane, prepares to leave the United States.
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.
Caption: Text from negative sleeve: 15101 – Isadore K. Edelstein (air wreck survivor) United Airlines Passenger Cal. 12-2-38 [stamped:] DEC 8- 1938

Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
Local Identifier: uclamss_1429_11815
ARK: ark:/21198/zz002h8nkv
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