Location: Burbank (Los Angeles County, Calif.) / Names: Post, Wiley, 1898-1935 - UCLA Library Digital Collections Search Results

Description:: Wiley Post standing in middle wearing eye patch talking to group of six. One man to his left wearing a Lockheed Electra shirt, Lockheed produced many planes in the 1930s. The words "NC 14246" are visible on the tail of the plane.
Date:: [circa 1934]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Description:: From left to right, Phillips Petroleum Corporation pilot, Billy Parker, and Wiley Post pose upon arrival at Union Air Terminal in Burbank. Billy Parker dons a printed suit and holds a hat by his side. Wiley Post also sports a suit and wears an eye patch. Behind them, the fuselage of an airplane stretches across the image. At center, markings on the plane read, "Phillips 77 AVIATION," "[...]TROLE[U...]," and "[...]SVILLE OKL[...]." A hangar stands in the background along the right edge.
Date:: [circa December 8, 1934]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Description:: Portrait of engineer Tom Ward and pilot Joe Crosson in the Pacific Automotive Corp hangar at the Union Air Terminal after arriving in a plane transporting the bodies of Will Rogers and Wiley Post. Crosson brought the bodies of Rogers and Post out of the wilds of Alaska to Seattle.
Date:: August 19, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Pan Amercian Airways airplane carrying the bodies of Will Rogers and Wiley Post entering the Pacific Automotive Corp hangar at Union Air Terminal. A film crew, photographer, policemen and others watch.
Date:: August 19, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Pan American Airways airplane carrying the bodies of Will Rogers and Wiley Post entering the Pacific Automotive Corp hangar at Union Air Terminal. A photographer, policemen and others watch.
Date:: August 19, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Mourners standing behind a chain lnk fence attending the arrival of the bodies of Will Rogers and Wiley Post at the Pacific Automotive Corp hangar of Union Air Terminal
Date:: August 19, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Two hearses in the Pacific Automotive Corp hangar at the Union Air Terminal ready to receive the bodies of Will Rogers and Wiley Post; 2 drivers or officials stand next to an airplane.
Date:: August 19, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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