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Display 26-July-2002 - Order a copy of this image
Use the browser [Back] button to return to your search results | | SERIES: | D7348- 5 |
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DATE: | 07-03-1938 |
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DESCRIPTION: | On Sunday July 3, 1938, Pat Birch of Tacoma crashed his American Eagle biplane after hitting a string of telephone wires at the east side of Mueller-Harkin Airport near the site of Clover Park Technical College. Birch crawled out of the cockpit and walked away from the crash with only a cut lip. (T.Times 7-4-1938 p.1) |
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IMAGETYPE: | Black & White |
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ORIGINALNEG: | 8x10" |
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NEGATIVETYPE: | Nitrate film |
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SUBJECTS: | Mueller-Harkins Airport (Lakewood); Biplanes; Airports--Tacoma--1930-1940; Aircraft accidents--Tacoma--1930-1940 |
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COLLECTION: | Richards Studio Collection |
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