Name/Title
Oneidon Delta Phi Epsilon 1941 Trophy melted in Tahoe Apartments Crash and Fire, 1973Entry/Object ID
1981.243.1Description
Acc. No. 81.243.1
Subject Category: Trophy, sorority
Date or period: 1941
Object: Trophy
Description: Remnant of trophy missing handles, was manufactured Lakewood Tudor Plate, Oneida Community. Badly scorched and the silver has been literally burned off of it. It has engraving "Delta Phi Epsilon, Delta Beta Pledges, 1941".
Size: 5 3/4 inches high.
History of Object: This is evidence that was stored in large containers at the Naval Air Station taken from the Tahoe Apartments, Central Avenue, which was destroyed after being struck by a naval jet plane. This fragment and others were kept there for seven years. Physical appearance of the trophy gives one the impression of the intensity of the heat and impact of the plane crash. The donor stated that it was fused to the wing of the plane when found.
Acquired from: Lou Baca
Date: August 8, 1981Interpretative Labels
Label
3/17/2020 MvL: current label:
MOLTEN TROPHY
Found among the debris of the Tahoe
Apartments on Central Ave. that were
destroyed by a US Navy training jet from
Lemoore NAS en route to Sacramento.
Including the pilot, eleven people were
killed that day, on Feb. 8th, 1973.
