Wreck of plane showing body of pilot...

Name/Title

Wreck of plane showing body of pilot...

Entry/Object ID

2022.144.173.74

Description

[Please note: due to the sensitive nature of this photograph, scans are available only on request.] Photograph of the body of a man hanging upside down from the seat of a wrecked airplane. People can be seen in the background looking at the wreckage. Handwritten caption on the page reads, "Wreck of plane showing body of pilot. Taken after the wreck was brought to the dock at Essex by U. S. Gov't. Lighthouse Tug. Two men and one woman were in this plane when it fell into the lake. It was in the water over a month before it was located. Wreck recovered by Game Protectors in 332 ft of water in vicinity of Four Brothers Islands Lake Champlain. July 30, 1936."

Photograph Details

Subject Place

Body of Water

Lake Champlain

Region

Adirondacks, The

State/Province

New York

Country

United States of America

Made/Created

Date made

Jul 30, 1936

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Photograph, Black-and-White

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Photograph

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Graphic Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Airplanes, Accidents, Dead persons

Dimensions

Height

4-3/4 in

Width

6-1/4 in