Five persons lose lives in plane crash at Nation's Capital. Scene at Bolling Field, Washington, today shortly after a huge Army plane crashed from a 300-foot altitude claiming the lives of five people, including that of a congressman, his secretary, and a famous Army pilot. The dead are: Rep. Willia
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- Date
- 1929
- Collection
- Harris & Ewing
- Archive
- Library of Congress (via Wikimedia Commons)
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- photograph
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- 10,008 × 7,752 pixels
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"Five persons lose lives in plane crash at Nation's Capital. Scene at Bolling Field, Washington, today shortly after a huge Army plane crashed from a 300-foot altitude claiming the lives of five people, including that of a congressman, his secretary, and a famous Army pilot. The dead are: Rep. Willia" (1929). Harris & Ewing. Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Five_persons_lose_lives_in_plane_crash_at_Nation%27s_Capital._Scene_at_Bolling_Field,_Washington,_today_shortly_after_a_huge_Army_plane_crashed_from_a_300-foot_altitude_claiming_the_lives_of_LCCN2016889548.jpgNeed photos for a whole script? Add Find Any Photo to Claude and ask for this one by its id: 279166.
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