One of the most beautiful, and most tragic, photos of the year

A pack train climbs snowy slopes in order to retrieve bodies from a fallen airplane in the mountains of Utah.

Publication date: 1937-12-26

Size: 15.7 x 25.9 cm

Publisher: Tribune Company

Print type: grayscale

Language:

• English

Geography:

• Utah

Subject(s):

• Aircraft accidents--Utah--1930-1940
• Search & rescue operations--Utah--1930-1940

Genre(s):

• Aerial photographs
• Photographs

Type(s):

• still image
• text

Copyright(s):

• These materials are either in the public domain, according to U.S. copyright law, or permission has been obtained from rights owners. The digital version and supplementary materials are available for all educational uses worldwide.

Is part of:

• The Janet A. Ginsburg Chicago Tribune Image Collection

Source(s):

• Chicago Sunday Tribune (December 26, 1937), p. 6
• Chicago Sunday Tribune (December 26, 1937), p. 7

Format(s):

• application/pdf
• image/jpeg

Contributor(s):

• Acme Newspictures (New York, N.Y.)