Will Rogers and Wiley Post

The wreckage of an airplane in Alaska. Will Rogers and Wiley Post, the only two people in the airplane when it crashed, both died instantly.

Publication date: 1935-12-29

Size: 13.5 x 21.5 cm

Publisher: Tribune Company

Print type: grayscale

Language:

• English

Geography:

• Barrow, Point (Alaska)

Temporal: 1935-08

Subject(s):

• Aircraft accidents--Alaska--Barrow, Point--1930-1940
• Post, Wiley, 1898-1935--Death & burial--Alaska--Barrow, Point
• Rogers, Will, 1879-1935--Death & burial--Alaska--Barrow, Point

Genre(s):

• 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 29, 1935), p. 4

Format(s):

• application/pdf
• image/jpeg

Contributor(s):

• Associated Press