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| Title | Aerial view of plane crash on opening day, Seattle World's Fair, April 21, 1962 |
| Photographer | Staff photographer
Seattle Post Intelligencer |
| Date | 1962 |
| Caption | An Air Force jet that had flown over the opening day festivities of the Seattle World's Fair crashed into a residential neighborhood north of Seattle. When the engine failed at 1, 500 feet, the pilot ejected and survived. However, the plane crashed into several residences, instantly killing a couple inside one of the homes. |
| Notes | Caption information source: Becker, Paula, and Alan Stein. The future remembered: The Seattle World's Fair and its legacy. Seattle: Seattle Center Foundation, 2011. p. 78.
Date photograph was filed at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer (date of photograph and file date may differ by a month or more): April 21, 1962 |
| Subjects | Aerial photographs--Washington (State); Airplane--Accidents--Washington (State); Century 21 Exposition (1962: Seattle, Wash.) |
| Places | Mountlake Terrace (Wash.); United States—Washington (State)—Seattle |
| Digital Collection | Museum of History & Industry Photograph Collection |
| Image Number | 1986.5.86.1 |
| Ordering Information | To order a reproduction or to inquire about permissions contact photos@mohai.org or phone us at 206-324-1126. Please refer to the Image Number and provide a brief description of the photograph. |
| Credit Line | Seattle Post-Intelligencer Photograph Collection, Museum of History & Industry, Seattle; All Rights Reserved |
| Repository | Museum of History & Industry, Seattle (MOHAI). |
| Repository Collection | Seattle Post-Intelligencer Photograph Collection |
| Type | Image |
| Physical Description | 1 acetate negative: b&w; 4 x 5 in. |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned from original negative using Epson Expression 10000XL as 4350 pixel TIFF image in 16-bit grayscale, resized to 640 pixels in the longest dimension and compressed into JPEG format using Photoshop CS5, JPEG quality measurement 5. |
