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| Title | Crane removing wreckage at plane crash site, Seattle, 1951 |
| Photographer | Staff Photographer
Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
| Date | 1951 |
| Caption | A four-engine B-50 bomber crashed into the Lester Apartments, 3004 Tenth Avenue South, on August 13, 1951. The accident site was on the west side of Beacon Hill, two miles north of Boeing Field. |
| Notes | Signs in image read: It's Rainier Beer in the west. Crown Hamburger.
Handwritten on sleeve: Accidents - Aviation - 50.
Date photograph was filed at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer (date of photograph and file date may differ by a month or more): August 17, 1951. |
| Subjects | Aircraft accidents--Washington (State)--Seattle
Fire fighters--Washington (State)--Seattle
Hoisting machinery--Washington (State)--Seattle |
| Places | United States--Washington (State)--Seattle
Beacon Hill (Seattle, Wash.) |
| Digital Collection | Museum of History & Industry Photograph Collection |
| Image Number | PI20247 |
| Ordering Information | To order a reproduction or to inquire about permissions contact photos@seattlehistory.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 Collection, Museum of History & Industry, Seattle; All Rights Reserved |
| Repository | Museum of History & Industry, Seattle (MOHAI) |
| Repository Collection | Seattle Post-Intelligencer Collection |
| Type | Image |
| Physical Description | 1 negative: b&w; 4 x 5 in.; dichroic fog |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned from print made from original negative as a 3000 pixel TIFF image in 8-bit grayscale, resized to 600 pixels in the longest dimension and compressed into JPEG format using Photoshop 6.0 and its JPEG quality measurement 3. |
