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Item # 691046

August 17, 1935

NEW YORK TIMES, Aug. 17, 1935  

* Will Rogers & Wiley Post
* Airplane crash - deaths


The front page has a 3 column, 3 line headline: "WILL ROGERS, WILEY POST DIE IN AIRPLANE CRASH IN ALASKA; NATION SHOCKED BY TRAGEDY" with several subheads including: "10 Minute Hope Their Last" "Engine Fails on a Take-Off for Final 15 Miles to Point Barrow". Much more on pages 4 & 5 including a great full page pictorial.
Complete with 30 pages, light toning, minor spine wear, generally very nice.

Category: The 20th Century