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Edmund Hillary conquers Mt. Everest...



Item # 700182

June 02, 1953

LOS ANGELES TIMES, June 2, 1953 

* Sir Edmund Percival Hillary & Tenzing Norgay
* Mount Everest summit reached (1st time)

* Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II

The top of the front page, above the masthead is a banner headline: "BRITONS SCALE MT. EVEREST" with subhead. (see images) Also a banner headline reads: "ELIZABETH HAILED" and more inside.
Complete 1st section only with 24 pages, some spine wear, light toning along the central fold, generally good.

Category: The 20th Century