San Francisco Examiner
Aviation Accident, Half Moon Bay, San Mateo County

CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Aviation Accident, Half Moon Bay, San Mateo County
  • Wreckage was hurled from point of impact (A) to (B) 150 yards away. A small group surveys the scene, (C).
Date1966, printed 1966
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage (Irregular): 12 9/16 × 8 13/16 in. (31.9 × 22.4 cm)
Sheet (Irregular): 12 9/16 × 8 13/16 in. (31.9 × 22.4 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Photography Subcommittee 2022
Object number2022.466
Non exposé

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Department
Photography
Object Type
Provenance[Winter Works on Paper, Brooklyn]; purchased by MFAH, 2022.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscribed in black pencil, verso, top left: 18” x [cut-off] // Sun 5:25
Inscribed in red, verso, upper center: 5:2 [cut-off and circled]
Stamped in black, verso, upper center right: AVIA. /ACCID/CALIF./HALF MOON BAY // SAN MATEO COUNTY
Inscribed in red, verso, upper left: w/[ pla[newspaper clipping pasted over] crash
Stamped in blue, verso, upper right: RECEIVED EXAMINER // REFERENCE LIBRARY // MAR 21 1966
Applied newspaper clipping with printed text and added inscriptions, verso, left center: [reproduction of image] // avia accid Half Moon Bay [in red pencil] MAR 20 1966 [stamped in blue] // Wreckage was hurled from point of impact (A) to (B) 150 yards away. A small // group surveys the scene, (C). // // -Examiner Photo
Inscribed in blue ink, verso, center left: [covered by newspaper clipping]

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