[Boeing Model 40B aircraft being pulled from Willamette River]

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Identifier1987-09-22-B_image_038SourceThe Claud V. O'Callaghan Early Airmail Collection (1987-09-22-B), Box 1, Folder 6CreatorRalph Vincent PhotographyDescriptionPhotograph of Dick Gleason's Boeing Model 40B aircraft being pulled from the Willamette River, Portland, Oregon, 1932.

Inscription on verso: "Dick Gleason's plane being pulled from Willamette where it fell on take-off. (No one hurt, one woman passenger) / V.A.L. [Varney Air Lines] crashed on take off from Swan Island, Portland, Ore. / Boeing 40B."

Stamped on verso: "Ralph Vincent Photography / [address in Portland, Oregon]."
Creation Date1932SubjectVarney Air LinesAir mail serviceAircraft accidentsBoeing Model 40BPlacePortland (Or.)OregonUnited StatesExtent1 photograph : print, black and white ; 10 x 8 in.LanguageEnglishOriginal Formatphotographic printsBibliographic CitationThe Claud V. O'Callaghan Early Airmail Collection/The Museum of FlightRightsIn copyright

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