Original 1947 Associated Press Wire Photo showing searchers examining the still-smoking wreckage of an Eastern Air Lines aircraft near Port Deposit, Maryland. The attached AP caption identifies the scene as part of the investigation into the crash that killed 53 people. The photograph captures investigators combing through debris scattered across the wooded crash site shortly after the disaster. A dramatic aviation history image documenting one of the deadliest commercial airline accidents in the United States during the 1940s. From the archive of a Pittsburgh-area newspaper. Measures approximately 8⅜" x 7¾". Displays expected age-related wear, toning, mounting remnants, and handling marks from newsroom use. Please see photos.
