Original approximately 8⅝ x 5¾ inch 1947 Associated Press wire photo documenting the wreckage of United Air Lines Flight 521 after its failed takeoff from LaGuardia Field in New York on May 29, 1947. The image shows the damaged Douglas DC-4 beyond the runway, with lettered markers and an arrow identifying key locations around the crash scene. The original AP caption is attached along the bottom by a single piece of tape and reported 39 deaths at the time; later records list 43 fatalities and five survivors. Shows age, edge wear, surface marks, creasing, and newsroom handling. This photograph comes from the archive of a Pittsburgh-area newspaper.
