Original 1947 Associated Press Wire Photo showing the smoldering wreckage of a United Airlines DC-4 transport after it crashed in a dense wooded area near Port Deposit, Maryland, on May 30, 1947. The printed AP caption states that 48 passengers and 4 crew members were killed in the disaster, one of the worst commercial airline crashes in the United States at the time. The original AP caption is printed directly on the photograph. Photo measures approximately 9 × 6¼ inches. This photograph came from the archive of a Pittsburgh area newspaper. Please see photos.
