Martin and Osa Johnson, famous explorers and big game hunters, 1937

Item Overview

Title

Martin and Osa Johnson, famous explorers and big game hunters, 1937

Date Created

[circa January 12, 1937]

Date

1937-01-12

Publisher

Los Angeles Times

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Notes

Description

Photograph appears with the article, "Martin Johnsons Fear Perils of Civilization," Los Angeles Times, 13 Jan 1937: 7.
Even though Mr. and Mrs. Johnson have an expansive history across the continents encountering every type of ferocious animal in the heart of the jungles and the tropical heat, it is this environment that the couple have expressed they feel safest, as opposed to America, which they claimed was the most dangerous due to how civilized it is. Yesterday, flying over the Olive View Sanatorium, Mr. Johnson sustained fatal injuries from the crashed Western Air Express liner, while Osa remains in critical condition.
Stamped date not provided, date written in the upper right hand corner of negative sleeve used.
The smiling couple - Martin rests one arm around Osa.

Caption

Handwritten on negative: Mr + Mrs Martin Johnson
Text from newspaper caption: Martin and Osa, Johnson, famous explorers and big game hunters, who were injured in crash of air liner near Newhall yesterday.
Text from negative sleeve: 7605 O.W.A & plane wreck (Mr + Mrs Martin Johnson - wild animal hunters, explorers-injured in plane wreck, Western Air Express) Jan 12' 37 1/15/37

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
news photographs

Names

Johnson, Osa, 1894-1953
Johnson, Martin, 1884-1937

Location

Sylmar (Los Angeles, Calif.)

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Aircraft accidents--California--Sylmar
Explorers--American--California--Sylmar
Spouses--California--Sylmar