Rainbow Plane Wreck 1921
| Description: |
Script on bottom of postcard reads, Wreck of the Rainbow Plane, Winona Lake, Ind., 8/25/21 - 1921. The crash site appears to be in a rural environmnet. A foundry would have to the back of the photographer. The waters of Winona Lake would have been 500 feet to the right. Today this area is mixed use residential and industrial.The aircraft described as a old style Curtiss had been brought to Winona in July and was painted to advertise Rainbow Records a company owned by Homer Rodeheaver. Homers half-brother Jack was on board as well as the pilot Lynn D. Merrill. The plane had taken many people for rides since its arrival. The crash occured in an area north of the Pennsylvania Railroad tracks and east of Dalton Foundries. Corn stalks can be seen at the crash site. The crash occured on Thursday, August 25, 1921. |
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| Origin: | 1921-08-25 |
| Created By: |
Hinkley |
| Source: |
http://palni.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15705coll8/id/629 |
| Collection: |
Grace College - Winona Lake Postcards |
| Copyright: |
Contact Morgan Library, Winona Lake, IN for copy and usage permissions |
| Geography: |
Winona Lake (Ind.) |
| Subjects: |
Rainbow Plane Wreck |
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