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Five story fall. Daniel Apila, 30, plummets toward street today after plunging from fifth-floor fire escape in New York

DOWNEY Jack
Tribune Newspaper

Wirephoto published in the Tribune newspaper in 1960. Purchased by David Hurn from MMG Photo Archives.

Full title: Five story fall. Daniel Apila, 30, plummets toward street today after plunging from fifth-floor fire escape in New York. He survived but suffered critical injuries. Apila ignored pleas from police, telling them, "I've done something shameful... I must die."

The photograph is accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity signed by the librarian of the Baltimore Sun Archives Paul M McCardell.

(We are not able to provide an image for this item at this time. This is either due to copyright restrictions, or because the item is awaiting digitisation. We apologise for any inconvenience.)

Collection Area

Art

Item Number

NMW A 57448

Creation/Production

DOWNEY Jack
Tribune Newspaper

Acquisition

Gift, 25/4/2017
Donated by David Hurn, 2017

Measurements

h(cm) image size:20.8
h(cm)
w(cm) image size:16.9
w(cm)
h(cm) paper size:21.8
w(cm) paper size:20.6

Techniques

Wirephoto

Material

Newsprint

Location

In store

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