Moments Before Death Plunge
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Photograph
Moments Before Death Plunge
December 30, 1966
Gelatin silver print
Image: 6 5/8 × 8 9/16 in. (16.8 × 21.8 cm)
Gift of Vincent S. Jones
1976.0354.0002
Inscriptions Typed in black ink on applied paper: C 3096\ CBS- TELEVISION PHOTO FROM THE ASSOCIATED PRESS\ CAUTION: USE CREDIT\ MOMENTS BEFORE DEATH PLUNGE\ A WOMAN IDENTIFIED AS ROWENA MATTHEWS, IS SILHOUETTED AGAINST THE FLAMES ROARING THROUGH HER STANDISH ARMS HOTEL ROOM, 169 COLUMBIA HEIGHTS, BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, DEC. 30. MOMENTS LATER HER CLOTHES BURST INTO FLAME AND SHE REACHED OUT TO FIREMAN, WHO ATTEMPTED TO RESCUE HER, SLIPPED FORM THE WINDOW AND PLUNGED TO HER DEATH 11 STORIES BELOW. THIS PHOTO WAS TAKEN FROM MOTION PICTURE FILM MADE BY A WCBB- TELEVISION CAMERAMAN.\ TJK225P 12/30/66 WCBC3\ NYW NYT NR STAATS HUD LON PAR S&S MEX ZZ ROM GER TOK BAIRES PR TMC NWSK
