Sam Tompkins recovering after accident on Mt. Jefferson
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- 1954-09-07
Part of Al Monner news negatives
Mountaineer Sam Tompkins smiles at his wife from a bed, after he injured climbing Mt. Jefferson in the Oregon Cascades. Tompkins, Ben Oman, and Robert Lee were taken to a guide station cabin in Breitenbush. William Morley Jr. was killed that same day when he fell of a precipice on Mt. Jefferson. A similar photograph was published in the Oregon Journal on Wednesday, September 8, 1954 (negative 4 of 14).
Monner, Al (Alfred Anthony), 1909-1998