Hindenburg Arrives Again
Hindenburg Arrives Again
Hindenburg Arrives Again
Hindenburg Arrives Again

Currently not on view

Hindenburg Arrives Again,

1936

ACME Newspictures, American, active 1930s–1940s
2010-35

Information

Title
Hindenburg Arrives Again
Dates

1936

Maker
ACME Newspictures
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
sheet: 17.8 × 23.5 cm (7 × 9 1/4 in.) image: 16.9 × 22.5 cm (6 5/8 × 8 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of David B. Long in honor of Professor Peter C. Bunnell
Object Number
2010-35
Place Depicted

North America, United States, New Jersey, Lakehurst, Naval Air Station Lakehurst

Inscription
Numbered in ink by unknown hand, upper right corner: 29//59
Marks/Labels/Seals
ACME credit stamp in light blue ink, verso center ACME credit stamp in black ink, verso center United Press International credit stamp in red ink, verso center Typed caption affixed to verso, lower center: 34[label torn] / HINDENBURG ARRIVES AGAIN. / GERMANY’S LEVIATHAN OF THE AIR – THE HINDEN- / BURG – BEING DRAWN TOWARD THE MOORING MAST BY / THE GROUND CREW UPON THE COMPLETION OF HER / SECOND PASENGER VOYAGE ACROSS THE NORTH / ATLANTIC. HER TIME THIS TRIP BECAUSE OF / SEVERAL PATCHES OF BAD WEATHER, WAS 76 HOURS / 30 MINUTES, 15 HOURS SLOWER THAN HER FIRST / WESTWARD PASSAGE. / CREDIT LINE (ACME) 5//20//36
Culture
American
Type
photographs, gelatin silver prints, black-and-white photographs
Techniques
gelatin silver process
Subject
figures (representations), rope, men, photojournalism, zeppelins

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