Largest Airship Destroyed
Largest Airship Destroyed
Largest Airship Destroyed
Largest Airship Destroyed

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Largest Airship Destroyed,

1937

ACME Newspictures, American, active 1930s–1940s
2010-39

Information

Title
Largest Airship Destroyed
Dates

1937

Maker
ACME Newspictures
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
sheet: 17.7 × 23.3 cm (6 15/16 × 9 3/16 in.) image: 16.9 × 22.1 cm (6 5/8 × 8 11/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of David B. Long in honor of Professor Peter C. Bunnell
Object Number
2010-39
Place Depicted

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

Marks/Labels/Seals
United Press International Newspictures credit stamp in red ink, verso top center Two United Press Newspictures credit stamps in black ink, verso left and center Copyright stamp in faint blue ink, verso center ACME credit stamp in black ink, verso center right Typed caption affixed to verso, lower center: [left side of label torn] 392836 / LARGEST AIRSHIP DESTROYED / [torn]WARD AS THE ZEPPELIN HINDENBURG / N.J., MAY 6, SPREADING FROM / [torn]ATING NEAR THE STERN OF / [torn]ING. EDITORS: WATCH WIRES / (FL) / [torn] 37 ACME NEWSPICTURES, INC.) / 5//6//37
Culture
American
Type
photographs, gelatin silver prints, black-and-white photographs
Techniques
gelatin silver process
Subject
figures (representations), disasters, flames, smoke, men, photojournalism, zeppelins

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