Injured in Hindenburg Crash
Injured in Hindenburg Crash
Injured in Hindenburg Crash
Injured in Hindenburg Crash

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Injured in Hindenburg Crash,

1937

ACME Newspictures, American, active 1930s–1940s
2010-45

Information

Title
Injured in Hindenburg Crash
Dates

1937

Maker
ACME Newspictures
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
sheet: 17.8 × 23.3 cm (7 × 9 3/16 in.) image: 16.6 × 21.8 cm (6 9/16 × 8 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of David B. Long in honor of Professor Peter C. Bunnell
Object Number
2010-45
Place Depicted

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

Inscription
Numbered in ink by unknown hand, upper left corner: [crossed out] 52//59 Inscribed in graphite in unknown hand, verso center left: [covered by caption] from [illegible]
Marks/Labels/Seals
Henry A. Scheafer / UPI ComPix credit stamp in red ink, verso center Unidentifiable credit stamp in light blue ink, verso center Unidentifiable credit label in black ink, verso center right Typed caption affixed to verso, lower center: [photocopy pasted over original] N 392854 / INJURED IN HINDENBURG CRASH / DAZED AND BLOODIED BY THE SHATTERING EXPLOSION / THAT WRECKED THE AIRSHIP HINDENBURG, THIS MAN AND / WOMAN PASSENGER ARE TREATED FOR FIRST AID BEFORE / BEING REMOVED TO A HOSPITAL THE DISASTER WHICH / OCCURRED AT LAKEHURST, N.J., MAY 6, AS THE ZEPP- / ELIN WAS LANDING, WAS RANKED AS THE GREATEST MIS- / HAP IN AERIAL HISTORY. / FL. / CREDIT (COPYRIGHT NEWS SYNDICATE COMPANY FROM ACME) / 5//6//37
Culture
American
Type
gelatin silver prints, black-and-white photographs, photographs
Techniques
gelatin silver process
Subject
women, blood (animal material), disasters, men, figures (representations), photojournalism

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