Charred Victim of Hindenburg Disaster
Charred Victim of Hindenburg Disaster
Charred Victim of Hindenburg Disaster
Charred Victim of Hindenburg Disaster

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Charred Victim of Hindenburg Disaster,

1937

ACME Newspictures, American, active 1930s–1940s
2010-46

Information

Title
Charred Victim of Hindenburg Disaster
Dates

1937

Maker
ACME Newspictures
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
sheet: 18 × 22.8 cm (7 1/16 × 9 in.) image: 16.8 × 21.5 cm (6 5/8 × 8 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of David B. Long in honor of Professor Peter C. Bunnell
Object Number
2010-46
Place Depicted

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

Inscription
Numbered in ink by unknown hand, upper left corner: 54//59
Marks/Labels/Seals
United Press Newspictures credit stamp in black in, verso center left ACME credit stamp in black ink, verso center right Typed caption affixed to verso, lower center: 392847 / CHARRED VICTIM OF HINDENBURG DISTASTER. / THE STILL SMOULDERING BODY OF ONE OF THE / VICTIMS OF THE ILL-FATED DIRIVIBLE HINDENBURG / CAN BE SEEN ON THE REAR OF A TRUCK, ONE OF / THE NUMEROUS VEHICLES WHICH WRE PRESSED INTO / SERVICE TO REMOVE DEAD AND INJURED FROM THE / SCENE AT LAKEHURST, N.J. WHERE THE GERMAN / AIR QUEEN EXPLODED AND BURNED AS SHE WAS / ABOUT TO MOOR TO HER MAST. (EDITORS WATCH WIRE) / CREDIT (COPYRIGHT 1937 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, deaths, photojournalism, trucks

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