Examining Wreckage of the Hindenburg
Examining Wreckage of the Hindenburg
Examining Wreckage of the Hindenburg
Examining Wreckage of the Hindenburg

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Examining Wreckage of the Hindenburg,

1937

ACME Newspictures, American, active 1930s–1940s
2010-49

Information

Title
Examining Wreckage of the Hindenburg
Dates

1937

Maker
ACME Newspictures
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
sheet: 18 × 22.8 cm (7 1/16 × 9 in.) image: 17.2 × 21.5 cm (6 3/4 × 8 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of David B. Long in honor of Professor Peter C. Bunnell
Object Number
2010-49
Place Depicted

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

Inscription
Numbered in ink by unknown hand, upper left corner: 4//59
Marks/Labels/Seals
ACME credit stamp in faint blue ink, verso center Typed caption affixed to verso, lower center: P 394813 / EXAMINING WRECKAGE OF THE HINDENBURG / GEORGE W. LOSSOW, LEFT, WEARING HAT, AND J. E. / SOMMERS, DARK COAT, INSPECTORS OF THE DEPART- / MENT OF COMMERCE, AS THEY EXAMINED THE RUINED / [crossed out] FRAMEWORK OF THE ZEPPELIN HINDENBURG, AT / LAKEHURST, N.J., MAY 20TH, IN AN EFFORT TO FIND / TANGIBLE FACTORS TO ACCOUNT FOR THE SUDDEN BLAST / AND SUBSEQUENT FIRE THAT BROUGHT THE GIANT AIR / CRUISER TO A GRIM AND [crossed out] TRAGIC END. / CREDIT LINE (ACME) 5//20//37
Culture
American
Type
photographs, gelatin silver prints, black-and-white photographs
Techniques
gelatin silver process
Subject
figures (representations), disasters, men, photojournalism, zeppelins

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