At Dirigible Inquiry
At Dirigible Inquiry
At Dirigible Inquiry
At Dirigible Inquiry

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At Dirigible Inquiry,

1937

ACME Newspictures, American, active 1930s–1940s
2010-50

Information

Title
At Dirigible Inquiry
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
2010-50
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] 42//59
Marks/Labels/Seals
ACME credit stamp in faint blue ink, verso center Typed caption affixed to verso, lower center: P 393339 / AT DIRIGIBLE INQUIRY / MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF INVESTIGATION OF THE / DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE ARE PICTURED EXAMINGING / THE WRECKAGE OF THE ZEPPELIN “HINDENBURG”, AT / LAKEHURST, N.J., MAY 10TH, FOLLOWING THE SESSION / THERE AT WHICH THEY HEARD COMMANDER CHARLES E. / ROSENDAHL, UNITED STATES NAVAL AIR CORPS, AND / F.W. VON [crossed out] MEISTER, VICE PRESIDENT OF THE / AMERICAN ZEPPELIN TRANSPORT COMPANY TESTIFY AS / TO THEIR OPINIONS ON WHAT CAUSED THE GIANT CRAFT / TO BURST INTO FLAMES AT THE TIME WHEN IT WAS / BEING LANDED. / CREDIT LINE (ACME) 5//10//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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