The Morning After
The Morning After
The Morning After
The Morning After

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The Morning After,

1937

ACME Newspictures, American, active 1930s–1940s
2010-54

Information

Title
The Morning After
Dates

1937

Maker
ACME Newspictures
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
sheet: 18 × 22.8 cm (7 1/16 × 9 in.) image: 16.6 × 21.4 cm (6 9/16 × 8 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of David B. Long in honor of Professor Peter C. Bunnell
Object Number
2010-54
Place Depicted

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

Inscription
Numbered in ink by unknown hand, lower right corner: 44//59
Marks/Labels/Seals
ACME credit stamp in red ink, verso center United Press International credit stamp in red ink, verso upper right Typed caption affixed to verso, lower center: 392863 / THE MORNING AFTER. / IN THE GRAY DAWN OF MORNING THE ONCE-PROUD QUEEN / OF THE SKIES, THE DIRIGIBLE HINDENBURG IS SEEN / FROM A PLANE CIRCLING OVERHEAD. ONLY THIS TWISTED / AND CHARRED MASS OF STEEL AND BITS OF [crossed out] OUTER / SURFACE REMAIN OF THE GREAT AIRSHIP, LYING ON THE LAKEHURST, N.J., FLYING FILED, ONLY A FEW / HUNDRED FEET FROM THE MOORING MAST. / FULL / CREDIT LINE (ACME) 5//7//37
Culture
American
Type
photographs, gelatin silver prints, black-and-white photographs
Techniques
gelatin silver process
Subject
figures (representations), disasters, fields, photojournalism, aerial photography, zeppelins

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