Hindenburg Arrives
Hindenburg Arrives
Hindenburg Arrives
Hindenburg Arrives

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Hindenburg Arrives,

1936

ACME Newspictures, American, active 1930s–1940s
2010-32

The LZ 129 Hindenburg was an immense rigid airship (or Zeppelin) built to carry passengers across the Atlantic Ocean, linking Europe and the Americas. This early press photograph was one of the hundreds taken over the course of the Hindenburg’s service that relayed to an interested public the comings and goings of this unprecedented vehicle. Less than one year after this photograph was taken, the Hindenburg unexpectedly exploded on the same New Jersey airfield. The large number of assembled journalists captured the moment of tragedy in photographs, newsreel coverage, and radio reports. Through this documentation, the disaster reached millions across the globe, linking them in a shared, shocking experience.

Information

Title
Hindenburg Arrives
Dates

1936

Maker
ACME Newspictures
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
sheet: 18.2 × 22.8 cm (7 3/16 × 9 in.) image: 17.1 × 21.7 cm (6 3/4 × 8 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of David B. Long in honor of Professor Peter C. Bunnell
Object Number
2010-32
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] 35//59
Marks/Labels/Seals
ACME credit stamp in light blue ink, verso center ACME credit stamp in black ink, verso center United Press International Newspictures credit stamp in red ink, upper left Typed caption affixed to verso, lower center: 353333 / HINDENBURG ARRIVES / THE ZEPPELIN HINDENBURG, WITH 44 PASSENGERS / ABOARD, AND DR. HUGO ECKENER ONCE MORE IN / COMMAND, ARRIVED AT LAKEHURST, N.J., EARLY / JUNE 22ND, HAVING COMPLETED HER THIRD CROSSING / FROM GERMANY, TO THE UNITED STATES. PHOTO / SHOWS THE HUGE AIRSHIP ON THE FIELD BEFORE / BEING MOORED TO THE MAST. BUR., GERMANY / CREDIT LINE (ACME) 6//22//36
Culture
American
Type
gelatin silver prints, photographs, black-and-white photographs
Techniques
gelatin silver process
Subject
fields, men, figures (representations), photojournalism, women, zeppelins

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