[Hermann Goering sitting in back seat of Volkswagen convertible given as a gift to Goering] – Vintage Wall Art
![[Hermann Goering sitting in back seat of Volkswagen convertible given as a gift to Goering], [1939 June 17] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/60/6046bb6ad975-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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This rare historic photograph captures [Hermann Goering sitting in back seat of Volkswagen convertible given as a gift to Goering] in remarkable detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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[Hermann Goering sitting in back seat of Volkswagen convertible given as a gift to Goering]
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Hermann Göring sits in the rear seat of an open Volkswagen convertible in this 1939 photograph, one of several images in an album documenting his activities that summer. According to the caption that accompanied the picture in the album, Reich organization leader Robert Ley and the designer Ferdinand Porsche presented the car to Göring as a gift, a detail that ties the photograph to the regime's promotion of the people's car. The record notes that its title and details come from older, unverified caption data, so the exact occasion should be read with that in mind.
| Created / published | [1939 June 17] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Genre | Portrait photographs 1930-1940.Photographic prints 1930-1940. |
| Notes | Title and other information transcribed from unverified, old caption card data with subsequent revision. In album: Hermann Göring's activities, June 13-August, 1939, Photoarchiv Generalfeldmarschall Hermann Göring, v. 33, p. 20, no. 18. In album section preceded by caption: Reichsorganisationsleiter Dr. Ley überbringt zusammen mit dem Konstrukteur Dr. Porsche den Generalfeldmarschall einen Volkswagen als Geschenk [The Reich organization leader Dr. Ley together with the design engineer Dr. Porsche deliver a Volkswagen as a gift to the general field marshal]. Hermann Göring Collection (Library of Congress). |
| Subjects | Göring, Hermann,--1893-1946. Volkswagen automobiles--1930-1940. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,070 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-106943 |
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