[The Hindenburg hits the ground in flames in Lakehurst, N.J.] – Antique Print
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(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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A window into the past: [The Hindenburg hits the ground in flames in Lakehurst, N.J.], preserved in this historic photograph. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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[The Hindenburg hits the ground in flames in Lakehurst, N.J.]
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The fiery collapse of the German airship Hindenburg at Naval Air Station Lakehurst, New Jersey, in May 1937 is one of the most recognized disasters of the early aviation era. The giant zeppelin, filled with hydrogen, had completed a transatlantic passenger crossing and was mooring when it burst into flames and fell to the field in under a minute. More than 30 people died, and the disaster ended the public's confidence in passenger travel by rigid airships. Notice how the stern is already engulfed while the nose still hangs above the mooring mast, a moment that captured the speed of the catastrophe.
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
|---|---|
| Notes | 1937 |
| Subjects | Hindenburg (Airship)--Disasters. Airships--German--New Jersey--Lakehurst--1930-1940. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 2,823 × 3,602 px · prints to 9 × 12 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-203415 |
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