[Hindenberg over Manhattan, New York]
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[Hindenberg over Manhattan, New York]

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Photograph

Rudy Arnold

Maker
American, 1902–1966

[Hindenberg over Manhattan, New York]

1937
Gelatin silver print, printed 1988
26.2 x 34.1 cm.
Gift of The Associated Press, 1988
1988.0398.0007
Inscriptions verso-(stamped) "11 49"
(in pencil) "5"
TextOn May 6 the giant German "Pride of the Air," the zeppelin, Hindenberg, burst into flames in an attempted landing at Lakehurst, N.J., a few hours after this picture was taken as she sailed serenely
over New York City.

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