Provenance

Minneapolis Journal Library. Mary and Dan Solomon, Monarch Beach, CA; gift to NGA, 2015.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

by unknown hand, upper left in black ink: Today; on verso, by unknown hand, upper left in red pencil inverted: 134 / 4H-; upper right printed in black ink perpendicular: Aviation- Hindenberg [sic].; center International News Photos copyright stamp in black ink inverted; by unknown hand, center right in graphite circled and inverted: 3; lower left printed in black ink perpendicular: ACCIDENTS-- BLIMPS-- HINDENBURG; by unknown hand, lower left in blue pencil: #3 / 29-; lower center printed in black ink on applied paper: Today marines stand guard over a mass of bare and twisted girders, only remains / of the once proud airship that flew the Atlantic and was only a few feet from its goal / when it crashed and in a few minutes was destroyed.; lower center stamped in red ink: Minneapolis Journal Library; lower center stamped in red ink: MAY 8 1937; by unknown hand, lower center in graphite: c. lead.

Wikidata ID

Q64144795