Title from caption on object: “Terrific Explosion Sends Hindenburg Crashing to Earth”

May 6, 1937

Charles Hoff

Artist, American, 1905 - 1975

Associated Press

Publisher

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print with applied color

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Mary and Dan Solomon

  • Dimensions

    image/sheet: 27.5 × 33.6 cm (10 13/16 × 13 1/4 in.)

  • Accession

    2018.177.656

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Mary and Dan Solomon, Monarch Beach, CA; gift to NGA, 2018.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

lower right printed in image: © AP / WIREPHOTO; across bottom: (NY2S) LAKEHURST, N.J., May 6--TERRIFIC EXPLOSION SENDS HINDENBURG CRASHING TO EARTH-- Before the / hundreds of horrified spectators, the giant Zeppelin Hindenburg exploded with a terrific / roar over Lakehurst airport at the completion of a transatlantic journey from Germany late / today. This remarkable picture was taken as one of several explosions sent giant balls of / flame spurting from the descending bag. (ASSOCIATED PRESS WIREPHOTO, COPYRIGHT, 1937, BY / NEWS SYNDICATE CO., Inc.) (RH552155dns) 1937; on verso, top center printed in black ink on applied barcode inverted: BAV-904-BS; by unknown hand, top center in graphite: 10-2; top center stamped in black ink inverted: OVER; upper center stamped in purple ink: MAY 7 1937; by unknown hand, center in graphite: 8 col [crossed out] / top; center right: 8 col / City Ed; center right stamped in black ink perpendicular: HINDENBURG EXPLOSION; by unknown hand, lower center in graphite circled: 12; lower right printing notes in graphite

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