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

May 6, 1937

Charles Hoff

Associated Names
Charles Hoff

Artist, American, 1905 - 1975

Associated Press

Publisher

The image shows a zeppelin explosion. A large airship is tilted and partially engulfed in flames above a tall mooring mast. Bright clouds of smoke and fire dominate the right side of the image, contrasting with the darker silhouette of the airship and the steel framework of the mast at the center. Small figures and structures are visible below, giving perspective on the scale of the zeppelin. Smoke and debris fill the foreground, with a sepia tone giving an antique quality to the scene.
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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 Number

    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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