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Giant dirigible Hindenberg crashes to ground in flames, Lakehurst, New Jersey,

Gelatin silver print

Dimensions (Sheet): 279 x 356 mm (11 x 14 in.)

Edition: Photograph taken 15 February 1937; printed from the original negative

Accession number: 1991.30.74.1

Gift of Russell G. D’Oench, Jr., 1991

Provenance / Collectors' marks: Purchased by the donor from the Associated Press

Bibliography: Image published in The Associated Press, The Instant It Happened (New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1976), pp. 46–47; see donor file for A.P. commentary.

Work Type: photograph

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• disasters
• journalism
• photojournalism
• news photographs
• fire
• New Jersey
• Northeastern United States

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