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  5. IMAGO International History, Hindenburg disaster in Lakehurst 1937

IMAGO International History, Hindenburg disaster in Lakehurst 1937

Jun 10, 2025

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  • Orig. caption... FIRST PICTURES OF HINDENBURG DISASTER. (BY AIR ACROSS THE ATLANTIC). First pictures of the disaster to the Hindenburg the world s largest airship, brought across the Atlantic by Dick Merrill, world famous airman. A solitary soldier guards the mass of bare and twisted metal photographed in the dawn wich followed the evening of the terrible disaster when the gigantic ship exploded and burst into flames as she neared her mooring mast at Lakehurst. This is all that remains of the once proud ship. Orig. caption... ORIGINAL PICTURE FROM THE HINDENBURG DISASTER FLIGHT ACROSS THE ATLANTIC BY DICK MERRILL. A soldier on guard in front of the remains of the air giant s skeleton. Note See also BAJ627 sites: GERMANY*;USA sp_sw x5600x Copyright: xXxXxXx THE HINDENBURG DISASTER

    Orig. caption... FIRST PICTURES OF HINDENBURG DISASTER. (BY AIR ACROSS THE ATLANTIC). First pictures of the disaster to the Hindenburg the world s largest airship, brought across the Atlantic by Dick Merrill, world famous airman. A solitary soldier guards the mass of bare and twisted metal photographed in the dawn wich followed the evening of the terrible disaster when the gigantic ship exploded and burst into flames as she neared her mooring mast at Lakehurst. This is all that remains of the once proud ship. Orig. caption... ORIGINAL PICTURE FROM THE HINDENBURG DISASTER FLIGHT ACROSS THE ATLANTIC BY DICK MERRILL. A soldier on guard in front of the remains of the air giant s skeleton. Note See also BAJ627 sites: GERMANY*;USA sp_sw x5600x Copyright: xXxXxXx THE HINDENBURG DISASTER

  • RECORD DATE NOT STATED The German Airship Hindenburg, its Rear Half Destroyed And Obscured By Smoke, With its Nose and Body in Flames and Crashing to the Ground at the Landing Site at Lakehurst, New Jersey, USA, As Silhouetted Figures Run Away from the Fire, 1937. The ...largest and most impressive of all lighter-than-aircraft. Because of Hitler s general attitude, the United States had refused to sell Germany helium for their ship. She had to make do with thousands of cubic feet of flammable hydrogen...the Hindenburg arrives after her Atlantic flight. Over the fields she cruises for three hours, while making vain attempts to bring her tail up to the level of her nose. Ballast is dropped again and again, but in vain. Then she drops her mooring ropes and, explos Copyright:BritishxPathexLtd HeritagexImagesxBritishxPathexLtdx IMAGO

    RECORD DATE NOT STATED The German Airship Hindenburg, its Rear Half Destroyed And Obscured By Smoke, With its Nose and Body in Flames and Crashing to the Ground at the Landing Site at Lakehurst, New Jersey, USA, As Silhouetted Figures Run Away from the Fire, 1937. The ...largest and most impressive of all lighter-than-aircraft. Because of Hitler s general attitude, the United States had refused to sell Germany helium for their ship. She had to make do with thousands of cubic feet of flammable hydrogen...the Hindenburg arrives after her Atlantic flight. Over the fields she cruises for three hours, while making vain attempts to bring her tail up to the level of her nose. Ballast is dropped again and again, but in vain. Then she drops her mooring ropes and, explos Copyright:BritishxPathexLtd HeritagexImagesxBritishxPathexLtdx IMAGO

  • RECORD DATE NOT STATED The German Airship, the Hindenburg, its Rear Half Destroyed And Obscured By Smoke With its Nose and Body in Flames and Crashing to the Ground at the Landing Site at Lakehurst, New Jersey, USA, 1937. The ...largest and most impressive of all lighter-than-aircraft. Because of Hitler s general attitude, the United States had refused to sell Germany helium for their ship. She had to make do with thousands of cubic feet of flammable hydrogen. The place is Lakehurst, New Jersey, where the Hindenburg arrives after her Atlantic flight. Over the fields she cruises for three hours, while making vain attempts to bring her tail up to the level of her nose. Ballast is dropped again and again, but in vain. Then she drops her mooring ropes and, explosio Copyright:BritishxPathexLtd HeritagexImagesxBritishxPathexLtdx IMAGO

    RECORD DATE NOT STATED The German Airship, the Hindenburg, its Rear Half Destroyed And Obscured By Smoke With its Nose and Body in Flames and Crashing to the Ground at the Landing Site at Lakehurst, New Jersey, USA, 1937. The ...largest and most impressive of all lighter-than-aircraft. Because of Hitler s general attitude, the United States had refused to sell Germany helium for their ship. She had to make do with thousands of cubic feet of flammable hydrogen. The place is Lakehurst, New Jersey, where the Hindenburg arrives after her Atlantic flight. Over the fields she cruises for three hours, while making vain attempts to bring her tail up to the level of her nose. Ballast is dropped again and again, but in vain. Then she drops her mooring ropes and, explosio Copyright:BritishxPathexLtd HeritagexImagesxBritishxPathexLtdx IMAGO

  • Orig caption DIRIGIELE HINDENBURG CRASHES AT LAKEHURST The German zeppelin Hindenburg as seen in this remarkable photo as it crashed to the earth in flames at Lakehurst, N J Following explosion board just as she was about to be moored to her mast Explosions sites GERMANY USA sp sw x5600x Copyright: xXxXxXx HINDENBURG

    Orig caption DIRIGIELE HINDENBURG CRASHES AT LAKEHURST The German zeppelin Hindenburg as seen in this remarkable photo as it crashed to the earth in flames at Lakehurst, N J Following explosion board just as she was about to be moored to her mast Explosions sites GERMANY USA sp sw x5600x Copyright: xXxXxXx HINDENBURG

  • Orig caption FIRST PICTURES OF HINDENBURG DISASTER BY AIR ACROSS THE ATLANTIC First pictures of the disaster to the Hindenburg the world s largest airship, brought across the Atlantic by Dick Mer Copyright: xXxXxXx THE HINDENBURG DISASTER

    Orig caption FIRST PICTURES OF HINDENBURG DISASTER BY AIR ACROSS THE ATLANTIC First pictures of the disaster to the Hindenburg the world s largest airship, brought across the Atlantic by Dick Mer Copyright: xXxXxXx THE HINDENBURG DISASTER

  • RECORD DATE NOT STATED LZ 129 Hindenburg at Frankfurt, on 14 May 1936 after its... LZ 129 Hindenburg at Frankfurt, on 14 May 1936 after its return flight to Europe from Lakehurst, New Jersey. Copyright: Copyrightx(c)Geminix2023.xCredit:xGemini 11356132

    RECORD DATE NOT STATED LZ 129 Hindenburg at Frankfurt, on 14 May 1936 after its... LZ 129 Hindenburg at Frankfurt, on 14 May 1936 after its return flight to Europe from Lakehurst, New Jersey. Copyright: Copyrightx(c)Geminix2023.xCredit:xGemini 11356132

  • RECORD DATE NOT STATED Luftschiffbau Zeppelin LZ 129 Hindenburg Luftschiffbau Zeppelin LZ 129 Hindenburg after its arrival at Lakehurst, New Jersey, 10 May 1936, following its first flight to North America from Friedrichshafen. The Hindenburg was intended to carry 50 passengers in luxury in a regularly scheduled service across the North Atlantic, however its destruction by fire while landing at Lakehurst during the early hours of 7 May 1937 effectively ended the ?golden age? of the large passenger airships witnessed during the 1930s. Date: 1936 Copyright: Copyrightx(c)Geminix2023.xCredit:xGemini 10839017

    RECORD DATE NOT STATED Luftschiffbau Zeppelin LZ 129 Hindenburg Luftschiffbau Zeppelin LZ 129 Hindenburg after its arrival at Lakehurst, New Jersey, 10 May 1936, following its first flight to North America from Friedrichshafen. The Hindenburg was intended to carry 50 passengers in luxury in a regularly scheduled service across the North Atlantic, however its destruction by fire while landing at Lakehurst during the early hours of 7 May 1937 effectively ended the ?golden age? of the large passenger airships witnessed during the 1930s. Date: 1936 Copyright: Copyrightx(c)Geminix2023.xCredit:xGemini 10839017

  • RECORD DATE NOT STATED Zeppelin LZ-129 Hindenburg The Hindenburg Exploded Whilst Landing and Was Completely Consumed by Fire in 34 Seconds, 35 of 97 Passenger Died, Carrying Swastika Logo on the Tails Date: 1937 Copyright: Copyrightx(c)Geminix2023.xCredit:xGemini 11949697

    RECORD DATE NOT STATED Zeppelin LZ-129 Hindenburg The Hindenburg Exploded Whilst Landing and Was Completely Consumed by Fire in 34 Seconds, 35 of 97 Passenger Died, Carrying Swastika Logo on the Tails Date: 1937 Copyright: Copyrightx(c)Geminix2023.xCredit:xGemini 11949697

  • RECORD DATE NOT STATED Zeppelin LZ-129 Hindenburg Zeppelin LZ-129 Hindenburg Parked with Crowds of People Around Tie-Down Ropes Date: 1930s Copyright: Copyrightx(c)Geminix2023.xCredit:xGemini 11949696

    RECORD DATE NOT STATED Zeppelin LZ-129 Hindenburg Zeppelin LZ-129 Hindenburg Parked with Crowds of People Around Tie-Down Ropes Date: 1930s Copyright: Copyrightx(c)Geminix2023.xCredit:xGemini 11949696

  • THE HINDENBURG, 1937. The German zeppelin Hindenburg exploding at Lakehurst, New Jersey, 6 May 1937. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0175048

    THE HINDENBURG, 1937. The German zeppelin Hindenburg exploding at Lakehurst, New Jersey, 6 May 1937. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0175048

  • THE HINDENBURG, 1937. The burning of the German zeppelin Hindenburg at its mooring at Lakehurst, New Jersey, on May 6, 1937, with the loss of 36 lives. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0012722

    THE HINDENBURG, 1937. The burning of the German zeppelin Hindenburg at its mooring at Lakehurst, New Jersey, on May 6, 1937, with the loss of 36 lives. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0012722

  • The Hindenburg disaster occurred on May 6, 1937, as the German passenger airship LZ 129 Hindenburg caught fire and was destroyed during its attempt to dock with its mooring mast at Naval Air Station Lakehurst in Manchester Township, New Jersey, United States, Copyright: xUnitedxArchivesx xWorldxHistoryxArchivex WHA_105_0686 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCH TZT!

    The Hindenburg disaster occurred on May 6, 1937, as the German passenger airship LZ 129 Hindenburg caught fire and was destroyed during its attempt to dock with its mooring mast at Naval Air Station Lakehurst in Manchester Township, New Jersey, United States, Copyright: xUnitedxArchivesx xWorldxHistoryxArchivex WHA_105_0686 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCH TZT!

  • USA NEW YORK 1937 05 06 The German airship Hindenburg is sighted over Manhattan in New York on its way to the approach tower Lakehurst The Hindenburg exploded and burned up in 34 seconds on approach 36 people died and 61 survived The cause of the accident could no Copyright: xPressensxBild TTx LUFTSKEPPET HINDENBURG

    USA NEW YORK 1937 05 06 The German airship Hindenburg is sighted over Manhattan in New York on its way to the approach tower Lakehurst The Hindenburg exploded and burned up in 34 seconds on approach 36 people died and 61 survived The cause of the accident could no Copyright: xPressensxBild TTx LUFTSKEPPET HINDENBURG

  • RECORD DATE NOT STATED The German airship Hindenburg blows up, Lakehurst, New Jersey, USA, 6 May 1937. Artist: Unknown Copyright:xHistoricaxGraphicaxCollection HeritagexImagesx IMAGO ,2480694 ! ACHTUNG: AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT! Copyright:HistoricaxGraphicaxCollection HeritagexImagesx IMAGO

    RECORD DATE NOT STATED The German airship Hindenburg blows up, Lakehurst, New Jersey, USA, 6 May 1937. Artist: Unknown Copyright:xHistoricaxGraphicaxCollection HeritagexImagesx IMAGO ,2480694 ! ACHTUNG: AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT! Copyright:HistoricaxGraphicaxCollection HeritagexImagesx IMAGO

  • RECORD DATE NOT STATED The Hindenburg disaster was an airship accident that occurred on May 6, 1937, in Manchester Township, New Jersey, United States. The German passenger airship LZ 129 Hindenburg caught fire and was destroyed during its attempt to dock with its mooring mast at Naval Air Station Lakehurst. The accident caused 35 fatalities from the 97 people on board and an additional fatality on the ground WorldxHistoryxArchive 917_05_wha_166_0558

    RECORD DATE NOT STATED The Hindenburg disaster was an airship accident that occurred on May 6, 1937, in Manchester Township, New Jersey, United States. The German passenger airship LZ 129 Hindenburg caught fire and was destroyed during its attempt to dock with its mooring mast at Naval Air Station Lakehurst. The accident caused 35 fatalities from the 97 people on board and an additional fatality on the ground WorldxHistoryxArchive 917_05_wha_166_0558

  • The LZ 129 Hindenburg, crashing into flames, Lakehurst, New Jersey, May 6, 1936. Courtesy Everett Collection PUBLICATIONXNOTxINxCANxCHNxFRAxITAxJPNxNORxPOLxRUSxESPxUKxUSA Copyright: xCourtesyxEverettxCollectionx HBDHIND EC004

    The LZ 129 Hindenburg, crashing into flames, Lakehurst, New Jersey, May 6, 1936. Courtesy Everett Collection PUBLICATIONXNOTxINxCANxCHNxFRAxITAxJPNxNORxPOLxRUSxESPxUKxUSA Copyright: xCourtesyxEverettxCollectionx HBDHIND EC004

  • DIRIGEABLE years 30 An actual photo of the Hindenburg disaster, Lakehurst, N J , 6 May 1937 Anonymous photograph for an american postcard Credit Collection IM KHARBINE TAPABOR KH191663

    DIRIGEABLE years 30 An actual photo of the Hindenburg disaster, Lakehurst, N J , 6 May 1937 Anonymous photograph for an american postcard Credit Collection IM KHARBINE TAPABOR KH191663

  • The airship Hindenburg the airship Hindenburg in Lakehurst, New Jersey 1936 Copyright: xPhoto12 AnnxRonanxPicturexLibraryx ARP18A30151

    The airship Hindenburg the airship Hindenburg in Lakehurst, New Jersey 1936 Copyright: xPhoto12 AnnxRonanxPicturexLibraryx ARP18A30151

  • Hindenburg disaster The Hindenburg disaster took place on Thursday, May 6, 1937, as the German passenger airship LZ 129 Hindenburg caught fire and was destroyed during its attempt to dock at Lakehurst, New Jersey, United States Copyright: xPhoto12 AnnxRonanxPicturexLibraryx ARP18A30123

    Hindenburg disaster The Hindenburg disaster took place on Thursday, May 6, 1937, as the German passenger airship LZ 129 Hindenburg caught fire and was destroyed during its attempt to dock at Lakehurst, New Jersey, United States Copyright: xPhoto12 AnnxRonanxPicturexLibraryx ARP18A30123

  • Photograph of the Hindenburg Photograph of the Hindenburg after a successful landing in Lakehurst, New Jersey. Dated 1936 Copyright: xPhoto12 AnnxRonanxPicturexLibraryx ARP18A11245

    Photograph of the Hindenburg Photograph of the Hindenburg after a successful landing in Lakehurst, New Jersey. Dated 1936 Copyright: xPhoto12 AnnxRonanxPicturexLibraryx ARP18A11245

  • First pictures of Hindenburg arrival in America . Brought to Europe by giant airship on return flight . These pictures , brought back to Europe by the Hindenburg herself on her record return flight , are the first received in London of the arrival of the world s largest airship at Lakehurst , New Jersey , after her record maiden crossing of the North Atlantic . Hindenburg crossed to America in 69 hours and completed the return flight in record time at an average speed of 78 miles an hour . The Atlantic was crossed in 29 hours 22 minutes . These pictures are taken from the Goumont British film of the airship s flight . Photo shows , mooring the giant Hindenburg to the special mast at Lakehurst , New Jersey . 14 May 1936, London United Kingdom England Copyright: Topfoto UnitedArchivesEU043966

    First pictures of Hindenburg arrival in America . Brought to Europe by giant airship on return flight . These pictures , brought back to Europe by the Hindenburg herself on her record return flight , are the first received in London of the arrival of the world s largest airship at Lakehurst , New Jersey , after her record maiden crossing of the North Atlantic . Hindenburg crossed to America in 69 hours and completed the return flight in record time at an average speed of 78 miles an hour . The Atlantic was crossed in 29 hours 22 minutes . These pictures are taken from the Goumont British film of the airship s flight . Photo shows , mooring the giant Hindenburg to the special mast at Lakehurst , New Jersey . 14 May 1936, London United Kingdom England Copyright: Topfoto UnitedArchivesEU043966

  • May 6, 2017 - FILE PHOTO - The Hindenburg disaster occurred on May 6, 1937, as the German passenger airship LZ 129 Hindenburg caught fire and was destroyed during its attempt to dock with its mooring mast at Naval Air Station Lakehurst in Manchester Township, New Jersey, United States. Of the 97 people on board (36 passengers and 61 crewmen), there were 35 fatalities (13 passengers and 22 crewmen). One worker on the ground was also killed, raising the final death toll to 36. Pictured: May 6, 1937 - German airship LZ 129 Hindenburg over New York City. New York U.S. - ZUMAz03_ 20170506_shn_z03_371 Copyright: xGermanxFederalxArchivex

    May 6, 2017 - FILE PHOTO - The Hindenburg disaster occurred on May 6, 1937, as the German passenger airship LZ 129 Hindenburg caught fire and was destroyed during its attempt to dock with its mooring mast at Naval Air Station Lakehurst in Manchester Township, New Jersey, United States. Of the 97 people on board (36 passengers and 61 crewmen), there were 35 fatalities (13 passengers and 22 crewmen). One worker on the ground was also killed, raising the final death toll to 36. Pictured: May 6, 1937 - German airship LZ 129 Hindenburg over New York City. New York U.S. - ZUMAz03_ 20170506_shn_z03_371 Copyright: xGermanxFederalxArchivex

  • May 6, 2017 - FILE PHOTO - The Hindenburg disaster occurred on May 6, 1937, as the German passenger airship LZ 129 Hindenburg caught fire and was destroyed during its attempt to dock with its mooring mast at Naval Air Station Lakehurst in Manchester Township, New Jersey, United States. Of the 97 people on board (36 passengers and 61 crewmen), there were 35 fatalities (13 passengers and 22 crewmen). One worker on the ground was also killed, raising the final death toll to 36. Pictured: Jan. 1, 1920 - Graf Zeppelin with Damaged Fin, First Airship to Cross Atlantic Ocean, Lakehurst, New Jersey, USA, Where it Arrived October 15, 1928 - ZUMAg145 20170506_shn_g145_346 Copyright: xJTxVintagex

    May 6, 2017 - FILE PHOTO - The Hindenburg disaster occurred on May 6, 1937, as the German passenger airship LZ 129 Hindenburg caught fire and was destroyed during its attempt to dock with its mooring mast at Naval Air Station Lakehurst in Manchester Township, New Jersey, United States. Of the 97 people on board (36 passengers and 61 crewmen), there were 35 fatalities (13 passengers and 22 crewmen). One worker on the ground was also killed, raising the final death toll to 36. Pictured: Jan. 1, 1920 - Graf Zeppelin with Damaged Fin, First Airship to Cross Atlantic Ocean, Lakehurst, New Jersey, USA, Where it Arrived October 15, 1928 - ZUMAg145 20170506_shn_g145_346 Copyright: xJTxVintagex

  • The Hindenburg, a large German commercial passenger-carrying rigid airship, destroyed by fire on May 6, 1937, at the end of the first North American transatlantic journey at Lakehurst Naval Air Station in Manchester Township, New Jersey, United States. WHA !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT! Copyright: WHA UnitedArchivesWHA_069_0015

    The Hindenburg, a large German commercial passenger-carrying rigid airship, destroyed by fire on May 6, 1937, at the end of the first North American transatlantic journey at Lakehurst Naval Air Station in Manchester Township, New Jersey, United States. WHA !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT! Copyright: WHA UnitedArchivesWHA_069_0015

  • The Hindenburg disaster took place on Thursday, May 6, 1937, as the German passenger airship LZ 129 Hindenburg caught fire and was destroyed during its attempt to dock at Lakehurst, New Jersey, United States WHA !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT! Copyright: WHA UnitedArchivesWHA_061_0390

    The Hindenburg disaster took place on Thursday, May 6, 1937, as the German passenger airship LZ 129 Hindenburg caught fire and was destroyed during its attempt to dock at Lakehurst, New Jersey, United States WHA !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT! Copyright: WHA UnitedArchivesWHA_061_0390

  • Photograph of the Hindenburg after a successful landing in Lakehurst, New Jersey. Dated 1936 WHA !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT! Copyright: WHA UnitedArchivesWHA_047_0465

    Photograph of the Hindenburg after a successful landing in Lakehurst, New Jersey. Dated 1936 WHA !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT! Copyright: WHA UnitedArchivesWHA_047_0465

  • May 6, 2012 - Lakehurst, New Jersey, U.S. - An original press pass from the day of the Hindenburg Airship disaster. It belonged to Arthur Cofod, a courier who was sent to the airfield to pick up photos being delivered on the airship for Life Magazine. Cofod used his own Leica camera to record the disaster and his photographs ended up being published in Life Magazine. Sunday marks the 75th anniversary of the disaster which killed 36 people. - ZUMAa97_

    May 6, 2012 - Lakehurst, New Jersey, U.S. - An original press pass from the day of the Hindenburg Airship disaster. It belonged to Arthur Cofod, a courier who was sent to the airfield to pick up photos being delivered on the airship for Life Magazine. Cofod used his own Leica camera to record the disaster and his photographs ended up being published in Life Magazine. Sunday marks the 75th anniversary of the disaster which killed 36 people. - ZUMAa97_

  • Hindenburg bursts into flames as it lands at Lakehurst, New Jersey.6th may 1937. UnitedArchives00278760

    Hindenburg bursts into flames as it lands at Lakehurst, New Jersey.6th may 1937. UnitedArchives00278760

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