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AN ACTUAL PHOTO OF THE HINDENBURG DISASTER LAKEHURST, N.J., MAY 6TH, 1937

AN ACTUAL PHOTO OF THE HINDENBURG DISASTER LAKEHURST, N.J., MAY 6TH, 1937

(Rutherford, New Jersey, the United States)
about 1937
Medium/TechniqueReal photograph on card stock.
DimensionsHorizontal: 8.9 x 14 cm (3 1/2 x 5 1/2 in.)
Credit LineLeonard A. Lauder Postcard Archive—Gift of Leonard A. Lauder
Accession number2015.7424
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPostcards
ProvenanceBetween 1950 and 2015, acquired by Leonard A. Lauder, New York, from various postcard dealers in Europe and the United States; 2015, gift of Leonard A. Lauder to the MFA. (Accession Date: September 24, 2015)
WENDELL L. WILLKIE FOR PRESIDENT The Successful Business Man "Let The Job Seek The Man, And Not The Man The Job."
WENDELL L. WILLKIE FOR PRESIDENT The Successful Business Man "Let The Job Seek The Man, And Not The Man The Job."
The Garraway Company
Captain Charles A. Lindbergh accomplished the first non-stop New York to Paris flight, leaving New York, May 20th, 1927, and arriving in Paris in 33 hours, 20 minutes, traveling 3650 miles.
Captain Charles A. Lindbergh accomplished the first non-stop New York to Paris flight, leaving New York, May 20th, 1927, and arriving in Paris in 33 hours, 20 minutes, traveling 3650 miles.
The Garraway Company
1927
Captain Charles A. Lindbergh accomplished the first non-stop New York to Paris flight, leaving New York, May 20th, 1927, and arriving in Paris in 33 hours, 20 minutes, traveling 3650 miles.
Captain Charles A. Lindbergh accomplished the first non-stop New York to Paris flight, leaving New York, May 20th, 1927, and arriving in Paris in 33 hours, 20 minutes, traveling 3650 miles.
The Garraway Company
1927
Captain Charles A. Lindbergh accomplished the first non-stop New York to Paris flight, leaving New York, May 20th, 1927, and arriving in Paris in 33 hours, 20 minutes, traveling 3650 miles.
Captain Charles A. Lindbergh accomplished the first non-stop New York to Paris flight, leaving New York, May 20th, 1927, and arriving in Paris in 33 hours, 20 minutes, traveling 3650 miles.
The Garraway Company
Two men, one smoking a pipe.
Two men, one smoking a pipe.
The Recordia Photo & Gramophone Company
Makalanga Girls.
Makalanga Girls.
The Recordia Photo & Gramophone Company
AFRICA - Music and chanting is featured at weddings, funerals and important occasions.
AFRICA - Music and chanting is featured at weddings, funerals and important occasions.
Grogan Photo Company
AFRICA - Tribal musicians play a rhythmic music, pulsing with their inherent rhytham and off-key tones.
AFRICA - Tribal musicians play a rhythmic music, pulsing with their inherent rhytham and off-key tones.
Grogan Photo Company
AFRICA - African palaver.
AFRICA - African palaver.
Grogan Photo Company
AFRICA - Firing guns "to let the world know that a great man has died."
AFRICA - Firing guns "to let the world know that a great man has died."
Grogan Photo Company
AFRICA - Forerunners' drums and native chants attract a crowd very quickly. Tribal musicians are held in high regard.
AFRICA - Forerunners' drums and native chants attract a crowd very quickly. Tribal musicians are held in high regard.
Grogan Photo Company
AFRICA - The guardsmen of the chief parade through the village streets.
AFRICA - The guardsmen of the chief parade through the village streets.
Grogan Photo Company