2-636-858 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

German Zeppelin airship 'Hindenburg' moored at Lakehurst, New Jersey, after a transatlantic flight, c1936 (c1937). The LZ 129 'Hindenburg' was a large German commercial passenger-carrying rigid airship that flew from March 1936 until it was destroyed in a disastrous accident 14 months later on May 6, 1937. The 'Hindenburg' made 17 round trips across the Atlantic in 1936. From Wonders of World Aviation, Vol. 1, by Clarence Winchester. [The Amalgamated Press Ltd, London, c1937]