21st Nov, 2025 17:00

OstLicht Photo Auction Autumn 2025

 
  Lot 48
 

ANONYMOUS PHOTOGRAPHER
'Hindenburg' over Manhattan / New Jersey (2 prints), May 1936/37

Estimate
€800 - €1,200
 

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Lot details

Start price: € 600

Estimate: € 800–1,200

English:

Two vintage silver prints on single-weight glossy paper 20.5 x 25.4 cm / 18 x 22.7 cm, both in good condition. Agency stamps "International News" / "Associated Press", handwritten notes and newspaper text clip / caption label on the reverse.

The spectacular aerial photograph from the southern tip of Manhattan shows the dirigible "LZ 129 Hindenburg" on 6 May 1937 – a short time later, the huge airship will explode on landing in Lakehurst, New Jersey. The second photo shows the Hindenburg on 9 May 1936, a year earlier, over one of the small lakes in New Jersey before reaching the hangar at Lakehurst air station.

Deutsch:

Zwei Vintage-Silbergelatineabzüge auf dünnem, glänzendem Papier 20,5 x 25,4 cm / 18 x 22,7 cm, beide in gutem Zustand. Rückseitig jeweils Agenturstempel "International News" / "Associated Press", handschriftliche Vermerke und Zeitungsausschnitt / Agenturtext-Label.

Die spektakuläre Luftaufnahme von der Südspitze Manhattans zeigt die 'LZ 129 Hindenburg' am 6. Mai 1937 – kurze Zeit darauf explodierte das riesige Luftschiff bei der Landung in Lakehurst, New Jersey. Die zweite Aufnahme zeigt denselben Zeppelin am 9. Mai 1936, also ein Jahr zuvor, über einem der kleinen Seen in New Jersey vor Erreichen des Hangars am Luftschiffhafen Lakehurst.

Image Size: 19.7 x 24.1 cm / 16.7 x 21.5 cm

 

Auction: OstLicht Photo Auction Autumn 2025, 21st Nov, 2025

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