History Thru The Lens

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My interests in history and photography come together in this photoblog. Featured in this blog are historical pictures such as the above photo of the RMS Olympic and her sister ship the RMS Titanic, which would prove to be the last one of them together side by side. Hopefully all who visit will enjoy it and recommend the site to their friends.

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Friday, February 19, 2010

The Hindenburg Disaster


On May 6, 1937, the German air ship LZ129 Hindenburg was approaching the mooring station at Lakehurst Naval Air Station in Lakehurst, New Jersey when it all of a sudden burst into flames. The ship was destroyed within one minute, killing 35 of the 97 on board and 1 person on the ground. The actual cause of the accident remains unknown.

1 comment:

Dan said...

I occasionally post airship images that I think are especially striking to my blog:

http://www.airships.net/blog/tag/photography

Feel free to repost; all I ask is a link back to Airships.net

Thanks!