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.

After The Rescue

A Coast Guard crew with their lifeboat on the beach at Barnegat City, New Jersey. c.1907

The California Gold Rush

In 1848 along the American River in California, James Wilson Marshall, a carpenter from New Jersey, picked up some gold nuggets from the river near where he was building a saw mill. Scenes similar to the image above soon became symbolic of the California Gold Rush.

Human Liberty Bell

Recently I was sent an e-mail with a picture of the Human Statue of Liberty. A little research on my part produced an interesting collection of human pictures photographed during World War I for the purpose of promoting the sale of War Bonds. The above photo shows 25000 soldiers and officers at Camp Dix, New Jersey in 1918.