Murray Becker
The Hindenburg Explosion

ArtistAmerican, 1909–1986
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • The Hindenburg Explosion
DateMay 6, 1937
PlaceLakehurst, New Jersey, United States
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 8 1/8 × 6 3/8 in. (20.6 × 16.3 cm)
Sheet: 9 1/8 × 7 in. (23.2 × 17.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of Anne Wilkes Tucker
Object number2010.1908
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Special Collections
Object Type
Provenance[Charles Schwartz Ltd., New York]; purchased by Anne Wilkes Tucker, Houston, February 2004; given to MFAH, 2010.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Marked in pencil on verso lower right: CS 7750
Copyright stamped on verso - smudged.

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