Memorial service for victims of the Hindenburg disaster, held on May 11, 1937 at Pier 86 in New York City.
Pier 86 was the Hamburg-Amerika Line pier in 1937; today it is the home of the USS Intrepid Museum.
Memorial service for victims of the Hindenburg disaster, held on May 11, 1937 at Pier 86 in New York City.
Pier 86 was the Hamburg-Amerika Line pier in 1937; today it is the home of the USS Intrepid Museum.
I also only see one american flag.. bizarre!
Actually, there’s only one American flag among the coffins. Moritz Feibusch was a German Jew who emigrated to the United States in 1897, and his coffin was included in this ceremony, draped in an American flag. I’m fairly certain that he was buried here in the States. The other coffin… Read more »
Looks like all the deaths are accounted for in this photograph, I can only make out 2 American flags too, dispersed in the middle. It just makes me think about what will happen 2 years from this picture. Zeppelins and airships united people across politics and nations…