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The Transatlantic Zeppelins - A Golden Age of Air Travel
Transatlantic Zeppelins carried passengers in relative luxury between Germany and New York or Rio de Janeiro during the 1920s and 1930s. The airships Graf Zeppelin and Hindenburg crossed the Atlantic in two or three days, faster than contemporary...
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An Illustrated Glossary of Castle Architecture
Alure (Wall Walk) The walkway along the higher and interior part of a wall which often gives access to the higher floors of towers within the wall. Typically protected by battlements. Apse A semicircular projecting part of a building...
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Letter Carried by LZ 129 Hindenburg
A letter carried by the Zeppelin airship LZ 129 Hindenburg. The transatlantic zeppelins offered a postal service to their passengers. This letter was carried on the Hindenburg's first crossing to New York in May 1936. The postage stamps were...
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The Hindenburg Disaster
A photograph showing the fire which destroyed the Hindenburg, a German Zeppelin airship, on 6 May 1937. As the airship arrived at the Lakehurst landing ground in New Jersey it burst into flames for unknown reasons, igniting its hydrogen-filled...
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LZ 129 Hindenburg over New York
A c. 1936 photograph of the German Zeppelin airship LZ 129 Hindenburg flying over New York.
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Hindenburg Dining Room
A period photograph of the dining room of the Hindenburg, a German Zeppelin airship which was in service from 1936 to 1937. (German Federal Archives)
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Hindenburg Lounge Area
A photograph of the full-size replica of the lounge area of the Hindenburg, a German Zeppelin airship which was in service from 1936 to 1937. (Zeppelin Museum Friedrichshafen)
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Hindenburg Zeppelin Tethered
A 1937 photograph (subsequently colourised) showing the LZ 129 Hindenburg, a German Zeppelin airship which carried passengers between Europe and the Americas. The airship is shown tethered at the Lakehurst landing ground in New Jersey.
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Hindenburg Disaster - Real Footage (1937) | British Pathe
Footage of the German airship catching fire, crashing and burning to the ground: This original footage from the British Pathe archive shows impressive shots of the Hindenburg flying overhead on on Thursday, May 6, 1937, flying over its landing...
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Hitler & Hindenburg
A March 1933 photograph showing Adolf Hitler (1889-1945) and the German President Paul von Hindenburg (1847-1934). (German Federal Archives)
