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Various [Hindenburg photograph and clipped signatures] [Decimalized .01-.02.03]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09678 Author/Creator: Various Place Written: s.l Type: Header Record Date: circa 1936 Pagination: 4 items. Order a Copy

Collection of photographs related to the Hidenburg dated ca. 1936, and three autographs of a passenger and crew member who were aboard the zeppelin when it crashed in 1937. Signatures belonged to steward Alfred Groetzinger (two clipped signatures) and passenger George Hirschfeld (one clipped signature).

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