The Hindenburg Disaster (The Rarest Picture Ever Taken in History)

While the flight of the Hindenburg on May 6, 1937 was recognized to be a major media event, few would have guessed how important it would become or why. The zeppelin had already safely completed its maiden voyage from Frankfurt, Germany to New Jersey, and the photographers gathered below at Lakehurst assumed that their work would be simple routine for the morning papers. When the ship caught fire, Murray Becker was one of the photographers on-site to document the whole affair. His pictures tell a horror story and relate a tale reminding us of the dangers that come with humanity’s desire to always fly a little higher than they were intended. Only 100 edition minted, the first 3 editions a...View all