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HINDENBURG. Aluminum alloy section of struts from the zeppelin Hindenburg, 22 x 13 x 12 inches.
4 June 2014, 13:00 EDT
New YorkSold for US$27,500 inc. premium
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HINDENBURG.
Aluminum alloy section of struts from the zeppelin Hindenburg, 22 x 13 x 12 inches. Provenance: paper label inscribed "Purchased from Eddy Miller. his Uncle- Clark Inman was part of the ground crew- Lakehurst NJ."
WITH: Oversize photograph, 15 x 21 inches, mounted on board, an Associated Press wire photo of the disaster (light rubbing).
CRASHED AND BURNED, LAKEHURST, NEW JERSEY, MAY 6, 1937: LARGE ITEM OF DEBRIS FROM HINDENBURG LZ-129. The explosion of the Hindenburg on May 6, 1937 signaled the end of hydrogen-inflated dirigibles as commercial air vehicles. This girder section, although quite large, is strikingly light. It is made of Duralumin, an age-hardenable aluminium alloy developed by Alfred Wilm. Its primary use was for airship frames and all of the great airships of the 1920s and 1930s used this material.
WITH: Oversize photograph, 15 x 21 inches, mounted on board, an Associated Press wire photo of the disaster (light rubbing).
CRASHED AND BURNED, LAKEHURST, NEW JERSEY, MAY 6, 1937: LARGE ITEM OF DEBRIS FROM HINDENBURG LZ-129. The explosion of the Hindenburg on May 6, 1937 signaled the end of hydrogen-inflated dirigibles as commercial air vehicles. This girder section, although quite large, is strikingly light. It is made of Duralumin, an age-hardenable aluminium alloy developed by Alfred Wilm. Its primary use was for airship frames and all of the great airships of the 1920s and 1930s used this material.

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