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Rare Photos Showing What Flying on the Zeppelin Was Like

The Hindenburg was three times longer and twice as tall as the Boeing 747. On the 6th of May 1937, the LZ129 Hindenburg caught fire and was destroyed during its attempt to dock with its mooring mast at Naval Air Station Lakehurst.

History in Full Color - Terrific!

Enjoy these moments of history brought into the present: Hindenburg Disaster 1937Japanese Archers, circa 1860 View from the Capitol in Nashville, 1864 Unemployed Lumber Worker and His Wife, circa 1939 British Troops Board Their Train for the Front, 1939 Oscar II, King of Sweden and Norway, 1880 Abraham

Finally Released: Incredibly Rare Photos of History.

performing for troops stationed in Korea, February 1954 The last known picture of Albert Einstein, taken in March, 1955 Mugshot of Joseph Stalin held by Okharna: the Tsarist Secret Police, 1911 One of the first photos that was taken inside of Hitler’s bunker (Führerbunker) in 1945 by Allied soldiers Hindenburg

21 Historical Pics That Open a Visceral Window to the Past

The Hindenburg disaster, 1937. Source 13. The world's first telephoto lens, 1900. Source 14. A Singaporean opium den. Source 15. A car accident in Washington. S ource 16. A pilot flight simulator, 1942. Source 17. Newspaper sellers taking a cigarette break, 1910. Source 18.

These Architects Didn’t Think Much About Safety

Take a look at the height of the ladders used during the construction of Hindenburg! Image source: Reddit 9. Meteora Monasteries, Greece Image source: Reddit 10. People in the 1930s let their babies hang on the side of a building in a cage! Image source: Reddit [related_articles] 11. 

Take a Look at These Photographs & Walk Back in Time...

The Hindenburg comes to a fiery end, 1937. The world's first telephoto lens, 1900. Women carry blocks of ice off of a truck, 1918. Singaporeans abuse heroin in an opium den, 1918. A man loses control of his car in Washington, 1921. A primitive flight simulator is used for practice by pilots, 1942.

It's Been 100 Years, But We've Never Forgotten...

It was the first full breach of the German Hindenburg Defense Line and a decisive Allied victory. Massed German prisoners of war at a clearing station after the successful Allied offensive near Amiens in Northern France.

Lets Open a Window to the Past...

The airship Hindenburg watches over the Berlin Olympic Stadium during the 1936 Olympics. 9. Times Square, 1945. 10. Albert Einstein, holding the Nobel Prize for Physics, meets the famous poet Rabindranath Tagore, who won the Nobel Prize for Literature, 1930. 11.

Learn 10 Amazing Facts About the World's Tallest Buildings

The Empire State Building’s spire was conceived for blimps Before disasters such as the Hindenburg disaster took place, many envisioned airships docking with the spire of the Empire State Building, but plans for the docking station were foiled when the designers realized that the strong winds at nearly