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1937

  • Work on this object began.

1947

  • Work on this object ended.

1955

  • We acquired this object.

2016

2025

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Print, The Hindenburg Disaster

This is a Print. It is dated ca. 1942 and we acquired it in 1955. Its medium is lithograph in black ink on pale blue paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by William Franklin Mitchell and Mrs. William Franklin Mitchell.

Its dimensions are

Image: 30.4 × 35.4 cm (11 15/16 × 13 15/16 in.) Sheet: 39.7 × 49 cm (15 5/8 × 19 5/16 in.)

It is signed

Signed in graphite, lower right: James E Allen

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite, lower left: To Frank and Eleanor Mitchell / Our very best James E Allen

Cite this object as

Print, The Hindenburg Disaster; USA; lithograph in black ink on pale blue paper; Image: 30.4 × 35.4 cm (11 15/16 × 13 15/16 in.) Sheet: 39.7 × 49 cm (15 5/8 × 19 5/16 in.); 1955-111-11

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