Passengers looking out the window, from the dining room on the Hindenburg airship, 1930s

Great view, do you smell smoke?

We are looking at a picture of happy people who soon will die.

The airship flew from March 1936 until it was destroyed by fire 14 months later on May 6, 1937, while attempting to land at Lakehurst Naval Air Station in Manchester Township, New Jersey, at the end of the first North American transatlantic journey of its second season of service. This was the last of the great airship disasters; it was preceded by the crashes of the British R38, the US airship Roma, the French Dixmude, the British R101, and the USS Akron. It had 62 flights before, before the Fateful last flight.

At first glance, I thought it was from the gateway arch in St. Louis.

About a 60% chance they lived. I think 97 people on board. 36 died. Hard to believe anyone survived.

I was gonna say the same thing! LOL

cool old pic,