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Great Headlines Speak For Themselves… the Hindenburg tragedy!

August 11, 2016 by The Traveler · 2 Comments 

The best headlines need no commentary. Such is the case with the NEW YORK AMERICAN, May 7, 1937: “HINDENBURG EXPLODES AT LAKEHURST; 35 DEAD“:

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