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Bill Schneider was a postal clerk in Rahway, New Jersey. He traveled to Lakehurst to witness the ten Hindenburg arrivals in 1936. He collected mail flown by zeppelins, and crew members often autographed his mail. Schneider developed friendships with the crew and, as an amateur photographer, often photographed them.
On Schneider's visit to Lakehurst the evening of May 6, 1937, he took a series of photographs of the approach. When Hindenburg burst into flames, his hand-held camera captured his sense of horror as his hands shook uncontrollably. |