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[A huge catastrophic earthquake brought misery to Chile. A special airplane from Germany's Lufthansa brought over medical supplies and instruments.]

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Title
[A huge catastrophic earthquake brought misery to Chile. A special airplane from Germany's Lufthansa brought over medical supplies and instruments.]
Names
Hoffmann, Heinrich, 1885-1957 (Photographer)
Collection

Eye on the Reich : German propaganda photographs, 1939-1942

1939

Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1939
Library locations
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection
Shelf locator: PC EYE
Shelf locator: PC EYE 1939
Topics
Nazi propaganda
Seaplanes
Loading and unloading
Disaster relief
Dornier aircraft
Genres
Photographs
Notes
Content: Picture caption: "In Chile rief eine ungeheure Erdbeben-Katastrophe grosses Elend hervor. Ein Sonderflugzeug der Deutschen Lufthansa überbringt Medikamente und Instrumente."
Content: The seaplane "Seefalke" (Sea Falcon) is a Dornier 26, used to carry passengers and mail from Europe to South America. The boxes are labeled "German Red Cross".
Content: Title translates German picture caption
Source note: Grossdeutschland im Weltgeschehen. Tagesbildberichte 1940. (Berlin Joh. Kasper Co. 1942) Braeckow, Ernst, Author.
Physical Description
Gelatin silver prints
Type of Resource
Still image
Identifiers
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 7c471770-c601-012f-76a0-58d385a7bc34
Rights Statement
The copyright and related rights status of this item has been reviewed by The New York Public Library, but we were unable to make a conclusive determination as to the copyright status of the item. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use.

Item timeline of events

  • 1885: Creator Born
  • 1939: Issued
  • 1957: Creator Died
  • 2017: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "[A huge catastrophic earthquake brought misery to Chile. A special airplane from Germany's Lufthansa brought over medical supplies and instruments.]" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1939. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/ad8bf4f8-ab60-1f4b-e040-e00a18061930

Chicago/Turabian Format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "[A huge catastrophic earthquake brought misery to Chile. A special airplane from Germany's Lufthansa brought over medical supplies and instruments.]" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 3, 2024. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/ad8bf4f8-ab60-1f4b-e040-e00a18061930

APA Format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. (1939). [A huge catastrophic earthquake brought misery to Chile. A special airplane from Germany's Lufthansa brought over medical supplies and instruments.] Retrieved from https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/ad8bf4f8-ab60-1f4b-e040-e00a18061930

Wikipedia Citation

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[A huge catastrophic earthquake brought misery to Chile.  A special airplane from Germany's Lufthansa brought over medical supplies and instruments.]