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Background imageExplosion Collection: World War II

World War II
Fine Art Storehouse Vintage Photo Art: War: World War II

Background imageExplosion Collection: Crew Members Fleeing from Burning Hindenburg Airship

Crew Members Fleeing from Burning Hindenburg Airship
(Original Caption) As Flaming Zep Settled to Earth

Background imageExplosion Collection: Burning Hindenburg Airship Hitting Ground

Burning Hindenburg Airship Hitting Ground
The German airship Hindenburg goes down in a fireball over the Lakehurst Naval Air Station in New Jersey

Background imageExplosion Collection: Hindenburg Explosion

Hindenburg Explosion
The airship Hindenburg explodes into a huge ball of fire as it comes in for a landing at Lakehurst, New Jersey. Miraculously, many of the passengers and crew aboard managed to escape unharmed

Background imageExplosion Collection: Hindenburg Explosion

Hindenburg Explosion
The German airship Hindenburg explodes on its landing approach to the Lakehurst Naval Air Station. Thirty-six of the 97 people aboard were killed

Background imageExplosion Collection: Hindenburg Disaster

Hindenburg Disaster
Smoke and flames rise from the Hindenburg, a German airship which exploded on mooring at a naval air station on May 6, 1937, killing 36 people and ending an era of transatlantic travel by airship

Background imageExplosion Collection: USS Constitution vs. HMS Guerriere by Thomas Birch

USS Constitution vs. HMS Guerriere by Thomas Birch
WAR OF 1812: THE CONSTITUTION AND THE BRITISH GUERRIERE, AUGUST 19, 1812.(ALSO SEE E.2536)

Background imageExplosion Collection: 'Buy That Invasion Bond!' Poster by R. Moore

"Buy That Invasion Bond!" Poster by R. Moore
(Original Caption) World War II Poster: Soldiers landing. "Buy That Invasion Bond."

Background imageExplosion Collection: Lithograph Depicting the Destruction of the James River Fleet

Lithograph Depicting the Destruction of the James River Fleet
On April 2, 1865, due to the advancing Northern army, James River Squadron Admiral Raphael Semmes was given the order to destroy the Confederate ironclad warships under his command

Background imageExplosion Collection: USS Constitution vs. HMS Guerriere by Thomas Birch

USS Constitution vs. HMS Guerriere by Thomas Birch
This historic painting by Thomas Birch shows the U.S.S. Constitution blasting away at the British ship Guerriere in an engagement off Nova Scotia during the war of 1812

Background imageExplosion Collection: Firefighters Hose Ruins On Railroad Tracks

Firefighters Hose Ruins On Railroad Tracks
(Original Caption) 7/30/16-Black Tom Island, Bayonne, New Jersey- The Black Tom explosion of munitions shells

Background imageExplosion Collection: Survivors of Munition Plant Explosion

Survivors of Munition Plant Explosion
(Original Caption) 7/30/1916- Black Tom, NJ: A group of people sit against a wall after an explosion rocked a munitions plant in New Jersey

Background imageExplosion Collection: Ruins Surrounded W/Snow Gen View Infield

Ruins Surrounded W/Snow Gen View Infield
(Original Caption) 12/11/17-Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada-General view of the remains of the explosion at Halifax

Background imageExplosion Collection: Wall Street Explosion with Croud

Wall Street Explosion with Croud
(Original Caption) y/16/1920-New York, NY: Wall Street explosion. General view shows the crowd and an overturned car

Background imageExplosion Collection: Bomb Explosion Imperils 40 in Tenement

Bomb Explosion Imperils 40 in Tenement
With a blast that threw the neighborhood into a panic a time bomb exploded early Monday, August 3, in the hallway of a four story dwelling in Brooklyn, New York

Background imageExplosion Collection: Fireman Outside Exploded Building

Fireman Outside Exploded Building
(Original Caption) 1/12/1926: New York, NY: Photo shows the exterior of 52 Clay St. Brooklyn where Wiedro Kamyck's 50 gallon still exploded, endangering him, his wife and seven children

Background imageExplosion Collection: John the Barber's Subway Shop Bombed

John the Barber's Subway Shop Bombed
Plice are investigating the bombin late Saturday, March 24th, of John the Barber's Basement Shop, near the uptown entrance of the I.R.T

Background imageExplosion Collection: John the Barber's Subway Shop Bombed

John the Barber's Subway Shop Bombed
Police are investigating the bombin late Saturday, March 24th, of John the Barber's Basement Shop, near the uptown entrance of the I.R.T

Background imageExplosion Collection: Rescue Workers Look Thru Rubble;Gen.View

Rescue Workers Look Thru Rubble;Gen.View
(Original Caption) 3/19/1937-New London, Texas- Photo shows a general view of the rescue workers as they were searching through the wreckage of the rural school at New London, TX, March 18

Background imageExplosion Collection: Monroe Strikers Routed by Gas Bombs

Monroe Strikers Routed by Gas Bombs
Monroe, Mich. - Strikers, member of the C.I.O, running before tear gas barrage, as police broker through the line and reopened the Newton Steel Company Plant at Monroe

Background imageExplosion Collection: Michigan Strikers Routed by Gas Bombs

Michigan Strikers Routed by Gas Bombs
Monroe, Mich. - Six persons, including a woman were injured, none seriously, as the picket line fell back before the barrage of more that fifty tear gas bombs

Background imageExplosion Collection: Explosion Of Ship In Pearl Harbor Attack

Explosion Of Ship In Pearl Harbor Attack
(Original Caption) 12/7/1941-Pearl Harbor, HI: Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941; Explosion of the magazine of the U. S. S. Shaw. Photograph

Background imageExplosion Collection: Aerial Bombing On Amsterdam Schipol

Aerial Bombing On Amsterdam Schipol
(Original Caption) 01/25/1944. 8th Air Force Heads For Home. Somewhere in occupied Europe

Background imageExplosion Collection: Woman Being Given Air From Inhalor

Woman Being Given Air From Inhalor
(Original Caption) 6/1/1944-New York

Background imageExplosion Collection: Wreckage Of Ship Explosion;Crane, Navy

Wreckage Of Ship Explosion;Crane, Navy
(Original Caption) 7/20/1944-Port Chicago, CA- Here is a view of the wreckage that resulted along the Port Chicago waterfront after two ammunition ships blew up in the harbor

Background imageExplosion Collection: Drug-Store Clerk Selling Soda Out Window

Drug-Store Clerk Selling Soda Out Window
(Original Caption) 7/20/1944-Port Chicago, CA- The absence of windows, which were shattered by the Port Chicago munitions ship blast, doesn't hamper this enterprising drug store proprietor

Background imageExplosion Collection: Woman W/Bandaged Arm & Head Walking

Woman W/Bandaged Arm & Head Walking
(Original Caption) 7/21/1944-Port Chicago, CA- Forehead bandaged, arm in a sling, Angelena Lombardi walks with her little niece, Ann Marie Rosenthal, through a debris-strewn street in Port Chicago

Background imageExplosion Collection: Japanese Torpedo Bomber in Battle

Japanese Torpedo Bomber in Battle
A Nakajima B6N Tenzan torpedo bomber, known to the Allies as "Jill", flies through anti-aircraft fire during a battle in the Truk Islands. | Location: Near Chuuk, Micronesia

Background imageExplosion Collection: Allied Landing Craft Launches Rockets

Allied Landing Craft Launches Rockets
(Original Caption) 5/17/45: U.S. Navy rocket-firing landing craft launch their projectiles toward the beach on Tarakan, Borneo as they carry Australian infantrymen to the invasion point, May 1, 1945

Background imageExplosion Collection: Mushroom Cloud from Atomic Bomb Dropped on Hiroshima

Mushroom Cloud from Atomic Bomb Dropped on Hiroshima
8/6/1945-Hiroshima, Japan: Mushroom cloud from atom bomb blast at Hiroshima. Filed 8/11/1945

Background imageExplosion Collection: Mine Wrecks British Trucks

Mine Wrecks British Trucks
(Original Caption) 11/05/1946-Jerusalem: MINE WRECKS BRITISH TRUCK

Background imageExplosion Collection: Ruins of Bombed Building

Ruins of Bombed Building
Workers sift through the rubble of a marine barracks in Beirut, Lebanon which collapsed after a truck filled with explosives crashed through a gate and smashed into the building

Background imageExplosion Collection: Huge Fire and Smoke at Chemical Plant

Huge Fire and Smoke at Chemical Plant
(Original Caption) 11/5/85-Mont Belvieu, Texas- Towers of flame shoot skyward from a petroleum plant explosion and fire, 11/5

Background imageExplosion Collection: Reagans at Memorial Service

Reagans at Memorial Service
(Original Caption) 1/31/1986-Houston, TX- HOUSTON SPACE CENTER

Background imageExplosion Collection: House Fire

House Fire
(Original Caption) 11/11/86-Baytown, Texas- Flames roar from an Exxon pipeline 11/11 after it exploded leaving a nearby home no more than a burned out skeleton

Background imageExplosion Collection: Home of Sam Goldberg

Home of Sam Goldberg
The home of Sam Goldberg is shown here, bombed

Background imageExplosion Collection: Beer Garden Bombing

Beer Garden Bombing
A beer garden located on West 18th Street in New York City is shown here, bombed

Background imageExplosion Collection: Explosion On The Ground

Explosion On The Ground
(Original Caption) Explosion. Photograph, no date

Background imageExplosion Collection: Political Cartoon On Rr Accidents

Political Cartoon On Rr Accidents
(Original Caption) Cartoon critical of railroad accidents and steam boiler explosions casued by supervisory neglect. 1883

Background imageExplosion Collection: Action Series Of Mine Going Off

Action Series Of Mine Going Off
(Original Caption) A new anti-personnel mine, weighing only 4 1/2 ounces yet packing the wallop of its nine-pound World War II predecessor

Background imageExplosion Collection: Tank Exploding into Flames

Tank Exploding into Flames
Hell breaks loose in Flanders... one of the most graphic of all war pictures. This photograph of actual combat shows a British tank being wrecked by a shell and bursting into flames

Background imageExplosion Collection: Explosion At Early Oil Well

Explosion At Early Oil Well
(Original Caption) Early wooden oil well in Pennsylvania being shot with eighty quarts of nitroglycerine. Undated photograph

Background imageExplosion Collection: Aftermath Of Arab Bomb In Jerusalem

Aftermath Of Arab Bomb In Jerusalem
(Original Caption) Jerusalem: Picture made a few moments after an Arab bomb wrecked the building in which Jewish Agency maintains headquarters in Jerusalem. Undated photograph

Background imageExplosion Collection: Refugees Fleeing Battle in Saigon

Refugees Fleeing Battle in Saigon
(Original Caption) Saigon:While the battle blazes on behind them

Background imageExplosion Collection: Etching of the Battle of Kars

Etching of the Battle of Kars

Background imageExplosion Collection: Men Mingling and Working on Railroad Construction

Men Mingling and Working on Railroad Construction
(Original Caption) Work on the last mile of the Pacific Railroad-Mingling of European with Asiatic Laborers. Drawing by Waud

Background imageExplosion Collection: Illustration of the Battle of the Nile by Albert Henry Payne

Illustration of the Battle of the Nile by Albert Henry Payne
The Battle of the Nile was fought between the British and Napoleon's French fleets in Abukir Bay, near Alexandria, Egypt on August 1, 1798

Background imageExplosion Collection: Illustration of Explosion of the USS Maine in Havana Harbor

Illustration of Explosion of the USS Maine in Havana Harbor
The battleship USS Maine is depicted exploding in Havana Harbor on February 15, 1898, during the Spanish-American War

Background imageExplosion Collection: Dynamite Bomb Exploding Among The Police

Dynamite Bomb Exploding Among The Police
(Original Caption) The Anarchist (Haymarket) Riot in Chicago. A dynamite bomb exploding among the police. Wood engraving, 1886. Drawn by T. de Thulstrup after H. Jeanneret

Background imageExplosion Collection: New York World Headline/Illus Uss Maine

New York World Headline/Illus Uss Maine
(Original Caption) 2/17/1898-Front page of the "New York World" whose headline reads "Maine Explosion Caused by Bomb or Torpedo

Background imageExplosion Collection: Illustration of Boy with Firecrackers

Illustration of Boy with Firecrackers
(Original Caption) Young America celebrating the Fourth of July. Lithograph by Curier and Ives, 1867

Background imageExplosion Collection: Illustration of Haymarket Riot in Chicago by T. de Thulstrup

Illustration of Haymarket Riot in Chicago by T. de Thulstrup
(Original Caption) Illustration depicting the Anarchist (Haymarket) Riot on May 4th, 1886 in Chicago. Shows a bomb exploding among the police. Colored wood engraving by T. de Thulstrup after H

Background imageExplosion Collection: Painting of U.S. Army Soldiers in Action near Mezy by Harry Everett Townsend

Painting of U.S. Army Soldiers in Action near Mezy by Harry Everett Townsend
(Original Caption) U.S. Army in action near Mezy (Marne River Area), France, July 1918, during World War I

Background imageExplosion Collection: War Scene; Us Flag; Explosions

War Scene; Us Flag; Explosions
(Original Caption) Fort McHenry Bombardment: The Star Spangled Banner. 1812

Background imageExplosion Collection: People Buy Newspapers At Stand/Russia

People Buy Newspapers At Stand/Russia
(Original Caption) 9/23/1949-New York, NY- When the New York City lunch time crowd passed Jack Schiff's newsstand at 34th St. and Eighth Ave

Background imageExplosion Collection: Solar Flares

Solar Flares
(Original Caption) 1/30/1950-Climax, CO: Solar prominences, filamentary clouds of luminous gas, are photographed here at the edge of the sun by means of a coronagraph

Background imageExplosion Collection: GI, Face Seared, Stumbles Toward Helicopter

GI, Face Seared, Stumbles Toward Helicopter
(Original Caption) 11/2/1951-Panmunjom, Korea: A GI, whose face and hands have been seared by the explosion of a hydrogen-filled balloon, stumbles toward a helicopter for evacuation from Panmunjom

Background imageExplosion Collection: Marines Watch A-Bomb Test Explosion

Marines Watch A-Bomb Test Explosion
(Original Caption) U.S. Marines watch an A-bomb explosion at Frenchman's Flat, Nevada. Photograph, 1952

Background imageExplosion Collection: Spectators Watch Atomic Bomb Explosion

Spectators Watch Atomic Bomb Explosion
(Original Caption) 4/22/1952-Nevada: A towering pillar of smoke, topped by the familiar mushroom, rises above the Nevada desert a few minutes after an atom bomb exploded 75 miles from Las Vegas

Background imageExplosion Collection: Explosion Destroys Battery Shop

Explosion Destroys Battery Shop
A view at the scene of an explosion and fire that swept through the Standard Tire and Battery Shop. At least 44 firemen, including the Chief of the Department, were injured in the blast

Background imageExplosion Collection: Women Civil Defense Workers In Uniform

Women Civil Defense Workers In Uniform
(Original Caption) 4/27/1955-Yucca Flat, NV: Women Civil Defense workers pose as they would have been in their tranch only 3, 500 yards away from the monster Atomic Explosion at Yucca Flat, NV

Background imageExplosion Collection: Alvin C Graves At Atomic Test Site

Alvin C Graves At Atomic Test Site
(Original Caption) 5/6/1955-Yucca Flat, NV: Dr. Alvin C

Background imageExplosion Collection: Solar Flare

Solar Flare
(Original Caption

Background imageExplosion Collection: Bill Dana in Publicity Handout for The Bill Dana Show

Bill Dana in Publicity Handout for The Bill Dana Show
A woman dressed for the Fourth of July tends to Bill Dana who is holding an exploded oversized firecracker in this publicity handout for The Bill Dana Show

Background imageExplosion Collection: Fireman Fighting Chemical Fire

Fireman Fighting Chemical Fire
A fireman stands atop an engine ladder to fight a chemical tank explosion fire at the Valvoline Oil Company plant in Freedom, Pennsylvania. | Location: Freedom, Pennsylvania, USA

Background imageExplosion Collection: Malcolm X Leaves His Damaged Home

Malcolm X Leaves His Damaged Home
Malcolm X leaves his home damaged by a fire-bomb in Elmhurst, New York

Background imageExplosion Collection: Mosque Burning in Harlem Fire

Mosque Burning in Harlem Fire
(Original Caption) 2/23/1965-New York, NY-- Flames devour the upper story of a building housing a Black Muslim mosque in Harlem

Background imageExplosion Collection: Japanese Cameraman Adjusting His Camera

Japanese Cameraman Adjusting His Camera
(Original Caption) 8/7/1967-Saigon, Vietnam- Award winning United Press International Photographer, Hiromichi Mine, died March 5th, 1968

Background imageExplosion Collection: Soldiers Taking Cover During Bombing

Soldiers Taking Cover During Bombing
American soldiers take cover during the bombing of an ammunition dump in Dak To, Vietnam. | Location: Dak To, Vietnam

Background imageExplosion Collection: US Plane Dropping Bombs on Hill 875

US Plane Dropping Bombs on Hill 875
(Original Caption) 11/21/1967-Vietnam- 173rd Airborne ay hill 875. US fighter plane shown dropping bombs on the area from above

Background imageExplosion Collection: Bombs Detonating

Bombs Detonating
(Original Caption) 2/25/1968-Khe Sahn, Vietnam- Napalm bombs and 250-pound snake eye bombs are shown as they go off in support of a pinned down Marine platoon that's been on patrol

Background imageExplosion Collection: Observation Team Monitoring Fire

Observation Team Monitoring Fire
During heavy fighting in Cholon, a Chinese suburb of Saigon, an advance observation team with the 60th Infantry regiment calls in an air strike while monitoring an uncontrolled fire

Background imageExplosion Collection: Soviet Tanks Roll Down Prague Street 1968

Soviet Tanks Roll Down Prague Street 1968

Background imageExplosion Collection: CIDG Soldiers Within Ben Het Camp

CIDG Soldiers Within Ben Het Camp
South Vietnamese CIDG (Civilian Irregular Defense Group) soldiers watch a bomb explode at Ben Het Camp in South Vietnam during the Vietnam War. | Location: Ben Het, South Vietnam

Background imageExplosion Collection: GI Watching Munitions Explosion on Base

GI Watching Munitions Explosion on Base
(Original Caption) 4/26/1971-Fire Support Base Gladiator, South Vietnam- A GI watches from one hill of Fire Support Base Gladiator, as munitions are blown up on another part of the base

Background imageExplosion Collection: Policeman Examines Burned Buses

Policeman Examines Burned Buses
(Original Caption) Pontiac, Michigan: A Pontiac policeman examines some of the ten school buses destroyed late Aug. 30 by dynamite and fire in a school bus depot here

Background imageExplosion Collection: Destroy Ammo Dump

Destroy Ammo Dump
Huge mushroom-shaped dark cloud of smoke rises skyward following explosion which destroyed ammunition dump at this support base here April 16. Cause of the explosion was not known

Background imageExplosion Collection: Building Being Demolished

Building Being Demolished
A second 11-story building in the massive Pruitt_Igoe public housing complex is demolished by dynamite April 21st. Dynamite charges placed under each pillar of the building exploded in sequence

Background imageExplosion Collection: Beginning Stage of Building Demolishment

Beginning Stage of Building Demolishment
(Original Caption) A second story building in the massive Pruitt-Igoe public housing complex is demolished by dynamite here

Background imageExplosion Collection: Soldier Watching Explosion During Vietnam War

Soldier Watching Explosion During Vietnam War
South Vietnamese soldier watches an explosion from government planes dropping bombs on suspected North Vietnamese positions at Long Khe village, 20 miles south of Saigon, during the Vietnam War

Background imageExplosion Collection: Getty Oil Refinery Fire

Getty Oil Refinery Fire
(Original Caption) 3/20/1978-Delaware City, DE- At least one person was killed and 14 others injured when this barge exploded during loading operations at the Getty Oil Refinery

Background imageExplosion Collection: Woman Leaning on Ford Pinto with Warning Sign

Woman Leaning on Ford Pinto with Warning Sign
(Original Caption) GROSSE POINT FARMS, MICH.: Patty Ramge appears dejected as she looks at her Ford Pinto where she put a sign on the rear of the automobile stating "Keep off my rear

Background imageExplosion Collection: Child Makes Phone Call With Air Mask

Child Makes Phone Call With Air Mask
(Original Caption) 5/29/1980-Longview, WA: Jeff Trickey, 9, of Longview, WA

Background imageExplosion Collection: Mine Explosion At Parnassus, Pa

Mine Explosion At Parnassus, Pa
(Original Caption) 3/23/1929- Parnassus, PA: General view of the little mining village of Kinloch, with blazing tipple (left) of the Kinloch Mine



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