Mercedes-Benz car seen through aeroplane tail

PART OF:
Zoltan Glass Archive
Made:
circa 1935 in Germany
photographer:
Zoltan Glass
Mercedes-Benz convertible car through tail of Junkers airplane

Mercedes-Benz convertible car through tail of Junkers airplane
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

A photograph of a Mercedes-Benz car, seen through the tail of a Junkers aeroplane, taken by Zoltan Glass, c. 1935. A swastika can be seen on the tail of the plane.

A photograph of a Mercedes-Benz car, seen through the tail of a Junkers aeroplane, taken by Zoltan Glass, c. 1935.

A swastika can be seen on the tail of the plane. After the Nazi party came to power in 1933, German aviation development was diverted away from civil aircraft and Junkers began making aircraft for the Luftwaffe.

Details

Category:
Photographs
Collection:
Zoltan Glass Collection
Object Number:
1991-5018/1593
Materials:
paper
type:
photograph and digital positive from celluloid negative
credit:
National Media Museum, Bradford