Airship "Graf Zeppelin" Arriving at Lakehurst, New Jersey Naval Hangar, August 4, 1929
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Launched in 1928, Germany's Graf Zeppelin was the most successful of the passenger airships that provided intercontinental service during the 1930s. It made 590 flights and traveled more than a million miles in its nine-year career. Despite its exemplary safety record, Graf Zeppelin was retired following the loss of the airship Hindenburg in 1937.
Launched in 1928, Germany's Graf Zeppelin was the most successful of the passenger airships that provided intercontinental service during the 1930s. It made 590 flights and traveled more than a million miles in its nine-year career. Despite its exemplary safety record, Graf Zeppelin was retired following the loss of the airship Hindenburg in 1937.
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
04 August 1929
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
2011.0.2.3
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 7.125 in
Width: 11 in
Inscriptions
Handwritten on back with pencil: P & A Typewritten sheet once adhered to photo: WATCH YOUR CREDIT..... "P & A PHOTOS" / N206422 / GRAF ZEPPELIN ARRIVES AT LAKEHURST N.J. HANGAR / THIS PHOTO SHOWS THE GRAF ZEPPELIN ON ITS / ARRIVAL IN AMERICA, AS IT FLEW OVER THE NAVY HANGAR AT LAKEHURST, NEW JERSEY, AUGUST 4TH, / AS CROWD AT FIELD AWAITED THE ARRIVAL. / B-NY-E-SFM- 8-4-29 D
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