Crew of the United States Navy Airship "Los Angeles" at Lunch at Ford Airport, Dearborn, Michigan, 1926
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Artifact Overview
In the 1920s and 1930s, the U.S. Navy experimented with rigid airships both as reconnaissance craft and as flying aircraft carriers. The airship Los Angeles visited Ford Airport on a training flight in October 1926. When the helium-lifted airships proved too fragile for military service, the Navy abandoned the program. Los Angeles was decommissioned and dismantled in 1939.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
1926
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
P.833.47699
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Linen (Material)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 8 in
Width: 11.25 in
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