Souvenir Booklet, "The Log of the Graf Zeppelin," 1930
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Artifact Overview
This booklet commemorates the around-the-world flight of Germany's Graf Zeppelin in 1929. The airship flew east from Lakehurst, New Jersey, on August 8 and returned to Lakehurst from the west on August 29, having covered 20,651 miles in three weeks. The voyage, partly financed by newspaper magnate William Randolph Hearst, brought press attention to airship travel.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Booklet
Date Made
1930
Subject Date
08 August 1929-29 August 1929
Creators
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
64.167.1.555
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Ink
Technique
Printing (Process)
Handwriting
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 4 in
Width: 11 in
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Related Content
Set
Airships
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"Airship" refers to any lighter-than-air craft that moves under its own power. Lift is achieved using a gas, like hydrogen or helium, that is less dense than surrounding air. Non-rigid airships -- blimps -- use the gas's pressure on the containment envelope to maintain their shape. Rigid airships -- Zeppelins -- support their gas cells with an internal framework. In peace and in war, airships have known triumph and tragedy.