The days of the Zeppelins! Mostly late 20s-30s.
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| The National Archives, UK |
The Graf Zeppelin over St. Paul's, London, 1930.
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| San Diego Air and Space Museum |
The Graf Zeppelin over Swiss mountains, c. 1930. A lovely commentator has identified the place further as: "Bürgenstock Mountain in central Switzerland near Lucerne. Mountain on the left is Stanserhorn, to the right is Pilatus, only partially visible. Village in center of pic is Obbürgen, canton of Nidwalden."
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| Nationaal Archief |
A sailor waving at a friend onboard a Zeppelin, New Jersey 1936.
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| San Diego Air and Space Museum |
The Graf Zeppelin taking off from LA at midnight, 1930. [I'm not sure what kind of deterioration those blue spots are, but looks cool, eh?].
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| Bergen Public Library |
The Graf Zeppelin over Bergen, Norway, 1930.
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| National Archives UK |
A moored British R101 airship over a cow field, c, 1929.
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| The National Archives UK |
An airship under construction in England, c. 1928.
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| LIFE archives © Time Inc. |
The Graf Zeppelin over Hamburg, 1928.
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| San Diego Air and Space Museum |
The Graf Zeppelin over a unnamed city, c. 1930.
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| San Diego Air and Space Museum |
The Graf Zeppelin in the mountains, c. 1930.
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| Nationaal Archief |
An American zeppelin flying near the Empire State Building (under construction), 1930.
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| Nationaal Archief |
A Zeppelin flies low over a train while a stuntman transfers. Undated.
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| San Diego Air and Space Museum |
Crowds greeting the landing of the Graf Zeppelin in England, 1931.
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| The National Archives UK |
A Zeppelin over the Thames, 1930.
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| Nationaal Archief |
Workers at the Zeppelin factory constructing the Hindenburg, Germany, 1934.
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| Herbert Orth, LIFE archives © Time Inc. |
The Graf Zeppelin over Rio, 1930s. [the LIFE archive says 1954, which isn't even possible; the Graf last flew in 1938].
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| Nationaal Archief |
An English airship moored in a farmer's field, 1928.
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| San Diego Air and Space Museum |
A zeppelin in a field, somewhere.
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| Nationaal Archief |
Parisians cheer as a very early zeppelin rounds the Eiffel Tower, 1901.
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6 comments:
I believe the uniformed individual in the third photo is a sailor, not a Marine. He's wearing the rather distinctive "dixie cup" hat as well as white leggings, and in the 20's and 30's Marine leggings were khaki. Checking the source, it appears that the owner of the site translated the Dutch word "marinier" into "Marine" when it actually means sailor.
Just my 2 cents'.
Thanks for noticing! I'm sure you're exactly right that it's a product of the Dutch translation. I'll go and change that! :)
Sorry to be so anal retentive (g). I enjoy your site very much.
The photo Graf Zeppelin in the Mountains. C. 1930 is over Bürgenstock Mountain in central Switzerland near Lucerne. Mountain on the left is Stanserhorn, to the right is Pilatus, only partially visible. Village in center of pic is Obbürgen, canton of Nidwalden.
Thank you! That is terrific to know!
Blue "effect" is a result of the loss of silver in the photographic paper
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