ZR-1 – Antique Print
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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ZR-1 comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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The caption "ZR-1" most likely refers to the first rigid airship built for the United States Navy, which carried that designation before being named Shenandoah and entering service in 1923. Bain News Service, a New York agency that sold news photographs to newspapers, covered aviation and naval stories of the era, so the image probably shows the airship or its crew. The record does not confirm the subject or date, so treat that identification as provisional. The Shenandoah broke apart in a storm over Ohio in September 1925, and the loss fueled debate over rigid airship design.
| Created / published | n/a |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller. |
| Genre | Glass negatives. |
| Notes | Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Temp. note: Batch eight loaded. |
| Source | Library of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection |
| Original scan | 5,053 × 3,647 px · prints to 17 × 12 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-37580 |
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