ZR-2 (blimp) – Vintage 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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Step back in time with ZR-2 (blimp), a historic photograph rich in period detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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ZR-2 (blimp)
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The record identifies this as the ZR-2, a United States Navy airship. Despite the "blimp" label, it was a rigid airship, built in England as the British R38 and transferred to the Navy. It broke apart over the Humber estuary near Hull on August 24, 1921, during a test flight, killing 44 people, including 16 American naval personnel. The catalog gives no date for this negative, and the title comes from unverified Bain News Service data, so the exact moment it was taken remains uncertain.
| 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 seven loaded. |
| Source | Library of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection |
| Original scan | 8,838 × 6,457 px · prints to 29 × 22 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-34161 |
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