Zeppelin L II – 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.)
Description
A window into the past: Zeppelin L II, preserved in this historic photograph. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Zeppelin L II
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The title on this glass negative, "Zeppelin L II," is a caption from the Bain News Service, the New York photo agency whose staff supplied news pictures to newspapers in the early twentieth century. The designation points to a German naval rigid airship, the type that grew out of Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin's lattice-framed designs. The record does not give a date, so the caption's accuracy is unconfirmed. Still, the picture belongs to a period when rigid airships drew wide press attention as a new form of military and commercial aviation.
| 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 three loaded. |
| Source | Library of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection |
| Original scan | 5,785 × 4,266 px · prints to 19 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-15965 |
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