Blimp, Zeppelin No. 3, on ground – Antique Wall Art
(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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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of Blimp, Zeppelin No. 3, on ground. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Blimp, Zeppelin No. 3, on ground
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The caption names the airship Zeppelin No. 3, but the Bain News Service recorded that title without verification, so the exact craft is uncertain. The name points to the rigid airlines built by Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin in Germany from about 1900, while "blimp" describes a nonrigid design with no internal framework, a mismatch worth noting. Bain's agency photographed news subjects in the early twentieth century, and pictures of airships on the ground often show the ground crews and hangars such craft required. The record gives no date, so the moment this was taken remains unknown.
| Created / published | n/a |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller. |
| Genre | Glass negatives. |
| Notes | Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. Temp. note: Batch one loaded. |
| Source | Library of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection |
| Original scan | 5,835 × 4,322 px · prints to 19 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-5421 |
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