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.)
Description
This rare historic photograph captures Blimp, Zeppelin No. 3, on ground in remarkable detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
Choose the framed print, ready to hang the day it arrives, or the unframed print for a frame of your own. A conversation-starting piece for home, office, or as a meaningful gift. Free shipping in the lower 48 states. Since 2001, Snapshots of the Past has shipped historic prints to tens of thousands of customers around the world.
Blimp, Zeppelin No. 3, on ground
Order a print
Thank you. Your order went through, and a receipt is on its way by email.
Secure checkout · SSL encryptedPowered by Stripe and PayPal
Free shipping in the lower 48 states. The checkout page shows the picture, size and price before you pay.
This view shows an airship recorded as Zeppelin No. 3, photographed resting on the ground, where its great length is easy to judge. The title comes from Bain News Service caption data that the record marks as unverified, and "blimp" deserves a second look, since Zeppelin craft were rigid airships with metal frameworks rather than the non-rigid blimps the term usually describes. Germany's Zeppelin airships drew wide press attention in the early twentieth century as the most advanced lighter-than-air craft of their day. Bain's news photographs were made for newspaper use, so pictures like this one recorded aviation stories for a general audience.
| 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 | 5,854 × 4,285 px · prints to 20 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-5412 |
More from the Ballooning collection
Snapshots of the Past helps heritage brands, museums, historians and storytellers tell stories with history: historic prints, image licensing and historical storytelling drawn from more than 25 years of research and curation.
