Count Zeppelin at grave of airship victims – 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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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of Count Zeppelin at grave of airship victims. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Count Zeppelin at grave of airship victims
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The caption describes a visit by Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin to the grave of airship crash victims, but that title comes from unverified Bain News Service notes. Zeppelin died in Germany in 1917, so the man shown may be someone else connected with airships. The Bain collection holds news photographs of aviation and ballooning from the 1910s and 1920s, and scenes of mourning like this one show how closely the public followed airship disasters. The figure's clothing and the setting are the best clues to the photograph's true date and subject.
| 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 | 5,810 × 4,248 px · prints to 19 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-16021 |
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