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U.S. Army blimps, the T.C. 5 and T.C. 9 from Langley Field, Va. passing over the Washington Monument during a practice flight – Vintage Print

U.S. Army blimps, the T.C. 5 and T.C. 9 from Langley Field, Va. passing over the Washington Monument during a practice flight, [between 1920 and 1932] — historic photograph
U.S. Army blimps, the T.C. 5 and T.C. 9 from Langley Field, Va. passing over the Washington Monument during a practice flight, [between 1920 and 1932]. Historic photograph from the Balloons collection.

(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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U.S. Army blimps, the T.C. 5 and T.C. 9 from Langley Field, Va. passing over the Washington Monument during a practice flight comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

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Two Army blimps, the T.C. 5 and T.C. 9, drift past the Washington Monument's white obelisk in this view of a practice flight out of Langley Field, Virginia. The airships were small nonrigid craft, and their flights over the capital in the 1920s show the Army testing lighter-than-air aircraft as they moved toward wider use. The National Photo Company, a Washington commercial studio, recorded many views of the city's landmarks in this period, so the picture pairs a modern machine with a monument finished in 1884, a contrast of new and old that gave the photograph its appeal.

Created / published[between 1920 and 1932]
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePhotographic prints 1920-1940.
NotesNational Photo Company Collection. Copyrighted and non-copyrighted prints must be credited National Photo"."
SubjectsWashington Monument (Washington, D.C.)--1920-1940. Airships--Washington (D.C.)--1920-1940. Monuments & memorials--Washington (D.C.)--1920-1940.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan2,925 × 3,726 px · prints to 10 × 12 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-181478

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