[Brochure for Hamburg-America Line advertising Zeppelin passenger trips, ca. 190-: repr. of photos of Graf Zeppelin (LZ127) with description and sectional plans] – Historic Photograph Print
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(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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This historic print of [Brochure for Hamburg-America Line advertising Zeppelin passenger trips, ca. 190-: repr. of photos of Graf Zeppelin (LZ127) with description and sectional plans] brings a moment of history to your wall. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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[Brochure for Hamburg-America Line advertising Zeppelin passenger trips, ca. 190-: repr. of photos of Graf Zeppelin (LZ127) with description and sectional plans]
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This brochure is distinctive for its cutaway drawings, which show the interior layout of the airship alongside reproduced photographs of the Graf Zeppelin (LZ127). Its advertising role reflects the late 1920s and early 1930s, when the Hamburg-America Line promoted passenger flights on the ship, named for Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin. The airship made a number of transatlantic crossings and a round-the-world flight in 1929, and printed material like this aimed to persuade travelers that air travel could be comfortable and dependable. The record gives no firm date, so the exact year of printing is uncertain.
| Medium | 1 print. |
|---|---|
| Notes | [no date recorded on caption card] |
| Subjects | Landauer Collection. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Transportation; PI--Works; Ger.--Hist.; Air-ships; Shelf. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 890 px · prints to 5 × 3 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-121063 |
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