Blimp, Zeppelin No. 3, in flight – 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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Blimp, Zeppelin No. 3, in flight comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. 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, in flight
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Despite its title, this glass negative shows a Zeppelin, a rigid airship built around an internal metal frame, rather than a blimp, which keeps its shape by gas pressure alone. Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin's company in Germany built the No. 3 in the mid-1900s, and its flights drew wide press attention as airships were then seen as a possible route to practical air travel and military use. The Bain News Service caption supplying the title and 1907 date is unverified, so the record's details should be checked against other sources. The negative is part of the George Grantham Bain Collection at the Library of Congress.
| Created / published | 1907 |
|---|---|
| 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 × 4,298 px · prints to 19 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-5431 |
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