Zodiac dirigible balloon, in flight – Antique 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.)
Description
This rare historic photograph captures Zodiac dirigible balloon, in flight in remarkable detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Zodiac dirigible balloon, in flight
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This glass negative shows a dirigible named Zodiac in flight, a steerable, gas-filled airship that was a novelty in the American press in 1907. The record dates it to August 25, 1907, though the title comes from caption information the Bain News Service wrote on the negatives or cards, which has not been independently verified. Bain was a New York news photo agency that supplied pictures to newspapers, so the plate reflects the urgency of press photography of the period. Early airships like this one drew large crowds, and photographs of them served as a record of the era's fascination with powered flight before fixed-wing aircraft took over the skies.
| Created / published | 8/25/07. |
|---|---|
| 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 | 5,760 × 4,254 px · prints to 19 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-5423 |
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