Wilburn, Dr. Hugo Eckener, Capt. Geo. W. Steele, [10/16/24] – Historic Photo Reproduction
![Wilburn, Dr. Hugo Eckener, Capt. Geo. W. Steele, [10/16/24], [1924 October 16] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/a3/a327771502a8-L.webp)
(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 photograph of Wilburn, Dr. Hugo Eckener, Capt. Geo. W. Steele, [10/16/24] brings a moment of history to your wall. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Wilburn, Dr. Hugo Eckener, Capt. Geo. W. Steele, [10/16/24]
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Few pictures in the collection tie as directly to a moment in early aviation as this one, which pairs Dr. Hugo Eckener, the German commander of the Zeppelin airships, with Capt. George W. Steele. The record dates the negative to October 16, 1924, just after the ZR-3, later named USS Los Angeles, completed its flight from Germany to Lakehurst, New Jersey, as a delivery of reparations to the United States. The National Photo Company, a Washington studio that made many news portraits of the period, produced the glass negative, which shows the streaks and blemishes that come with age as the original coating deteriorated.
| Created / published | [1924 October 16] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller |
| Genre | Glass negatives. |
| Notes | Title from unverified data provided by the National Photo Company on the negative or negative sleeve. Date from related neg. Gift; Herbert A. French; 1947. This glass negative might show streaks and other blemishes resulting from a natural deterioration in the original coatings. Temp. note: Batch six. |
| Source | Library of Congress, National Photo Company Collection |
| Original scan | 6,048 × 4,386 px · prints to 20 × 15 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-NPC-255676 |
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