Several airships being inspected on a field before a crowd – Vintage Print
(Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
Description
Few images capture their era like this historic image of Several airships being inspected on a field before a crowd. It is part of the Snapshots of the Past archive, gathered over 25 years of research.
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Several airships being inspected on a field before a crowd
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Several airships stand on an open field while a crowd gathers close by, a scene typical of the early twentieth-century fascination with lighter-than-air flight. Crowds often turned out for such inspections, when ground crews checked gas bags, rigging, and gondolas before a launch or exhibition. Balloons and dirigibles were then among the most visible new machines, and gatherings like this one let ordinary spectators see the craft up close. The picture is worth a closer look for the way the figures and the tethered envelopes are arranged across the field.
| Original scan | 2,829 × 600 px · prints to 9 × 2 in at 300 dpi |
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| Reference | 71_Balloons_at_inspection_1919.tif-6a29848u |
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