Count Konrad V. Zeppelin & wife – Historic Reproduction
(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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Count Konrad V. Zeppelin & wife comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Count Konrad V. Zeppelin & wife
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A glass negative in the Bain Collection is titled as "Count Konrad V. Zeppelin & wife," though the catalog notes that the name comes from caption information that has not been verified. The surname invites comparison with Ferdinand von Zeppelin, the German pioneer of rigid airships whose name became synonymous with them after his first flight in 1900, but this record does not confirm any link to him. The Bain News Service, a New York agency, supplied news photographs to newspapers in the early twentieth century, so the picture was likely made for quick publication. With no date recorded, the identity of the sitters and the occasion remain open questions for researchers.
| Created / published | n/a |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller. |
| Genre | Glass negatives. |
| Notes | Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Temp. note: Batch eight loaded. |
| Source | Library of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection |
| Original scan | 3,227 × 4,776 px · prints to 11 × 16 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-39929 |
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