U.S.S. PATOKA & SHENANDOAH (blimp overhead) – Vintage Wall Art
(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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U.S.S. PATOKA & SHENANDOAH (blimp overhead) comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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U.S.S. PATOKA & SHENANDOAH (blimp overhead)
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The title pairs the U.S.S. Patoka with the Shenandoah, a Navy rigid airship commissioned in 1923 and the first rigid airship built in the United States. The caption calls it a blimp, but a rigid airship has an internal framework and differs from a nonrigid blimp, so the label is worth checking. Bain News Service, a commercial photo agency, made the glass negative, and the record gives no date, so the pairing of a fleet vessel with an airship points to the early 1920s, when the Navy was developing lighter-than-air craft.
| 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 | 5,613 × 4,038 px · prints to 19 × 13 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-39370 |
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