709
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(ZEPPELINS—AMERICAN AIRSHIPS.)
Group of 4 pieces related to
American airships.
Various sizes; condition noted.
1920s-30s
[200/300]
Tinted or hand-finished color photo of an American airship docked at sea, 7x9
3
/
4
” * “U.S.S.
Los Angeles in Hangar.” Tinted silver print photo by Clements, in 8x10” format. 1926 *
“USS - Los Angeles Entering Hangar Lakehurst, N.J.”Tinted panoramic silver print photo
by Clements, 8x29”. 1929 * “Akron.” Photo-lithographed portrait of the airship, 7
1
/
2
x36
inches; some scattered staining; matted and framed. Not examined out of frame. Nd.
710
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(ZEPPELINS—AMERICAN and BRITISH.)
Group of 4 images of
American and British airships, including vintage photographs.
Various sizes,
condition noted; framed.
NOT EXAMINED OUT OF FRAMES
.
Vp, vd
[300/400]
“Los Angeles.” Image of the airship standing vertically, 11x14” format silver print * “Los
Angeles.” Lovely tinted silver print of the airship moored in a barren landscape, by Clements,
9x16
1
/
4
” sight size. 1925 * “Los Angeles.” “Leaving Hangar, Naval Air Station, Lakehurst,
N.J. Oct, 1923.” Panoramic tinted silver print, by Clements, 30x5
3
/
4
” sight size; minor
dampstaining along right edge * British R-100 at St. Hubert Airport, Canada. 10x13
1
/
2
”
sight size; Royal Canadian Air Force insignia in the negative. Circa 1930.
It is interesting to note that the “Los Angeles” was actually constructed in Germany under
the guidance of Eckener as the LZ126. It was built for the United States Navy as part of
the German war reparations.
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