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Title
U.S. Naval Air Station, Moffett Field, California
Creator
Unknown
Date Created and/or Issued
1930
1931
1932
1933
1934
1935
circa 1935
1936
1937
1938
1939
1940
Contributing Institution
San José Public Library, California Room
Collection
Historic Postcard Collection
Rights Information
The San Jose Public Library California Room can only claim physical ownership of the collection. Users are responsible for satisfying any claims of the copyright holder. Permission to copy or publish any portion of San Jose Public Library California Room collection must be given by the San Jose Public Library California Room. For more information on copyright or permissions for this image, please contact the California Room: http://www.sjlibrary.org/research/special/ca/contacts_index.htm
Description
Postcard of the Naval Air Station at Moffett Field showing the U.S.S. Macon airship at its mooring. The Macon was based at Moffett Field from October 1933 until it crashed at sea on February 11, 1935. Behind the Macon is the white landing circle. In the front of the Macon is the giant hangar where the airship was housed between flights. To the rear of the postcard is the southern end of San Francisco Bay.
Type
image
Format
image/jpeg2000
Scaled to 3000 pixels width. Grayscale strip cropped from image. Scanning outsourced to Northern Micrographics as part of the Local History Digital Resources Project, 2005-2006. Technical metadata is limited
Extent
3.5 x 5.5 in.
Identifier
http://digitalcollections.sjlibrary.org/cdm/ref/collection/sjplpc/id/47
Language
English
Subject
Airships
Buildings
Hangars
Naval yards & naval stations
Postcards
Moffett Field (Calif.)--History
Place
Sunnyvale
California
Source
California Room Collection

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