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Title
Two views of the Graf Zeppelin airship at Mines Field, 1929
Date Created and/or Issued
1929-08-26
Publication Information
University of Southern California. Libraries
Contributing Institution
California Historical Society
University of Southern California Digital Library
Collection
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Rights Information
Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189
Public Domain. Release under the CC BY Attribution license--http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/--Credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library; From the California Historical Society Collection at the University of Southern California
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Description
Photograph showing two views of the Graf Zeppelin airship at Mines Field, 1929. The top view shows the airship from the side facing left, with people and automobiles visible beneath it. Numbers on its side read "D-LZ127". The zeppelin is pictured in the lower image facing to the right, extending diagonally into the distance. A tower-like structure is raised to its front tip, a crowd of people gathered around it below. Automobiles are also visible.
Type
image
Format
2 photographs : photonegative, photoprint, b&w
21 x 26 cm., 19 x 26 cm.
negatives (photographic)
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m13015
USC-1-1-1-13167 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-7676
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m13015
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-7676.jpg
Subject
Aeronautics
Airships
Graf Zeppelin
Transportation--Air--Airships
General Subjects--Transportation--Aviation
Transportation features
Time Period
1929-08-26
Place
California
Los Angeles
USA
Source
1-102-17; 1-103-17 [Microfiche number]
7676 [Accession number]
CHS-7676 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
Relation
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960
USC
chs-m265

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