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Title: C.R. Klein of Santa Monica with a German Zeppelin bomb
Creator: Powell Press Service
Date Created and/or Issued: 1933-09
Contributing Institution: Huntington Library
Collection: Photographs
Rights Information: For information on using Huntington Library materials, please see Reproductions of Huntington Library Holdings: https://www.huntington.org/library-rights-permissions
Description: Image of C.R. Klein of Santa Monica with a German Zeppelin bomb propped on a stool and labeled "London Special."
Title and date devised by cataloger based on September 27, 1933, press release that accompanied the negative: "Zeppelin Bomba. C.R. Klein, of Santa Monica, Calif., breaks out a German Zeppelin bomb, which is the only one in this country, having been sent to him from London, England, in 1919 by a relative, costing $75 to ship from England. The bomb was recovered from a shot down German Zep. that fell into the Thames River, 17 years ago, this Oct. 1st. It weighs 200 pounds with the charge and is a time bomb, set to explode when it hits the ground or a building from 5,000 to 6,000 feet." This man is seen in photCL_555_06_1483.
Type: image
Format: image/jpeg
Extent: 1 photograph : film negative ; sheet 12.3 x 9.8 cm
Identifier: photCL_555
487930
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15150coll2/id/17563
Subject: Bombs
Collectors and collecting
Weapons
Photographs. (aat)
Place: Santa Monica (Calif.)
Source: Photographs, Huntington Digital Library

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