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Photograph (reproduction) of the LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin in flight, circa 1928-1930s. Inscription: "Zeppelin No. 3 [written backwards on negative]." Inscription on envelope: "Zeppelin No. 3."

Stereograph, "Zeppelin Flying Over a German Town – Lower Valley on the Rhine," Keystone View Company, circa 1914-1918. Image features a zeppelin in flight above buildings in Germany. Caption on verso describes the development and military uses of…

Technical drawing, "Water ballast valve for N.S.4 [airship]," circa 1917-1921.Part of a photograph album related to John Sylvester Wheelwright's service with the Royal Naval Air Service, circa 1907-1943.

Illustration, "The first aerial ship, 1834," depicting the Eagle airship designed by the Comte de Lennox, undated.Part of a photograph album related to John Sylvester Wheelwright's service with the Royal Naval Air Service, circa 1907-1943.

Photograph of a drawing entitled "Leaving France: 2nd A.I.C. [Second Aviation Instruction Center] Returning Home (Apres la Guerre)," circa 1918-1919. The drawing depicts soldiers departing on an airship that bears the banner "24 hrs. France to New…

Photograph (reproduction) of the airship "Boomerang" on fire, Waterville, Maine, September 2, 1908. Pilot Charles O. Jones is visible at the controls. Shortly after this photo was taken, the airship plunged to the ground and Jones fell to his…

Poster of two U.S. Army Air Service servicemen with aircraft, a balloon, and an airship, circa 1918-1919. Art by Warren Keith, produced by the Edwards & Deutsch Litho. Company. Text: "Join the Air Service / 'Give 'er the gun / Learn. Earn."

Document featuring six photographs of the USS Shenandoah (ZR-1) airship at the 1923 International Air Races in St. Louis, Missouri.Captions: "International Air Races, 1923. / U.S.S. Shenandoah landing on St. Louis Flying Field. / Full view showing…

Document featuring six photographs of the 1923 International Air Races in St. Louis, Missouri, circa 1923. The images depict military personnel, aircraft, airships, the airfield, and the parking lot.Captions: "International Air Races, 1923. / Navy…

Photograph of a burned airship gondola and framework, circa 1910s-1930s.Caption on envelope: "Gondola and burned dirigible."