[German S.L.5 airship]

Photograph of German soldiers using tethers to pull a Schütte-Lanz S.L.5 airship from its hangar, circa 1914-1918. Three soldiers stand on top of the airship.

Part of the Wilbur D. Kennedy photograph album containing six hundred and five (605) black-and-white photographs, as well as a few pieces of ephemera, circa 1917-1919. The photos trace Kennedy's military career from his infantry training in the United States to his service in France during World War I and post-war service in Germany.

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