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[Balloon and airship in hangar] (Item)

Photograph of German soldiers holding the tethers of an observation balloon, circa 1914-1918. An airship is visible in the hangar behind the balloon. 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…

[Schütte-Lanz airship S.L.5 airship being removed from hangar, Trier, Germany] (Item)

Photograph of the Schütte-Lanz airship S.L.5 airship being removed from its hangar, Trier, Germany, circa 1915. Three servicemen are visible on top of the airship.Inscription on album page: "Zepp. hangar at Treves, and Zepp coming out of same."Part of Album One from the Nancy Harkness Collection of World War I Photograph Albums, circa 1914-1919.

[Zeppelin hangars and aircraft at German airfield, Johannisthal, Germany] (Item)

Photograph of Zeppelin hangars and aircraft at a German airfield, Johannisthal, Germany, circa 1914-1918.Inscription: "Auf dem Flugplatz bei Johannisthal: [rest cut off]."Part of Album Three from the Nancy Harkness Collection of World War I Photograph Albums, circa 1914-1919.

Zeppelin flying over a German town (Item)

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 zeppelins and other dirigibles. Typed caption: "18000 – Zeppelin Flying Over a German Town – Lower Valley on the Rhine. Keystone View Company."

[German S.L.5 airship] (Item)

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…

[German S.L.5 airship] (Item)

Photograph of German soldiers using tethers to pull a Schütte-Lanz airship (S.L.5) 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…

[Damaged German airship] (Item)

Photograph of a damaged German airship flying low to the ground as soldiers hold its tethers, circa 1914-1918. 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…

[John Sylvester Wheelwright photograph album] (Item)

Photograph album related to John Sylvester Wheelwright's service with the Royal Naval Air Service, circa 1907-1943. The album contains approximately 237 black-and-white photographs, illustrations, and paper ephemera items documenting Wheelwright's military career as an airship pilot, commander, and engineer, primarily during World War I. The visual materials depict airships and their components…

Leaving France: 2nd A.I.C. Returning Home (Apres la Guerre) (Item)

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 York." Item from album page 10.Part of the Frederick Staples photograph album containing twenty eight (28) black-and-white photographs, circa 1917-1919.…

[Partially deflated airship in hangar] (Item)

Photograph of a partially deflated airship in a hangar, circa 1914-1918.

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