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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.

[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.…

[SSZ-class airship emerging from hangar] (Item)

Photograph of a SSZ-class (Sea Scout Zero) airship emerging from a hangar, circa 1919. Piles of artillery shells are stacked next to the hangar.

[Navy blimp at military base] (Item)

Photograph of a U.S. Navy blimp at a military base, circa 1917-1918.Inscription: "And."Part of a photograph album related to C. E. Roy's service with the U.S. Navy at Key West Naval Air Station, Florida, circa 1917-1918.

[Navy blimp at military base] (Item)

Photograph of a U.S. Navy blimp at a military base, circa 1917-1918.Inscription: "The."Part of a photograph album related to C. E. Roy's service with the U.S. Navy at Key West Naval Air Station, Florida, circa 1917-1918.

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