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Baldwin's Airship October 25, 1904 International View Co. This
is the 'California Arrow' at the St Louis Worlds Fair, 1904. Standing in
the keel is the 29 year-old Roy Knabenshue, standing in as pilot for
Captain (Later Major) Thomas Baldwin (54) , who had apparently put
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HCWhite 2602 'Francois Airship about to
ascend for a flight, Louisiana purchase exhibition, St Louis USA'
This card is ©1905, but the version reproduced in the
Keystone 'Airplanes' series dates the flight as 1904. which fits in
with the date of the exhibition. The same negative was published by
'Perfec' Stereograph. The airship was christened Ville de Saint Mandé,
but was known as the Prosper-Lambert airship at St Louis. The
hangar can just be seen to the rear of the view |
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Underwood and Underwood 11078 'The Baldwin Dirigible Airship in
flight'.
Airship 'The Baldwin'.
This card was reproduced in the Keystone 'Airplanes' series. Most likely
Baldwin's 'Army No. 1' Airship.
Thanks!!
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Italian Semi-rigid Airship M.1.
Prototype of the M-Series airships of which 20 were built.
This image is from the Turkish-Italian War in which Tripoli was annexed.
The airship first flew in 1912, which
is also the copyright date on this card. The card is a lithograph :*( |
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Keystone V19216 'Through the uncharted heavens she blazed the trail -
"Blimp" R34 at Minneola.'
A Great posed shot. The most common Airship card, and it was NOT a blimp! The
R34, modelled on the Zeppelin L33, visited Mineola 6-9 July 1919. At the time there was no
shed large enough to accommodate it in the United States. |
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Keystone 17398. 'ZR-3 arriving in the US from Germany.'
Originally LZ-126, then ZR-3 'Los Angeles' (from November 1924), made in Germany
for the US. Delivered October 1924 |
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Keystone 17397 'ZR3 Entering the Hangar at Lakehurst, N. J.'
Included in the Keystone 'Airplanes' series. |
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Keystone
17402 'The Shenandoah and the ZR3 side by side in the hangar.'
This image is reproduced in the 'Viewmaster' Airplanes set - which is easier to
trace than the Keystone Stereoview version |
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Keystone 17403 'Giant Zeppelin ZR3 overhead - Shenandoah at right, in hangar,
Lakehurst N.J.'
(separated from 17402 by the time it takes to walk the length of the hangar!) |
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ZRS-4, USS AKRON. Built 1931 by the Goodyear-Zeppelin
Company in Akron Ohio USA. Extensively photographed for Keystone and on
his own behalf by local stereophotographer Lynn Skeels throughout the
construction. However, none of
the many images seem to be very common. Below is a sequence of five views. |
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Keystone 32738 'Close View, from
Within Framework, of Supporting Girders of ZRS-4 (U.S.S.Akron)'
This view also appears in a 'flat' version (two
identical views) in the Keystone EyeTest Series |
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Keystone 32740 'Inside the framework of the
ZRS-4 (U.S.S. Akron) during Construction. Akron, Ohio.'
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Keystone 32739 'Nose of Framework of ZRS-4 (U.S.S. Akron)
from Inside of Hangar'
(not rare)
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Keystone 32763 'As Our Photographer Saw the Akron, the ZRS-4 on July 29, Just Eleven Days before It Will Be
Launched.'
(Scarce) 1931 |
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Keystone 32745 'A Bow View of the Zeppelin Akron
Showing the Outer Covering, Akron, Ohio.' (not rare) |
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Keystone 32771. The maiden Flight of the USS Akron.
Sept. 23rd 1931 |
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An amateur view of the German semi-rigid
airship Parseval-Naatz PN 30. Sponsored by Odol (toothpaste), over the
Tegelersee near Berlin. The Odol airship first
flew in 1932, though it appears considerably more modern, with the rigid
keel covered. |
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Keystone 33072 'A small modern Goodyear blimp in flight, A Century of
Progress Exposition'
The Chicago 'Century of Progress' Exhibition was in 1933
Now that's a Blimp! (see
"Blimp" R34 at Minneola.' above)
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Walton 489 'Goodyear
Blimp'
Columbus, Georgia, June 1979
Reproduced with permission of
Bill Walton
Thanks! |
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Walton 2177 'Kroger Blimp'
(named Spirit of Atlanta)
Georgia USA October 1996
I think this is an American Blimp Corporation Lightship A60.
Bill Walton is one of the USA's foremost creators of
contemporary stereocards, and author of the 3D book 'Back to Basics'. You
can find a biography
on-line, but if you are a member of the National Stereoscopic Association
or of Photo-3D, then you'll know of him already.
Reproduced with permission of Bill
Walton
Thanks! |
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'Zeps' by Michael Thompson Something more
modern (and colourful).
(reproduced with permission) |
Stereoscopic Images of Lighter Than Air
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