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Graf Zeppelin

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Description: Slightly elevated view of a crowd surrounding the Graf Zeppelin inside a hangar. (It was named after the German pioneer of airships, Ferdinand von Zeppelin...
Photograph

Naval Air Station

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Description: A view of the exterior of Hangar No. One of the Naval Air Station. A flag stands atop the steel structure, and through the open section, an airship can be...
Photograph

Naval Air Station

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Description: A view of the airship, "Los Angeles," in Hangar No. One, at the Naval Air Station. The hangar was erected in 1920, and the airship was completed in 1924.
Photograph

Naval Air Station

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Description: A view of the interior of airship Hangar No. One at the Naval Air Station. The "Los Angeles," completed in 1924, is found on the left, and a J-3 blimp, fi...
Photograph

Naval Air Station

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Description: A view of the interior of airship Hangar No. One at the Naval Air Station. The "Los Angeles," completed in 1924, is found on the right, and a J-3 blimp, fi...
Photograph

Naval Air Station

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Description: A view of the exterior of Hangar No. One, a steel structure erected in 1920, at the Naval Air Station and the "Los Angeles," an airship completed in 1924, ...
Photograph

Naval Air Station

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Description: A view of the "Los Angeles" refueling at the Naval Air Station. The airship, completed in 1924, is seen at a tower, flying over a field.
Photograph

Naval Air Station

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Description: A view of "Los Angeles," completed in 1924, at the Naval Air Station. The airship has landed in a field and is loading passengers.
Photograph

Naval Air Station

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Description: A view of the "Los Angeles," completed in 1924, landing in a field at the Naval Air Station. Two Navy officers stand in front of the airship, and a landin...
Photograph

Naval Air Station

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Description: The "Los Angeles," completed in 1924, can be seen flying over Hangar No. One, a steel structure erected in 1920, at the Naval Air Station.
Photograph

Exterior of the Wisconsin At Work Building

Date: 08 1948
Description: A crowd of people outside of the Wisconsin At Work Building at the Wisconsin Centennial Exposition at the State Fair Park. A blimp emblazoned with the word...
Postcard

Kissel Motor Car Company

Date: 1911
Description: Photographic postcard view of the Kissel Motor Car Company. The elevated view shows the factory buildings, water towers, railroad cars and track. A dirigib...
Book or Pamphlet

Balloons Ascending — 1981 SHS Calendar Cover

Date: 1981
Description: Outside front cover of the 1981 State Historical Society calendar. View of hot air balloons ascending near Wisconsin Dells.
Historical Object

The Airship

Date: 1901
Description: Souvenir playing card out of a full deck from the Pan-American Exposition. The Seven of Spades displays a drawing of "The Airship." A round building with a...
Drawing

Opening Day Fishing Season

Date: 1981
Description: Imaginative pen-and-ink drawing. This drawing appeared in the Capitol Times on April 21, 1981 with Sid's caption: "a sportswriter with an automatic ...
Photograph

Up and Away

Date: 02 01 1919
Description: Men standing near a hot air balloon. Hot air balloons were mostly used as spotters for the enemy. Captioned: "The basket in which the observer sits while '...
Postcard

Kissel Motor Car Co.

Date: 1911
Description: Elevated view of the Kissel auto plant in between the railroad and the river. A dirigible and bi-plane have been cut and pasted onto the image. Caption rea...
Photograph

Zeppelin Flyover

Date: 1914
Description: An airship flying over the celebration of the opening of the "Iron Hindenburg" monument in Berlin.

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