Unknown Photographers / The New York Times, Romance and Ruin, All in the Air
#1: The Akron passed over New York on its first flight over the cities of the Atlantic coast, Nov. 8, 1931
#2: One of the aluminum tanks that would hold the 33 tons of gasoline needed to bring the ZR-3 across the Atlantic Ocean
#3: A March 1931 article described the scene at the Goodyear-Zeppelin Company in Akron as “a corps of girls” busy stitching, Mar. 1931
#4: The Akron in Akron, Ohio, before its first flight, which was celebrated with the release of 48 racing pigeons, Aug. 1931For the most part, the photographs recount celebratory moments plucked from a history riddled with tragedy. They chronicle the early days of the dirigible, or airship, up to the fateful 1937 crash of the Hindenburg over Lakehurst, N.J., which killed 36 and put a quick end to the age of the airship. (read more)
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