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USS Los Angeles airship, 1920s, (1932). Creator: Unknown.

USS Los Angeles airship, 1920s, (1932). The Los Angeles, (Zeppelin works number LZ 126), was built for the US military as part of reparations that Germany was compelled to pay after World War I. It was flown from Friedrichshafen to Lakehurst, New Jersey, USA, taking 81 hours and 2 minutes. She remained in service until being dismantled in 1940. From "Die Eroberung Der Luft", (The Conquest of the Air), cigarette card album produced by the Garbáty cigarette factory, 1932. Eugene and Moritz Garbáty, who were Jewish, were driven out of business by the Nazis in the late 1930s, and forced to sell their factory which lay empty for over 70 years. [Garbaty Cigarettenfabrik, Berlin-Pankow, 1932].
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Title:
USS Los Angeles airship, 1920s, (1932). Creator: Unknown.
Caption:
USS Los Angeles airship, 1920s, (1932). The Los Angeles, (Zeppelin works number LZ 126), was built for the US military as part of reparations that Germany was compelled to pay after World War I. It was flown from Friedrichshafen to Lakehurst, New Jersey, USA, taking 81 hours and 2 minutes. She remained in service until being dismantled in 1940. From "Die Eroberung Der Luft", (The Conquest of the Air), cigarette card album produced by the Garbáty cigarette factory, 1932. Eugene and Moritz Garbáty, who were Jewish, were driven out of business by the Nazis in the late 1930s, and forced to sell their factory which lay empty for over 70 years. [Garbaty Cigarettenfabrik, Berlin-Pankow, 1932]
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5615 x 3570 px | 57.4 MB
Print size:
47.5 x 30.2 cm | 18.7 x 11.9 in (300 dpi)
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