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Airships Akron and Los Angeles Fly Over Philadephia
Source: USS Akron (ZRS-4), Airship 1931-1933
Photo #: NH 42169
USS Akron (ZRS-4)
Flying over Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, with USS Los Angeles (ZR-3) in the distance, circa late 1931 or early 1932.
The Schuykill River waterworks and the Philadelphia Art Museum are visible in the lower center of the photograph.
This photograph was received from the U.S. Navy Recruiting Bureau, New York, in 1932.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.
Online Image: 125KB; 740 x 580 pixels
USS Akron (ZRS-4)
Flying over Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, with USS Los Angeles (ZR-3) in the distance, circa late 1931 or early 1932.
The Schuykill River waterworks and the Philadelphia Art Museum are visible in the lower center of the photograph.
This photograph was received from the U.S. Navy Recruiting Bureau, New York, in 1932.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.
Online Image: 125KB; 740 x 580 pixels
More information and lots of pictures:
NavSource Online: Rigid Airships Photo Archive USS AKRON (ZRS-4)