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Beginning Application of the Outer Cover, from “Studies of Construction and Flying of the Graf Zeppellin"
Beginning Application of the Outer Cover, from “Studies of Construction and Flying of the Graf Zeppellin"
Object number2024.20.21

Beginning Application of the Outer Cover, from “Studies of Construction and Flying of the Graf Zeppellin"

Portfolio/SeriesStudies of Construction and Flying of the Graf Zeppelin
Date1931
Artist
CultureAmerican
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 9 3/8 x 7 1/4 in. (23.8 x 18.4 cm)
Sheet: 10 1/8 x 8 in. (25.7 x 20.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of Joy of Giving Something, Inc.
On View
Not on view
Period20th c
Classification(s)
InscribedOn reverse, by unidentified hand, lower right in pencil: JGS #6518.
MarkingsOn reverse, stamped on left edge in ink: Beginning Application of Outer Cover- Close up view / NAVY AIRSHIP ZRS-4 (BUREAU OF AERONAUTICS); upper right: [within stamped box] ENGINEERING / SERVICE DEVISION / RECEIVED / FEB 20 1931 / REFERRED TO / ANSWERED.
ProvenanceSwann Galleries;
Purchased by Howard Stein, 1996;
Gifted to Joy of Giving Something, 1996
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