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Navigating Room, from “Studies of Construction and Flying of the Graf Zeppelin”
Navigating Room, from “Studies of Construction and Flying of the Graf Zeppelin”
Object number2024.20.28

Navigating Room, from “Studies of Construction and Flying of the Graf Zeppelin”

Portfolio/SeriesStudies of Construction and Flying of the Graf Zeppelin
Date1931
CultureGerman, American
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 6 5/8 x 9 3/8 in. (16.8 x 23.8 cm)
Sheet: 7 7/8 x 10 in. (20 x 25.4 cm)
Credit LineGift of Joy of Giving Something, Inc.
On View
Not on view
Period20th c
Classification(s)
InscribedOn recto, lower center within image: NAVIGATING ROOM. / GRAF ZEPPELIN. / HAMBURG-AMERICAN LINE. / GENERAL AGENTS. On reverse, by unidentified hand, lower right in pencil: JGS #6516.
MarkingsOn reverse, stamped center left in blue ink: PLEASE RETURN [underlined] / PUBLICITY DEPARTMENT / HAMBURG-AMERICAN LINE / 39 BROADWAY, NEW YORK; upper right: THIS PHOTOGRAPH IS SENT / WITH THE COMPLIMENTS OF THE / HAMBURG-AMERICAN LINE, / WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT, / IF USED, DUE CREDIT WILL BE / GIVEN – EITHER BY CREDIT LINE / OR REFERENCE IN TITLE.
ProvenanceSwann Galleries;
Purchased by Howard Stein, 1996;
Gifted to Joy of Giving Something, 1996
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Gondola, from “Studies of Construction and Flying of the Graf Zeppelin”
Currently Unidentified
1931
Culture: German, American