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Keystone View Company Zeppelin Flying Over a German Town- Lower Valley of the Rhine

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09584.147 Author/Creator: Keystone View Company Place Written: s.l. Type: Stereocard Date: 1914 Pagination: 1 stereocard Height: 8.7 cm, Width: 17.7 cm Order a Copy

In this photograph is a zeppelin flying over a small village. These large air machines were used for both transportation or goods as well as for dropping bombs.

Von Zeppelin, Ferdinand, 1838-1917

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