Name/Title
StereographEntry/Object ID
2023.055.3.0222Description
A black and white stereograph. Image is the view from the street as a zeppelin flies overhead. Above the image "W148 (Star)" is printed, below the image "18000 Zeppelin Flying Over a German Town - Lower Valley of the Rhine." is printed, to the left of the image "Keystone View Company COPYRIGHTED Manufacturers MADE IN U.S.A. Publishers" is printed, to the right of the image "Meadville, Pa., New York, N. Y., Chicago, Ill., London, England." is printed. On the reverse the following is printed:
(18000)
ZEPPELIN FLYING OVER A GERMAN TOWN
The only lighter-than-air machines that have been made that can be directed and controlled are the dirigibles (pronunciation). Count Gerdiand von Zeppelin (pronuncation), a German, spent much of his life trying to make the dirigible a success. largely due to his work, Germany stood first in the developmnt of dirigibles for many years. In fact, his name was commonly given to these German machines. For a number of years Germany had regular carrying routes for the Zeppelin. Passengers and mails were carried from point to point. Some of these huge machines were 600 feet long and 50 feet in diameter. They are long, cigar-shaped, rigid ballons. The large gas bags, made into compartments, support cars swung beneth. These cars carry passengers, merchandise, or guns, and also the large motors which propel the machine.
During the Great Europan War, the Germans used the Zeppelins to terrorize the people of England and France. They frequently crossed the English Channel to bombard British Cities. From thousands of feet in the air, bombs were dropped on peaceful towns, killing men, women and children. The British and French used airplanes and anti-aircraft guns as a means of defense. Many Zeppelines were thus brought down. In a running battle the large airplanes were too speedy for the cumbrous dirigible.
The French and British have also perfected large dirigibles. These were used in the Great War for observation purposes largely. Our own army is similarly supplied. But the Allied armies depended largely on airplanes to report enemy movements. Airplanes are far mor important as engines of war than ar dirigbles.Collection
Photograph Collection