Prototype of an Airship Gondola

Name/Title

Prototype of an Airship Gondola

Entry/Object ID

2023.169.21

Description

Black and white photograph of the end of a prototype of an airship gondola. Prototype is suspended from a pipe in the ceiling. The left side of the prototype is finished and the right side is open showing the construction of the piece. Photograph appears to be taken in a below ground room. Photograph is glued to black scrapbook paper.

Photograph Details

Type of Photograph

Gelatin Print - silver bromide

Subject Place

* Untyped Subject Place

Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company

Collection

PERMANENT COLLECTION

Cataloged By

Julie Frey

Acquisition

Accession

Gate Lodge 1999

Source or Donor

Harrison, Irene Seiberling

Acquisition Method

Gift

Credit Line

Gift of Irene Harrison - left in Gate Lodge

Notes

There was a note in the scrapbook cover that indicated this scrapbook may have been part of the Gate Lodge Collection, ie. the materials owned by Irene Seiberling Harrison and given to SHH after her death in 1999. This scrapbook may have been part of that original collection and separated at some point later.

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Seiberling, Willard Penfield

Role

Photographer

Date made

1917 - 1921

Place

* Untyped Place

Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Scrapbook Page

Height

9 in

Width

12 in

Dimension Description

Photograph

Height

8 in

Width

10 in

Condition

Overall Condition

Fair

Notes

Scrapbook paper brittle and fragile. Photograph stable

Created By

catalog-IT@stanhywet.org

Create Date

September 14, 2023

Updated By

bwelch@stanhywet.org

Update Date

August 4, 2025