COLLECTION NAME:
Underwood & Underwood World War I press photographs
Record
Identifier:
C0502_B001_F077.jpg
Title:
Soldiers learning to use U.S. Navy dirigible at Naval Aviation Station, Pensacola, Florida
Creator:
Underwood & Underwood
Date:
1918-02-26
Description:
Attached: "169485 F.C. COPYRIGHT COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC INFORMATION FROM UNDERWOOD & UNDERWOOD, N.Y. RELEASED MARCH 2-1918." LEARNING TO MANIPULATE U.S. NAVY DIRIGIBLES. Though the aeroplane ranks first the students at the Naval Aviation Station at Pensacola, Florida, are being trained in the use of the lighter than air dirigibles. These students are tuning up the engine of one of these machines which still are important military factors. Released for March 2. Readers of the [gap] who wish to obtain a photographic copy of the picture can obtain it by sending ten cents to the Division of Pictures, Committee on Public Information, Wash., D.C. Inclose this clipping or mention photograph No. 2953. 2/26/18."
Subject:
World War, 1914 - 1918
Subject:
Airships
Geographic Area:
United States
Decade:
1910s
Type:
Still Image
Genre/Form:
war photography
Genre/Form:
black-and-white photographs
Genre/Form:
group portraits
Format:
Photograph; black and white
Extent:
8 x 10 in.
Digital Publisher:
George Mason University. Libraries. Special Collections Research Center.
Collection:
Underwood and Underwood World War I press photographs
Physical Location:
Box 1, Folder 77
Rights Statement:
Public Domain. There are no known restrictions.
General Note:
The description for these photographs is transcribed from paper descriptions that are attached to the photographs with adhesive. These paper descriptions are brittle and acidic. For presentation and accessibility purposes, the descriptions have been cropped out of the image.
