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Graf Zeppelin (Airship)

 Organization

Historical Note

Airship. Also referred to as: Zeppelin (Airship); LZ 127 "Graf Zeppelin"; Cepelin (Airship); Graf Zeppelin (Air-ship). It was a German-built and -operated, passenger-carrying, hydrogen-filled, rigid airship which operated commercially from 1928 to 1937.

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

William E. Boeing Sr. Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 2005-10-06-B
Abstract

William E. Boeing, Sr. (1881-1956) was an aviation pioneer and founded The Boeing Company in 1916. The collection holds textual materials, such as correspondence, philately, business-related materials, clippings, and ephemera, as well as photographs and illustrations related to his personal and business life, circa 1783-2008. Major areas of interest include family photographs and extensive personal and business-related correspondence.

Dates: circa 1783-2008; Majority of material found within 1900s-1930s

James D. Griffin Photograph Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2015-08-25
Abstract

James D. Griffin was an engineer for McDonnell Douglas Corporation. The collection contains five hundred and ninety-six (596) photographs, likely collected and notated by Griffin, featuring primarily Douglas Aircraft Company airplanes manufactured during the 1910s-1970s but also, to a lesser extent, other manufacturer models; including Aero Spacelines, Boeing, Consolidated, and Northrop. There is also a small amount of clippings, newsletters, and articles.

Dates: circa 1910s-1970s; Majority of material found within ( dates 1920s-1950s)

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Aero Spacelines Super Guppy 1
Aeronautics -- Competitions 1
Air mail pioneers 1
Air mail service 1
Aircraft accidents 1
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Aircraft cabins 1
Aircraft industry -- United States -- History 1
Airplanes -- Cockpits 1
Airplanes -- Design and construction 1
Airplanes -- Flight testing 1
Alaska 1
Alaska Natives 1
Boats and boating 1
Boeing B & W (Boeing & Westervelt) (Model 1) 1
Boeing B-17F Flying Fortress 1
Boeing B-29 Superfortress 1
Boeing B-47 Stratojet Family (Model 450) 1
Boeing Model 204A 1
Boeing Model 5 - C-650-700 1
Boeing P-12 Family 1
Boeing Plant 1 "Red Barn" 1
Bowlus (Hawley) XCG-7 1
British Columbia 1
California 1
Canada 1
Consolidated B-24 Liberator Family 1
Douglas 7B 1
Douglas A-20 Havoc 1
Douglas A-20A Havoc 1
Douglas A2D-1 Skyshark 1
Douglas A3D-1 (A-3A) Skywarrior 1
Douglas A4D-1 (A-4A) Skyhawk 1
Douglas AD (A-1, BT2D) Skyraider Family 1
Douglas B-18 Family 1
Douglas B-23 Dragon 1
Douglas BT-1 (Modified O-2K) 1
Douglas BT-2B 1
Douglas BTD-1 Destroyer 1
Douglas C-124 Globemaster II Family 1
Douglas C-133 Cargomaster Family 1
Douglas C-133A Cargomaster 1
Douglas C-1C 1
Douglas C-54 Skymaster 1
Douglas C-74 Globemaster I 1
Douglas Cloudster I 1
Douglas Cloudster II 1
Douglas Commuter 1
Douglas D-558-1 Skystreak 1
Douglas D-558-2 Skyrocket 1
Douglas DA-1 Ambassador 1
Douglas DB-1 1
Douglas DB-7 1
Douglas DC-1 1
Douglas DC-2 Family 1
Douglas DC-3 Family 1
Douglas DC-4 Experimental (DC-4E) 1
Douglas DC-4 Family 1
Douglas DC-5 1
Douglas DC-6 Family 1
Douglas DC-6B 1
Douglas DC-7 Family 1
Douglas DC-7C Seven Seas 1
Douglas DC-8 Family 1
Douglas DC-8 Series 50 1
Douglas DC-8-61 (Super DC-8) 1
Douglas DC-9 Family 1
Douglas DF 1
Douglas DT-1 1
Douglas DT-2 1
Douglas DT-2B 1
Douglas DT-5 1
Douglas DT-6 1
Douglas Dolphin Family 1
Douglas F3D-1 (F-10A) Skyknight 1
Douglas F4D-1 (F-6A) Skyray 1
Douglas F5D-1 (F4D-2N) Skylancer 1
Douglas M-1 (DAM-1) Mailplane 1
Douglas M-2 Mailplane 1
Douglas M-3 Mailplane 1
Douglas MO-2B 1
Douglas O-2 1
Douglas O-22 (YO-22) 1
Douglas O-25A 1
Douglas O-2A 1
Douglas O-2B 1
Douglas O-2BS 1
Douglas O-2D 1
Douglas O-2K 1
Douglas O-2M (Mexico) 1
Douglas O-2MC (China) 1
Douglas O-32 1
Douglas O-38 1
Douglas O-38E 1
Douglas O-38F 1
Douglas O-38P 1
Douglas O-43A 1
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