The "Old" and the New in the Air
The "Old" and the New in the Air
The "Old" and the New in the Air
The "Old" and the New in the Air

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The "Old" and the New in the Air,

1936

ACME Newspictures, American, active 1930s–1940s
2010-28

Information

Title
The "Old" and the New in the Air
Dates

1936

Maker
ACME Newspictures
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
sheet: 18.1 × 24.5 cm (7 1/8 × 9 5/8 in.) image: 17.4 × 24 cm (6 7/8 × 9 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of David B. Long in honor of Professor Peter C. Bunnell
Object Number
2010-28
Place Depicted

Europe, Germany, Friedrichshafen

Inscription
Inscribed in blue below print, lower right: SCH342688 Numbered in ink by unknown hand, upper left corner: [crossed out] 24//59 Inscribed in ink, verso lower center: [illegible]
Marks/Labels/Seals
ACME credit stamp in light red, verso center ACME credit stamp in black, verso top center Correspondence address stamp in light blue ink, top right [in German] Typed caption affixed to verso, lower center: SCH342688 / THE “OLD” AND THE NEW IN THE AIR / THE NEW HINDENBURG, (BROADSIDE), AND THE GRAF / ZEPPELIN, PICTURED AS BOTH THE GIANT GERMAN / DIRIGIBLES SOARED OVER FRIEDRICHSHAFEN, WHEN / THE NEW SHIP UNDERWENT ANOTHER TEST FLIGHT. / BOTH SHIPS CARRIED A TOTAL OF 101 PASSENGERS. / THE HINDENBURG IS NEARLY TWICE THE SIZE OF THE / GRAF. / CREDIT LINE (ACME) 3//31//36
Culture
American
Type
photographs, oil paintings, gelatin silver prints, black-and-white photographs
Techniques
gelatin silver process
Subject
photojournalism, buildings, zeppelins

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