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National Air and Space Museum Archives
Shenandoah Crash Site Images
Summary
- Collection ID:
- NASM.1996.0017
- Dates:
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On or shortly after September 3, 1925.
- Languages:
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English.
- Physical Description:
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0.01 Cubic feet22 negatives
- Repository:
The first American-built rigid airship to use helium, the USS Shenandoah (ZR-1, commissioned 1923) was destroyed in a squall on September 3, 1925, with the bulk of the airship crashing near Ava, Ohio; this collection consists of 22 negatives taken at the site of crash.
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of 22 original 2.5 x 3.5 inch negatives taken by an unknown photographer at the site of the USS Shenandoah crash in 1925, and prints made by the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum from the negatives in 1996.
Biographical / Historical
Biographical / Historical
The first American-built rigid airship to use helium, the USS Shenandoah (ZR-1, commissioned 1923) was destroyed in a squall on September 3, 1925, with the bulk of the airship crashing near Ava, Ohio; a 125 ft piece of the bow section landed 12 miles away. Fourteen of the crew of 43 men were killed.
Administration
Author
Patricia Williams, 2008; updated by Melissa A. N. Keiser, 2019
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Frank A. Spicher, Sr., Gift, 1996, NASM.1996.0017.
Processing Information
Arranged and described by Patricia Williams, 1996; encoded and updated by Melissa A. N. Keiser, 2019.
Digital Content
Using the Collection
Conditions Governing Use
Material is subject to Smithsonian Terms of Use. Should you wish to use NASM material in any medium, please submit an Application for Permission to Reproduce NASM Material, available at Permissions Requests
Conditions Governing Access
No restrictions on access.
Preferred Citation
Shenandoah Crash Site Images, Acc. NASM.1996.0017, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
Keywords
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Airships | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Aeronautics | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Negatives | Genre Form | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Photographic prints | Genre Form | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
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