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National Air and Space Museum Archives
SCA (Stabilimento di Costruzione Aeronautiche) N.1 "Norge" Airship Photographs
Summary
- Collection ID:
- NASM.2018.0047
- Dates:
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1926
- Languages:
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English.
- Physical Description:
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0.05 Cubic feet1 folder
- Repository:
This collection consists of nine black and white photographs of the SCA (Stabilimento di Costruzione Aeronautiche) N.1 "Norge" Airship.
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of nine black and white photographs of the SCA (Stabilimento di Costruzione Aeronautiche) N.1 "Norge" Airship. The photographs all measure 7 by 5 inches.
Arrangement
Arrangement
This collection is in original order.
Biographical / Historical
Biographical / Historical
The SCA (Stabilimento di Costruzione Aeronautiche) N.1 "Norge" Airship took off from Spitsbergen, Norway on May 11, 1926 with a crew that included pilot (and the ship's designer) Umberto Nobile and explorers Roald Amundsen and Lincoln Ellsworth. The "Norge" crossed over the North Pole on May 12, 1926, completing the first verified transpolar flight in history, before landing a few days later at Teller, Alaska. While crossing the Pole, the crew dropped Norwegian, American, and Italian flags.
Administration
Author
Jessamyn Lloyd
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Carmella Pipolo, Gift, 2018, NASM.2018.0047
Processing Information
Arranged, described, and encoded by Jessamyn Lloyd, 2018.
Digital Content
Using the Collection
Conditions Governing Access
No restrictions on access
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.
Preferred Citation
SCA (Stabilimento di Costruzione Aeronautiche) N.1 "Norge" Airship Photographs, NASM.2018.0047, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
Keywords
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Aeronautics | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Airships | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
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