Army dirigible has successful test

View of the RS-1 Army dirigible, during a test drive through a snowstorm in Belleville, Illinois. At the time, it was the largest airship in the U.S. army at 282 feet in length.

Publication date: 1926-01-24

Size: 22 x 23.8 cm

Publisher: Tribune Company

Print type: grayscale

Language:

• English

Geography:

• Belleville (Ill.)

Subject(s):

• Airships--American--Illinois--Belleville--1920-1930
• Military training--Illinois--Belleville--1920-1930

Genre(s):

• Photographs

Type(s):

• still image
• text

Copyright(s):

• These materials are either in the public domain, according to U.S. copyright law, or permission has been obtained from rights owners. The digital version and supplementary materials are available for all educational uses worldwide.

Is part of:

• The Janet A. Ginsburg Chicago Tribune Image Collection

Source(s):

• Chicago Sunday Tribune (January 24, 1926), Picture Section/Part 2, p. 5

Format(s):

• application/pdf
• image/jpeg

Contributor(s):

• Underwood & Underwood