Army dirigible has successful test

Photograph of the RS-1 Army dirigible, the largest airship in the U.S. army at 282 feet in length; it averaged 40 miles per hour in its test flight through a snowstorm at Bellville, Illinois.

Publication date: 1926-01-24

Size: 22 x 23.8 cm

Publisher: Tribune Company

Print type: sepia

Language:

• English

Geography:

• Illinois

Genre(s):

• Documentary photographs
• 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), p. 5

Format(s):

• application/pdf
• image/jpeg

Contributor(s):

• Underwood & Underwood