Shenandoah Arctic Quest and ZR-1 Zeppelin Preview
Historic Shenandoah missions toward the Arctic unfold with Adm. Moffett detailing plans and delays while a major Zeppelin program advances. Reports describe the ZR-1 airship’s size, propulsion, interiors, gas cells, and safety features as Goodyear inks rights and a future transatlantic service looms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zeppelin Company
Fredrichshiaven
Maybach @q
Friedrichshaven
United States Naval
Tullman
Navy Air Service
Streg
Oreasion
Capitol
Washington
Naval Aircraft Factory
Philadelphia
Lakehurst Noj
Durathmin
Afx
Zion
United States
Kansas
Oklahoma
Texas
Shenandoah
Admira Moffett
New York
London
Eddie Rickenbacker
Nee
Oid
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company
Akron
Wingtfoot Lake
Goodyear
Chicago
Portrait Demand Sparks Satirical Exchange
In a witty exchange from The New York Sun and Globe a sitter asks for a likeness while a portrait painter grumbles about earnings. A wife, with an empty pocketbook, longs for change, and a heartless husband jokes about divorce, highlighting social mores of the era.
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New York Sun and Globe
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Henandoah
Arctic
William A Moffett
Bureau of Aeronautics
United States Navy Department
Shenandogh
Iber Progress
Peary
Erick the Red
Tong
Frotisher
Davis
Butlin
Rose
Parry
Ross
Franklin
de Tiven
Kane
Hives
Greely Cisst
Pre
Nordenskjold
Isto
America
Otnd
Asia
Wransell Island
Sputzbersen
Beony le
Shenindeah
Admiiral Moeffert
Rieger
Humber
England
Prac
Admiral Moffett
Lakehurst
St. Louis
Les 2 Timee Ag
Chat
Gould
Scone
Chevrolei
Chevrolet
Chevrolet Motor Co
Detroit, Michigan
General Metors Corporation
B. Clint
Michigan