Archiving Angeles (AA): The Graf Zeppelin

March 28, 2008 at 12:44 pm in History

She was the finest airship ever built. She would circle the globe in 12 days, with a trip from Friedrichshaften, Germany, to Lakehurst, New Jersey. She would make a stop at Mines Field, now known as LAX.

She was the Graf Zeppelin. She arrived in Los Angeles 8 years before the Hindenburg disaster.

The year was 1929.

Photo from USC Digital Archives

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Bert Green

Cool Photo.

There is a show of zeppelin paintings up at my gallery right now by Michael Rosenfeld:

http://www.bgfa.us
http://www.bgfa.us/artists/rosenfeld
http://fadein.la Jason Burns

Thanks for the tip, Bert. That looks like a very cool series!
http://militantangeleno.blogspot.com militantangeleno

The Militant sure dug Graf Zeppelin. Especially the guitar work of Jimmy Blage, the drumming of John Lonham, the bass playing of John Paul James and the vocal stylings of Robert Slant.
http://fadein.la Jason Burns

Great. Only 1:30 in the afternoon, and the Militant is drinking again.

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