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Collection of 548 postcard prints and original photographs depicting airships, dirigibles and zeppelins, ca. 1890 to 1960
Ventry, Arthur Frederick Daubeney Olav Eveleigh De Moleyns
2 volumes : illustrations (some color) ; 29-36 cm.
Two albums assembled by an unknown collector containing 548 postcards and silver gelatin photographic prints showing all manner of lighter-than-air vehicles, from moored balloons to zeppelin (rigid) and blimp (non-rigid) airships, including the structures used to house them, their passenger gondolas, and the control mechanisms and propulsion devices used to maneuver them, ranging from reproductions of prints showing 18th century balloons to photographs of post-WWII advertising blimps for Goodyear, Underberg, and Wonder Bread. Including examples of scientific, military, passenger, cargo and hobbyist applications, altogether comprising an extraordinary visual reference collection for the history of aerostatic travel. Highlights include a group of fin-de-siècle postcards from Paris commemorating the hot air balloon flights of Louis Godard, a suite of 20 postcards after drawings by drawings by M. Delhumeau showing balloon and zeppelin deployments during World War I, as well as images of the Hindenburg, the USS Akron, and other famous airships. Notation on several cards indicate the albums may have been the property of Lord Ventry (Arthur Frederick Daubeney Olav Eveleigh De Moleyns), a prominent 20th-century airship advocate in the United Kingdom. Most images 3 x 5 in. or 4 x 6 in., some with writing or notation; housed in period boards albums.