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Shenandoah Crash Site Images

National Air and Space Museum

Object Details

Topic
Airships
Aeronautics
Provenance
Frank A. Spicher, Sr., Gift, 1996, NASM.1996.0017.
Summary
The first American-built rigid airship to use helium, the USS Shenandoah (ZR-1, commissioned 1923) was destroyed in a squall on September 3, 1925, with the bulk of the airship crashing near Ava, Ohio; this collection consists of 22 negatives taken at the site of crash.
Biographical / Historical
The first American-built rigid airship to use helium, the USS Shenandoah (ZR-1, commissioned 1923) was destroyed in a squall on September 3, 1925, with the bulk of the airship crashing near Ava, Ohio; a 125 ft piece of the bow section landed 12 miles away. Fourteen of the crew of 43 men were killed.
Extent
0.01 Cubic feet (22 negatives)
Date
On or shortly after September 3, 1925.
Archival Repository
National Air and Space Museum Archives
Identifier
NASM.1996.0017
Type
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Negatives
Photographic prints
Citation
Shenandoah Crash Site Images, Acc. NASM.1996.0017, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
Processing Information
Arranged and described by Patricia Williams, 1996; encoded and updated by Melissa A. N. Keiser, 2019.
Rights
Material is subject to Smithsonian Terms of Use. Should you wish to use NASM material in any medium, please submit an Application for Permission to Reproduce NASM Material, available at Permissions Requests
Genre/Form
Negatives
Photographic prints
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of 22 original 2.5 x 3.5 inch negatives taken by an unknown photographer at the site of the USS Shenandoah crash in 1925, and prints made by the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum from the negatives in 1996.
Restrictions
No restrictions on access.
Related link
Record ID
ebl-1529528431737-1529528431739-0
Metadata Usage
CC0
GUID
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pg272cc68aa-6015-412b-a11a-65a8406a870c
One-half left rear view of wreckage of the stern section of the US Navy Airship ZR-1 "Shenandoah" at the main crash site near Ava, Ohio, circa September 3, 1925. Civilian onlookers in foreground.
There are restrictions for re-using this image. For more information, visit the Smithsonian's Terms of Use page .
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