A group of nine Keystone View Company stereoviews documenting dirigibles and airships, likely issued across the 1910s and 1920s. The cards bear standard Keystone gray mounts with publisher imprints along the vertical edges, consistent with the company's commercial series format. One card is accompanied by a separate typed reference sheet identified as Keystone 17405.
Subjects across the group include airships photographed in flight against open skies, a large dirigible inside a cavernous hangar with structural framing visible overhead, ground crew figures handling the British airship R34 on an open field with the hull markings clearly legible, an airship in low-altitude flight near the ground, and a ceremonial gathering featuring a draped American flag with a crowd of uniformed and civilian figures. One card shows an early non-rigid airship in flight from below, revealing gondola and fin detail.
The typed reference sheet for Keystone 17405 describes the christening of the Zeppelin Los Angeles by Mrs. Coolidge at the Naval Air Station at Anacostia, D.C. on November 25, 1924, with President Coolidge, Rear Admiral Moffett, and Secretary of Navy Wilbur in attendance, noting that doves of peace were released from within the ship.
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