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Work Under Way for German Air Terminal

Frankfurt am Main


Date
1935, April 16
Location
Frankfurt am Main
Country
Germany
Material
silver gelatin print on glossy paper
Size
21,7 (22,8) x 15,5 (17,8) cm
Artist
ACME · Unidentified Photographer

Description

verso labeled in typeset: SCH326833 A view of the steel construction work for the giant zeppelin hangar, to be the largest in the world, and one of the structures of a huge air terminal to be the starting point of a zeppelin service to America. The terminal, at Frankfurt-am-Main, is located at the intersection of the North-South, East-West, national German motor highways. The hangar will have dimensions (approximating), 275 yards in length, 60 yards in width and 70 yards in height.
Credit Line (ACME) 11/23/35
Stamped: ACME Newspictures, Inc.; REF. DEPT.
11-30-35 N. E. A.
Handwritten: A 32062