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1st Transatlantic flight... Graf Zeppelin German airship...
Item # 723386
October 17, 1928
THE NEW YORK TIMES, October 17, 1928
* Ticker tape parade up Broadway for fliers
* D-LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin German airship
* 1st Intercontinental flight ends in success
* Atlantic Ocean to Lakehurst, New Jersey
The top of the front page has a two column headline: "CITY HAILS ZEPPELIN FLIERS IN PARADE UP BROADWAY; NAVY REPAIRS THE AIRSHIP" with subheads. (see images) Great to have in this famous New York City publication.
Complete with 60 pages, light toning at the margins, some spine wear with a little residue from disbinding, generally in nice condition.
AI notes: On October 16, 1928, New York City staged a massive Broadway ticker-tape parade to honor the crew of the German airship Graf Zeppelin (LZ-127) following the dirigible’s historic first transatlantic flight. The Graf Zeppelin had departed Friedrichshafen, Germany, on October 11 and landed at Lakehurst, New Jersey, four days later, proving that long-distance commercial airship travel was feasible. The parade, one of the largest ever held in the city up to that time, proceeded up Broadway through the Canyon of Heroes, where tons of ticker tape rained down from office windows. Honored were commander Dr. Hugo Eckener and his multinational crew, who rode in open cars as crowds estimated in the millions celebrated what newspapers hailed as a triumph of modern aviation and international cooperation. The event symbolized America’s enthusiasm for technological progress during the late 1920s and cemented the Graf Zeppelin’s reputation as the world’s most successful and admired airship of its era.
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