countferdinandvonzeppelin

beautiful

I so would have loved to have lived during these times!

Just a hint of the zeppelin. It's refreshing to see the curiousity of the several viewers 'frozen' :)

Fantastic !

This must be the future George V. If it was really shot in 1910, it must be early in the year, as his father died and he became king-emperor in May. It's possible that this was shot after George V ascended the throne, in which case the PoW would be the young man in the checkered cap, the future Edward VIII, who was but 16 in 1910.

Bain's copy photo of the burning airship "L-2":

Used in book: The nations at war, August 1914 - August 1916 By Willis John Abbot books.google.com/books?id=KOk7AQAAIAAJ&pg=PA163&l...

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferdinand_von_Zeppelin Honolulu Evening bulletin., March 21, 1910, 2:30 EDITION, Page 6, Image 6 chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn82016413/1910-03-21/ed-... links Zeppelin and Heigesell in relation to an expedition to the North Pole using a Zeppelin airship. The general suitability of balloons for polar exploration has survived for a century. See ScienceDaily: Zeppelin Expedition Will Survey Sea Ice In The Arctic www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/04/070412093800.htm

The Professor's last name appears actually to be Hergesell. See, e.g., www.photolib.noaa.gov/htmls/ship4536.htm First name appears to be Hugo metafrog.blogspot.com/2007/04/hugo-hergesell-scientist-te... Here's another LoC picture of Hergesell: www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2002722092/

Nice

swanq: Thanks for the link to the book where this picture appeared, and for the correct spelling for Professor Hergesell's name. We'll include this information next time we update the description.