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TVL1970 said:
This is a photo of the Detroit ZMC-2 metal-clad airship built for the US Navy (BuNo A-8282).
See:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Detroit_ZMC-2
Flickr Foundation said:
TVL1970 Thanks for that identification, I've added the image to the Wikipedia page for the airship.

swanq said:
This photo is shown in all-aero.com/index.php/contactus/61-lighter-than-air/1780... with caption "Officers of the USS Shenandoah on her first flight (left to right): Lieut. A.R. Houghton, Lieut. L.E. Mueller, Cdr. J.H. Klein, Lieut. C.E. Rosendahl, Lieut. Cdr. M.R. Pierce, Lieut. J.C. Arnold, Lieut. E.H. Kincaid, Lieut. H.V. Wiley, Lieut. R.J. Miller, Lieut. R.F. Tyler, Lieut. J.B. Anderson Shenandoah first flew on 4 September 1923. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_E._Rosendahl "Charles Emery Rosendahl (May 15, 1892 – May 17, 1977) was a highly decorated Vice Admiral in the United States Navy, and an advocate of lighter-than-air flight." See also web.archive.org/web/20030804140410/http://www.history.nav... and library.utdallas.edu/specialcollections/hac/rosendahl/ind...
Richard Norton said:
I have identified more people at Wikimedia Commons: commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lts._Houghton_-_Mueller_-...

swanq said:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Shenandoah_(ZR-1) "USS Shenandoah was the first of four United States Navy rigid airships. It was constructed during 1922–1923 at Lakehurst Naval Air Station, and first flew in September 1923."
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swanq said:
The Cordova Daily Times. January 12, 1923, Page 7, col 1-3 chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn86072239/1923-01-12/ed-... has a description of the design of ZR-1.