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Naval Airship, Parseval (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

• edification said:

  What a contrast: bicycles, a horse and an airship!

British airship "PARSEVAL" & army aeroplanes (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

• Art Siegel said:

  LOC: note typo in transcription of airship name "Parseval"
  In this copy, Bain has redacted the source info, May & Co.'s postcard 300.
  The unredacted photo is reproduced by Flickr user DesertBlooms here:
  flic.kr/p/aLtzFD
  Part of postcard series elsewhere in Bain Collection of pre WWI British airplanes and airships.
  
  
  
  
  And here's some motion picture footage:
  www.britishpathe.com/video/airships-earliest-days-aka-air...
  
  Parseval was the name of the designer, and there were 22 such ships built. This one could be the PL-18 No. 4
  en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Parseval_airships#PL_18_-_No.4

• Art Siegel said:

  The biplane at front right, No. 235 is identified as a BE.2a here: www.ukserials.com/serials-older-000.htm It is a Royal Aircraft Factory (Blériot Experimental) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Aircraft_Factory_B.E.2

• Kristi (LOC P&P) said:

  artolog, Thank you very much for such in depth digging about the airship and the accompanying plane - and for providing great citations. We'll add more identifying information when we update this record.