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The New-York tribune., July 13, 1919, Page 4, published a cropped version of this photo with the caption: "Lt. Com. Zachary Lansdowne, of Grand Rapids, Wis, who, through the courtesy of the British Air Ministry, was American naval observer aboard the R-34 on the first east to west transatlantic flight." chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030214/1919-07-13/ed-...

"Lieutenant Commander Zachary Lansdowne, USN (December 1, 1888 – September 3, 1925) was a United States Navy officer and early Naval aviator who contributed to the development of the Navy's first lighter-than-air craft. He earned the Navy Cross for his participation in the first transoceanic airship flight while assigned to the British R34 in 1919." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zachary_Lansdowne

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Renumbered from the 4964 series for some reason.

www.blimpinfo.com/airships/wwi-airship-r34-arrived-too-la...

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R33-class_airship. "The R33 class of British rigid airships were built for the Royal Naval Air Service during the First World War, but were not completed until after the end of hostilities, by which time the RNAS had become part of the Royal Air Force....The only other airship in the class, R34, became the first aircraft to make an east to west transatlantic flight in July 1919 and by the return flight, completed successfully the first two-way crossing." A photo of R-34 on the Wikipedia page is captioned, "R34 landing at Mineola on 6 July 1919."

See article in the New-York tribune., July 07, 1919, Image 1, "Mammoth R-34 Lands Safely at Mineola" chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030214/1919-07-07/ed-... A description of the airship is in the New-York tribune., July 02, 1919, Page 2 chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030214/1919-07-02/ed-...