Oct 15, 2007 - Sale 2124

Sale 2124 - Lot 90

Price Realized: $ 9,600
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 6,000 - $ 9,000
BOURKE-WHITE, MARGARET (1904-1971)
"U. S. S. Airship Akron." Warm-toned silver print, 17 1/4x22 3/4 inches (43.8x58.4 cm.), with Bourke-White's signature, in ink, on recto; in the original duralumin frame made from airship parts, with a caption plaque. 1931
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Additional Details

This object was gifted to the collector by her father, who was a Major in the Army Air Force in WWII and a decorated war veteran.


The plaque reads, "U.S.S. Akron World's Largest Airship. This frame is made of duralumin used in girder construction of the United States airship 'Akron' built by the Goodyear Zeppelin Corporation."