Oct 17, 2014 - Sale 2361

Sale 2361 - Lot 85

Price Realized: $ 10,000
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 5,000 - $ 7,500
BOURKE-WHITE, MARGARET (1904-1971)
"U.S.S. Akron, World's Largest Airship." Silver print, 16 3/4x22 1/2 inches (42.5x55.9 cm.), with Bourke-White's signature, in ink, on recto; in the original duralumin frame, with the incised plaque (and contemporary UV Plexiglas). 1931
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Additional Details

The frame was made of "duralumin used in girder construction of the United States airship Akron, built by the Goodyear Zeppelin Corporation."