2-369-407 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Zeppelin LZ1 in a floating hanger at Manzell, Friedrichshafen, Germany, 1900, (1933). The first Zeppelin, LZ1 was built and housed in this floating hangar on Lake Constance. It was designed to facilitate the launching of the airship as it could be aligned with the wind. A photograph from Zeppelin-Weltfahrten, Vom ersten Luftschiff 1899 bis zu den Fahrten des LZ127 Graf Zepplin 1932, Dresden, 1933.