2-702-170 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Zeppelin L 59, 1917, (1932). The LZ 59 (Afrika-Schiff or 'Africa Ship'), World War I German Navy Airship, the first Q-Class zeppelin with a length of 178.5 metres (585 feet). The L 59 carried out a total of 19 flights, including 2 raids on England and 10 reconnaissance missions. From "Die Eroberung Der Luft", (The Conquest of the Air), cigarette card album produced by the Garbáty cigarette factory, 1932. Eugene and Moritz Garbáty, who were Jewish, were driven out of business by the Nazis in the late 1930s, and forced to sell their factory which lay empty for over 70 years. [Garbaty Cigarettenfabrik, Berlin-Pankow, 1932]