VEEDOL OIL TIDE WATER OIL Co. GRAF ZEPPELIN ROUND WORLD FLIGHT JAPAN PHOTO 1929

Description

ORIGINAL -
VEEDOL OIL / TIDE WATER OIL Co. GRAF ZEPPELIN ROUND WORLD FLIGHT JAPAN PHOTO 1929
GRAF ZEPPELIN ROUND THE WORLD FLIGHT WAS THE FIRST PASSENGER-CARRYING FLIGHT AROUND THE WORLD
RARE! HISTORIC! UNIQUE!  JAPANESE REPRESENTATIVES POSE WITH (left to right)
POSSIBLE JOURNALIST KICHINAI KITANO
(journalist for the Asahi Press,Tokyo),
POSSIBLE PHOTOGRAPHER
(photographer for the Hearst Organization)
ROBERT HARTMANN WITH A LARGE FORMAT NEWSPAPER CAMERA AT HIS FEET AND A DOG IN HIS ARMS,
UNKNOWN JAPANESE NAVAL AIR STATION OFFICER,
ZEPPELIN GROUND EMPLOYEE,
NAVIGATOR CAPTAIN HANS CURT FLEMMING,
NAVIGATOR
CAPTAIN HANS von SCHILLER
, AN UNKNOWN ZEPPELIN COMPANY GROUND REPRESENTATIVE,
TWO JAPANESE VENDORS (possibly from Mitsubishi Co.), AND A JAPANESE SAILOR AND ANOTHER JAPANESE VENDOR
IN FRONT OF THE MOST SUCCESSFUL OF ALL THE GREAT AIRSHIPS.  " GRAF ZEPPELIN  LZ 127 " RESTS IN THE HANGAR AT
KASUMIGAURA NAVAL AIR STATION NEAR TOKYO ON AUGUST 19-23,1929
JUST MINUTES BEFORE ITS HISTORIC ROUND THE WORLD FLIGHT WOULD RESUME
. VENDOR TIDE WATER OIL COMPANY'S VEEDOL OIL IS BEING USED TO LUBRICATE THE SHIPS MASSIVE 5 MAYBACH 550 H.P. ENGINES.  SIX 55 GALLON DRUMS OF FUEL STAND BEFORE AN
ADVERTISEMENT
SIGN FOR THE OIL COMPANY BASED IN BAYONNE, NEW JERSEY U.S.A. WITH A CO-SPONSOR'S LOGO OF MITSUBISHI ON THE RIGHT.
RARELY SEEN CLOSE UP PHOTO SHOWING GREAT DETAILS IN THE GRAF ZEPPELIN'S GONDOLA INSIDE AND OUT.
SEPIA GLOSSY PHOTOGRAPH PRODUCED AUGUST
19-23
,1929.
(American) Newspaper publisher William Randolph Hearst's media empire paid 1/2 the cost of the project to fly
Graf Zeppelin
around the world, with four staff on the flight; Lady Hay Drummond-Hay, Karl von Wiegand, the Australian explorer Hubert Wilkins, and the cameraman Robert Hartmann. Drummond-Hay became the first woman to circumnavigate the world by air. Hearst stipulated that the flight in August 1929 officially start and finish at Lakehurst NJ. Round-the-world tickets were sold for almost 00 (todays dollars ,000) with most participants having their costs paid for them by sponsors. The flight's expenses were offset by the carriage of souvenir mail between Lakehurst, Friedrichshafen, Tokyo, and Los Angeles.
Graf Zeppelin
set off from Lakehurst on 8 August, heading eastwards. The
Graf Zeppelin
arrived back at Lakehurst from the west on the morning of 29 August, 3 weeks after it had departed
SHARP FOCUS AND VERY GOOD CONTRAST.
DIMENSIONS: 9 7/8" x 11 1/2"
CONDITION IS VERY FINE WITH A FEW CHIPPED CORNERS AND EDGES (NOT AFFECTING THE SUBJECT), HANDLING AND PERIOD LIGHTLY PENCILED MEASUREMENTS AND GRAPHIC NEWPAPER ARTISTS OPAQUING. THE REVERSE HAS A LIGHTLY PENCILED NUMBER AND A STAMPED A4 .
(please see pictures attached).
THIS IS NOT A REPRODUCTION OR A COPY.
PLEASE SEE MY 100% POSITIVE FEEDBACK AND BUY WITH CONFIDENCE.