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Title: Italian Navy Dirigible
Date(s): 1930
Contributor(s): Du Pont, Lammot, 1909-1964 (former owner), Western Newspaper Union (photographer)
Description: Text on verso: 'A type of dirigible used by the Italian Navy for scount duty along the Adriatic. Many ships have been saved by the quick work of these dirigibles which have discovered Teuton U. boats and flashed a warning to the endangered craft.'
Collection ID: Lammot du Pont, Jr. collection of aeronautical photographs (Accession 1975.360)
Hagley ID: 75360_00115
Collection: Lammot du Pont, Jr. aeronautical collection

Title: Guarding Troops From Aerial Attack
Date(s): 1918
Contributor(s): Du Pont, Lammot, 1909-1964 (former owner), Western Newspaper Union (photographer)
Description: Text on verso: 'A French dirigible photographed from an aeroplane while hovering over a town 'Somewhere in France.' The town and its vicinity is crowded with troops and all precautions are taken to prevent an attack from enemy aeroplanes.'
Collection ID: Lammot du Pont, Jr. collection of aeronautical photographs (Accession 1975.360)
Hagley ID: 75360_00116
Collection: Lammot du Pont, Jr. aeronautical collection

Title: To Patrol the Air Lanes
Date(s): 1918
Contributor(s): Du Pont, Lammot, 1909-1964 (former owner), Western Newspaper Union (photographer)
Description: Text on verso: 'Patrolman William Namack hopes to be known as New York's first policeman aviator. Recently Police Commissioner, after a conference with Deputy Commissioner Rodman Wanamaker, who heads the reserves, decided to have an aeroplane corps to protect New York in case of air raids or to act as messenger should communications be interrupted by a great catastrophe. Photo shows Namack after a flight, a number of which he has made during the past few days to demonstrate his ability to...
Show moreText on verso: 'Patrolman William Namack hopes to be known as New York's first policeman aviator. Recently Police Commissioner, after a conference with Deputy Commissioner Rodman Wanamaker, who heads the reserves, decided to have an aeroplane corps to protect New York in case of air raids or to act as messenger should communications be interrupted by a great catastrophe. Photo shows Namack after a flight, a number of which he has made during the past few days to demonstrate his ability to pass all tests as a policeman air-pilot. When the police air-squad begins its duties, Namack expects to be one of the regular fliers.'
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Collection ID: Lammot du Pont, Jr. collection of aeronautical photographs (Accession 1975.360)
Hagley ID: 75360_00441
Collection: Lammot du Pont, Jr. aeronautical collection

Title: Cheering our fliers
Date(s): 1930
Contributor(s): Du Pont, Lammot, 1909-1964 (former owner), Western Newspaper Union (photographer)
Description: Text on verso: 'Three hundred sailors and a hundred soldiers cheering a flier during maneuvers at Key West, Florida, near which one of the government aviation schools is located.'
Collection ID: Lammot du Pont, Jr. collection of aeronautical photographs (Accession 1975.360)
Hagley ID: 1975360_00640
Collection: Lammot du Pont, Jr. aeronautical collection