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Ronald Day Collection

Lighter-Than-Air

Books and Articles

1. Notebook of Dirigible articles 2. Notebook of articles 3. White, for the Future 4. R.W. Knight, The Hindenburg Accident 5. Hook, Shenandoah Sage, 2 copies 6. Archbold, Hindenburg an Illustrated History 7. Time-Life, The Great Airships 8. Guetschow, Das Luftschiff 9. Althoff, Sky Ships 10. Payne, Lighter-Than-Air, 2 copies 11. Robinson & Keller, “Up Ship” 12. Smith, The Airships Akron & Macon 13. Brooks, Zeppelin 14. Richards, Giants in the Sky 15. Clausberg, Zeppelin 16. V. Schiller, Zeppelin 17. Hook, Sky Ship 18. Robinson, The Zeppelin in Combat 19. Florence, Zeppelin 20. Horton, The Age of the 21. Dick & Robinson, Graf Zeppelin & Hindenburg 22. Meyer, Airshipmen, Businessmen and Politics 1890-1940 23. Rosendahl, What About the Airship? 24. Rimell, The Airship VC 25. Vaeth, and U-Boats 26. Vittek, An Assessment of Lighter-Than-Air Technology 27. Stoff, Dirigible 28. Fritzsche, A Nation of Flyers 29. Mooney, The Hindenburg 30. Allen, The House of Goodyear 31. Fuller, The Airman Who Would Not Die 32. Toland, The Great Dirigible Their Triumphs and Disasters 33. Deighton & Schwartzman, Airship Wreck 34. Nowarra, German Airships 35. Leasor, The Millionth Chance Story of the 36. Tittle, LZ 129 “Hindenburg” 37. Litchfield & Allen, Why Has No Rigid Airships?, 2 copies 38. Launay, Historic Air Disasters 39. Cross of 40. Percefull, Balloons, Zeppelins and Dirigibles 41. Larson, The Book 42. Tittel, Zeppelin Sammlung Heinz Urban 43. Eichner, My Zeppelin 44. Danner, Graf Zeppelin & Hindenburg 45. American Air Mail Society, American Air Mail Catalog, Vol. 1 46. National Geographic, October, 1926 47. National Geographic, October, 1928 48. National Geographic, December, 1928 49. National Geographic, July, 1924 50. National Geographic, January, 1925 51. National Geographic, June, 1930, 3 copies 52. LTA Post Card Collection

Objects

1. Zeppelin lamp – green, brown, and grey 2. Zeppelin bread sign 3. Model 4. Akron Model 5. Navy Blimp Model 6. Hindenburg Model 7. 10 small heavy dirigible toys 8. 2 light metal dirigible toys 9. Ice cream mold, Zeppelin 10. 5 Christmas tree ornaments 11. Metal Zeppelin toy – one loose part 12. Goodyear blimp toy plastic by Mattel 13. Aluminum piece of dirigible 14. Desk ornament with dangling dirigible 15. Small frame with Zeppelin and 16. Letter opener, Macon, metal 17. Bookmark, Akron, metal 18. Glass and aluminum candy bottle, shaped like Los Angeles 19. Zeppelin salt, pepper, and sugar set 20. Ceramic Zeppelin, City of London 21. Ceramic Zeppelin and Cloud, salt and pepper shakers 22. 2 Goodyear Blimp tie tacks, Zeppelin pin-brass, Atlanta Olympic Games Blimp pin, and Zeppelin pin-Grügel born 23. LTA Wings for uniform, Pin from Weltflug 1929, silver bar, Liberty Mint, Key ring from Zeppelinstadt 24. Hindenburg belt buckle 1976, Coaster with Dirigible Mail Service theme, Picture of $2.60 Zeppelin Stamp on wooden plaque 25. 9 Com. coins with holders: 1. 2 Amerikafahrt des LZ 126, 1924 2. Taufe des 2127 3. 50th Anniversary Graf Zeppelin World Flight 4. Shenandoah ZR 1 5. Golden Anniversary NAS Lakehurst 6. LZ 127, 1898 – 1918 7. 3 RM coins, 1929 8. Weltfahrt, 1929 with map 26. Toy Goodyear Blimp blue, grey, and black 27. Hallmark Zeppelin Ornament, Graf Zeppelin toy yellow/purple, Blimp-plastic key chain, Good Year blimp erasure and Naval Airship Association patch 28. Menu and menu holder from Hindenburg scene in Indiana Jones and the Lost Crusade 29. Graf Zeppelin china – toothpick holder 30. Fork, Zeppelin service 31. 2 Zeppelin Reederei 8” plate 32. Saucer – Terre de Fer 33. Cathedral of the Air, NAS Lakehurst Plate 34. 50th Anniversary of Crash of Shenandoah Plate 35. Mosel wine glass with Graf Zeppelin picture 36. Envelope with Weltausstellung1933 pin, 2 Zeppelin stick pins, Blimp charm, Zeppelin pencil sharpener, $2.60 stamp pin, hotel key bob and luggage tag with Zeppelin metal tag 37. Envelope with dirigible pin and Wills Cigarette Zeppelin card 38. Envelope with German Naval Airship badge 39. Large metal toy, Zeppelin 40. Hamburg Amerika Line wall map of the world

Box Zeppelin Un-built Models

1. Picture of Count Zeppelin 2. Model kit for Akron/Macon 3. Model kit for Goodyear Blimp 4. Model kit for Hindenburg 5. Stereo viewer

Box – Flat

1. Framed Goodyear Zeppelin Ad 2. 3 Framed covers regarding Macon 3. Framed cover and radio schedule for May 7 4. Brass buckle from Lakehurst Naval Air Station 5. Framed plate of Los Angeles 6. Framed picture of destruction of L-5 7. 9 copies of the Warren Tribune () regarding LZ 127 8. New York Times, Hindenburg, March 22, 1936 9. St. Louis Post Dispatch, May 3, 1936 10. The Atlantic Constitution, May 17, 1936

Large Mounted Pictures and Posters

1. The LZ 130 is Germany’s Bid 2. Mounted LZ 127 schematic drawing (White) 3. Mounted LZ 129 schematic drawing (White) 4. Mounted LZ 127 schematic drawing (Blue) 5. Large framed poster in 2 Tagen nach North America 6. Framed ad, Wherever Progress Demands… 7. Framed picture “Final Moment” Hindenburg 8. Framed front page of Memphis Press Scimitar with 2 flown covers. 10. Newspaper – the Sun (Baltimore) May 7, 1937

Box - Zeppelin Miscellaneous Christmas Ornaments

1. Dirigible pin 2. LTS Stamp Gambia and 3. Graf Zeppelin picture blue and red (made in Japan) 4. Passenger tag for Rosendahl 5. Needles in folder with LZ 127 on it 6. Piece of Gold beaters skin? 7. Flown cover to Elliott Walton 8. American sticker with Hindenburg 9. Flown cover to Koni Werner 10. 5 Christmas tree ornaments 11. 3 Zeppelin wind-up toys 12. Curtis Sparrow Hawk model kit 13. Newsprint picture of Hindenburg and the Graf Zeppelin 14. Salt Lake City Telegram, May 7, 1937 15. Clippings regarding LTA 16. featuring LTA 17. 8 US Navy airship interior photos 18. Photo Hindenburg and 19. Photo of wreck of German Airship at Cambrai 20. Photo of Graf and a Goodyear Blimp 21. Report “Electronic Cable Tension dedication for K Airship 22. Report R-71-82, Part 1 23. Description memorandum 203 24. Packet of clipping photos and Xerox copies 25. Airport Journal, August 1980 26. Profile (Goodyear publication), Fall 1986 27. Booklet “Akron and USS Akron” 28. Radio News (Magazine), August 1929 29. Life Magazine, May 17, 1937 30. Buch II Zeppelin Weltfahrten 31. Booklet, “Luftschiffhallen in Friedrichshaffen” 32. Magazine, “The Pathfinder”, October 1, 1921 33. Airships Transatlantic Transportation, Summer 1936 34. Airships, US Naval Air Station Lakehurst 35. Magazine, “L’Aerophile”, March 15, 1911 36. Baggage tag 37. 6 souvenir postcards – modern 38. 2 covers Akron christening and Goodyear 39. BPE from Compex, 1970 40. Akron toy airship instructions 41. Zeppelin toy airship instructions 42. Zeppelin toy 43. Miscellaneous papers

Zeppelin Box R100 Bowl, etc.

1. Lead crystal bowl with R-100 engraved on it. 2. Cream pitcher ZS, 1935 3. Ashtray – Hamburg-Amerika Linie 4. Goodyear blimp on aluminum beer mug 5. Plastic inflatable blimp toy 6. Metal wind-up dirigible toy 7. Keepsake ornament tin blimp 8. LZ 129 stick pin 9. Enamel pin Weltausstelling Chicago1933 10. Graf Zeppelin pin 11. Colorful Graf Zeppelin toy 12. Enamel plate of the Los Angeles 13. Nutcracker with wooden LZ 127 14. Copies of maps of Friedrichshaffen and plans of airship , etc. 15. 5 LTA related postcards, postally used 16. 24 LTA related postcards, not postally used 17. 14 LTA topic stamps, no value 18. Flown covers – 19 items 19. 3 modern FDC 20. 3 photos of LTA 21. 2 Graf Zeppelin baggage tags 22. 2 Stereo cards 24. Century of Progress ticket stub 24. 1934 Graf Zeppelin timetable

Box - Small Pictures

1. Century of Progress table mat 2. Fragment of WWI German Naval Airship L-15 3. First South American Flight of the Graf Zeppelin with commemorative coin 4. Illustration – Zeppelin Air Ship (Pre WWI) 5. Framed half of unidentified airship 6. Framed trading card of the Graf Zeppelin 7. Framed C-18 8. Framed 4 Mark Zeppelin Stamp postmark, May 15, 1929 Friedrich Coffin 9. Boxed playing cards – Around the World with the Graf Zeppelin 10. Framed Zeppelin Stamps, 50 Pfennig and 75 Pfennig 11. Framed German Navy Airship Badge no crown 12. Framed Zeppelin Stamp, 50 Pfennig and 25 Pfennig 13. Framed Zeppelin Stamp 3 RM 14. Framed Dirigible Valentine Card 15. Photo framed Airship, Los Angeles with inscription 16. Framed airship wings for uniform 17. Framed color postcard of the Hansa 18. German Navy Airship badge with crown 19. Souvenir button from Round the World Graf Zeppelin, 1929 trip 20. Belt clip with chain 21. Illustration “Reichsmarineluftschiff-Wacht an dem deutscher Ostsee Küste” by Professor Hans Rudolf Schutze 22. Argentine fruit box end with Zeppelin illustration 23. Framed Zeppelin ice cream mold 24. Framed announcement regarding Information – Graf Zeppelin 25. Color illustration of the Akron 26. Framed invitation to christening of the Akron 27. Framed photo of Akron over city