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Goodyear blimp "Volunteer"

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Order Number	00066196
Title	Goodyear blimp "Volunteer"
Collection ID	Works Progress Administration Collection
Location/Accession	WPA 4035 4x5
Date	1937
Physical Description	1 photograph :b&w
Description	Close-up photo of the Goodyear blimp, Volunteer, taking off from its hangar on Florence Avenue on another photographic tour. Since 1925, Goodyear blimps have adorned the skies as very visible corporate symbols of the world's largest tire and rubber company that began operations in 1898. On average, a Goodyear blimp is 192 feet in length, 50 feet wide, 59.5 feet in height, weighing approximately 12,840 pounds. It can travel up to 50 miles per hour and carry six passengers plus a pilot, with an operating altitude of between 1,000 to 3,000 feet to a maximum of 10,000 feet. Photo dated: December 14, 1937.
Publisher	Federal Writers' Project. Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company.
Subject	Air travel--California--Los Angeles. Airships--California--Los Angeles. Hangars--California--Los Angeles. Works Progress Administration Collection photographs.
Format	Photographic prints
Reproduction Information	Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Sub-Collection Name	Works Progress Administration Photo Collection