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NH 42168 Christening of USS Akron (ZRS-4), 8 August 1931

Photo #: NH 42168 Christening of USS Akron (ZRS-4), 8 August 1931
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Title: Christening of USS Akron (ZRS-4), 8 August 1931
Description: Some of the 150,000 people who attended christening ceremonies, held in the Goodyear-Zeppelin Corporation air dock hangar at Akron, Ohio. A choir is singing in the right center. Note the exhibits in the right background, including a large Goodyear tire hung overhead. Photograph received from the Navy Recruiting Bureau, 1932. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.
Catalog #: NH 42168
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