Zeppelin Collection

First Zeppelin air raid on London, 1915
First Zeppelin air raid on London, during World War I 1915

Poster, Zeppelin to South America
Poster advertising the German Zeppelin Hamburg-American Line, LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin airship service from Friedrichshafen, Germany, to Buenos Aires, Argentina. circa 1934

Rejected by the inventions board

ZEPPELIN RAIDER / 1915-16
A Zeppelin raider is caught in the searchlights over the countryside

The Subzeppmarinellin by Heath Robinson, WW1 cartoon
The subzeppmarinellin for making sure of your enemy. All bases covered with this combined submarine and zeppelin from the imagination of William Heath Robinson during the First World War. Date: c.1916

Front cover of Passenger Trips by Zeppelin Airships, c1911

Luggage label, Zeppelin to South America
Luggage label, Deutsche Zeppelin-Reederei (Airline) for the LZ 129 Hindenburg flight to South America. The passenger is a Mrs Sinclair, destination Rio de Janeiro, berth number 32. 1936

Graf Zeppelin Takeoff
GRAF ZEPPELIN People mill around as the Airship prepares for take off

Graf Zeppelin airship in flight
The German Graf Zeppelin airship in flight, viewed from directly below

WW1 - Zeppelin over the UK illuminated by searchlights
" Zepp!" WW1 - Zeppelin over the UK illuminated by searchlights Date: circa 1917

The FA Cup Final 1930
Photographs from the Football Association Challenge Cup Final of 1930 between Arsenal and Huddersfield

Zeppelin L15 on Thames
Zeppelin L15 floats on the Thames

Writing desk set with Duralium metal from Zeppelin L32
Writing desk set with glass inkwells, together with a piece of Duralium metal from Zeppelin L32 and a silver plaque engraved L32, Billericay, September 23rd 1916. Commemorative Ware

Zeppelin over Cologne
Excited spectators watching a Zeppelin Z111 fly over Cologne Cathedral, Germany

Remains of Zeppelin L32 (LZ74) at Great Burstead, Billericay
The remains of Zeppelin L32 (LZ74) at Great Burstead, Billericay, 24 September 1916. Date: 1916

Zeppelin Train 1930S
The Rail Zeppelin, an experimental vehicle developed and tested by Franz Kruckenberg in 1930 - 1931. It was capable of speeds of well over 200 kilometers per hour. Date: 1930s

Zeppelin-Staaken R VI German long-range bomber
Zeppelin-Staaken R VI German long-range giant bomber, first flown in mid-1917. A total of 18 were built

The Graf Zeppelin flying over Friedrichshafen, Germany
The Graf Zeppelin flying over Friedrichshafen, a city on the shore of Lake Constance (Bodensee in German) in southern Germany, known for its importance in aviation history

WW1 - The King Stephen fishing boat and Zeppelin L19, 1916
WW1 - The zeppelin L19 (also known as the LZ 54), was a World War I airship of the of the Imperial German Navy. After its first bomb raid in the UK, the L19 crashed in the North Sea

The Fall of the German airship L-21 by Fortunino Matania, WW1
The destruction of the German Zeppelin L-21 over Cuffley, Hertfordshire after being shot down by Lieut. William Leefe Robinson on the night of 2nd/3rd September 1916

Crew quarters aboard the Graf Zeppelin LZ 127
Crew quarters aboard the Graf Zeppelin, LZ 127

The Graf Zeppelin LZ 127 landed at Hanworth Aero Park
The Graf Zeppelin, LZ 127, landed at Hanworth Aero Park from Germany, 18 August 1931. Date: 1931

The Beardmore News - a publication of the Beardmore Transport Group

Graf, German zeppelin over London 1931
A good will visit, German zeppelin Graf flying over London, a transatlantic passenger carrier operating between 1928 to 1937, with people paying to take a flight over England. Date: August 1931

Zeppelin-Lindau Rs II German long range flying boat, seen here in its initial form with biplane tail. It first flew in June 1916, after which modifications were made

Threat of Zeppelin gas-bag or terror - which? 1915
Cartoon showing Kaisers head on the front of a Zeppelin airship, during World War One

To England! German dreams of an invasion by sea and air
To England! German dreams of an invasion by sea (warships) and air (a fleet of Zeppelins). Postcard sold to raise money for the German air war effort. Date: circa 1916

Zeppelin shed at Nordholz, aerial photograph during WW1
Aerial photograph of a Zeppelin shed on a turntable, after its reconstruction and extension to a length of 200 metres, at the Nordholz Zeppelin Base in northern Germany during the First World War

Aerial view of Frankfurt, Germany, from a Zeppelin airship. Date: circa 1930

Graf Zeppelin - LZ 127 - at anchor. The inset portrait shows Dr

Luposta Airshow - Danzig - featuring the Graf Zeppelin - held between 23rd and 31st July, 1932

A German Zeppelins observation car photographed on display as part of a public exhibition of dirigible wreckage collected from across Britain

Zeppelin Interior 1
The interior of a Zeppelin in the course of a bombing raid on England : the rear nacelle during an attack by British fighter planes

British postcard, Coming down! WW1
British postcard, Coming down! Depicting a German airship with the face of Kaiser Wilhelm, plunging to earth in flames. 1914-1918

The view looking towards the stern of the Graf Zeppelin II, LZ 130, during construction at Friedrichshafen

The Graf Zeppelin LZ 127 over a Junkers Ju52 / 3m of Lufthansa
The Graf Zeppelin, LZ 127, over a Junkers Ju52/3m of Lufthansa

The Graf Zeppelin LZ 127
The Graf Zeppelin, LZ 127

Zeppelin down Off Kent
Zeppelin L15 floats in the sea off the Kent coast

ZEPPELIN I
The first Zeppelin, LZ-I, on the Bodensee

Comic postcard, Large man diving into the sea - I thought I saw a Zepp here today. Date: 1914-1918

Comic postcard, Man in the bath during an air raid - Zepps! Date: 1914-1918

Comic postcard, Policeman expecting air raid - Shouldn't be surprised to see a Zeppelin raid tonight! Date: 1914-1918

Comic postcard, Man mistakes airship for marrow - There goes my prize marrer! Date: 1914-1918

Aviation display in the Deutsches Museum, Munich, Germany
Luftschiffhalle Westseite - Aviation display in the Deutsches Museum (German Museum)

Zeppelin, Etherfield, Republique, Ville De Paris Used Continental - Continental Tyre & Rubber Company (Grt Brit) Ltd. Date: 1909

LZ 10 Schwaben
The German rigid airship LZ10 Schwaben, probably the first commercially successful passenger-carrying aircraft. Photograph showing a large number of distinguished guests. Date: 1911

Graf Zeppelin over Friedrichshafen, Germany Date: 1930s

Luftschiffbau Zeppelin LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin D-LZ127, at Hanworth Aero park in Greater London circa 1931 Date: circa 1931

WW1 - Incendiary dropped in Zeppelin raid on Bury St Edmunds
WW1 - Home Front - The remains of an incendiary bomb which was dropped during a Zeppelin raid on Bury St Edmunds in April 1915. Date: 1915

LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin - At Mooring Mast
LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin (Deutsches Luftschiff Zeppelin #127; Registration: D-LZ 127) was a German-built and -operated, passenger-carrying, hydrogen-filled

Hanworth Air Park - 1932 - Graf Zeppelin D-LZ127
The German airship Graf Zeppelin D-LZ127 at Hanworth Air Park conducting sight-seeing flights over London. On 18 August 1931, the German airship Graf Zeppelin (D-LZ127) visited Hanworth

Comic Postcard - WW1 Home Front - Air Raid Alert - Take Cover - an eager volunteer
Comic Postcard - WW1 Home Front - Air Raid Alert - " Take Cover" - an eager volunteer warden shouts down an alert of any occupants of a Ladies Public Convenience! Date: circa 1917

Zeppelin L15 (LZ48) over Woodford Church, 13-14 October 1915. Date: 1915

Zeppelin L15 (LZ48) foundering in Knock Deep, 12 April 1916. Date: 1916

Air raid damage in Southend during WW1

A Zeppelin brought down on the south coast of England - WW1
A Zeppelin brought down on the south coast of England during the First World War

A Zeppelin brought down near Colchester - WW1
A Zeppelin brought down near Colchester during the First World War

Impression in the ground of a Commander falling from a Zeppelin shot down at Billericay during the First World War

Zeppelin No 8

Airship Zeppelin No. 8 early 1900s

German Airship No. 1 Ansa early 1900s

Wreck of Zeppelin L3 in the Faroe Islands

Wreck of Zeppelin L3 in the Faroe Islands early 1900s

Graf Zeppelin flying over the Port of Hamburg, Germany
A stunning real photographic postcard showing the Graf Zeppelin airship flying above the Kehrwiederspitze in the port of Hamburg, Germany

Airship Hindenburg - porcelain dinner plate
German Hindenburg Zeppelin Airship - porcelain dinner plate, decorated with the logo of the Deutsche Zeppelin Reederei (DZR)

Graf Zeppelin Airship - porcelain teacup and saucer by Heinrich Elfenbein-Porzellen. Cup marked with LZ logo and bottom stamped, saucer bottom stamped. Date: 1928

Airship Hindenburg, American Airlines, advertising sign
Rare Zeppelin travel agent's advertising sign in glass: Now Fly to Europe via Airship Hindenburg and American Airlines Inc'. 28 x 20 inches. Date: circa 1930s

Zeppelin airship - four items. Rare pair of 1934 timetables to South America via Zeppelin. Auch unser Werk (Also our Work) Zeppelin postcard and cover. Date: circa 1930s

Zeppelin airship - two cover designs
Zeppelin airship on two cover designs. Unusual USS Akron promotional two-sided advertising card, copy of the Texaco Star showing the Zeppelin airship flying over New York

Zeppelin airship, Hamburg-America Line, brochure cover, South American service. Flights from Germany to South America

Zeppelin airship - three postcards. Promotional postcard selling contributions to the Zeppelin Co, postally used 6 February 1926. Unusual Hans Schuize airship/biplane postcard

Zeppelin airship, timetable and rate chart
Zeppelin airship: French and English transatlantic passenger timetable and rate chart. Shows the transatlantic maiden voyage of the Hindenburg. Folded. 4 x 8 inches. Date: 1936

Zeppelin airship, Hamburg-America Line, luggage tag
Zeppelin Airship, Hamburg-America Line, luggage tag, vibrant blue, yellow and white. Graf Zeppelin flying eastbound, while a HAPAG steamship (Class Milwaukee / St Louis) sails westbound

Airship Hindenburg, American Airlines, luggage label
Airship Hindenburg, luggage label, with American AirLines as Exclusive Connecting Service'

Dirigible Los Angeles
Americans Dirigible ??los Angeles?, formerly Zeppelin R3, which went from Jersey to Bermuda and back

THE ZEPPELIN GRAVES
The so-called Zeppelin Graves, Theberton, Suffolk, England. Here lie the bodies of 16 German airmen from the Zeppelin gunned down on 17 June 1917. Date: 1917

WW1 - Attack on London - St. Batholomew the Great
circa 1910s

Graf Zeppelin over St Pauls Cathedral, London
Graf Zeppelin airship flying over St Pauls Cathedral, London. 1931

Bugler blowing All Clear after Zeppelin air raid, WW1
Bugler blowing the All Clear after a Zeppelin air raid during the First World War. 1914-1918

Lady Hay Drummond-Hay
Grace Marguerite, Lady Hay Drummond-Hay (1895 - 1946), British journalist, who was the first woman to travel around the world by air (in a zeppelin). 1930

The All Clear sounded by bugle after WW1 air raid
All Clear by bugle call: in London after an air-raid. With a boy scout as bugler: a Special Constables car giving the all clear notice after the recent Zeppelin raid on London

Fragments of Zeppelin, 1916
Three fragments obtained from a recently-destroyed Zeppelin. No 1. outer covering of Zeppelin (a doped fabric, i.e. a woven material treated with waterproofing solution). No 2

Zeppelin airship shot down, Southfields, WW1
Zeppelin (Schutte-Lanz) airship shot down by Captain William Leefe Robinson VC, as seen through a telescope from Southfields, 3 September 1916, First World War. Painting by Walter Hunt. 1916

Nuremberg Rally
The German army and air force combine to give a thrilling show at Zeppelin field using aircraft and anti-aircraft batteries. Date: 1939-1945

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