Front:
"AKRON"
Length 258 ft. Weight of Bag 5,000 lbs
Diameter 47 ft Cubic Capacity 40,000 ft.
Length of tar 185
Maximum HP of Engines 317 HP
Carries 1540 Gallons gasoline
Weight of car 6000 lbs.
PER
S BY
SMITH
Back:
THIS SOUVENIR POST CARD OF THE ORIGINAL
"AKRON"
COMES TO YOU FROM THE ANNUAL EXHIBITION
OF THE
RUBBER CITY STAMP CLUB
AKRON, OHIO
REPRODUCED FROM AN ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPHIC
POSTCARD OWNED BY BOB JONES OF SIDNEY, OHIO
IN THIS AIRSHIP MELVIN VANIMAN, HIS BRO-
THER CHARLES AND THREE COMPANIONS AS-
CENDED AT ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. ON JULY 2,
1912 TO START THEIR SECOND ATTEMPT AT A
TRANS-ATLANTIC CROSSING. THE AIRSHIP EX-
PLODED AT 500 FEET IN FULL VIEW OF THOUS-
ANDS OF SPECTATORS. THE FIVE MEN FELL TO
THEIR DEATHS.
CITY
RUBBER
NOV
CCCCCCCCCCC
12
1972
XX OLYMPIC SUMMER GAMES MUNICH 1972
POST CARD
