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CRAY STAMP
NOV
19
1966
THIS SOUVENIR POST CARD OF THE SECOND
RIGID AIRSHIP "AKRON"
COMES TO YOU FROM THE ANNUAL EXHIBIT
OF THE
RUBBER CITY STAMP CLUB
AKRON, OHIO
THIS DIRIGIBLE, BUILT IN 1931, WAS 785 FT.
LONG, HELIUM CAPACITY OF 6,500,000 FT. IT
WAS DESIGNED FOR MILITARY PURPOSES AND
INCLUDED IN THE LOWER HULL WAS A HANGER
DECK WITH FIVE SCOUT PLANES. ON APRIL 4,
1933, THE AKRONT ENCOUNTERED A VIOLENT
LINE SQUALL AND WAS LOST AT SEA WITH 74
OF ITS CREW OF 78.
(THIS CARD IS SECOND IN A SERIES)
CLUB E
CHAMPION OF LIBERTY
MAHATMA
1869
APOSTLE OF
GANDA
1948
CONTIOLA
4$
B.
J. Ferrin
39 Campbell St.
Woburn, Mass. 01801
Ray R. Edrem yano 1964
