Front:
Length, 258 ft. Weight of Bag 5000 lbs.
Maximum HP of Engines 317 H.P
Diameter 47 ft Cubic Capacity 40,000 ft. Carries 1540 Gallons gasoline.
Length of tar 185 ft.
Weight of car 6000 lbs
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"AKRON"
GROTOS
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Back:
THIS SOUVENIR POST CARD OF THE ORIGINAL
"AKRON"
COMES TO YOU FROM THE ANNUAL EXHIBI
OF THE
RUBBER CITY STAMP C
AKRON, OHIO
NUV
21
GKEY
CLUB EX
REPRODUCED FROM AN ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPHO64.
POSTCARD OWNED BY BOB JONES OF
KRON,
IN THIS AIRSHIP MELVIN VANIMAN HIS BRO-
THER CHARLES AND THREE COMPANIONS
CENDED AT ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. ON JULY
1912 TO START THEIR SECOND ATTEMPT AT
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.
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