Title

Norge N-1 airship, 1923, (1932). Creator: Unknown.

Caption

Norge N-1 airship, 1923, (1932). Semi-rigid Italian airship that carried out the first verified trip of any kind to the North Pole. It was also the first aircraft to fly over the polar ice cap between Europe and America. Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen (1872-1928) made a successful flight over the North Pole aboard the 'Norge' on 11-14 May 1926. From "Die Eroberung Der Luft", (The Conquest of the Air), cigarette card album produced by the Garbáty cigarette factory, 1932. Eugene and Moritz Garbáty, who were Jewish, were driven out of business by the Nazis in the late 1930s, and forced to sell their factory which lay empty for over 70 years. [Garbaty Cigarettenfabrik, Berlin-Pankow, 1932]
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Date

1932

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19D52_099

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

57,7Mb (3,2Mb) / 18,7in x 12,0in / 5614 x 3594 (300dpi)

Keywords

transport transportation Italy Italian flying country flight color aircraft location century first thirties aviation concept twenties air Transport Colour 1930s 1920s 20th century airship dirigible The Print Collector Norge Unknown Eugene Euge cigarette card Josef Garbáty Garbáty Josef Josef Garbaty Garbaty Josef Garbáty-Rosenthal Josef Garbaty-Rosenthal Garbáty-Rosenthal Garbaty-Rosenthal Eugene Garbáty Eugene L. Garbaty Eugene L. Eugene L Garbaty N-1 Josef Garbáty Eugene Garbáty Moritz Garbáty Roald Amundsen cigarette card