Graf Zeppelin’s Rendezvous

This has to be my favorite Great Pyramid pictures. It is part of the Library of Congress’s collection, reproduction number LC-USZ62-130867. It was from a 1931 Stereoscope called “The Graf Zeppelin’s rendezvous with the eternal desert and the more than 4,000 year old pyramids of Gizeh, Egypt.

The Graf Zeppelin was a German passenger carrying airship that was in operation from 1928 to 1937. It was named after the German airship pioneer Ferinand Von Zeppelin, who held the rank of Graf or Count in the German nobility.

During the 9 years that it was in service the Graf Zeppelin made 590 flights, covering more than a million miles, and spending the equivalent of 2 years in the air. Part of that million miles was a 49,618 km (30,831 miles) 1929 around the world voyage that took 21 days, 5 hours and 31 minutes.

This is a 1930 German Reichsmark coin honoring the Graf Zappelin’s 1929 “Round the World” Flight.