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[-] MrsDoyle@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 days ago

I don't think they had passenger dirigibles in the 1950s, they were phased out earlier. They crashed and burned too much.

[-] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 days ago

What does a passenger dirigible have to do with anything?

[-] MrsDoyle@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 days ago

Headline: "Dirigible downed at sea".

Onlooker: "Hm, 20 dead and 15 missing."

[-] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Ohh, now I get what you're talking about. I was referring to this picture looking 50s rather than 30s:

The OP image is established to have been drawn in 1934.

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