Graf Zeppelin land in Los Angeles on August 26, 1929

Graf Zeppelin land in Los Angeles on August 26, 1929On August 26, 1929, the Graf Zeppelin landed in Los Angeles on the homebound leg of a Hearst-sponsored (and therefore widely-reported) round-world voyage at the site of what would later become LAX. In my first book, “The Garden on Sunset,” one of the chapters takes place here. The accounts of it I read related that thousands of people greeted this marvel of the air when it arrived. In this photo, I can see maybe a couple of dozen—I guess everybody else was out of the frame!

Graf Zeppelin in Los Angeles, Aug 26, 1929

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