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Image Number

WE280

Photographer

Hansen, Chris.

Date

1960

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Collection

Wendler collection

Geographic Term

Miami Beach (Fla.)

Subject Term

Airships
Tourism--Florida--Dade County--Miami Beach

Corporate Subject

Goodyear Aircraft Corporation--Employees.

Additional Creator

Miami Beach (Fla.). - News Bureau.

Additional Creator

Miami Beach (Fla.). - News Bureau.

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1 photoprint - b&w - 10 x 8 in.

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Title

Tourists get a closer look at the Goodyear blimp.

Subject

Airships

Tourism--Florida--Dade County--Miami Beach

Creator

Hansen, Chris.

Date

1960

Contributor

Miami Beach (Fla.). - News Bureau.

Identifier

WE280

Image URL

/fpc/wendler/we280.jpg

Thumbnail

/fpc/wendler/we280.gif

Geographic Term

Miami Beach (Fla.)

Color

b&w

Physical Description

1 photoprint - b&w - 10 x 8 in.

Series Title

Wendler collection

Subject - Corporate

Goodyear Aircraft Corporation--Employees.

Collection ID

Source Note

James P. Wendler; Gift;d1997.

Chicago Manual of Style

Hansen, Chris. Tourists get a closer look at the Goodyear blimp. 1960. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. <https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/55380>, accessed 12 June 2026.

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Hansen, Chris. Tourists get a closer look at the Goodyear blimp. 1960. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. Accessed 12 Jun. 2026.<https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/55380>

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(State Archives of Florida/Hansen)

Florida Memory is a digital outreach program providing free online access to select archival records from collections housed in the State Library and Archives of Florida. Florida Memory digitizes materials that illuminate the state's history and culture.

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Florida Memory is funded under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act from the Institute of Museum and Library Services. Florida's LSTA program is administered by the Department of State's Division of Library and Information Services.

For FY2025-26, the percentage of total costs for the Florida Memory program financed with federal money is 66%; the federal dollar amount to be spent on the program is $1,027,650. This program does not receive any non-governmental funding.

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