A pre-WWI Tuck & Sons postcard, printed in Saxony.
The image is a hand lithograph.
On the back, along the left side:
Raphael Tuck & Sons Educational Series of Post Cards No. 406. “AVIATION”
ART PUBLISHERS TO THEIR MAJESTIES THE KING AND QUEEN
Description:
LA REPUBLIQUE
La Republique, an airship of the semi-rigid type, was built for the French Government by Lebaudy Bros., and made its first flight in September, 1908, covering a distance of 200 kilometres in 6 1/2 hours, returning to its starting point without descent. In length it was about 210 ft., while it was fitted with twin screws driven by a motor of 80 h.p. A sister ship to La Republique was La Patrie, which broke away from its moorings and was never found. La Republique in 1909 also met with disaster.
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