#dirigable

They constructed an airship hangar at Moisson, near the River Seine downstream from Paris and were instrumental in the development of airships, and a series of semi-rigid airships in the early years of the twentieth century.

Alfred Stieglitz. A Dirigible. 1910

Alfred Eisenstaedt. The Graf Zeppelin at Anchor Mast. Recife (Pernambuco). Brazil. 1934

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by Lidija Grozdanic, 03/13/13

Just because a ship is an airship and lighter than air doesn't mean it has to fly high. Even cars on the road could be airships that just don't float higher than three feet. But they would not be heavy or dangerous like trucks and cars of our staggeringly uncreative time.