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Black and white photograph of Paul W. Litchfield, center, preparing to board the blimp "Volunteer" in Los Angeles in 1929. This image was not used in Technology Review. Original caption: "P.W. Litchfield, Goodyear chairman of the board, has long been known as 'father of the airship' in America. In this picture he is shown in 1929, preparing to board the blimp 'Volunteer' in Los Angeles, at its hangar on the company's plant grounds there." Original credit line: Goodyear News Service, no. 408-4-15-31.