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R101 Diagram #3

A monochromatic photograph tinted blue. Text below the image reads "GIRDER AND STRUCT CONSTRUCTION, WITH LETTERING AND NUMBERS WRITTEN BY O.G.V. DURING THAT PARTICULAR "SITTING." R101/396. PHOTO FROM DRAWING OFFICE, ROYAL AIRSHIP WORKS. CARDINGTON 16TH July 1930."

This photograph shows the girder and strut construction of the R101. Some markings were added by Major Oliver Villiers of the Ministry of Civil Aviation during a séance led by Eileen J. Garrett.

R101 Girder and Strut Construction, July 16, 1930, Box 8, Eileen J. Garrett Parapsychology Foundation collection, Collection 331, Special Collections, University of Maryland, Baltimore County (Baltimore, MD).

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