Images from The Alan G. Bates Harmonica Collection Los Angeles Airship Harmonica NMM 7735.  'Los Angeles' airship harmonica by C. A. Seydel Söhne, Klingenthal, Germany, ca. 1926. America's most successful rigid airship was the Los Angeles, first flown in 1924. Made in Germany for the U.S. Navy, the ship was 656 feet long, 46 tons, carried 46 tons cargo and 20 passengers. The harmonica forms the gondola on this 8" model.  Alan G. Bates Collection, 2000.   Click arrow to continue Bates Virtual Gallery Tour Go to Bates Virtual Gallery Tour Index Go to Virtual Tour Index Go to description of The Alan G. Bates Harmonica Collection National Music Museum The University of South Dakota 414 East Clark Street Vermillion, SD   57069 ©National Music Museum, 2002, 2003 Most recent update:   May 5, 2003 You are the 11,337th visitor to this page since January 21, 2002. College of Fine Arts The University of South Dakota Return to Top of Page