Series VII: Miscellaneous papers Series IX: Scrapbooks, oversized material
Series VIII: Photographs

When the Mills Collection was picked up by museum staff, the photographs in the collection were organized into groups in a quick field sort. In the current arrangement, photographs have been identified as far as possible and have been organized into the following groups:

  • Portraits and group photographs
  • Airship operations
  • Airship stations and fields
  • Airships arranged by type
  • Balloons
  • Airship Facilities
  • Ships
  • Aerial photography
  • Miscellaneous photography

Box  Folder 

22 29 Portraits of GHM
30 GHM's appointment as commodore, Lakehurst, November 5, 1943
31 GHM and CDR A.L. Cope
32 GHM and C.E. Rosendahl
33 GHM and E.J. Sullivan
34 Mrs. G.H. Mills and CDR W.A. Cockell, Jr.
35 Group photographs
36 Radio broadcast photographs
37 Snapshots, c.1930
38 Unidentified USN officers

23 1 K-89 & K-114 ferry flights -- Weeksville, NC to Kindley Field, Bermuda, April 1945
2 German submarine U-858 escorted by K-76 off Cape May, NJ, May 1945
3 Blimp operations off USS Mindoro, March 1950
4 NAS Elizabeth City, NC, 1942
5 NAS Glynco, GA, 1943
6 Guantanamo, Cuba -- CARIBEX 50, March 1950
7 NAS Hitchcock, TX -- commissioning ceremony, May 1943
8 NAS Houma, LA, 1943
9 NAS Lakehurst, NJ, 1941-1944
10 NAS Meacham Field, FL -- inspection, 1944
11 NAS Meacham Field -- inspection of Airship Utility Squadron One (AIRUTRON ONE, ZJ-1), December 1944
12 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil -- US & Brazilian officers, July 1944
13 NAF Santa Cruz, Brazil -- inspection by C.E. Rosendahl and GHM, July 1944
14 NAF Sao Luiz, Brazil, 1944-1945
15 NAS South Weymouth, MA -- commissioning of ZP-11, 1942; ZP-11 insignia
16 NAS South Weymouth -- aftermath of storm, July 1942 -- damage to K-6 & buildings
17 NAS South Weymouth -- inspection, September 1943
18 Unidentified airship station -- possibly Argentia, Newfoundland -- transit of "Africa Squadron", June 1944
19 Unidentified site inspections
20 AC-1 airship
21 ZRS-4 Akron
22 B Type airship
23 British airships, general, 1905-1920
24 C Type airship
25 D-1 airship
26 French airships, general, 1851-1913
27 G-1 airship
28 German airships, general, 1900-1925
29 LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin

24 1 Italian airships, general, 1917-1925
2 J-1 airship
3 J-4 airship
4 K-1 airship -- erection
5 K Type airships
6 L-2 airship
7 ZR-3 Los Angeles
8 ZR-3 Los Angeles -- aerial views of ships & fleet exercises
9 ZR-3 Los Angeles -- "head stand" at NAS Lakehurst mooring mast, 1927
10 ZR-3 Los Angeles damage photos, 1930
11 ZR-3 Los Angeles -- Prufling glider release trials, 1930
12 ZR-3 Los Angeles -- N2Y-1 hook-on trials, 1931
13 M Type airship
14 SS Zero airship
15 TC-2 airship
16 TC-13, TC-14 airships
17 Vaniman Akron airship
18 G-1, J-4, L-1 airships -- rescue trials, 1939
19 Miscellaneous airships
20 Airship emergency rescue kit
21 Navy captive observation balloon, NAS Lakehurst
22 Navy free balloon, NAS Lakehurst
23 Unidentified balloon race, c.1925
24 Goodyear-Zeppelin Airship Dock, Akron, OH; Goodyear blimp Columbia
25 Airship mooring masts
26 USS Concord
27 USS Hermitage
28 USS Pensacola
29 USS Yorktown
30 Miscellaneous ships
31 RN submarine -- aerial views; photographs & negative
32 Aerial views -- New York City
33 Aerial views -- Washington DC
34 Unidentified aerial views
35 Signed photographs
36 Miscellaneous photographs

Series VII: Miscellaneous papers Series IX: Scrapbooks, oversized material
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