"M. Vaniman and cat." Melvin Vaniman, the first engineer of the hydrogen airship <i>America</i>, with the tabby cat mascot, "Kiddo," after boarding the steamship <i>Trent</i> in October 1910. 
<p>5x7 glass negative, George Grantham Bain Collection.
Digital ID: ggbain 08627   Source: digital file from original neg.
Reproduction Number: LC-DIG-ggbain-08627 (digital file from original neg.)
Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA <a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print">http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print</a> 
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George Grantham Bain
1910-10
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