{"id":2254,"date":"2012-11-27T12:55:26","date_gmt":"2012-11-27T12:55:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/?p=2254"},"modified":"2014-12-24T05:19:12","modified_gmt":"2014-12-24T05:19:12","slug":"oct-27-1933-pittsburgh-stops-to-gaze-at-the","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/2012\/11\/27\/oct-27-1933-pittsburgh-stops-to-gaze-at-the\/","title":{"rendered":"Pittsburgh stops to gaze at the Graf Zeppelin"},"content":{"rendered":"
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(Pittsburgh Press photo) <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>\n

Oct. 27, 1933:\u00a0<\/strong>The Graf Zeppelin passed over Pittsburgh shortly before 10:30 on a Friday morning. \u201cPedestrian traffic came to a standstill for several minutes while the morning crowd of shoppers and business-bound workers gazed upward,\u201d reported the Pittsburgh Press.<\/p>\n

This would be the ship\u2019s last trip to the United States. Afterwards, the Graf was devoted to passenger and mail service between Germany and Brazil. She completed her last passenger flight on May 8, 1937. In March of 1940, Hermann Goering ordered the Graf and its sister ship, Graf Zeppelin II, to be scrapped for salvage. The ship\u2019s aluminum frames were melted down for use in making military aircraft.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Graf Zeppelin passed over Pittsburgh shortly before 10:30 on a Friday morning.<\/p>\n

Look at the picturesPittsburgh stops to gaze at the Graf Zeppelin<\/span><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":2255,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"gallery","meta":{"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[948],"tags":[959,972,1025,1031,1244],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/tumblr_me40ww4hkF1rr5swxo1_1280.jpg?fit=932%2C1440&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2251,"url":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/2012\/11\/27\/airship-graf-zeppelin-passes-over-the-point\/","url_meta":{"origin":2254,"position":0},"title":"Airship Graf Zeppelin passes over the Point","date":"November 27, 2012","format":"gallery","excerpt":"By the time it cruised over Pittsburgh, the Graf Zeppelin had earned worldwide fame.","rel":"","context":"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/tumblr_me40zp7MTL1rr5swxo1_1280.jpg?fit=1200%2C1029&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":7530,"url":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/2017\/05\/04\/two-journeys-from-slovakia-to-the-mon-valley\/","url_meta":{"origin":2254,"position":1},"title":"Two journeys from Slovakia to the Mon Valley","date":"May 4, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"The men mined coal and endured tragic deaths brought about by a flu pandemic, then their lives intertwined","rel":"","context":"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Digs.John-D.-Lesko2-1.jpg?fit=1200%2C900&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":6478,"url":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/2016\/02\/03\/theres-nothing-like-it-in-the-world\/","url_meta":{"origin":2254,"position":2},"title":"“There’s nothing like it in the world”","date":"February 3, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Pittsburghers couldn't get enough of the new Greater Pittsburgh Airport in 1952.","rel":"","context":"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Web.1952DigsAirport020.jpg?fit=1200%2C781&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":5129,"url":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/2015\/03\/25\/how-to-raise-a-teenager-in-the-modern-age\/","url_meta":{"origin":2254,"position":3},"title":"How to raise a teenager in the modern age","date":"March 25, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"What's it like to be a teenager in Pittsburgh? 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