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OBJECT TYPE: album/positive/print/b&w
DATE: 1942
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1966.0974.001

MANUFACTURER: Boeing Aircraft of Canada Ltd.
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: British Columbia, Canada

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: photograph paper; leatherette covered front & back cover; steel screws

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length: 30.9 cm
Width: 21.8 cm
Height: N/A
Thickness: 3.6 cm
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Aviation
Category: Archives
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Boeing
Country: Canada
State/Province: British Columbia
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: British Columbia
Period: WWII (1939-1945); the launching took place on July 27, 1942
Canada: presented to Ralph Bell, Director General, Aircraft branch, Dep't. of Munitions & Supply, Gov't. of Canada
Function: commemorates the launching of the first PBY Catalina (CANSO) aircraft fron Sea Island plant; pictures mainly of ceremony, Canso airplane and employees at work
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: lettering on front cover reads: "Presented to/MR. RALPH BELL/Director General of Aircraft Production for Canada/by/MR. STANLEY BURKE/President of Boeing Aircraft of Canada Ltd./on the occasion of the launching of the first PBY aircraft/from Sea Island plant, July 27, 1942"
Missing: N/A
Finish: black cover with gold lettering; screws likely originally silver-grey coloured; b + w photographs
Decoration: none

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Boeing Aircraft of Canada Ltd., Photograph collection, 1942, Artifact no. 1966.0974, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1966.0974.001/

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