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OBJECT TYPE: SOUVENIR
DATE: 1979
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1966.0977.001

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Montréal, Québec, Canada

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: paper; leatherette bound cover

Dimensions

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

Length: 51.2 cm
Width: 42.5 cm
Height: N/A
Thickness: 4.8 cm
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

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

Manufacturer

AKA: Cowan
Country: Canada
State/Province: Québec
City: Montréal

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Quebec
Period: all dated items from years 1874 to 1879; the demonstation appears to have taken place June 21, 1879
Canada: Mr. Cowan (along with Mr. Charles Page) invented, patented and apparently demonstrated an airship car at an event sponored by the Irish Protestant Benevolant Society
Function: collection of newspaper & journal clippings & letters relating mainly to aviation, in particular balloon flying, and especially the accomplishments of Mr. Cowan
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: lettering on cover reads: "Scrap Book"; lettering type written on adhesive label on cover reads: "SCRAPBOOK OF R.W. COWAN"
Missing: N/A
Finish: b + w photocopied (?) clippings on tan pages; green cover with gold lettering; white label with black lettering
Decoration: none

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Unknown Manufacturer, Scrapbook, circa 1979, Artifact no. 1966.0977, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1966.0977.001/

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