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- OBJECT TYPE
- positive/print/b&w/framed
- DATE
- 1934
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1987.2606.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- Bridge that Spans Lake Michigan, The
- LOCATION
- Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- paper photograph; glazed; wooden frame; card stock backing; steel nails & hanging hardware
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 52.5 cm
- Width
- 42.5 cm
- Height
- N/A
- Thickness
- 2.2 cm
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Aviation
- Category
- Archives
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Unknown
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Michigan
- City
- Grand Rapids
Context
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Michigan
- Period
- company pass stamped with year 1934; hand dated 1933-34; Kohler Aviation appears to have existed between 1929 & 1934 when US President FD Roosevelt cancelled all civil air mail contracts
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
display; picture commemorates Kohler Aviation Corporation sea plane service across Lake Michigan; pass commemorates career of Pilot H O. Setter - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- lettering on Kohler logo reads: "AVIATION/KOHLER/CORPORATION"; caption reads:"The Bridge that Spans Lake Michigan"; lettering visible on Kohler company pass reads: "Not good unless countersigned by/J.B. KOHLER/[signatrue] John B. Kohler/KOHLER AVIATION CORPORATION/PASS [hand written] HO Setter/Pilot 1933-1934/BETWEEN ALL POINTS/1934/Subject to company rules and regulations and to terms and conditions/on back hereof. Void if presented by other than person named or if/altered in any way./239/John B. Kohler/PRESIDENT/FORM U-2"; lettering on adhesive sticker affixed (upside down) to back reads: "Reed/Engraving/115 Fulton St. S.W./Grand Rapids,/Michigan/Photographers/Artists/Engravers"
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- b + w photograph; black caption; company pass mounted at lower right of photograph black on white with year in red; clear glazing; black frame
- Decoration
- image in picture of flying boat (bi-plane) flying low over water; Kohler logo below airplane & above caption
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Unknown Manufacturer, Photograph, circa 1934, Artifact no. 1987.2606, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1987.2606.001/
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