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OBJECT TYPE: lithograph/limited edition
DATE: 1991
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1990.0468.001

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
MODEL: Rambler Solo
LOCATION: Canada

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General Information

Serial #: 45/850
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: paper

Dimensions

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

Length: 66.4 cm
Width: 51.0 cm
Height: N/A
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

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

Manufacturer

AKA: Bradford
Country: Canada
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Unknown
Period: Unknown
Canada: the Curtiss-Reid Rambler was the dirst Canadian design built for the civil market
Function: display; commemorative
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: lettering hand painted on canvas at lower right reads: "R W BRADFORD"; lettering on outer border above image reads: "This lithograph is one of a Single Edition limited to 850 copies and 50 Artist Proofs Published by Anvid MacBeaver Ltd., Box 640, Yellowknife, N.W.T., Canada"; lettering on the immer border at centre below the image reads: "Rambler Solo/by/Robert W. Bradford/The Curtiss-Reid Rambler was designed by WILFRID T. RIED in 1928 and formed the basis of his new company,/the Reid Aircraft Co., which shortly became the Curtiss-Reid Aircraft Co. when taken over by the American Curtiss Co./ It was the first Canadian design built for the civil market and 42 were delivered to civil owners and the RCAF./Most were used for flight instruction and many students were introduced to the joy of flight in the rugged, all metal, Rambler./A standard Rambler I of the Curtiss-Reid School is depicted here with K.M. (Ken) MOLSON on an early solo flight./Ken's passion for aviation continued and led to his selection as the first Curator of Canada's National Aviation Museum."; hand written in pencil on inner border below image at left: "45/850 [signature] Robert Bradford"; countersigned on inner border below image at right: "K.M. Molson"
Missing: N/A
Finish: colour picture; light grey inner border with black lettering; white outer border with black lettering
Decoration: image of side view of Curtiss-Reid Rambler I biplane in flight

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Unknown Manufacturer, Print, before 1991, Artifact no. 1990.0468, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1990.0468.001/

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