General Information

Serial #

N/A

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

20.4 cm

Width

12.7 cm

Height

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Thickness

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Weight

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Diameter

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Volume

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Lexicon

Group

Aviation

Category

Archives

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Brown

Country

England

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Nova Scotia

Period

the trans-Atlantic flight took place on June 14, 1919/ the letter is dated July 3, 1919

Canada

Unknown

Function

letter acknowledges addressee's congratulations on first non-stop trans-Atlantic flight by Capt. John Alcock (Pilot) & writer, Lieut. Arthur Whitten Brown (Navigator), in a Vickers Vimy

Technical

Unknown

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

letterhead reads: "Telephone, KENSINGTON 6520./VICKERS LIMITED./IN REPLYING, PLEASE REFER TO/AWB/LL/Enclosures/Imperial Court,/Basil Street, Knightsbridge,/London, S.W.3."; type written text reads: "Dear Mr. Usher,/Many thanks for your letter and/congradulations. I hope that I shall/have an opportunity of seeing you again,/and if I should be in canada and you hear/of me, please let me know when and where/it will be convenient to meet you./I am afraid that Mc.Donald will be/disappointed about my shaving brush as/it was lost in the bog in Ireland, but/I believe that alcock still has his and/will return it in due course./Yours sincerely,/[signature] A.W. Brown/W.H. Lyne Usher Esq.,/Messrs. Harold F. Ritchie & Co. Ltd.,/283 South Street,/Halifax, N.S."; lettering hand wirtten in pen on back reads: "This is Mr. Brown who with/Alcock flew the Atlantic./)I believe the first nonstop/crossing)"

Missing

N/A

Finish

black letterhead, type written text & singature on light gray paper

Decoration

none