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OBJECT TYPE: lithograph
DATE: 1964
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1991.0755.001

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
MODEL: Boy Legend, The
LOCATION: Unknown

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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: 35.5 cm
Width: 28.0 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: Corning
Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: United States of America
State/Province: Unknown
Period: Unknown
Canada: Unknown
Function: DISPLAY
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: lettering printed below image reads: "From a painting in the LEACH CORPORATION HERITAGE OF THE AIR COLLECTION/THE BOY LEGEND/It was January 26, 1917. Georges Guynemer, the boy legend of the French air force, was/flying a SPAD VII over Chaulnes. Although his gun was jammed, he dove at a two-seat/Albatros as if to fire. Keeping less than thirty feet behind the German, Guynemer chased/it toward the French lines. All the time, the two planes were getting closer to the ground./Finally at 300 feet, the Albatros signalled surrender and landed. The first time an airplane/surrendered in the air to an unarmed pilot./C 1964 LEACH CORPORATION LITHO IN U.S.A."
Missing: N/A
Finish: COLOUR IMAGE
Decoration: IMAGE OF SPAD VII BIPLANE FORCING AN ALBATROSS BIPLANE TO LAND BEHIND FRENCH LINES DURING WWI

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Unknown Manufacturer, Print, 1964, Artifact no. 1991.0755, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1991.0755.001/

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