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OBJECT TYPE: positive/print/b&w/mounted
DATE: 1991
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1992.2776.014

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
MODEL: Fokker Super Universal Project
LOCATION: Canada

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 14
Total Parts: 15
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: paper mounted on unidentified synthetic board

Dimensions

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

Length: 28.0 cm
Width: 21.8 cm
Height: N/A
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

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

Manufacturer

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

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: British Columbia
Period: commemorative weekend was July 12-13, 1991/ Fort St. James was an important airplane base from the 1930's to the 1960's/ images mounted possibly 1991; date orininal photograph taken Jan. 1934
Canada: Fort St. James was an important airplane base that serviced the mining, forestry, trapping & hunting interests in northern Canada
Function: possibly displayed at Junkers W34 1991 Project celebration held by the Municipality of Fort St. James to commemorate the area's comtribution to bush flying
Technical: The Fokker Super Universal bush plane made a significant contribution to transportation in northern Canada in the early 20th centruy/ the CF-AAM was reconstructed between 1982 & 1998 and is now on display at the Western Canada Aviation Museum
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: caption below image reads: "62 January 1934 broken Gear at Slate Creek/Radio man Art Gill saw it all happen, but couldn't warn Dewar in time. A few days waiting/and a few days work and AAM was flying again./Gill"
Missing: N/A
Finish: b + w photo
Decoration: Image of Fokker Super Universal airplane on skis stranded in snowbank.

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Unknown Manufacturer, Photograph, circa 1991, Artifact no. 1992.2776, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1992.2776.014/

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