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OBJECT TYPE: acrylic on board/framed
DATE: 1995
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1996.0690.001

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
MODEL: Quest for Speed
LOCATION: Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: ACRYLIC PAINT ON BOARD/ WOOD FRAME/ METAL HARDWARE

Dimensions

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

Length: 66.2 cm
Width: 51.0 cm
Height: 3.6 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

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

Manufacturer

AKA: Rutherford
Country: Canada
State/Province: British Columbia
City: Kamloops

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Unknown
Period: 1995+
Canada: PAINTING BY CANADIAN ARTIST JOHN B. HENDERSON OF KAMLOOPS, BC.
Function: ARTWORK INTENDED TO COMMEMORATE ACHIEVEMENT IN EARLY AVIATION HISTORY, SETTING OF LAND SPEED RECORD DURING RACE.
Technical: COMMEMORATES WINNING OF THOMPSON TROPHY FOR SPEED BY FAMED AMERICAN AVIATOR (& LATER GENERAL) JAMES DOOLITTLE IN 1932 IN CLEVELAND. HE FLEW BEE GEE R-1 NO. 11 MADE BY GRANVILLE BROTHERS OF SPRINGFIELD, MA, & ESTABLISHED NEW LAND SPEED RECORD.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: SIGNED "Rutherford (C)"/ BLACK LETTERING ON BACK READS "QUEST FOR SPEED"/ -WOOD ON MASONITE/ -2 COATS DAMAR VARNISH/ -COMPLETED 1995/ J.B. Rutherford(C)"
Missing: COMPLETE
Finish: COATED WOOD FRAME
Decoration: PICTURE OF JIMMY DOOLITTLE FLYING THE GEE BEE TO A LAP SPEED OF 309 MPH IN SEPT. 1932; HE AVERAGED 296 MPH OVER 4 LAPS TO SET A NEW WORLD RECORD

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Unknown Manufacturer, Painting, 1995, Artifact no. 1996.0690, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1996.0690.001/

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