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- OBJECT TYPE
- N/A
- DATE
- 1910
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1997.0811.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Tuck, Raphael & Sons Ltd.
- MODEL
- BLERIOT X1 MONOPLANE
- LOCATION
- London, England
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- PAPER, CARD STOCK
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 13.7 cm
- Width
- 8.8 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
- Tuck
- Country
- England
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- London
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Alberta
- Period
- DATED MARCH 14, 1910; POSTMARKED 12:15 AM, MARCH 24, 1910
- Canada
-
POSTCARD WAS SENT TO CANADA - Function
-
Unknown - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- FRONT OF POST CARD ON BOTTOM LEFT CORNER READS: "THE BLERIOT MONOPLANE"/ RIGHT CORNER READS: "JAS E. HUNT"/ PRINTED ON BACK OF CARD READS: "TUCK'S POST CARD/ THE BLERIOT MONOPLANE"/ HANDWRITTEN TEXT READS: "MARCH 14, 1910/ DELIGHTED TO/ GET SNAPSHOT OF YOU./ WHEN WILL YOU FLY OVER/ & SEE US? T & R."/ ON RIGHT SIDE, HANDWRITTEN ADDRESS: "[ILL]/ 546-14TH AVENUE WEST/ CALGARY/ [ILL]/ CANADA"/ On left half of back side of postcard reads: "The Bleriot Monoplane."/ Text below reads: "The crossing of the English Channel by M. Blériot on/ July 25th, 1909, marks an epoch in Aviation and in the his-/ tory of the twentieth century. M. Blériot, who has achieved/ the marvellous feat of flying across the Channel, completing/ a distance of 31 miles in 43 minutes, has been studying/ Aviation for some years past."/ Next paragraph reads: "The Blériot Monoplane, which is one of the smallest/ in existence, needs no shed to house it, and when the/ wings are folded, it stands in the space of a medium size/ motor car. Sunday's flight proves that it can not only fly/ but it overcomes the vertical currents of the air which/ experts have prophesied would be insurmountable."/ Below text reads: "Total weight: 496 lbs./ Total length: 26ft. 3 ins./ Span of wings: 25 ft. 7 ins."/ Next paragraph reads: "Full Particulars of:/ BLÉRIOT MONOPLANE &/ BLÉRIOT MOTOR LAMPS./ 53-54 Long Acre, London, W.C."/ Written vertically along left margin reads: "[logo] Produced for Mssrs. Blériot, Ltd., by RAPHAEL TUCK & SONS, Ltd., London."
- Missing
- From CA of 07/25/2001 by Kevin Machan: No - Complete
- Finish
- FRONT OF POST CARD IS A PRINT OF A BLACK AND WHITE PHOTOGRAPH
- Decoration
- FRONT OF POST CARD IS A PHOTOGRAPH OF A BLERIOT XI
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Tuck, Raphael & Sons Ltd., Postcard, 1910, Artifact no. 1997.0811, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1997.0811.001/
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