Airplane part, commemorative

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OBJECT TYPE: COMMEMORATIVE/MOUNTED/FRAMED
DATE: Unknown
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1997.0871.001

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
MODEL: DOUGLAS WORLD CRUISER #2 CHICAGO
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: CLOTH RELIC; PAPER DISPLAY; GLASS; WOOD FRAME; STEEL HANGING HARDWARE; UNIDENTIFIED BACKING

Dimensions

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

Length: 54.0 cm
Width: 44.0 cm
Height: 4.5 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

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

Manufacturer

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

Context

Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
Period: Unknown
Canada: Unknown
Function: DISPLAY; COMMEMORATE PARTICIPATION OF DOUGLAS CHICAGO IN FIRST ROUND THE WORLD FLIGHT IN 1924
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: lettering reads: "DOUGLAS WORLD CRUISER #2/CHICAGO/Pilots: Lts. Lowell H. Smith and Leslie P. Arnold/[RELIC]/Original Fabric/The Chicago was the flag plane of the first round-the-world flight. In the company of three similar sircraft,/it departed from Seattle, Washington, on April 6, 1924, returning September 28, 1924, after covering 26, 345/miles in a total flying time of 363 hours and 7 minutes. The Chicago is now a part of the Collection of the/National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution."
Missing: N/A
Finish: B + W IMAGE WITH YELLOW TINT; DARK BROWN RELIC; BLACK LETTERING ON WHITE BACKGROUND; MED. BROWN FRAME
Decoration: IMAGE OF 3 BIPLANES & CREW IN LINE ON RUNWAY

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Unknown Manufacturer, Airplane part, commemorative, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1997.0871, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1997.0871.001/

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