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OBJECT TYPE: colour/pochoir/framed
DATE: 1928
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2000.0156.001

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
MODEL: LIEUT-COMMANDER ALBERT READ 1919
LOCATION: United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: PAPER/ WOOD FRAME WITH METAL HARDWARE/ GLASS

Dimensions

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

Length: 50.0 cm
Width: 42.5 cm
Height: 2.0 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

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

Manufacturer

AKA: Lemon
Country: United States of America
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
Period: Unknown
Canada: Unknown
Function: PIECE OF ART INTENDED TO COMMEMORATE MAJOR ACHIEVEMENT IN EARLY AVIATION HISTORY, FIRST TRANSATLANTIC CROSSING.
Technical: COMMEMORATES FIRST TRANSATLANTIC FLIGHT BY AMERICAN NAVY LIEUT-COMMANDER ALBERT C. READ & CREW OF NC-4 NAVY-CURTISS FLYING BOAT. 2,150 MILE FLIGHT TOOK PLACE BETWEEN MAY 16 & MAY 27 1919 & TOOK 26 HOURS OF FLIGHT TIME, WITH STOPS NEWFOUNDLAND & AZORES.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: SIGNATURE APPEARS TO READ "Lemon"/ ALSO INSCRIBED IN SCRIPT "Copyright 1928", "Wright Aeronautical Corporation" & "Lieut-CommanderAlbert C. Read near the Azores in a navy plane, 1919"
Missing: COMPLETE
Finish: COATED FRAME/ WHITE PAPER
Decoration: N/A

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Unknown Manufacturer, Print, 1928, Artifact no. 2000.0156, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2000.0156.001/

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