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OBJECT TYPE: colour/pochoir/framed
DATE: 1928
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2000.0157.001

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
MODEL: CROSSING THE STATES...
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 TRANSCONTINENTAL CROSSING OF U.S.
Technical: COMMEMORATES FIRST NONSTOP FLIGHT ACROSS U.S. BY LTS. JOHN A. MACREADY & OAKLEY G. KELLY OF U.S AIR SERVICE MAY 2-3 1923. THEIR SINGLE ENGINE FOKKER T-2 AIRPLANE FLEW FROM NEW YORK TO SAN DIEGO (MUCH OF IT AT NIGHT) WITHOUT NAVIGATIONAL AIDS EXCEPT MAGNETIC COMPASS & SOME RAILROAD MAPS, VOYAGE OF 2,520 MILES. MACREADY & KELLY WERE AWARDED MACKAY TROPHY FOR 1923.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: SIGNATURE APPEARS TO READ "Lemon"/ ALSO INSCRIBED IN SCRIPT "Copyright 1928", "Wright Aeronautical Corporation" &"Crossing the States in the span of the same sun. Lieutenants Macready & Kelly, 1923"
Missing: COMPLETE
Finish: COATED WOOD/ WHITE PAPER
Decoration: N/A

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Unknown Manufacturer, Print, 1928, Artifact no. 2000.0157, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2000.0157.001/

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