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OBJECT TYPE: colour/pochoir/framed
DATE: 1928
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2000.0159.001

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
MODEL: TO AUSTRALIA BY AIR
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 TRANSPACIFIC CROSSING FROM CALIFORNIA TO AUSTRALIA.
Technical: COMMEMORATES FIRST AIR CROSSING OF PACIFIC BY AUSTRALIAN CHARLES EDWARD KINGSFORD SMITH (1897-1935). BETWEEN MAY 31 & JUNE 9, 1928, KINGSFORD SMITH, WITH C.T.P. ULM, H. LYON AND J. WARNER MADE FIRST AIR CROSSING OF PACIFIC FROM OAKLAND, CALIF. VIA HONOLULU AND SUVA, TO BRISBANE, QLD. IN AIRCRAFT SOUTHERN CROSS.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: SIGNATURE APPEARS TO READ "Lemon"/ ALSO INSCRIBED IN SCRIPT "Copyright 1928", "Wright Aeronautical Corporation" & "To Australia by air: Kingsford-Smith and his companion over Suva, 1928"
Missing: COMPLETE
Finish: COATED WOOD/ WHITE PAPER
Decoration: N/A

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Unknown Manufacturer, Print, 1928, Artifact no. 2000.0159, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2000.0159.001/

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