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OBJECT TYPE: positive/postcard/b&w/framed
DATE: 1911
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2002.0164.001

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
MODEL: Earle Ovington
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: PAPER POSTCARD; WOOD FRAME; STEEL NAILS; GLASS

Dimensions

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

Length: 15.8 cm
Width: 9.0 cm
Height: 1.1 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

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

Manufacturer

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

Context

Country: United States of America
State/Province: Unknown
Period: POSTCARD 1911; FRAMED 1930
Canada: Unknown
Function: FRAMED & PRESENTED TO KAY, WIFE OF EARL DAUGHERTY, BY EARLE OVINGTON AS MOMENTO
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: HANDWRITTEN IN INK BELOW PORRAIT: HANDWRITTEN IN INK BELOW PORRAIT: "To Kay Daugherty /from the other Earl/Earle Ovington"; HANDWRITTEN ON REVERSE SIDE: "Santa Barbara/July 2, 1930,/This is one of the/original postcards/especially made for/[t]he first U.S. air mail and/shows the old "crash helmet"/we wore in 1911./Earle Ovington/[illegible - cropped]"; ON CIRCULAR INK STAMP ON REVERSE SIDE: "EARLE OVINGTON SANTA BARBARA CAL./FIRST U.S. AIR MAIL PILOT/FLYING SINCE 1911"; LETTERHEAD ON SEPARATE PIECE OF PAPER BEHIND PHOTOGRAPH: "MRS. EARL S. DAUGHERTY - 2495 PINE AVENUE - LONG BEACH - CALIF."; HANDWRITEN IN INK FOLLOWS: "Sept 18-34/[De]ar Mrs. Burcham/first read about Milo making/[suc]h a good showing at the races and [hop?]e it brings you something worthwhile."
Missing: N/A
Finish: BLACK & WHITE IMAGE; BROWN FRAME; TRANSPARENT GLASS
Decoration: PORTRAIT OF EARLE OVINGTON WEARING FLYING HELMET

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Unknown Manufacturer, Photograph, 1911, Artifact no. 2002.0164, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2002.0164.001/

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