General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

2

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

.1 PLASTIC FRAME, COVER, TAIL; STRING/.2 PLASTIC WITH PAPER LABELS

Dimensions

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

Length

42.0 cm

Width

36.2 cm

Height

1.0 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Aviation

Category

Miscellaneous

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

QUICKSILVER

Country

United States of America

State/Province

Colorado

City

Denver

Context

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

Period

1990S

Canada

SPECIMEN FROM CANADIAN COLLECTION OF INTERNATIONAL KITES.

Function

LIGHT FRAME COVERED WITH LIGHT MATERIAL, LIFTED BY WIND & FLOWN BY LONG CORD, USUALLY BUT NOT ALWAYS FOR RECREATIONAL PURPOSES. THIS KITE ALSO ADVERTISES FORD MOTOR CO.

Technical

ONE OF LOT OF 1000 OCTOPUS KITES MFD. TO COMMEMORATE 100TH ANNIVERSARY, POSSIBLY OF FORD MOTOR CO. WHICH WAS FOUNDED IN 1903. QUICKSILVER KITES OF DENVER, COLORADO BEGAN MAKING OCTOPUS & DRAGON KITES IN 1975.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

.1 BLUE & WHITE LOGO READING "FORD" WITH RED "RACING"/.2 LABELS READ "QUICKSILVER KITES/ 6' OCTOPUS KITE", "QUICKSILVER KITES/ (C) 1993 QUICKSILVER KITES DENVER, COLORADO", & "client: direct/ project: Ford Racing/ event: 100th Anniversary/ quantity: 1,000 kites"

Missing

APPEARS COMPLETE

Finish

.1 BLUE WITH RED TAIL/.2 COLOURLESS & TRANSPARENT WITH WHITE PLASTIC CLASP/HANDLE; RED & WHITE PAPER LABEL; WHITELABEL

Decoration

N/A