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OBJECT TYPE: DIAMOND
DATE: Unknown
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2003.0129.001

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
MODEL: REO GOLD COMET
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 COVER/ STRING

Dimensions

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

Length: 186.5 cm
Width: 74.0 cm
Height: N/A
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

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

Manufacturer

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

Context

Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
Period: Unknown
Canada: SPECIMEN FROM CANADIAN COLLECTION OF INTERNATIONAL KITES.
Function: PAPER COVER FOR KITE, WHICH WHEN COMPLETE WITH FRAME WAS INTENDED TO BE LIFTED BY WIND & FLOWN BY LONG CORD, FOR RECREATIONAL PURPOSES. THIS KITE ALSO ADVERTISED REO GOLD COMET TRUCKS.
Technical: EXAMPLE OF SIMPLE PAPER KITE USED AS TOY WHICH ALSO ADVERTISED CONSUMER PRODUCT, IN THIS CASE REO GOLD COMET TRUCKS. REO MOTOR CAR CO. OF LANSING, MICH. WAS FORMED BY RANSOM ELI OLDS IN 1904. REO BEGAN MAKING TRUCKS IN 1909 (UNTIL 1975 ) & BECAME WELL KNOWN FOR STRENGTH & DURABILITY (REFS. 1 & 2).
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: RED, BLACK & WHITE LETTERING READING "REO/ GOLD COMET/ POWER", WITH ASSEMBLY INSTRUCTIONS & "REO MOTORS, INC./ Lansing 20, Michigan"/ TEXT INILLUSTRATION READS "JOIN THE REO Haul[SIC] of Fame
Missing: FRAME
Finish: WHITE COVER WITH RED & BLACK ELEMENTS/ WHITE STRING
Decoration: DEPICTS REO TRUCK ON COUNTRY ROAD; BUST OF BENJAMIN FRANKLIN WITH POEM ABOUT FRANKLIN, TEXT ABOUT REO

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Unknown Manufacturer, Kite, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 2003.0129, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2003.0129.001/

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