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OBJECT TYPE: MAGAZINE/KITE
DATE: 1898
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2003.0144.004

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
MODEL: NAVAL BLUE HILL BOX KITE
LOCATION: Unknown

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 4
Total Parts: 5
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: PAPER

Dimensions

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

Length: 23.5 cm
Width: 15.6 cm
Height: 1.0 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: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
Period: Unknown
Canada: SPECIMEN FROM CANADIAN COLLECTION OF INTERNATIONAL KITES. MR. YVES LAFOREST IS KITE COLLECTOR & FLIER FROM MONTREAL AREA.
Function: ADVERTISEMENT FOR SALE OF BOX KITES
Technical: FIRM OF E.I. HORSMAN WAS FOUNDED IN NEW YORK IN1865, MOVED TO BROADWAY AVE. IN 1891 AND TO UNION SQUARE IN 1871; IN 1932 COMPANY BECAME HORSMAN CORP. BUT WAS PURCHASED IN 1933 TO BECOME SUBSIDIARY OF REGAL DOLL MFG. CO. OF TRENTON, NJ.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: HEADING READING "THE COSMOPOLITAN"/ ADVERTISEMENT READS "AN AIR SHIP/ PRICE 25 CENTS/ THE NAVAL/ BLUE HILL BOX KITE/ Patented June 14, 1898/ A SCIENTIFIC MARVEL/ Every Boy Wants it/ Size 30 x 14 x 14 inches. It goes up from the hand thousands/ to the clouds. Any child can fly it./ FOR SALE BY TOY-DEALERS EVERYWHERE/ Or will be sent, prepaid, with 300 feet flax kite line on receipt/ of 50 cents. Send stamp for 16 page catalogue of scientific kites/ E.I. HORSEMAN/ Manufacturer, 380 Broadway, New York"
Missing: N/A
Finish: WHITE PAGE/ BLACK LETTERING & LINE DRAWINGS
Decoration: BLACK & WHITE LINE DRAWING OF BOX KITE

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Unknown Manufacturer, Advertisement, after 1898, Artifact no. 2003.0144, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2003.0144.004/

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