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OBJECT TYPE: MAGAZINE/KITE
DATE: 1898
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2003.0144.005

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

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General Information

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

Dimensions

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Length: N/A
Width: N/A
Height: N/A
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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"/ LETTERING READS "SCIENTIFIC KITES/ NAVAL BLUE HILL BOX KITE/ A scientific marvel. Flies like a/ bird. Every boy wants it. With 300/ feet flax kite line sent, paid, to any address, on receipt/of 50 cents. Send/ stamp for 16 page Kite Catalogue./ AGENTS WANTED./ E.I. HORSEMAN/ Manufacturer,/ 380-382 Broadway, N.Y."
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/2003.0144.005/

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