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OBJECT TYPE: colour/kite exhibit
DATE: 1983
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2003.0272.014

MANUFACTURER: Smithsonian Institution
MODEL: Garber kites
LOCATION: Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 14
Total Parts: 16
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: 94.0 cm
Width: 48.2 cm
Height: N/A
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

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

Manufacturer

AKA: Smithsonian
Country: United States of America
State/Province: District of Columbia
City: Washington

Context

Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
Period: 1983+
Canada: Display posters from a Canadian collection of international kites and associated material. Mr. Yves Laforest is a kite collector & flier from the Montreal area.
Function: One of a set of posters designed to inform about the worldwide history and technology of kites, this one describing the military use of kites, specifically the Garber kites used for aircraft gunnery practice.
Technical: Educates about the different forms and functions of kites and their history and social significance.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: blue & black text/ white lettering along bottom of poster reads "Colorful Kite Tales, published and distributed by the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service, Washington, DC 205060 (C) Smithsonian Institution 1983. All rights reserved."/ signed "Annie Lunsford 83"
Missing: complete
Finish: primarily pale orange with multicoloured images of kites & ship
Decoration: green & blue border

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Smithsonian Institution, Poster, 1983, Artifact no. 2003.0272, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2003.0272.014/

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