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- OBJECT TYPE
- AIRLINE
- DATE
- 1934–1947
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 2003.0436.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Ayers
- MODEL
- Ambassador
- LOCATION
- Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- pure wool/
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 125.0 cm
- Width
- 131.0 cm
- Height
- N/A
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Aviation
- Category
- Services
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Ayers
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
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Trans Canada Airlines (TCA) was formed by the Canadian National Railways. They launched their first flight on September 1, 1937, between Vancouver and Seattle. Throughout the next 25 years, TCA became Canada's national airline, and on January 1, 1965, TCA changed their name to Air Canada. One of the first 100 blankets supplied to Trans-Canada Airlines. Used in the Lockheed's, however, it's unknown if it was used in the Lockheed L-10 Electra or the Lockheed L-749 Constellation. - Function
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TCA blanket for in flight services. - Technical
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Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- Mfr's label reads: "Ayers'/ PURE WOOL/ AMBASSADOR/ CANADIAN PRODUCT"/ "TCA" letter knitted within the centre of the blanket/ Number "18" painted by hand at the opposite corner of the mfr's label
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- Beige coloured blanket with red "TCA" letters in the centre, however, there isn't a maple leaf logo/ dark beige satin ribbon around the edge/ blanket has a tartan motif
- Decoration
- Mfr's label is has a cream coloured background with varying shades of blue for images and print/ Depiction of a ram as logo
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Ayers, Blanket, between 1934–1947, Artifact no. 2003.0436, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2003.0436.001/
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