Plaque
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- OBJECT TYPE
- AIRLINE
- DATE
- 1967
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 2003.0827.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Unknown
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- Metal
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 27.4 cm
- Width
- 15.5 cm
- Height
- N/A
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Aviation
- Category
- Commemorative
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Unknown
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Alberta
- Period
- Given November, 1967
- Canada
-
Pacific Western Airlines was founded in 1946 operated throughout western Canada and around the world from the 1950s through the 1980s. On March 27, 1987, Canadian Pacific Airlines, Eastern Provincial Airways, Nordair and Pacific Western Airlines amalgamated to form Canadian International Airlines. On March 31, 1989, Canadian Airlines purchased Wardair. From 1987, Canadian International was the second largest airline after Air Canada. After years of financial difficulties, Canadian International was purchased by Air Canada in 2001. - Function
-
Award given to Pacific Western Airlines by the Alberta Aviation Council. - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- Face reads: "PRESENTED TO/ PACIFIC WESTERN AIRLINES LTD./ IN APPRECIATION OF/ THEIR ADVENCEMENT OF AVIATION/ IN ALBERTA/ AND FOR THEIR SUPPORT OF THE ALBERTA AVIATION COUNCIL/ ACA [within logo]/ NOVEMBER, 1967"/
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- Heavy metal plaque. Black with bronze embossing.
- Decoration
- Plaque made in the shape of the province of Alberta.
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Unknown Manufacturer, Plaque, 1967, Artifact no. 2003.0827, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2003.0827.001/
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