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OBJECT TYPE: FLASH/AIRCRAFT SILHOUETTE
DATE: 1939–1945
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2007.0024.001

MANUFACTURER: Plane Facts Co.
MODEL: Plane Packet
LOCATION: New York, New York, United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: Flash Cards/Plane Facts
Patents: N/A
General Description: paper cards; card stock box

Dimensions

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

Length: 12.8 cm
Width: 8.0 cm
Height: N/A
Thickness: 2.0 cm
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

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

Manufacturer

AKA: PLANE
Country: United States of America
State/Province: New York
City: New York

Context

Country: Europe
State/Province: Unknown
Period: WWII (1939-1945)
Canada: Unknown
Function: adaped for instruction of ground observers of the Aircraft Warning Service in England, but likely used by other service branches where accurate identification of friendly & enemy aircraft was critical/ contained photographic image, silhouette drawings & descriptive text on U.S. Army, Navy, british, German & Japanese combat airplanes
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: lettering on box reads: "PLANE/PACKET/FLASH CARDS/A series of/Photographs and Silhouettes/adapted for Instruction/of Ground Observers/of the Aircraft Warning/Service/Price 75c/56 Official Photographs/reproduced with/Identification Silhouettes/of U.S. Army, Navy, British, German/and Japanese Combat Planes/Plane Facts Co. New York, N.Y./Printed in U.S.A."
Missing: N/A
Finish: box has dark blue & yellow lettering & graphics on tan background; cards have b + w images & black text on white background
Decoration: silhouette image of airplane (possibly Avro Lancaster heavy bomber) on both sides of box

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Plane Facts Co., Card collection, between 1939–1945, Artifact no. 2007.0024, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2007.0024.001/

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