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OBJECT TYPE: N/A
DATE: 1968
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2007.0091.001

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
MODEL: Balloon Ascension
LOCATION: United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
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: 43.0 cm
Width: 27.7 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: United States of America
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: United States of America
State/Province: Connecticut
Period: The commemorative flight took place on Jan. 9, 1968.
Canada: Unknown
Function: To publicize & commemorate the 175th anniversary of the first flight (by hydrogen gas balloon) in the new world. Also pays homage to the chapter: "Balloon Ascension" in "Tom Sawyer Abroad" by Mark Twain (1894).
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: Lettering on poster reads: "Notice/BALLOON ASCENSION/(THE ELEMENTS PERMITTING)/Prof. MacArthur's Aerostats propose to make a/Grand Ascension/[picture]/In the new and splendid aerial ship/MARK TWAIN/1793 175th ANNIVERSARY ASCENSION 1968/Commemorating Man's First Flight in the New World/ORIGINAL ASCENSION/January 9th, 1793, from the Walnut Street/Prison yard, Philadelphia,/Pean-Pierre Blanchard---aeronaut; in a hy-/drogen gas balloon. George Washington,/then President of the United States was an/honoured guest at this ascent./Flight time: 46 minutes/Landing: Woodbury, New Jersey/COMMEMORATIVE FLIGHT/January 9th, 1968. fron Nelson Street, East/Hartford, Connecticut; George P. Roth,/Pilot, in a Montgolfier type hot air balloon,/No. N 24063./Ground Crew: Charles E. MacArthur,/Frances L. Almquist, Robert W. Bass, Sr.,/Francis P. Brown/Flight time: 25 minutes/Landing: Mercer Street,/East Hartford, Connecticut"
Missing: N/A
Finish: Black printed lettering & illustration on light brown background.
Decoration: Picture at centre of a gas balloon in flight above a small seaside community.

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Unknown Manufacturer, Poster, 1968, Artifact no. 2007.0091, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2007.0091.001/

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