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OBJECT TYPE: N/A
DATE: 1953–1989
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2007.0149.001

MANUFACTURER: Canadian Post Card Co. Ltd.
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: card stock

Dimensions

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

Length: 15.0 cm
Width: 10.5 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: Canadian Post Card
Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
City: Toronto

Context

Country: Worldwide
State/Province: Unknown
Period: Wardair was created in 1953, changed its name to wardair Canada in 1976, and was acquired by Canadian Airlines in 1989.
Canada: Unknown
Function: Promotional; souvenir; for sending brief hand written messages by post.
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: Printed lettering on back reads: "WARDAIR--Canada's Holiday Airline/Wardair Boeing 747's: 455 passengers plus crew of 21./Aircraft gross weight 738,000 lbs. Range 5,000 miles./In-flight entertainment at each seat. 16 washrooms./7 galleys capable of serving 1,000 hot meals./PRINTED IN CANADA/Pub. by Canadian Post Card Co. Ltd., Toronto, Ontario/post card/17700-D".
Missing: N/A
Finish: Colour picture on front; black lettering on white background on back.
Decoration: Picture shows a group of Wardair employees in uniform posing on a runway in front of a Wardair Boeing 747 passenger jet airplane.

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Canadian Post Card Co. Ltd., Postcard, between 1953–1989, Artifact no. 2007.0149, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2007.0149.001/

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