General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

Coated paper poster features colour image set against largely black and white image; bright green banner in upper left corner.

Dimensions

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

Length

43.4 cm

Width

28.0 cm

Height

N/A

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Aviation

Category

Archives

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Coldstream

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Unknown

Period

Presumably used c. prior to July, 2009.

Canada

Poster advertised July 24-26, 2009 Norseman Festival held in Red Lake, Ontario. Dennis Mockford, then 64 years old, made a series of flights throughout Canada in 2009 to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the first flight of a powered airplane, the Silver Dart, in Canada. His brother Greg (70 years old) often flew with him. [Ref. 1]

Function

To advertise and/or commemorate event.

Technical

Unknown

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

Text on poster includes "NORSEMAN/ FESTIVAL/DULY 2009 No. 18/ Red Lake, Ontario Canada/ Legacy Edition - July 24 - 26. 2009/ ~ Robert H. Noorduyn Memorial ~/ The Sound & Colour of Norsemans ~ Classic Floatplanes at Work and Play/ Fly in ~ Pilot's Reunion ~ Norseman Rides ~ Games & Contests/ Stage & Street Entertainment ~ Dragon Boat Races/ NORSEMAN FESTIVAL COMMITTEE, BOX 122, RED LAKE, ONTARIO CANADA P0V 2M0/ TEL: (807) 727-9996 * FAX: (807) 727-3216/ E-MAIL: norseman@norsemanfestival.on.ca web site: www.norsemanfestival.on.ca/ Poster Design by Don Nord Printing by Alex Wilson Coldstream Ltd.". "CENTENNIAL OF FLIGHT/ MOCKFORD BROS. NOORDUYN NORSEMAN/ Circumnavigation of Canada/ Legacy Tour" printed on green banner in upper left of poster. " [illegible] Mockford" signed in black ink, below. " D [illegible]" signed in blue ink in lower left corner.

Missing

None.

Finish

Coated paper poster features colour image set against largely black and white image; bright green banner in upper left corner.

Decoration

Poster depicts man standing to one side of a window through which can be seen an airplane landing on water; behind man is a desktop displaying items including a typewriter, books and a small brown dog.