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OBJECT TYPE: Souvenir
DATE: 1945
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2010.0071.001

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
MODEL: Les Invalides
LOCATION: France

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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: 13.9 cm
Width: 8.9 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: Unknown
Country: France
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
Period: WWII (1939-1945). Mr. McBride was in Paris after its liberation by the Allies in Dec. 1944.
Canada: Collectively, this collection provides a window into some of the more personal aspects of wartime service life for the average Airman, including how he spent his leave.
Function: Acquired by Mr. McBride as a souvenir while on leave in Paris.
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: Printed lettering on the back reads: 'SOUVENIR DE LA TOUR EIFFEL/12 PARIS --- Les invalides/EDITION SPECIALE DE LA TOUR EIFFEL"; lettering hand written in ink on the back reads: "The Invalides where/Napoleon Foch etc are/buried."
Missing: N/A
Finish: b + w image; black printed & hand written lettering on back.
Decoration: Picture of the dome of Les Invalides on the front.

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Unknown Manufacturer, Postcard, circa 1945, Artifact no. 2010.0071, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2010.0071.001/

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