Correspondence

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OBJECT TYPE: LETTER
DATE: 1939
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1989.0492.002

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
MODEL: Trans Canada First Flight
LOCATION: Unknown

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 2
Total Parts: 2
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: 20.2 cm
Width: 12.8 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: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: Letter written March 1, 1939
Canada: Mr. W.T. Traynor was a postal inspector out of North Bay. He started his career as a mail sorter on the train from Ottawa to North Bay. He wrote this correspondence to his daughter, Isobel.
Function: SENT THROUGH THE MAIL FOR THE PURPOSE OF CREATING A COLLECTIBLE ITEM/ LETTER DOCUMENTS FLIGHT
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: Circular postmark reads: "District Superintendent of Postal Service/ North Bay, Ont./ No. 1/ MAR 1 1939"/ Handwritten below: "Trans-Canada/ First Flight./ Daddy"/
Missing: Complete
Finish: Cream coloured paper with black handwriting and black circular postmark/ letter is folded in three
Decoration: N/A

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Unknown Manufacturer, Correspondence, 1939, Artifact no. 1989.0492, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/1989.0492.002/

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