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OBJECT TYPE: COMMEMORATIVE
DATE: 1985
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1995.1669.001

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
MODEL: SIKORSKY VS-300A
LOCATION: Unknown

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 2
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: .1 FABRIC (UNIDENTIFIED) REMANT EMBEDDED IN LUCITE PAPERWEIGHT/.2 CARD STOCK BOX

Dimensions

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

Length: 9.7 cm
Width: 9.7 cm
Height: 3.5 cm
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: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
Period: PAPERWEIGHT MFR'D. FEB. 1985; HELICOPTER FROM WHICH FABRIC TAKEN MFR'D. C. 1942
Canada: Unknown
Function: CORPORATE PROMOTION; DISPLAY; COMMEMORATIVE - FIRST SUCCESSFUL SIKORSKY HELICOPTER
Technical: THE VS-300A WAS IGOR SIKORSKY'S FIRST SUCCESSFUL HELICOPTER
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: .1 lettering embedded in paperweight reads: "ORIGINAL FABRIC/VS-300A HELICOPTER/H-60 Seminar/Feb. 1985/[logo] UNITED/TECHNOLOGIES/SIKORSKY/AIRCRAFT/THANK YOU"
Missing: N/A
Finish: .1 SILVER FABRIC REMNANT; TRANSPARENT PAPERWEIGHT WITH BLUE LETTERING/.2 BROWN WOOD GRAIN EXTERIOR
Decoration: .1 UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORP. LOGO

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Unknown Manufacturer, Paperweight, 1985, Artifact no. 1995.1669, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/1995.1669.001/

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