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OBJECT TYPE: watercolour on paper/framed
DATE: 1994
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1994.0550.001

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
MODEL: Over the Coast, July 5, 1919
LOCATION: Ottawa, 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: PAPER/ WOOD FRAME WITH METAL HARDWARE/ PLEXIGLAS

Dimensions

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

Length: 92.0 cm
Width: 69.0 cm
Height: 3.0 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Aviation
Category: Commemorative
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Oord
Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
City: Ottawa

Context

Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
Period: 1994+
Canada: PAINTED BY CANADIAN ARTIST FRANK OORD.
Function: ARTWORK INTENDED TO COMMEMORATE MAJOR ACHIEVEMENT IN EARLY AVIATION HISTORY, FIRST EAST-WEST TRANSATLANTIC CROSSING, BY DIRIGIBLE.
Technical: COMMEMORATES BRITISH R34 DIRIGIBLE, WHICH MADE FIRST TRANSATLANTIC ROUND TRIP FLIGHT IN JULY 1919. LEAVING SCOTLAND ON JULY 2, IT FLEW TO NEWFOUNDLAND AND THEN ARRIVED AT MINEOLA, NY ON JULY 6. BY TIME IT RETURNED TO ENGLAND, IT HAD VOYAGED ABOUT ABOUT 7,000 MILES IN A LITTLE MORE THAN 183 HOURS.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: SIGNED "FRANK OORD '94"
Missing: COMPLETE
Finish: COATED WOOD FRAME; WHITE MAT
Decoration: picture of British Airship R-34 during the first Atlantic crossing making its way along the east coast toward Long Island, N.Y.

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Unknown Manufacturer, Painting, 1994, Artifact no. 1994.0550, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1994.0550.001/

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