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OBJECT TYPE: positive/print/b&w/framed
DATE: 1929
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2000.0245.001

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
MODEL: Commercial Airways Aklavik 1929
LOCATION: 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 photograph & backing; glass; wooden frame; steel rings with non-ferrous metal wire (possibly coper)

Dimensions

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

Length: 37.6 cm
Width: 28.5 cm
Height: N/A
Thickness: 2.1 cm
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

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

Manufacturer

AKA: Unknown
Country: Canada
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Quebec
Period: photograph taken in 1929
Canada: Mr. A.G. Simms was a pilot in Ferry Command between 1942 & 1945 during WWII; he worked as a pilot for a number of airlines in Canada, including the far north. These included Commercial Airways Ltd. before the war from at least 1929, and Canadair & Pacific Western Airlines after the war until at least 1974
Function: display; souvenir of the career of Mr. A.G. (Tim) Simms
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: caption below image reads: "COMMERCIAL AIRWAYS; AKLAVIK. 1929"; lettering on adhesive label on back reads: "232 LAURIER AVE. W./BENNETT'S/ART STORE/MONTREAL"
Missing: N/A
Finish: b + w photograph; light brown frame
Decoration: image shows single engine airplane landed in snowbank possibly during snowstorm; harnessed sled dog at lower left foreground

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Unknown Manufacturer, Photograph, 1929, Artifact no. 2000.0245, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2000.0245.001/

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