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- OBJECT TYPE
- commemorative/mounted
- DATE
- 1983
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 2005.0215.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Unknown
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- spade
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- Bright plated silver metal spade head & handle; purple leather (?) covering over handle grip; medium brown wood shaft. Mounted on oak (?) board using 2 silver metal screws; silver metal mounting hardware on reverse of board.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 107.5 cm
- Width
- 24.5 cm
- Height
- 19.5 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
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- Spade used May 25, 1983. Mounted spade displayed during period before c. 2005.
- Canada
-
Spade used at May 25, 1983 sod-turning ceremony for National Aviation Museum. - Function
-
Specific: Spade used at May 25, 1983 sod-turning ceremony for National Aviation Museum. - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- "THE SHOVEL USED/ BY/ THE HONOURABLE FRANCIS FOX, P.C., M.P./ MINISTER OF COMMUNICATIONS/ AT THE/ SOD-TURNING CEREMONY/ NATIONAL AVIATION MUSEUM/ ROCKCLIFFE AIRPORT/ 25 MAY 1983" and "PELLE UTILISÉE/ PAR/ L"HONOURABLE FRANCIS FOX, C.P. DÉPUTÉ/ MINISTRE DES COMMUNICATIONS/ LORS DE LA CÉRÉMONIE/ DE LA PREMIERE PELLETEE DE TERRE/ MUSÉE NATIONAL DE L'AVIATION/ AÉROPORT DE ROCKCLIFFE/ LE 25 MAI 1983" etched on plate fixed to shaft. "E 111/ TREATED 2" stamped on plate mounted on shovel tang.
- Missing
- Appears complete.
- Finish
- Bright plated silver metal spade head & handle; purple leather (?) covering over handle grip; medium brown wood shaft. Mounted on oak (?) board using 2 silver metal screws; silver metal mounting hardware on reverse of board.
- Decoration
- N/A
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Unknown Manufacturer, Shovel, before 1983, Artifact no. 2005.0215, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2005.0215.001/
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