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OBJECT TYPE: colour/kite exhibit
DATE: 1983
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2003.0272.010

MANUFACTURER: Smithsonian Institution
MODEL: Char-volant
LOCATION: Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 10
Total Parts: 16
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: 94.0 cm
Width: 48.2 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: Smithsonian
Country: United States of America
State/Province: District of Columbia
City: Washington

Context

Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
Period: 1983+
Canada: Display posters from a Canadian collection of international kites and associated material. Mr. Yves Laforest is a kite collector & flier from the Montreal area.
Function: One of a set of posters designed to inform about the worldwide history and technology of kites, this one describing George Pocock's char-volant, a carriage pulled by kites.
Technical: Educates about the different forms and functions of kites and their history and social significance.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: brown text/ black lettering along bottom of poster reads "Colorful Kite Tales, published and distributed by the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service, Washington, DC 205060 (C) Smithsonian Institution 1983. All rights reserved."/ signed "Annie Lunsford 83"
Missing: complete
Finish: primarily blue with multicoloured images
Decoration: partial brown border

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