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OBJECT TYPE: positive/print/b&w/framed
DATE: 1914–1918
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1994.0629.001

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
MODEL: Izel Le Hameaux
LOCATION: France

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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; card stock matte; glazed; wooden frame; steel ring & nails

Dimensions

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

Length: 37.4 cm
Width: 27.0 cm
Height: N/A
Thickness: 2.5 cm
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

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

Manufacturer

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

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Unknown
Period: WWI (1914-1918)/ photograph is dated but year partially obscured by matte
Canada: Canadian A.F. "Sandy" MacDonald learned to fly at the Curtis Flying School, Newport News, Va. USA in 1916, was commissioned as an officer in the Royal Naval Air Service and fighter pilot on the western front in 1917, and finished WWI as a flying instructor (Captain, Royal Air Force). He served as an officer in the RCAF 1927 - 1932, a commercial pilot in the Canadian north, became Vice President of Aviation service Corp. Ltd. in 1937, Director of P & H Aircraft Co. Ltd. and Chief Ground School and Air Navigation Instructor with the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan from 1939 - 1941, and a Pilot for the Royal Air Force Ferry Command for the duration of WWII. He was later an executive at The DeHavilland Aircraft of Canada Ltd.
Function: display; souvenir of the career of "Sandy" MacDonald
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: lettering hand written in pen on picture at lower right reads: "IZEL LE Hameaux/France, July 19[obscured by matte]"
Missing: one hanging ring & wire/string missing
Finish: b + w photograph; white border visible; dark and medium brown matte; dark brown frame clear glazing
Decoration: image showsofficer posing in front of triplane parked in front of hangar, while second man examines or repairs propeller

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Unknown Manufacturer, Photograph, between 1914–1918, Artifact no. 1994.0629, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingenium.ca/en/id/1994.0629.001/

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