Card, greeting
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- OBJECT TYPE
- CHRISTMAS
- DATE
- 1917
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1994.0641.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Royal Flying Corps
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Fort Worth, Texas, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- 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
- 16.0 cm
- Width
- 11.4 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
- Defence UK
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Texas
- City
- Fort Worth
Context
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Texas
- Period
- WWI (1914-1918/ this card dated Christmas 1917
- Canada
-
the facility at Everman Airfield was used by RFC to train Canadian & American flight crew after the US entry into WWI in April 1917 - Function
-
Christmas card sent to donor, Mrs. Smith, from Lieut. H.A. Gordon 42nd Wing, Royal Flying Corps - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- lettering on insignia reads: "RFC/PER ARDUA AD ASTRA"; printed lettering on front cover reads: "42ND WING/ROYAL FLYING CORPS/CAMP EVERMAN/FORT WORTH TEXAS"; lettering continues on inside cover: "WITH COMPLEMENTS OF THE SEASON"; lettering hand written in pencil on inside reads: "1917/Lieut H.A. Grodon/R.F.C./taken at Camp Borden on a cloudy day/in Sept. about sunset."
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- card tan with dark blue printed lettering & logo; black hand written lettering in pencil inside front cover; b + w photograph
- Decoration
- RFC insignia on front cover; photo inside of biplane in flight against cloudy sky at sunset
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