General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

PAPER, CARD STOCK

Dimensions

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

Length

13.7 cm

Width

8.8 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

Tuck

Country

England

State/Province

Unknown

City

London

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Alberta

Period

DATED MARCH 14, 1910; POSTMARKED 12:15 AM, MARCH 24, 1910

Canada

POSTCARD WAS SENT TO CANADA

Function

Unknown

Technical

Unknown

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

FRONT OF POST CARD ON BOTTOM LEFT CORNER READS: "THE BLERIOT MONOPLANE"/ RIGHT CORNER READS: "JAS E. HUNT"/ PRINTED ON BACK OF CARD READS: "TUCK'S POST CARD/ THE BLERIOT MONOPLANE"/ HANDWRITTEN TEXT READS: "MARCH 14, 1910/ DELIGHTED TO/ GET SNAPSHOT OF YOU./ WHEN WILL YOU FLY OVER/ & SEE US? T & R."/ ON RIGHT SIDE, HANDWRITTEN ADDRESS: "[ILL]/ 546-14TH AVENUE WEST/ CALGARY/ [ILL]/ CANADA"/ On left half of back side of postcard reads: "The Bleriot Monoplane."/ Text below reads: "The crossing of the English Channel by M. Blériot on/ July 25th, 1909, marks an epoch in Aviation and in the his-/ tory of the twentieth century. M. Blériot, who has achieved/ the marvellous feat of flying across the Channel, completing/ a distance of 31 miles in 43 minutes, has been studying/ Aviation for some years past."/ Next paragraph reads: "The Blériot Monoplane, which is one of the smallest/ in existence, needs no shed to house it, and when the/ wings are folded, it stands in the space of a medium size/ motor car. Sunday's flight proves that it can not only fly/ but it overcomes the vertical currents of the air which/ experts have prophesied would be insurmountable."/ Below text reads: "Total weight: 496 lbs./ Total length: 26ft. 3 ins./ Span of wings: 25 ft. 7 ins."/ Next paragraph reads: "Full Particulars of:/ BLÉRIOT MONOPLANE &/ BLÉRIOT MOTOR LAMPS./ 53-54 Long Acre, London, W.C."/ Written vertically along left margin reads: "[logo] Produced for Mssrs. Blériot, Ltd., by RAPHAEL TUCK & SONS, Ltd., London."

Missing

From CA of 07/25/2001 by Kevin Machan: No - Complete

Finish

FRONT OF POST CARD IS A PRINT OF A BLACK AND WHITE PHOTOGRAPH

Decoration

FRONT OF POST CARD IS A PHOTOGRAPH OF A BLERIOT XI