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OBJECT TYPE: original drawings
DATE: 1945
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2004.1403.001

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
MODEL: Life in the Field
LOCATION: Unknown

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: paper pages; card stock cover; steel fastener

Dimensions

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

Length: 21.8 cm
Width: 18.2 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: McCool
Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Manitoba
Period: WWII (1939-1945); these cartoons drawn in 1945/ Leading Aircraftsman Charles Alexander McCool served with the RCAF 1941-1946 (overseas service 1943-1946)
Canada: Leading Aircraftsman Charles Alexander McCool's clerical service with the 39 Reconnaissance Wing of the RCAF was typical of the majority of enlisted personnel who contributed to the Allied victory
Function: cartoons poke fun at the tedium and absurdities of military life on occupied Europe toward the end of the war/ kept by family as souvenirs
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: lettering hand written in pen on cover reads: "LIFE IN/THE FIELD/Chas/Dad/A few rough sketches/I made in my spare/time - hope you get/a couple of laughs out/of them/Son/GERMANY 1945"
Missing: N/A
Finish: illustrations black on white; blue cover with black lettering
Decoration: series of 20 cartoon illustrations hand drawn in pencil

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Unknown Manufacturer, Cartoon collection, 1945, Artifact no. 2004.1403, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingenium.ca/en/id/2004.1403.001/

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