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This object is on display in Wright Brothers & The Invention of the Aerial Age at the National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC.

Wright Brothers & The Invention of the Aerial Age

Object Details

Type

EQUIPMENT-Miscellaneous

Owner

The Henry Ford

Physical Description

Shallow wooden tray divided into 4 different sizes of compartments, lined with brown paper. Each compartment contains various amounts of single-letter metal type. Illegible stamp at object's top front left corner.

Dimensions

3-D (13 lbs): 82.2 × 42.3 × 4.8cm, 5.9kg (2 ft. 8 3/8 in. × 1 ft. 4 5/8 in. × 1 7/8 in., 13lb.)

Materials

Wood
Metal
Paper

Inventory Number

I20031228002

Credit Line

Lent by The Henry Ford

Data Source

National Air and Space Museum

Restrictions & Rights

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