1 Images
Display Status

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

LITERATURE AND RESEARCH-Miscellaneous

Owner

USAF Academy Library

Physical Description

Paper champagne cork-shaped ticket. Ticket for Grande Semaine Aeronautique de la Champagne at Reims, France, August 22-29, 1909. Ticket number 1094, for the grandstand ("enceinte des tribunes"). Cost 10 Francs. One crescent-shaped hole punched in bottom, presumably indicating one day of attendance. Metal grommet at center top. Tan cardstock with black printing. Text on reverse idicates valid dates, need to get a hole punch for re-entry, the committee can change the schedule as needed, ticket is not refundable, lost tickets will not be replaced, it cannot be transferred or loaned, and must be worn prominently.

Dimensions

2-D - Unframed (H x W): 8.8 × 7cm (3 7/16 × 2 3/4 in.)
Display (16g): 9 × 7.5 × 1cm (3 9/16 × 2 15/16 × 3/8 in.)

Materials

Paper
Ink
metal

Inventory Number

I20181424004

Credit Line

On Loan from the United States Air Force Academy Library, Special Collections (Gimbel), USAF Academy, CO

Data Source

National Air and Space Museum

Restrictions & Rights

Usage conditions apply
For more information, visit the Smithsonian’s Terms of Use.