Collection Highlights
The Peale Family
Date:
1773-1809
Object Number:
1867.298
Medium:
Oil on canvas
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Travel
Object Number:
2002.1.3121
Date:
1940-1960
Medium:
Paper
Dimensions:
5 1/2 x 3 1/2 in.
Description:
Part of a British Overseas Airways Corp. information kit for passengers in a blue plastic bag. A paper postcard printed with an image of a four engine prop plane cruising above the clouds marked "B.O.A.C. Stratcruiser Speedbird". The reverse reads "B.O.A.C. Strato cruiser aircraft powered by 4 Pratt & Whitney Wasp Major engines. Cruising speed 325 m.p.h. Designed and built by the Boeing Airplane Company." See 2002.1.3113 for kit and 2002.1.3114 through 2002.1.3123 for individual items.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
