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Display Status

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Object Details

Type

CRAFT-Airship Parts

Physical Description

One swatch, 4” square of doped cotton envelope fabric, glued to a 1928 calendar measuring 5” x 7”. Written text on the calendar identifies the items. Swatch of fabric is from the outer skin of the Italian built semi-rigid airship Norge which made the first flight from Spitsbergen to Alaska, over the North Pole, May 11-13, 1926. The airship was constructed by designer Umberto Nobile, who piloted the craft on the transpolar flight.

Dimensions

3-D: 20.8 × 13.7 × 0.3cm (8 3/16 × 5 3/8 × 1/8 in.)

Materials

Paper
Rubberized Fabric
Ink
Natural Fabric

Inventory Number

A20120149000

Credit Line

Gift of Art Amundson family of Stoughton, Wis.

Data Source

National Air and Space Museum

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