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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

Date

1909

Country of Origin

United States of America

Type

MEMORABILIA-Miscellaneous

Physical Description

Dull silver-colored skeleton style key. Tan cord with three knots attach end of key to a rournd orange and brown paperboard card with handwriting on one side and printed text on the other. Maker's mark stamped on end of key "BI-METALLIC". 1909.

Dimensions

3-D (Key, 11g): 7 × 2 × 0.7cm (2 3/4 in. × 13/16 in. × 1/4 in.)
2-D - Unframed (H x W) (Tag 1mm thick, 4g): 7cm (2 3/4 in.)
2-D - Unframed (H x W) (string while doubled): 21cm (8 1/4 in.)

Materials

Metal, paper, string

Inventory Number

A20020545000

Credit Line

Found in collection. Donor unknown at this time. Found on NASM premises.

Data Source

National Air and Space Museum

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