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.
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
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