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    Object Details

    Manufacturer

    United Wallpaper, Inc., Chicago, Illinois, USA

    Description

    Vertical rectangle, a full width, repeating vertically, showing two and one half repeats. Airplane, the "Spirit of St. Louis", with name lettered on fuselage, against a background of cloud shapes on which the plane's shadow is cast. Printed in blue, red and light yellow. Children's paper.

    Credit Line

    Gift of Grace Lincoln Temple

    Date

    1927

    Accession Number

    1938-62-54

    Restrictions & Rights

    Usage conditions apply

    Type

    Wallcoverings

    Object Name

    Sidewall

    Type

    Sidewall

    Medium

    Machine printed with engraved rollers

    Dimensions

    H x W x D: 115.7 x 76.2 cm (45 9/16 x 30 in.)
    Mat: 123.2 × 83.8 cm (48 1/2 in. × 33 in.)

    made in

    Chicago, Illinois, USA

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    Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
    Wallcoverings Department

    Data Source

    Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

    Metadata Usage

    Not determined

    Link to Original Record

    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq4e456ded3-804c-44db-8385-cf6925675d57

    Record ID

    chndm_1938-62-54

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    Spirit of St Louis plane

    1927: A Year in the Collections

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