Object Details
- Physical Description
- Molded plaster sphere with protruding seams from 3-part mold. Used in simulated bombing competition event called "Battleship" at the Boston Harvard Air Meet, September 3-13, 1910. Ball was originally white, but is now largely gray from dirt and age. Has several autographs on it (see "marks" below). 10.75" circumference, different l/w/h dimensions result from including seams.
- Credit Line
- Gift of Francis M. Becker, Jr.
- September 1910
- Inventory Number
- A20010151000
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- MEMORABILIA-Events
- Materials
- plaster
- Graphite
- Dimensions
- 3-D (177g): 8.8 × 9 × 8.9cm, 0.2kg (3 7/16 × 3 9/16 × 3 1/2 in., 0.4lb.)
- Country of Origin
- United States of America
- See more items in
- National Air and Space Museum Collection
- Location
- National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC
- Exhibition
- Wright Brothers & The Invention of the Aerial Age
- National Air and Space Museum
- Record ID
- nasm_A20010151000
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv926231372-e495-41fb-8787-fde1b9c40caa
