16 TONS TO THULE
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Object Details
- Artist
- Ken Fagg
- Sponsor
- Society of Illustrators
- Physical Description
- Multicolor offset photolithograph/relief halftone print promoting U.S. Air Force cargo. Two illustrations of a plane with U.S. Air Force markings flying over a mountainous landscape covered with snow. Two sections of white background contain text, and a map centered on the North Pole with the outlines of continents, and the United States highlighted in black. Full text: At top left in red sans-serif font: "16 TONS TO THULE." At lower right in black sans-serif font, "DELIVERING BY WING . . . Anywhere there's air . . . Air Force fleets of cargo craft Move through the sky. Strategic air forces, Tactical air forces, Air defense forces . . . Manned and unmanned air vehicles . . . Depend on air supply. Together, They form a single instrument Employed as the Nation's air arm." Caption below main illustration in small black font, "PAINTING CONTRIBUTED BY KEN FAGG AND THE SOCIETY OF ILLUSTRATORS, N.Y.C." Within the illustration at lower left, partial text: "SONDESTROM AIR BASE GREENLAND Ken Fagg 1955."
- 1955
- Inventory Number
- A19900063000
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- ART-Posters, Original Art Quality
- Medium
- Poster, Military Aviation
- Dimensions
- 2-D - Unframed (H x W): 73.7 x 55.9cm (29 x 22 in.)
- Country of Origin
- United States of America
- See more items in
- National Air and Space Museum Collection
- National Air and Space Museum
- Record ID
- nasm_A19900063000
- Usage of Metadata (Object Detail Text)
- Not determined
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv9901d44c0-e470-4b70-9db5-9934317f3d2f
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