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PrintCollection Name: Cody Collection
Collection Number: 1733
Post Type: Photo/s
This item was entered by Matthew Sutton. They assume full responsibility for all content.
Creation Year: 1904
Length: 0.00
Height: 0.00
Width: 0.00
Summay:
Soldiers unloading kite bundles, These are Black kites with white edgebanding. Kite winch on gun carriage to rear. Group including 039, 064, 418, 419, 421, 425, 436, 437, 515, 523, 582, 583, 606, 608, 610, 611, 612, 613, 614, 615, 616, 617, 618, 620, 629, 686, 687, 701, 705, 711, 717, 720, 722, 723, 738, 745, 746, 748, 785, 787, 788, 790, 792, 793. brings together most occasions when the British Army operated these black kites. Distinguishing marks identifying individual kites are the number and length of the white load tapes used to attach the bridle lines.
1904 June
Geographic: United Kingdom
Materials: Bamboo, Cotton, Dowel
Significance: Historical
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