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PrintCollection Name: Cody Collection
Collection Number: 1738
Post Type: Photo/s
This item was entered by Matthew Sutton. They assume full responsibility for all content.
Creation Year: 1905
Length: 0.00
Height: 0.00
Width: 0.00
Summay:
Carrier Kite with kingposts being attached to kite winch. Black Kite with white edge banding. Kite winch on gun carriage. Note speaking trumpet on extreme right, just in front of S F Cody. Soldiers wearing Broderick caps. Same as 620, 722. 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.
1905 or earlier
Geographic: United Kingdom
Materials: Bamboo, Cotton, Dowel
Significance: Historical
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