January 2, 2012

Collection Name: Scott Skinner Collection

Collection Number: 1962

Post Type: Kite Object or Accessory

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Artist or Author: Acme Stationery and Paper Company

Creation Year: 1889

Height: 7 1/2 inches

Width: 5 3/4 inches

Summay:

Red Line Pencil Tablet with three children, one flying and being lifted by a kite. "Higher than a Kite" is written under the image, copyright information is "1889, by the Acme Stationery and Paper Company". Probably from the United States. Printed with red, yellow, blue and black.
Kite is a very crude flat diamond with tail and corner decoration.

Geographic: United States

Kite Type: Flat

Significance: Art, Cultural, Historical

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