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1. Box - Crate

   Crate for transporting model airplanes used by W. Hewitt Phillips. Crate is made from hard wood with internal braces. Stickers on the outside of the crate are for Jordan Marsh - Boston Traveller Junior Aviation League and Cain's Sandwich Spread. Artifacts found with this crate date it to the 1936 and suggest it was used to transport models to the 1936 Nats.

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2. Correspondence - 1936

   Correspondence, form letter, from Lester D. Gardner, Secretary, Institute of the Aeronautical Sciences, Inc., 30 Rockefeller Plaza, New York City, NY, headline title: "LUNCHEON HONORING THE BRITISH TEAM OF MODEL PLANE FLYERS At Midston House, Madison Ave. and 38th St., New York City, 1:00 P.M., Friday, June 26, 1936". The British modelers being honored were to later fly in the 1936 Nats. The 1936 Nats was held June 30 to July 2 in Detroit, Mic...

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3. Form, blank - 1936

   Blank form, consent form, paper is pink in color, headline title "PARENT'S CONSENT AND RELEASE", Detroit Times Aviation Department, used for the National Championship Model Airplane Meet (Nats), 1936. The 1936 Nats was held June 30 to July 2 in Detroit, Michigan.

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4. Form, blank - 1936

   Blank form, entry blank, paper is blue in color, headline title "ENTRY BLANK, OUTDOOR AND INDOOR FLYING CONTESTS, 1936 NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP MODEL AIRPLANE MEET, DETROIT, MICHIGAN - JUNE 29-JULY 2, SANCTIONED BY NATIONAL AERONAUTIC ASSOCIATION", addressed to "Model Airplane Contest Director, Detroit Times Aviation Department, Detroit, Michigan". Contests listed: Wakefield International Contest Outdoor Stick Model Contest Moffett Internation...

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5. Form, blank - 1936

   Blank form, entry blank, paper is yellow in color, headline title "ENTRY BLANK, EXHIBITION SCALE MODEL CONTEST, 1936 NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP MODEL AIRPLANE MEET, DETROIT, MICHIGAN - JUNE 29-JULY 2", addressed to "Model Airplane Contest Director, Detroit Times Aviation Department, Detroit, Michigan". The 1936 Nats was held June 30 to July 2 in Detroit, Michigan.

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6. Instructions - 1936

   Instructions (contestant instructions), headline title: "1936 NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL MODEL AIRPLANE CHAMPIONSHIP MEET, DETROIT, MICH - JUNE 29-JULY 2, INSTRUCTIONS TO CONTESTANTS". The 1936 Nats was held June 30 to July 2 in Detroit, Michigan. Only a scan of first page provided online at this time.

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7. Medal, Prize - 1936 Nats Award

   Award won by Frank Zaic at the 1936 Nats. Blue standard with gold medal attached. Woman holding scepter and laurel crown with spread wing behind her. "National Championship, Model Airplane Meet, Detroit 1936".

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8. Model Airplane - 1936 Texaco Event Winner

   Original, unrestored 1936 Texaco Event Winner, with installed Tlush Super Ace engine, serial number 1. Built and Flown by Frank Tulsh.

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9. Papers - 1935/1936 Circa

   Paper, Budget, titled "Budget for 1936 National Model Meet Based upon Expenses at St. Louis In Connection with the 1935 Contest", circa 1935-1936. The 1935 Nats was held June 27 to 29 in St. Louis, Missouri. The 1936 Nats was held June 30 to July 2 in Detroit, Michigan.

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10. Release, News - 1936

    News release/media release/press release, typed at top of page: "From: National Aeronautic Association, Dupont Circle, Washington, D.C., For Release Wednesday, May 27th., NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP MODEL AIRPLANE MEET TO DETROIT, JUNE 30 TO JULY 2", 1936 In paragraph 3, page 1: "Organization of the meet at Detroit is under the sponsorship of the aviation department of "The Detroit Times". H.S. Walesby, "Times" aviation editor, will be Director of t...

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11. Ribbon, Prize - 1936 Nats Ribbon

    Ribbon given to participants at the 1936 Nats in Detroit, MI. The ribbon is a bluish-purple with gold text. Added to the ribbon is two lapel pins. At top is a pin showing a propeller with gold wings. At bottom is an NAA logo pin.

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12. Ribbon, Prize - 1936 Nats Ribbon

    Ribbon given out at the 1936 Nats in Detroit, MI. Ribbon is a bluish-purple with gold text.

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13. Ticket - 1936

    Ticket, 1936 National and International Model Airplane Championship Meet banquet, A.C. Spark Plug Co., Masonic Temple, Detroit, Michigan, July 2, 1936. The 1936 Nats was held June 30 to July 2 in Detroit, Michigan.

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14. Trophy - 2nd Place Trophy

    Trophy won at the 1936 Nats The trophy is a globe mounted on a pillar. The trophy is engraved "Second place Texaco Contest Awarded by Model Craftsman to Hewitt Phillips National 1936 Meet Detroit."

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15. Wings - Glider Wing

    Wing for a glider, made of 1/16 balsa wood. 12" wingspan. Glider was given out as a promotional item at the 1936 Nats, so the wing is printed with promotional text reading, "1936 National Championship Model Airplane Meet Detroit, Mich., June 29-July 2 Sponsored by Detroit Times, Aviation Department sanctioned by The National Aeronautic Association Contest Director H.S. Walesby, Detroit Times Aviation Department." The opposite has further co...

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