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Object Name: bib
Category: Clothing
Sub-category: Accessory
Material: paper
Technique: printed
assembled
Accession Number: Noaccession20
Use-Province: Newfoundland & Labrador
Use-Country: Canada
Earliest Production Date: c. 1937
Latest Production Date: c. 1965
Period: Mid twentieth century
Description: The artifact is a white translucent square of paper with a poem stamped onto it in blue ink. There is a reinforced paper string attached to the top. The stamp has writing in the centre and nursery rhyme characters and animals around the edges. The writing reads: "Sing a song of boys and girls flying through the sky; With TCA its lots of fun to be away up high!; Fly above the pretty clouds amid the stars at night; and through the day with TCA you'll see the sun so bright.
Narrative: Trans-Canada airlines was a national airline that was first established in 1937 and lasted until 1965 when the name of the carrier was officially changed to Air Canada. It operated as the largest passenger airline in Canada. After World War II, TCA took over control of some passenger war planes to expand their fleet. The company was run by CNR and became the largest aviation company in Canada at the time.
History of Use: Given to children on Trans Canada Airlines flights to prevent food spilling on their clothes.
Width: 31
Unit-Linear: cm
Institution: North Atlantic Aviation Museum  Facebook-North Atlantic Aviation Museum  Twitter-North Atlantic Aviation Museum 
Institution City: Gander
Institution Province: Newfoundland Labrador

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