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United Technologies Sikorsky Aircraft Paperweight, 1985

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Artifact Overview

Igor Sikorsky's VS-300, built in 1939, was the first practical helicopter developed and flown in the United States. Sikorsky donated it to The Henry Ford in 1943. When the helicopter was refurbished by United Technologies Sikorsky Aircraft in 1984, pieces of its original fabric covering were mounted into commemorative paperweights -- symbolic tributes to the VS-300's technological significance.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Paperweight

Date Made

1985

Creators

Location

Not on exhibit to the public.

Object ID

2005.0.25.138

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Plexiglas (TM)
Cloth

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