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Creator:

Rowe, Basil Lee  Search this

Names:

Pan American World Airways, Inc.  Search this

West Indian Aerial Express  Search this

Lindbergh, Charles A. (Charles Augustus), 1902-1974  Search this

Rowe, Basil Lee  Search this

Extent:

5.35 Cubic feet (5 document boxes, 4 flat boxes)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Photographs

Logs (records)

Scrapbooks

Publications

Date:

1917-1973

bulk 1930-1968

Summary:

Basil Lee Rowe (1896-1973) enjoyed a long and successful career in aviation, initially as a military exhibition pilot, barnstormer, air racer, charter operator, flight instructor, aircraft salesman, and rumrunner, before moving to the West Indies to start an airline, the short-lived West Indian Aerial Express, bought out by Pan American Airways in 1928. Rowe became a pioneering senior pilot for Pan Am, flying with them for 28 years before his retirement in 1956. This collection includes scrapbooks, photo albums, memorabilia, and first day covers, in addition to the draft manuscript for Rowe's 1956 autobiography, Under My Wings.

Scope and Contents:

The collection consists of Rowe's pilot's log books covering his career from 1927 to 1956, assorted periodicals, cartoons featuring Rowe, scrapbooks and photo albums assembled by Rowe (featuring newspaper clippings, photographs, and ephemera), several draft manuscripts of Rowe's 1956 autobiography Under My Wings, and first day air mail postal covers collected by Rowe.

Arrangement:

Materials in this collection are grouped into series by format. See individual series Scope and Content notes for details on arrangement within that series. Note that with the exception of the chronologically arranged flight log books, Rowe did not appear to organize his materials in any particular order.

Biographical / Historical:

Basil Lee Rowe, born February 10, 1896, grew up in the small town of Shandaken, New York, in the Catskill Mountains. He began his flying career in 1914 as an apprentice to aviator Turk Adams after seeing Adams fly at a local county fair. Impatient to become a military pilot, Rowe arranged to join the Royal Canadian Air Force, but was sidelined by a ruptured appendix before he could get to Canada. By the time Rowe had recovered, the United States had entered World War I and Rowe was able to join the Aviation Section of the U. S. Army Signal Corps; he was sent to Texas. During the Third Liberty Loan drive, Rowe was assigned to a group of fliers who were to give exhibition flights; after his discharge, he used his savings to buy a used Avro biplane and barnstormed around the East Central United States, using Hadley Field (New Brunswick, New Jersey) as his home field. Rowe soon bought a second aircraft, hired pilot William S. "Bill" Wade, and moved his base of operations to the Aeromarine Base at Keyport, near Perth Amboy, New Jersey. Rowe prospered through the early 1920s, and his troupe the "Rowe Fliers" (including at various times wingwalkers Bill Stacy and Marguerite L. "Peggy" Roome) toured the eastern US giving exhibition flights and passenger rides. In the winter, Rowe moved his operation to Florida, and, with a rebuilt Curtiss Seagull, ferried passengers eager to escape Prohibition from Miami to Nassau, Bahamas--with a bit of rumrunning on the side. Back in New Jersey, Rowe formed the Chamberlin-Rowe Aircraft Corporation with fellow aviator Clarence Chamberlin to buy and resell Army surplus aircraft; the short-lived business went bust in 1924 when the government finished selling off its aircraft. Rowe, a talented racing pilot, kept busy from 1924 through 1926 on the racing circuit, winning numerous prizes.

By the end of 1926, at the age of thirty, Rowe felt that he had reached a turning point in his life. Dismayed by the increase in US government regulation of aviation, Rowe moved his operations to the West Indies, settling in Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic. With Bill Wade, Rowe rapidly established a business flying charters around the country, with flights to neighboring Haiti and Puerto Rico. In June 1927, with financial backing provided by sugar industry businessmen and the government of the Dominican Republic, Rowe founded West Indian Aerial Express (abbreviated variously as WIAE or WIAX) to provide airline service between Cuba, Haiti, the Dominican Republic, and Puerto Rico, hoping to be well positioned to bid on future US foreign air mail routes. With this in mind, Rowe returned to the Unites States and purchased a Fairchild FC-2W floatplane (christened "La Niña") and a larger Keystone K-47 Pathfinder trimotor (the former "American Legion," r/n NX179, rebuilt by the Keystone factory following a crash in April 1927 and rechristened as "Santa Maria"). To his dismay, Rowe was forced to acquired a US transport pilot license in order to be allowed to fly the "Santa Maria" back to Santo Domingo; he hired Canadian pilot Cy Caldwell to ferry "La Niña." On the way south in mid October 1927, Rowe found himself and his two aircraft in Florida just as Pan American Airways (PAA), which had been successful in obtaining a temporary contract to deliver mail from the US to Cuba, found itself without any aircraft able to fly out of their Key West, Florida, field to fulfill the contract before it expired. PAA struck a deal with Rowe to lease "La Niña" (piloted by Caldwell) to fly the first Pan American Airways flight on October 19, 1927.

With its two new aircraft, West Indian Aerial Express started regularly scheduled twice-weekly flights on December 1, 1927, between Cuba, Haiti, Santo Domingo, and Puerto Rico, later extending the routes to St. Thomas and St. Croix in the US Virgin Islands. On June 30, 1928, WIAX filed a bid with the US government for air mail service on the route from Key West to Puerto Rico, but was outmanuevered by the more politically-savvy Pan American Airways which won the contract. A final crippling blow was dealt to WIAX in September 1928 when a severe hurricane hit their base in San Juan, Puerto Rico, destroying "La Niña" and two older Waco biplanes. Rowe made his last flight in the "Santa Maria" on September 20, 1928, before turning the aircraft over to Pan American. On October 16, 1928, PAA purchased WIAX, with Rowe becoming PAA's senior pilot.

During his first ten years with Pan Am, Rowe flew a record number of hours and surveyed most of the new air routes through the Caribbean to Central and South America, several times flying with Charles Lindbergh. When the US entered World War II, Rowe was assigned to Pan Am's Africa and Orient Division to serve with the US Army Air Forces Air Transport Command on their supply route across the South Atlantic and Africa to India and China (the "Cannonball Run"). His wife, Florence May Sharp, whom Rowe had married in 1930, served as an aircraft spotter during the war. During the Korean Conflict, Rowe was once again pressed into service, and was transferred to Pan Am's Pacific Division to fly transpacific supply routes and medical evacuation flights. May's early death in 1943 left Rowe a widower at his retirement from Pan Am in 1956. At their Coral Gables, Florida, home he wrote his autobiography, Under My Wings (The Bobbs-Merrill Company, Inc., New York, 1956) and remained active as a tennis instructor until his death on October 28, 1973.

Related Materials:

See related collection Basil Lee Rowe First Day Air Mail Covers, NASM.XXXX.0487.

Basil Lee Rowe air racing medals in the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum collection:

Medal, 1926 National Air Races [Winner, Relay Race], A19690242000.

Medal, 1926 National Air Races [Winner, Relay Race], A19690243000.

Medal, Aviation [Dayton Air Race], A19690244000.

Medal, Third Annual Dayton Air Race Winner, A19690245000.

Medal, 1926 National Air Races [2nd Place, Free-For-All Race, 510 cu. in. Class], A19690246000.

Medal, 1926 National Air Races [Winner, First Elimination, 500 cu. in. Class], A19690247000.

Basil Lee Rowe air racing trophies in the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum collection:

Trophy, Allen W. Hinkle, Basil L. Rowe, A19690238000 [Allen W. Hinkle Trophy for Two, Three, and Four Place Airplanes, 1924]

Trophy, Glenn H. Curtiss, Basil L. Rowe, A19690239000 [The Glenn H. Curtiss Trophy for Two Seater Low Horsepower Airplane, National Air Races, Mitchel Field L. I., 1925]

Plaque, B.B.T. Corporation, National Air Races 1926, A19690240000 [B.B.T. Corporation of America Relay Race for Commercial Planes won by Basil L. Rowe, Charles S. Jones, A. H. Kreider]

Plaque, 1926 National Air Races, Benjamin Franklin Trophy, A19690241000 [Benjamin Franklin Trophy donated by Joseph A. Steinmetz, Relay Race for Commercial Planes won by Basil L. Rowe, Charles S. Jones, A. H. Kreider]

Provenance:

Basil Lee Rowe, gift, 1969; United States Air Force Museum, transfer, 1973; NASM.XXXX.0019

Restrictions:

No restrictions on access

Rights:

Material is subject to Smithsonian Terms of Use. Should you wish to use NASM material in any medium, please submit an Application for Permission to Reproduce NASM Material, available at Permissions Requests

Topic:

Aeronautics  Search this

Aeronautics, Commercial  Search this

Aeronautics, Military  Search this

Aeronautics -- Exhibitions  Search this

Aeronautics -- Competitions  Search this

Air pilots  Search this

World War, 1914-1918  Search this

World War, 1939-1945  Search this

Works of art  Search this

Periodicals  Search this

Genre/Form:

Photographs

Logs (records)

Scrapbooks

Publications

Citation:

Basil Lee Rowe Collection, Acc. NASM.XXXX.0019, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

NASM.XXXX.0019

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Basil Lee Rowe Collection

Archival Repository:

National Air and Space Museum Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pg2c0b71733-3bcc-46b0-97a0-8e876ec77ef4

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-nasm-xxxx-0019

Collection Creator:

National Air and Space Museum. Archives Division.  Search this

Type:

Archival materials

Collection Restrictions:

The majority of the Archives Department's public reference requests can be answered using material in these files, which may be accessed through the Reading Room at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Virginia. More specific information can be requested by contacting the Archives Research Request.

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National Air and Space Museum Technical Reference Files: Aircraft

National Air and Space Museum Technical Reference Files: Aircraft / Series A3: Lighter than Air (LTA), Airships

Archival Repository:

National Air and Space Museum Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pg23243cd9a-ff47-4fd2-815c-a459a8716e5a

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nasm-xxxx-1183-a-ref62794

Collection Creator:

National Air and Space Museum. Archives Division.  Search this

Type:

Archival materials

Collection Restrictions:

The majority of the Archives Department's public reference requests can be answered using material in these files, which may be accessed through the Reading Room at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Virginia. More specific information can be requested by contacting the Archives Research Request.

Identifier:

NASM.XXXX.1183.A, File A3C-500000-01

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National Air and Space Museum Technical Reference Files: Aircraft

National Air and Space Museum Technical Reference Files: Aircraft / Series A3: Lighter than Air (LTA), Airships / China

Archival Repository:

National Air and Space Museum Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pg255dc5e01-99cc-4510-8e48-93ac9da3e912

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nasm-xxxx-1183-a-ref62795

Collection Creator:

National Air and Space Museum. Archives Division.  Search this

Type:

Archival materials

Collection Restrictions:

The majority of the Archives Department's public reference requests can be answered using material in these files, which may be accessed through the Reading Room at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Virginia. More specific information can be requested by contacting the Archives Research Request.

Identifier:

NASM.XXXX.1183.A, File A3C-500500-01

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National Air and Space Museum Technical Reference Files: Aircraft

National Air and Space Museum Technical Reference Files: Aircraft / Series A3: Lighter than Air (LTA), Airships / China

Archival Repository:

National Air and Space Museum Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pg28081e451-b2ec-4aff-a06e-9485d2125698

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nasm-xxxx-1183-a-ref62798

Materials:

Textile

Metal

Dimensions:

3-D: 0.3 × 1.6 × 5.9cm (1/8 × 5/8 × 2 5/16 in.)

Type:

AWARDS-Medals & Ribbons

Country of Origin:

China

Credit Line:

Donated by Lt. Gen. James H. Doolittle (USAF, Ret.)

Inventory Number:

A19740533001

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

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National Air and Space Museum Collection

Data Source:

National Air and Space Museum

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv9ee5f8d9a-40cd-4f2b-a692-f82e64e606c4

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nasm_A19740533001

Materials:

Textile

Metal

Plastic

Dimensions:

3-D: 0.3 × 1 × 1.1cm (1/8 × 3/8 × 7/16 in.)

Type:

AWARDS-Medals & Ribbons

Country of Origin:

China

Credit Line:

Donated by Lt. Gen. James H. Doolittle (USAF, Ret.)

Inventory Number:

A19740533002

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

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National Air and Space Museum Collection

Data Source:

National Air and Space Museum

GUID:

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EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nasm_A19740533002

Materials:

Metal

Enamel

Dimensions:

3-D: 2.9 × 1.3 × 3cm (1 1/8 × 1/2 × 1 3/16 in.)

Type:

AWARDS-Medals & Ribbons

Country of Origin:

China

Credit Line:

Donated by Lt. Gen. James H. Doolittle (USAF, Ret.)

Inventory Number:

A19740533003

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

See more items in:

National Air and Space Museum Collection

Data Source:

National Air and Space Museum

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv9bbe0e43a-f803-4f39-801e-058b1aa39984

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nasm_A19740533003

Materials:

Wood

Leather

Textile

Metal

Enamel

Dimensions:

3-D: 15.7 × 12.4 × 2.9cm (6 3/16 × 4 7/8 × 1 1/8 in.)

Type:

AWARDS-Medals & Ribbons

Country of Origin:

China

Credit Line:

Donated by Lt. Gen. James H. Doolittle (USAF, Ret.)

Inventory Number:

A19740533004

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

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National Air and Space Museum Collection

Data Source:

National Air and Space Museum

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv98d255a25-b63e-4c6c-b0fb-3099f1f84740

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nasm_A19740533004

Materials:

Metal

Textile

Dimensions:

3-D: 8.3 × 10.3 × 3.2cm (3 1/4 × 4 1/16 × 1 1/4 in.)

Type:

AWARDS-Insignia

Country of Origin:

China

Credit Line:

Donated by the Embassy of the Republic of China

Inventory Number:

A19761731001

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

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National Air and Space Museum Collection

Data Source:

National Air and Space Museum

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv9249b4193-58b3-4661-a744-b072f2d4ceae

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nasm_A19761731001

Materials:

Metal

Textile

Dimensions:

3-D: 10.8 × 8.9 × 3.2cm (4 1/4 × 3 1/2 × 1 1/4 in.)

Type:

AWARDS-Insignia

Country of Origin:

China

Credit Line:

Donated by the Embassy of the Republic of China

Inventory Number:

A19761733001

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

See more items in:

National Air and Space Museum Collection

Data Source:

National Air and Space Museum

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv9416c0f53-1a6d-460d-ab4a-07b2613448c0

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nasm_A19761733001

Materials:

Metal

Textile

Dimensions:

3-D: 8.6 × 6.3 × 2.4cm (3 3/8 × 2 1/2 × 15/16 in.)

Type:

AWARDS-Medals & Ribbons

Country of Origin:

China

Date:

1924

Credit Line:

Donated by Mrs. Lowell H. Smith

Inventory Number:

A19840696001

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

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National Air and Space Museum Collection

Data Source:

National Air and Space Museum

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv9fba6452b-73e5-4256-9da9-86b57da72d3f

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nasm_A19840696001

Physical Description:

paper (overall material)

Measurements:

overall: 7.9 cm x 14.85 cm x .01 cm; 3 1/8 in x 5 27/32 in x in

Object Name:

note

Place made:

China

Date made:

1935

Crowdsourcing:

Transcribed by Smithsonian digital volunteers

Credit Line:

Steven E. Hodges and Susan S. Hodges

ID Number:

1986.0353.33

Catalog number:

1986.0353.33

Accession number:

1986.0353

Serial number:

GX108500

See more items in:

Work and Industry: National Numismatic Collection

Chinese Banknotes

NNC_Transcription_Center_Chinese_Banknote_05

Chinese Paper Money

NNC Chinese Bank Notes

Data Source:

National Museum of American History

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b3-c3ee-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmah_1888940

Author:

Li, Yuhang  Search this

Physical description:

xii, 299 pages illustrations (some color) 25 cm

Type:

Books

Place:

China

Chine

Date:

2020

Topic:

Buddhist women  Search this

Women in Buddhism  Search this

Buddhist art and symbolism  Search this

Femmes bouddhistes  Search this

Femmes dans le bouddhisme  Search this

Femmes bouddhistes--Histoire  Search this

Symbolisme bouddhique--Histoire  Search this

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_1147018

Life Form:

Epiphytic

Bloom Characteristics:

Inflorescence is 6-9" (15.25-22.7 cm) long, shiny and purple, with 11-13 flowers. Flowers are 1" (2.5 cm) across.

Range:

Indo-China to Hainan and W and C Malesia

Habitat:

Semi-deciduous and evergreen forests; 985-3600ft (300-1100m)

Topic:

Orchids  Search this

Living Collections  Search this

Common Name:

Fan of Venus Bulbophyllum

The Beautiful Bulbophyllum

Group:

[vascular plants]

Class:

Equisetopsida

Subclass:

Magnoliidae

Superorder:

Lilianae

Order:

Asparagales

Family:

Orchidaceae

Subfamily:

Epidendroideae

Genus:

Bulbophyllum

Species:

lepidum

Accession Number:

2008-1093A

Restrictions & Rights:

CC0

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Smithsonian Gardens Orchid Collection

Data Source:

Smithsonian Gardens

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ax741dbd47f-ccde-4fc1-b65b-488a6abee29e

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:ofeo-sg_2008-1093A

Life Form:

Epiphytic

Bloom Characteristics:

Inflorescence is 6-9" (15.25-22.7 cm) long, shiny and purple, with 11-13 flowers. Flowers are 1" (2.5 cm) across.

Range:

Indo-China to Hainan and W and C Malesia

Habitat:

Semi-deciduous and evergreen forests; 985-3600ft (300-1100m)

Topic:

Orchids  Search this

Living Collections  Search this

Common Name:

Fan of Venus Bulbophyllum

The Beautiful Bulbophyllum

Group:

[vascular plants]

Class:

Equisetopsida

Subclass:

Magnoliidae

Superorder:

Lilianae

Order:

Asparagales

Family:

Orchidaceae

Subfamily:

Epidendroideae

Genus:

Bulbophyllum

Species:

lepidum

Accession Number:

2011-2497B

Restrictions & Rights:

CC0

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Smithsonian Gardens Orchid Collection

Data Source:

Smithsonian Gardens

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ax74215ff02-031a-4b6e-9cd5-153b0ce5d763

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:ofeo-sg_2011-2497B

Life Form:

Epiphytic

Bloom Characteristics:

Inflorescence is 6-9" (15.25-22.7 cm) long, shiny and purple, with 11-13 flowers. Flowers are 1" (2.5 cm) across.

Range:

Indo-China to Hainan and W and C Malesia

Habitat:

Semi-deciduous and evergreen forests; 985-3600ft (300-1100m)

Topic:

Orchids  Search this

Living Collections  Search this

Common Name:

Fan of Venus Bulbophyllum

The Beautiful Bulbophyllum

Group:

[vascular plants]

Class:

Equisetopsida

Subclass:

Magnoliidae

Superorder:

Lilianae

Order:

Asparagales

Family:

Orchidaceae

Subfamily:

Epidendroideae

Genus:

Bulbophyllum

Species:

lepidum

Accession Number:

2012-0806A

Restrictions & Rights:

CC0

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Smithsonian Gardens Orchid Collection

Data Source:

Smithsonian Gardens

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ax7597cb55f-95ef-4f82-b892-e8b1d244ca71

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:ofeo-sg_2012-0806A

Life Form:

Epiphytic

Bloom Characteristics:

Inflorescence is 6-9" (15.25-22.7 cm) long, shiny and purple, with 11-13 flowers. Flowers are 1" (2.5 cm) across.

Range:

Indo-China to Hainan and W and C Malesia

Habitat:

Semi-deciduous and evergreen forests; 985-3600ft (300-1100m)

Topic:

Orchids  Search this

Living Collections  Search this

Common Name:

Fan of Venus Bulbophyllum

The Beautiful Bulbophyllum

Group:

[vascular plants]

Class:

Equisetopsida

Subclass:

Magnoliidae

Superorder:

Lilianae

Order:

Asparagales

Family:

Orchidaceae

Subfamily:

Epidendroideae

Genus:

Bulbophyllum

Species:

lepidum

Accession Number:

2014-0999A

Restrictions & Rights:

CC0

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Smithsonian Gardens Orchid Collection

Data Source:

Smithsonian Gardens

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ax771ade089-d9f8-471c-82d2-1eb658729039

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:ofeo-sg_2014-0999A

Medium:

Bronze, gilding

Dimensions:

H x W x D: 6.5 x 10.1 x 5.4 cm (2 9/16 x 4 x 2 1/8 in)

Type:

Vessel

Origin:

China

Date:

960-1279

Period:

Song dynasty

Topic:

water  Search this

Song dynasty (960 - 1279)  Search this

ox  Search this

China  Search this

Chinese Art  Search this

Credit Line:

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Accession Number:

F1917.261

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

Related Online Resources:

Google Cultural Institute

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Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection

Data Source:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye3b45e9506-b973-4061-b936-cebae598366f

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:fsg_F1917.261

Medium:

Jade

Dimensions:

H x W x D (overall): 2.5 x 7.5 x 2 cm (1 x 2 15/16 x 13/16 in)

Type:

Jewelry and Ornament

Origin:

China

Topic:

dragon  Search this

China  Search this

Chinese Art  Search this

The Dr. Paul Singer Collection of Chinese Art of the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution  Search this

Credit Line:

The Dr. Paul Singer Collection of Chinese Art of the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; a joint gift of the Arthur M. Sackler Foundation, Paul Singer, the AMS Foundation for the Arts, Sciences, and Humanities, and the Children of Arthur M. Sackler

Accession Number:

S2012.9.1140

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

Related Online Resources:

Google Cultural Institute

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Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection

Data Source:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye343e2669f-3b09-456e-82b7-c4d626af7e9b

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:fsg_S2012.9.1140

Physical Description:

paper; organic material (unspecified) (overall material)

Measurements:

overall: 33.7 cm x 22.3 cm x .01 cm; 13 9/32 in x 8 25/32 in x in

Object Name:

Paper Money

Circulating Note

Great Ming note

note

Object Type:

paper money

Date made:

1368-99 A.D.

14th century

1368-1399 A.D.

1368 - 1399

Related Publication:

Feingold, Ellen R.. Value of Money, The

Credit Line:

Chase Manhattan Bank

ID Number:

1979.1263.01895

Accession number:

1979.1263

Collector/donor number:

00083

Catalog number:

79.112.CM00083.1

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Work and Industry: National Numismatic Collection

Chinese Banknotes

Chinese Paper Money

NNC Chinese Bank Notes

NNC_Transcription_Center_Chinese_Banknote_01

Data Source:

National Museum of American History

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b5-0224-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmah_1251421