"Fly Piper Planes" Ashtray, circa 1965
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This stamped aluminum ashtray promoted Piper airplanes. Piper Aircraft Corporation, named after William T. Piper who reorganized the bankrupt Taylor Brothers Aircraft Corporation in the 1930s, is best known for its "Cub" -- a lightweight, low-cost airplane. By the 1960s, the time this ashtray was produced, Piper had plants in Pennsylvania and Florida and controlled one-third of the lightplane market.
This stamped aluminum ashtray promoted Piper airplanes. Piper Aircraft Corporation, named after William T. Piper who reorganized the bankrupt Taylor Brothers Aircraft Corporation in the 1930s, is best known for its "Cub" -- a lightweight, low-cost airplane. By the 1960s, the time this ashtray was produced, Piper had plants in Pennsylvania and Florida and controlled one-third of the lightplane market.
Artifact
Ashtray
Date Made
circa 1965
Creators
Place of Creation
United States, Pennsylvania, Lock Haven
Creator Notes
Made for Piper Aircraft Corporation, Lock Haven, Pennsylvania.
Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Object ID
2009.29.3
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Aluminum (Metal)
Technique
Casting (Process)
Color
Gray (Color)
Dimensions
Diameter: 4.5 in
Inscriptions
On rim of ashtray: FLY/ PIPER/ PLANES
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