signal rocket
Datecirca 1948
Inventory Number1997-1-0765
ClassificationRocket
Subject
Maker
American
Cultural Region
Dimensions33.5 × 7.5 × 7.5 cm (13 3/16 × 2 15/16 × 2 15/16 in.)
Material
DescriptionA cylindrical wooden object. At one end, a rounded metal nose cone attached by tiny screws. At the other, where the wooden cylinder notably sharpens, a set of four stout metal fins jut out at 90 degrees from one another, connected by broad strips of metal. On the side of the cylinder is lettering stamped in black.
Signedunsigned
Inscribedon side, stamped in black: SIGNAL. DRIFT. NIGHT. AN MARK. / LOT H-113 9- 48 / G.H.B.
German
Date: circa 1955
Accessories: cardboard box, one end-flap broken
Object number: RS0100a,b
Underwater Sound Laboratory, Harvard University
Date: 1941-1949
Object number: 1997-1-2061a
Underwater Sound Laboratory, Harvard University
Date: 1941-1949
Object number: 1997-1-2061b
Date: 1890-1930
Object number: RS0505
