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The Flyable Kite
 
This page is being used to collect information about the history of the Flyable Kite. Please contact me if you know any of this information is incorrect or if you have any other information that should be added. Thank you.

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1892

As far as I know this design first appears in 'The Prang Primary Course in Art Education: Part 1: The First Primary Year' by Mary Dana Hicks and Josephine C Locke, which was published by the Prang Educational Company in Boston in 1892.

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The design also appears:

1904

As 'Cometa' (Kite) in 'Guia Practica del Trabajo Manual Educativo' by Ezequiel Solana, which was published by Editorial Magisterio Espaņol in Madrid in 1904.

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1918

As 'Cometa Secilla' (Simple Kite) in 'Ciencia Recreativa' by Jose Estralella, which was published by Gustavo Gili in Barcelona in 1918.

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1923

As 'Fledermausdrachen' (Bat Kite) in 'Falten und Formen mit Papier' by Richard Rothe which was published by Deutscher Verlag für Jugend und Volk in Vienna and Leipzig in 1923.

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1923

As 'Cometa' in 'Trabajos Manuales y Juegos Infantiles' by Francisco Blanch, which was published by I. G. Seix y Barral Hermanos S.A.- Editores in Barcelona in 1923.

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