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MIT plaque
Major collection: MIT General Collections
Named collection: MIT Hacks Collection
Object type: plaque
Maker: Date made: 2006
Measurements: 8 in x 11 in x 3/4 in
2006.013.002
Named collection: MIT Hacks Collection
Object type: plaque
Maker: Date made: 2006
Measurements: 8 in x 11 in x 3/4 in
Aluminum plaque describing Fleming Cannon. Reads: "CALTECH CANNON//April 6, 2006//MIT hackers posing as the Howe & Ser//Moving Company appropriated this cannon//on March 28, 2006. It later appeared on//MIT's campus with the addition of a large//brass rat made of gold-plated aluminum.//In honor of its previous owners, the//cannon points towards Pasadena, CA."
2006.013.002