Tag, baggage
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- OBJECT TYPE
- BRASS/RAIL
- DATE
- 1841–1900
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1968.0043.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- BOSTON & MAINE RAILROAD
- LOCATION
- Unknown
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General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- BRASS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 6.3 cm
- Width
- 5.5 cm
- Height
- N/A
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Railway Transportation
- Category
- Services
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Unknown
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- RAILWAY WAS CONSOLIDATED IN 1841 & PURCHASED IN THE 1980S, BUT THIS TAG PROBABLY USED FORM 1840S TO 1900S
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
USED TO TRACK BAGGAGE OR MAIL BAGS SHIPPED BY RAIL - Technical
-
TAGS WERE USED SO THAT THE ITEM BEING SHIPPED BY RAIL COULD BE TRACKED - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- STAMPED ON FRONT OF TAG: 'WAY SHELL/ PROPERTY OF/ BOSTON & MAINE R.R./ BOSTON, MASS.'
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- Unknown
- Decoration
- N/A
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Unknown Manufacturer, Tag, baggage, circa 1841–1900, Artifact no. 1968.0043, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1968.0043.001/
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