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OBJECT TYPE: ADVERTISEMENT
DATE: 1966
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1969.1589.001

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
MODEL: Curling Irons
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: off-white paper; ink; grease pencil

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length: 51.0 cm
Width: 35.8 cm
Height: 1.1 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Industrial Technology
Category: Archives
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Unknown
Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: Presumably made and displayed before 1966.
Canada: Victoria Foundry established in Ottawa c. 1850 by N.S. Blasdell. In 1873-4, the business was expanded, and new buildings and equipment added. The 1900 fire which razed large areas of Ottawa destroyed the Foundry's property, but it was quickly re-built and re-equipped at a site on LeBreton Flats, where it operated until 1965. c. 1967 it merged with the foundry business of Thomas Lawson & Sons (est. in Ottawa c. 1885) and McMullen Perkins, a machine shop operation (active in Ottawa since 1912). The new company, Lawson-McMullen-Victoria Ltd. moved it's operations to Ottawa east. LMV is thought to have been active until c. 1972-73. (Ref. 1) In 1965 the National Capital Commission (NCC) expropriated the land in LeBreton Flats on which the Victoria Foundry (and it's soon-to-be partner T. Lawson & Sons) operated. Demolition of the foundry buildings began March 1, 1966 and were completed May 5th. Mr. Don MacKenzie collected archival material, patterns, and other items from the site during demolition, and made them available to CSTM. Although not documented, this sign is almost certainly part of that collection.
Function: To promote and advertise a company's products. Specifically, this sign advertises curling irons manufactured by Victoria Foundry Co. Ltd.
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: Printed sign face reads "CURLING IRONS/ Perfectly Balanced/ Evenly Matched/ Manufactured by/ Victoria Foundry Co., Ltd./ OTTAWA, CANADA PHONE 8-0139". Handwritten annotations read "Wooden/ Patterns", "Collected by Don/ MacKenzie/ 5-6 March/ 1966/ Donated to/ Nat/ Museum/ Historical Collection", "Grey Iron, Brass, Bronze & Aluminum.", "44 BOOTH ST.", "Being demolished as of 1st March 1966/ Demolition completed-/ Lebreton Flats Ottawa-/ Corner of Booth, Oregon & Dunke Sts/ Ottawa", and "Completely demolished./ 5 May 1966./ Ground/ levelled".
Missing: None.
Finish: Off-white heavy paper sign bears back printed text, and handwritten blue ink and grease pencil markings.
Decoration: N/A

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Unknown Manufacturer, Sign, before 1966, Artifact no. 1969.1589, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1969.1589.001/

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