Tag, baggage
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- OBJECT TYPE
- BRASS/RAIL
- DATE
- 1894
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1972.1328.001
- MANUFACTURER
- RAND AVERY SUPPLY CO.
- MODEL
- DOMINION ATLANTIC RAILWAY
- LOCATION
- Unknown
More Information
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
- 5.2 cm
- Width
- 4.1 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
- RAND
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- North America
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- WOULD HAVE BEEN USED SOMETIME AFTER 1894 WHEN DAR WAS CREATED.
- Canada
-
EXAMPLE OF A TAG USED BY THE DOMINON ATLANTIC RAILWAY CO. WHICH WAS CREATED IN 1894 AFTER THE WINDSOR AND ANNAPOLIS VALLEY RY. WAS RENAMED. W.A.R. HAD PURCHASED THE WESTERN COUNTIES RY & THE CORNWALLIS VALLEY RY. IN 1911 DAR SIGNED A 999 YR. LEASE WITH THE CPR TO OPERATE IN THE MARITIMES. [REF 1] - Function
-
USED TO KEEP TRACK OF BAGGAGE OR MAIL SHIPPED BY RAIL. - Technical
-
TAGS WERE USED SO THAT THE NUMBER ON THE TAG AFFIXED TO THE BAGGAGE OR MAIL BAG COULD BE CROSS-REFERENCED TO THE APPROPRIATE NUMBER IN THE RAILWAY'S ACCOUNTING SYSTEM AND THE ITEM BEING SHIPPED COULD BE TRACED. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- STAMPED ON ITEM: 'RAND AVERY SUPPLY CO./ BOSTON/ AND/ D.A.RY./ 5132/ VIA/ YARMOUTH'
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- LACQUERED
- Decoration
- N/A
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RAND AVERY SUPPLY CO., Tag, baggage, after 1894, Artifact no. 1972.1328, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1972.1328.001/
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