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OBJECT TYPE: DISTRIBUTOR'S/PAINTED
DATE: 1920
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1987.0226.001

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
MODEL: FIVE ROSES FLOUR
LOCATION: Canada

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: Metal

Dimensions

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

Length: 126.5 cm
Width: 79.5 cm
Height: 2.0 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Agriculture
Category: Merchandising
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

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

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: Unknown
Canada: Example of early advertising sign of a Canadian company Biography from http://www.assnat.qc.ca/en/deputes/vilas-william-frederick-5719/biographie.html [Né à East Farnham, le 15 juillet 1853, fils du pasteur Aaron Vilas et de Fanny C. Kent.] Fit ses études à East Farnham puis à Cowansville.
Function: Advertising sign
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: Sign consists of yellow ground with interior blue rectangle, with blue lettering across top reading ""You'll bake it better" with" and below "FIVE ROSES/FLOUR" in yellow letters with red outlining, and white, red and blue logo reading "LAKE OF THE WOODS/MILLING COMPANY/CANADA"
Missing: From CA of 07/30/1997 by Sue Warren: No - Complete Bottom edge mounting bracket may be missing (attachment fasteners are present.) K. Machan Feb. 2013
Finish: Front painted yellow, red, blue and black/back painted black
Decoration: N/A

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Unknown Manufacturer, Sign, circa 1920, Artifact no. 1987.0226, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1987.0226.001/

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