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OBJECT TYPE: ADVERTISEMENT/PAINTED/MOTOR OIL
DATE: 1940–1960
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1988.0676.001

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
MODEL: RED INDIAN
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: METAL SIGN WITH WOOD FRAME

Dimensions

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

Length: 213.5 cm
Width: 92.7 cm
Height: 4.0 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Motorized Ground Transportation
Category: Advertising
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

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

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Unknown
Period: PROBABLY 1940'S & 1950'S
Canada: 'RED INDIAN' WAS A TRADE NAME FOR MCCOLL-FRONTENAC WHICH WAS A CANADIAN COMPANY
Function: ADVERTISEMENT FOR AUTOMOTIBLE MOTOR OIL
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: BLACK EDGED WHITE LETTERING READS: 'RED INDIAN/ MOTOR OIL' & GOLD SCRIPT READS '"The Oil of Endurance"'
Missing: TOP FRAME SECTION
Finish: SIGN PAINTED HALF BLACK, HALF RED, WITH WHITE BORDER
Decoration: RED & BLACK PAINTED INDIAN & HEADDRESS, ON WHITE CIRCLE

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Unknown Manufacturer, Sign, between 1940–1960, Artifact no. 1988.0676, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1988.0676.001/

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