Game, board

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OBJECT TYPE: N/A
DATE: 1976
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1994.0050.001

MANUFACTURER: GAMMA TWO GAMES LTD.
MODEL: LAST SPIKE
LOCATION: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: CARDBOARD COVER, BOX, BOARD, CARDS/ PLASTIC PLAYING PIECES/ PAPER INSTRUCTIONS & PLAY MONEY

Dimensions

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

Length: 30.5 cm
Width: 23.0 cm
Height: 5.1 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Railway Transportation
Category: Commemorative
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: GAMMA
Country: Canada
State/Province: British Columbia
City: Vancouver

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Unknown
Period: LATE 1970'S
Canada: A GAME BASED ON & COMMEMORATING AN ASPECT OF CANADIAN HISTORY, SPECIFICALLY THE BUILDING OF THE CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY, WHICH WAS COMPLETED IN 1885 WITH THE DRIVING OF THE LAST SPIKE.
Function: A BOARD GAME FOR 2 TO 6 PLAYERS 9 YEARS TO ADULT IN AGE.
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: WHITE `the LAST SPIKE' & `THE RAILWAY BUILDING GAME LE JEU DE L'ESTABLISSEMENT DU CHEMIN DE FER'/ BLACK LETTERING ON BACK DESCRIBING GAME & CONTENTS, WITH MFR.'S NAME & ADDRESS/ GOLD `GAMMA II' & `GAMMA TWO GAMES LTD.' ON BOX LID
Missing: N/A
Finish: BROWN COVER/ BLACK BOX LID & WHITE BASE/ MULTICOLOURED BOARD, PLASTIC PIECES, PAPER
Decoration: MULTICOLOURED PHOTOGRAPH OF MODEL STEAM LOCOMOTIVE ON COVER/ MFR'S LOGO ON COVER & BOX LID

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GAMMA TWO GAMES LTD., Game, board, circa 1976, Artifact no. 1994.0050, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1994.0050.001/

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