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OBJECT TYPE: suspended
DATE: 1950
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2002.0796.001

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
MODEL: Physicians' Services Inc.
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: Dark brown laminated wood sign has moulded synthetic (plastic ?) insert on front; black paper backing beige coated-paper hanger.

Dimensions

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

Length: 24.0 cm
Width: 14.3 cm
Height: 1.0 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Medical Technology
Category: Medical equipment
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

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

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: Presumably used c. 1950s+; not used after 1979.
Canada: Part of a large collection of medical artifacts, archival material & trade literature transferred to CSTM in 2002 from the former History of Medicine Museum, Toronto, ON.
Function: Unknown
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: "P.S.I./ PARTICIPATING/ GENERAL PHYSICIAN/ SUBSCRIBERS PLEASE PRESENT IDENTIFICATION CARD" printed on sign front. Round logo depicting cloaked woman holding lamp and globe above banner reading "Salus populi/ suprema est lex" appears to left of main text. UHN catalogue no. "979.21.11" printed in white ink on reverse.
Missing: Appears complete.
Finish: Dark brown laminated wood sign has moulded synthetic (plastic ?) insert on front; black paper backing beige coated-paper hanger.
Decoration: N/A

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Unknown Manufacturer, Sign, circa 1950, Artifact no. 2002.0796, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2002.0796.001/

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