Pin, lapel

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OBJECT TYPE: airline
DATE: 1937–1964
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2003.0478.001

MANUFACTURER: Birks Dingwall
MODEL: Unknown
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: 10 k? gold/ enamel

Dimensions

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

Length: 2.7 cm
Width: 1.0 cm
Height: 1.0 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Aviation
Category: Clothing
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

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

Context

Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
Period: 1937-
Canada: Trans Canada Airlines (TCA) was formed by the Canadian National Railways. They launched their first flight on September 1, 1937, between Vancouver and Seattle. Throughout the next 25 years, TCA became Canada's national airline, and on January 1, 1965, TCA changed their name to Air Canada. Donated to Air Canada by M.W. MacLoed, who was a maintenance worker between 1937-1959. Dingwall was a jewellery manufacturer and store in Winnipeg Canada from 1886 to 1935 when they amalgamated with Birks and were renamed Birks Dingwall.
Function: TCA pin given to employees for their service.
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: Front of pin reads: "TCA"/ Back of pin reads: "BIRKS/ DINGWALL"/
Missing: N/A
Finish: Gold? pin with enamelled blue background, and yellow, orange and green within maple leaf logo/ Gold "TCA"/ Screw post and nut
Decoration: Winged shaped logo with circle at the centre

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Birks Dingwall, Pin, lapel, between 1937–1964, Artifact no. 2003.0478, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2003.0478.001/

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