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- OBJECT TYPE
- EXTERIOR/SUSPENDED/ILLUMINATED
- DATE
- 1955
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 2004.0021.001
- MANUFACTURER
- TEX PLASTICS LTD.
- MODEL
- RCA VICTOR
- LOCATION
- Toronto, Ontario, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 182/4
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 2
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- METAL FRAME, SUSPENSION BRACKETS, AND WIRING; PLASTIC TEXT PANELS.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 175.5 cm
- Width
- 129.5 cm
- Height
- 25.5 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- 55.0
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Communications
- Category
- Merchandising
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- TEX
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- City
- Toronto
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Quebec
- Period
- THIS SIGN USED 1955-1984.
- Canada
-
SIGN HUNG OUTSIDE ELECTRICAL SALES AND REPAIR SHOP OPERATED BY CONRAD CORDEAU (1921-89) AND HIS WIFE GEORGETTE DUCLOS (1928-2003)IN ST.-PIE-DE-BAGOT, PQ.. THE 1ST AND LAST SUCH BUSINESS IN THE VILLAGE, THE SHOP WAS TYPICAL OF SMALL TOWN ELECTRICAL RETAILERS THAT FLOURISHED IN QUEBEC AND ELSEWHERE UNTIL 1970S. (REF. 1) - Function
-
USED TO IDENTIFY AND ADVERTISE A BUSINESS PREMISES. - Technical
-
EXAMPLE OF COMMON TYPE OF COMMERCIAL SIGN- PLASTIC, INTERNALLY ILLUMINATED SIGN, PRINTED ON BOTH SIDES, AND DESIGNED TO BE SUSPENDED OUTSIDE A BUSINESS. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- "[RCA/ "HIS MASTER'S VOICE" logo]/ RCA/ VICTOR/ RADIO-TV-ACCES. ELEC./ CONRAD CORDEAU" printed on both sides of sign. Plastic plate on one side of frame reads "FOR SERVICING-/ REMOVE/ ANGLE MOLDING/ SLIDE OUT FACE/ [left facing arrow]/ PLASTILIUX SIGN/ by TEX/ PLASTICS/ LIMITED/ TORONTO/ SERIAL NO./ [blank]" "182/4" stamped into metal frame, below plastic plate. "FITTINGS LIMITED/ 1/2 [diamond logo] LB" cast in raised print on metal covering for electrical connection.
- Missing
- (Updated by CLS - Jan 2017) Removed ballasts and fluorescent tubes. Stored apart from object. Some screws missing One piece of molding from the bottom is missing
- Finish
- DULL SILVER METAL FRAME AND BRACKETS. PLASTIC SIGN PANELS ARE PREDOMINANTLY RED, WITH SOME YELLOW & WHITE TRIM: YELLOW, WHITE, RED AND BLACK TEXT.
- Decoration
- N/A
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TEX PLASTICS LTD., Sign, before 1955, Artifact no. 2004.0021, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2004.0021.001/
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