Liner, box

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OBJECT TYPE: Paper/formed sheets
DATE: Unknown
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2010.0792.001

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Unknown

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: Packing pads
Patents: N/A
General Description: Pulp paper sheets within a paper sleeve.

Dimensions

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

Length: 43.3 cm
Width: 33.0 cm
Height: N/A
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Industrial Technology
Category: Miscellaneous
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

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

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Quebec
Period: Never used.
Canada: Intended for use at a Canadian orchard co-op’s packing-house on Covey Hill in Quebec's Eastern townships.
Function: Cushioned liners used to pad the bottom and tops of wooden boxes to protect the contents within from damages that typically occur during shipment.
Technical: A liner was placed at the bottom of a box before packing commenced and another was placed at the top before nailing it shut. Although these examples were never used, the liners would have served as cushioning to prevent packed apples from being bruised. Liners are composed entirely out of paper materials; 3 sheets of pulp paper wrapped in a blue paper sleeve.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: None.
Missing: Nothing missing.
Finish: Outer layer/sleeve dyed blue.
Decoration: None.

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Unknown Manufacturer, Liner, box, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 2010.0792, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2010.0792.001/

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