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OBJECT TYPE: N/A
DATE: 1938
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2011.0033.001

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Madden, Alberta, Canada

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 3
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: Paper.

Dimensions

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

Length: 25.5 cm
Width: 20.1 cm
Height: N/A
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Agriculture
Category: Archives
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Banta
Country: Canada
State/Province: Alberta
City: Madden

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Alberta
Period: Contract is dated Feb. 26, 1938.
Canada: This collection documents the work & activities of several generations of the Banta family (involved in homesteading, ranching & farming) from rural southern Alberta, from the late 19th century to the 1980's.
Function: Legal agreement documenting conditions whereby Roy Banta will rent 50 acres of land from Jack Massie.
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: Hand written script reads: "Madden Alta/Feb. 26., 1938/J.J. Massie hereby rent to/Roy Banta about 50 acres of land./On Which he is to cut 30 acres of brush,/to break all 50 acres, do all/working down except one double/discing + piling + burning brush./I Roy Banta agree to plant the/first crop, cut + thresh it. And/give leasee 1/4 of said crop./Leasee will plant, cut + thresh/second crop and give leasor/1/3 second crop./Roy Banta/Jack Massie".
Missing: N/A
Finish: Black script hand written in pencil on white sheet; signatures appended in black ink.
Decoration: None.

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Unknown Manufacturer, Contract, 1938, Artifact no. 2011.0033, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2011.0033.001/

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