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OBJECT TYPE: SERVICE UNIFORM
DATE: 1960–1986
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1998.0306.001

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
MODEL: CONSUMERS' GAS
LOCATION: Unknown

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 122
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: EMBROIDERED FABRIC

Dimensions

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

Length: 33.2 cm
Width: 30.5 cm
Height: 6.2 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

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

Manufacturer

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

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: 1960'S TO 1990'S
Canada: MEANS OF IDENTIFICATION USED BY GAS PRODUCER & DISTRIBUTOR CONSUMERS' GAS OF TORONTO, INCORPORATED IN 1848 TO SUPPLY LIGHTING TO CITY OF TORONTO. AFTER 1880, IN FACE OF INCREASING COMPETITION WITH & EVENTUAL REPLACEMENT BY ELECTRIC LIGHTING,CG BEGAN SUPPLYING GAS AS FUEL FOR DOMESTIC APPLIANCES & LATER FOR HEATING.
Function: BADGES TO BE ATTACHED TO UNIFORMS, SERVING TO IDENTIFY WEARERS AS EMPLOYEES OF GAS COMPANY.
Technical: EXAMPLES OF BADGES USED TO IDENTIFY CONSUMERS' GAS PERSONNEL & CONTRACTORS FROM MID 1960'S INTO 1990'S
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: WHITE EMBROIDERED LETTERING READING "Natural Gas", "Natural Gas/ Service", "Consumers' Gas/ Service", "Consumers' Gas", "Consumers' Gas/ METER READER", "Grimsby Gas", "Ottawa Gas", "Ottawa Gas/Service", "Gazifere de Hull", "St. Lawrence Gas", "Provincial Gas", "Brockville Gas", "Consumers'/ Gas", "Ottawa/ Gas", "Brockville/ Gas", "Provincial/ Gas", "Grimsby", "INSTRUCTOR", "St. Lawrence", "Gazifere/ de Hull", "Consumers'/ Gas/ SERVICE/ CONTRACTOR", "Gazifere/ Inc.", "St. Lawrence/ Gas", "Grimsby/ Gas", "DEALER", "SERVICE/ CONTRACTOR",
Missing: COMPLETE
Finish: VARIOUSLY BLUE, WHITE, RED
Decoration: RED, BLUE & WHITE FLAME DESIGNS/ BLUE & WHITE FLAME DESIGNS/ EMBROIDERED LINES AROUND EDGES OF BADGES

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Unknown Manufacturer, Badge collection, between 1960–1986, Artifact no. 1998.0306, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/1998.0306.001/

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