Renseignements généraux

Nº de série

S/O

Nº de partie

1

Nombre total de parties

1

Ou

S/O

Brevets

S/O

Description générale

stone

Dimensions

Remarque : Cette information reflète la taille générale pour l’entreposage et ne représente pas nécessairement les véritables dimensions de l’objet.

Longueur

35,5 cm

Largeur

25,4 cm

Hauteur

9,2 cm

Épaisseur

S/O

Poids

15,0

Diamètre

S/O

Volume

S/O

Lexique

Groupe

Transports ferroviaires

Catégorie

Activités

Sous-catégorie

S/O

Fabricant

Ou

Inconnu

Pays

Inconnu

État/province

Inconnu

Ville

Inconnu

Contexte

Pays

Canada

État/province

Inconnu

Période

early 20th century

Canada

This lithographic stone carries an image of a streetcar marked St. Clair, presumably used on the St. Clair route of the Toronto Civic Railways which began operating in 1913. The streetcar appears to be one of the TCR streetcars numbered 100-119. These were double truck cars of wooden construction built by the Niles Car and Manufacturing Co. of Niles, Ohio and purchased in 1913 by TCR for its new St. Clair and Danforth lines. The Toronto Civic Railways was formed by the city of Toronto in 1911 to provide public transportation to the newly annexed areas of the city. The St. Clair carline was the second one built and ran from Yonge Street to to the Grand Trunk Railway's tracks at Station Street (now Caledonia Road). In 1921 the Toronto Civic Railway became part of the Toronto Transit Commission (Refs 1-3). An item from the collection of Mr Andrew Merrilees acquired between the 1950’s and his death in 1979. Mr. Merrilees was a noted collector of early railway and transportation material and was particularly interested in pre-1920 photography. The majority of Mr.Merrilees’ collection was sent to the National Archives circa 1980, his printed material to the National Library and the Ontario Archives. The material in this donation was retained by Andrew Merrilees Ltd., currently owned by Dr. Robert Stewart (Acquisition proposal for AK0114 archival material by D.Monaghan, in Supp. Info.).

Fonction

Used in offset printing to carry the image to be printed, in this case, on one side for a Toronto? streetcar company debenture on one side and forms for Imperial Oil Ltd./ the Royal Bank of Canada on the other side.

Technique

An example of an engraved stone used as an original in printing. Because transfers could be cheaply made from the original engraved stone, lithography was the preferred process for printing large numbers of a given form or format, for many years. Their use is now generally limited to artists

Notes sur la région

Inconnu

Détails

Marques

Black debenture form on one side with an image of a streetcar marked 'ST. CLAIR' and lettering reading 'PER CENT DEBENTURE/ 1000 1000'/ black forms on the other side in script reading in part 'St. John, N.B./ The Royal Bank of Canada, St. John/ Imperial Oil, Limited' and 'Halifax, N.S./ The Royal Bank of Canada, Halifax/ Imperial Oil, Limited' with numerous names of Canadian cities in script and print.

Manque

complete

Fini

polished

Décoration

S/O