Renseignements généraux

Nº de série

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Nº de partie

1

Nombre total de parties

2

Ou

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Brevets

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Description générale

OIL PAINT ON CANVAS; MOUNTED AND FRAMED

Dimensions

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

Longueur

210,0 cm

Largeur

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Hauteur

120,0 cm

Épaisseur

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Poids

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Diamètre

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Volume

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Lexique

Groupe

Transports ferroviaires

Catégorie

Commémoratif

Sous-catégorie

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Fabricant

Ou

Petley Jones

Pays

Canada

État/province

Inconnu

Ville

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Contexte

Pays

Canada

État/province

Inconnu

Période

THE PARK CAR MURALS DECORATED THE CARS C.1954-1984

Canada

DECORATED THE CANADIAN, THE TRAIN WITH WHICH CPR 'LAUNCHED A NEW ERA IN PASSENGER RAIL SERVICE IN CANADA'. THE 18 DOME SLEEPER OBSERVATION LOUNGE CARS WERE NAMED AFTER FAMOUS FEDERAL & PROVINCIAL PARKS, AND EACH CAR WAS DECORATED BY MURALS OF THESE PARKS. FAMOUS AND RELATIVELY UNKNOWN CANADIAN ARTISTS PRODUCED THE MURALS; EACH ARTIST WAS PAID $1,400.00 FOR THE 3 PAINTINGS HE OR SHE PRODUCED: ONE TO BE MOUNTED ON CAR BULKHEAD, ONE FOR ADJACENT WINDOW WALL, AND ONE A STYLISTIC MAP PAINTING TO BE MOUNTED ON THE FLAT END WALL.

Fonction

DECORATED THE WATERTON LAKES LOUNGE CAR ABOARD CPR'S TRAIN THE CANADIAN

Technique

THE CANADIAN EMBODIED SIGNIFICANT CHANGES IN CONSTRUCTION, COMFORT AND SPEED. THE STAINLESS STEEL CARS WERE BUILT BY THE BUDD CO., PHILADELPHIA PA IN 1953-1954. 173 CARS WERE BUILT, SUFFICIENT TO RE-EQUIP 18 TRAINS. THE DOME OBSERVATION LOUNGE CARS WERE CONSIDERED THE SHOWPIECE OF THE TRAINS.

Notes sur la région

Inconnu

Détails

Marques

'L. Petley-Jones' appears in lower left of.1; 'Petley' appears in lower right of.2

Manque

NONE - ORIGINALLY, HOWEVER, A 'MAP' OF THE PARK, DESIGNED AND EXECUTED BY THE ARTIST, ALSO HUNG IN THE DOME CAR

Fini

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Décoration

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