Mailbag
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- OBJECT TYPE
- LOCKING
- DATE
- 1940–1959
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1971.0699.002
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Unknown
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 2
- Total Parts
- 3
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- CANVAS BAG/ COTTON THREAD/ STEEL EYELETS, LOCK, & CHAIN; LEATHER STRAP
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 103.0 cm
- Width
- 78.0 cm
- Height
- 2.4 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Railway Transportation
- Category
- Services
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Unknown
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- 1940 +
- Canada
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EQUIPMENT USED BY THE CANADIAN RAILWAY MAIL SERVICE, WHICH EXISTED FROM 1854 TO 1971. DURING THIS PERIOD, MAIL TRANSPORTED ON RAIL POST OFFICE CARS WAS SORTED EN ROUTE BY RAILWAY MAIL CLERKS. FROM 1971 TO 1987 CANADA POST CONTINUED TO SHIP MAIL BY TRAIN, ALTHOUGH THE MAIL WAS NO LONGER SORTED ON BOARD (1) - Function
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A LOCKING BAG USED BY THE RAILWAY MAIL SERVICE TO TRANSPORT MAIL ON RAIL POST OFFICE CARS - Technical
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AFTER 1920, CANVAS MAILBAGS SUCCEEDED THE LEATHER BAGS PREVIOUSLY USED BY THE CANADIAN RAIL MAIL SERVICE; CANVAS BAGS WERE USED UNTIL THE SERVICE CEASED OPERATION (1) - Area Notes
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Unknown
Details
- Markings
- BLACK STAMPED`1953/ CANADA/ P.O./ L.I.'; LOCK INCISED `CANADA/ P.O./ 1960/ PATENTED'
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- WHITE CANVAS/ STEEL EYELETS/ GREY PAINTED? LOCK
- Decoration
- BLACK CROWN MOTIF STAMPED ABOVE LETTERING
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Unknown Manufacturer, Mailbag, between 1940–1959, Artifact no. 1971.0699, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1971.0699.002/
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