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OBJECT TYPE: Stationary
DATE: Unknown
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1966.0603.002

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Unknown

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 2
Total Parts: 2
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: All wood.

Dimensions

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

Length: 160.2 cm
Width: 88.0 cm
Height: 155.0 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Railway Transportation
Category: Operations
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

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

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Unknown
Period: This type of desk common on railway stations ca. 1920s - 1940s.
Canada: Example of a common piece of railway station furniture, similar to those found throughout Canada ca. 1920s - 1940s, and probably later.
Function: Used by railway station master & other staff for preparing schedules, reports, orders, etc. and as site for storing and distributing the same, sorting mail, etc.
Technical: Simple, effective workspace & 'message centre' essential to railway station operations & management in which written communication was standard.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: None.
Missing: N/A
Finish: Dark mahogany stain applied to most surfaces, possibly lacquered.
Decoration: N/A

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Unknown Manufacturer, Cabinet, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1966.0603, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1966.0603.002/

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