Form, telegraph
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- OBJECT TYPE
- BOOK
- DATE
- 1949–1963
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1967.1420.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Canadian National Transportation Co. Ltd.
- MODEL
- CNT 6513
- LOCATION
- Unknown
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 6
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- PAPER
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 21.0 cm
- Width
- 12.7 cm
- Height
- N/A
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Communications
- Category
- Telegraphy
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- CN
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Nova Scotia
- Period
- PROBABLY USED IN THE 1950S AND 1960S [HANDWRITTEN ON COVERS]
- Canada
-
EXAMPLE OF FORMS USED BY THE CANADIAN NATIONAL TRANSPORTATON CO. IN CONNECTION WITH CANADIAN NATIONAL TELEGRAPHS. - Function
-
USED TO KEEP A RECORD OF CHARGES FOR MESSENGER ERRAND SERVICES IN CONNECTION WITH CANADIAN NATIONAL TELEGRAPHS. - Technical
-
TELEGRAPHS CAME OVER THE WIRES TO THE CN OFFICE AND THE MESSAGES SENT HAD TO BE DELIVERED IN PERSON TO THE CUSTOMER AS NOT ALL CUSTOMERS HAD TELEPHONES. IN SOME CASES THE TELEGRAPH MESSAGES WERE SENT C.O.D TO THE RECEIVER SO PAYMENTS HAD TO BE COLLECTED. THESE FORMS WERE USED AS A RECORD FOR THE COURIERS. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- PRINTING ON FORM READS IN PART: 'CNT 6513 CANADIAN NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION/ COMPANY, LIMITED/ MESSENGER ERRAND SERVICE/ IN CONNECTIONWITH/ CANADIAN NATIONAL TELEGRAPHS/.../ TOTAL ERRAND/ CHARGES/ (INCLUDING CARFARE)/ MESSENGER TO/ COLLECT CASH FROM/ SENDER ADDRESSEE/ CARFARE/ DISBURSED/ ROUTE CLERK'S/ INITIALS/ TRIP SQUARES/ PICK-UP DELIVERY/.../CHARGES ARE BASED SOLELY ON TIME MESSENGER IS USED, DURING WHICH TIME THE MESSENGER IS SUBJECT/ TO THE DIRECTION AND CONTROL OF, AND SERVES AS AGENT OF, THE CUSTOMER.'/ HANDWRITTEN ON COVERS '8/3/49...17/4/63'/ HANDWRITTEN ON.5 'Truro, NS'
- Missing
- HAS SOME PAGES MISSING
- Finish
- BROWN COVER WITH BLACK BINDING TAPE. PAGES WHITE WITH BLACK PRINTING
- Decoration
- N/A
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Canadian National Transportation Co. Ltd., Form, telegraph, between 1949–1963, Artifact no. 1967.1420, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1967.1420.001/
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