Tag, baggage
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- OBJECT TYPE
- BRASS/RAIL
- DATE
- 1860–1900
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1968.0044.001
- MANUFACTURER
- WILCOX, W.W. & CO.
- MODEL
- PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD CO.
- LOCATION
- Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- BRASS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 7.0 cm
- Width
- 5.6 cm
- Height
- N/A
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Railway Transportation
- Category
- Services
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Wilcox
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Illinois
- City
- Chicago
Context
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Pennsylvania
- Period
- PROBABLY SOMETIME BETWEEN THE 1860S AND THE EARLY 1900S
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
USED TO KEEP TRACK OF BAGGAGE OR MAIL BAGS SHIPPED BY RAIL - Technical
-
TAGS WERE USED SO THAT THE RAIL SHIPPER COULD KEEP TRACK OF ITEMS BEING SHIPPED - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- STAMPED ON FRONT: 'THE PROPERTY OF THE/ PENNSYLVANIA LINES/ WEST OF PITTSBURGH/ W.W. WILCOX & CO. CHICAGO/ PLEASE RETURN THIS HOLDER/ WITH BOTH CARGO CHECKS/ TO THIS CO. PITTSBURGH, PA./ SOON AS POSSIBLE'
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- PAINTED GOLD
- Decoration
- N/A
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WILCOX, W.W. & CO., Tag, baggage, circa 1860–1900, Artifact no. 1968.0044, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1968.0044.001/
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