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

6.9 cm

Width

5.2 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

Canada

State/Province

Quebec

Period

PROBABLY USED SOMETIME BETWEEN 1909 WHEN THE NAME WAS CHANGED TO THE 1930S

Canada

EXAMPLE OF A TAG FROM AN EARLY RAILWAY LINE IN THE GASPE AREA OF QUEBEC, CALLED THE CANADA AND GULF TERMINAL RAILWAY CO. IT WAS ORIGINALLY CALLED, IN 1902, THE MATANE & GASPE RY CO. IT'S NAME WAS CHANGED IN 1909 AND AGAIN IN 1967 WHEN IT BECAME THE LE CHEMIN DE FER DE MATANE ET DU GASPE [REF 1]

Function

USED TO KEEP TRACK OF BAGGAGE BEING SHIPPED BY RAIL

Technical

Unknown

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

STAMPED ON TAG: 'THE PROPERTY OF THE/ C.& G.T.RY./ DETROIT, MICH./ W.W. WILCOX & CO. CHIGAGO/ PLEASE RETURN THIS CHECK/ WITH BOTH CARDS TO THIS/ CO. AS SOON AS POSSIBLE'

Missing

N/A

Finish

PAINTED GOLD

Decoration

N/A