Tag, baggage
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- OBJECT TYPE
- BRASS/RAIL
- DATE
- 1886–1890
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1972.0593.001
- MANUFACTURER
- HOOLE MFG. CO.
- MODEL
- NOVA SCOTIA CENTRAL RAILWAY CO.
- LOCATION
- New York, New York, 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
- 3.5 cm
- Width
- 3.5 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
- HOOLE
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- New York
- City
- New York
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Nova Scotia
- Period
- WOULD HAVE BEEN USED SOMETIME BETWEEN 1886 AND 1890 WHEN THE RAILWAY EXISTED AS THIS NAME
- Canada
-
EXAMPLE OF BAGGAGE TAG FROM A SMALL NOVA SCOTIA RAILWAY, THE NOVA SCOTIA CENTRAL RAILWAY COMPANY, WHICH TOOK OVER THE NOVA SCOTIA, NICTAUX AND ATLANTIC CENTRAL RAILWAY CO. IN 1886; AND WAS TAKEN OVER BY THE CENTRAL RAILWAY IN 1893. IT RAN FROM LUNENBURG TO MIDDLETON, NOVA SCOTIA [REF 1] - Function
-
USED TO IDENTIFY AND SEAL MAIL BAGS - Technical
-
TAGS WERE USED SO THAT THE NUMBER ON THE TAG AFFIXED TO THE BAGGAGE OR MAIL BAGS COULD BE CROSS-REFERENCED TO THE APPROPRIATE NUMBER IN THE RAILWAY'S ACCOUNTING SYSTEM AND THE ITEM BEING SHIPPED COULD BE TRACKED. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- STAMPED IN TAG: 'HOOLE MFG. CO. N.Y./ N.S.C.RY./ 136'
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- LACQUERED
- Decoration
- N/A
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HOOLE MFG. CO., Tag, baggage, between 1886–1890, Artifact no. 1972.0593, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1972.0593.001/
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