Tag, baggage
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- OBJECT TYPE
- BRASS/RAIL
- DATE
- 1881
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1972.1325.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY CO.
- LOCATION
- Unknown
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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
- 8.1 cm
- Width
- 6.0 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
- Unknown
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- WOULD HAVE BEEN USED SOMETIME AFTER 1881 WHEN THE CPR WAS GRANTED ITS' CHARTER
- Canada
-
EXAMPLE OF A TAG USED BY THE CANADAIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY, ONE OF THE MAJOR RAILWAY COMPANIES IN CANADA - Function
-
USED TO KEEP TRACK OF BAGGAGE OR MAIL TRANSPORTED BY RAIL. - Technical
-
TAGS WERE USED TO IDENTIFY WHICH RAILWAY WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE BAGGAGE OR MAIL BAG TO WHICH IT WAS AFFIXED. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- STAMPED ON ITEM: 'PROPERTY OF THE/ CANADIAN PACIFIC RY. CO./ MONTREAL, CANADA./ PLEASE RETURN THIS CHECK/ WITH BOTH CARDS TO THIS/ COMPANY AS SOON AS POSSIBLE'
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- LACQUERED
- Decoration
- N/A
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Unknown Manufacturer, Tag, baggage, after 1881, Artifact no. 1972.1325, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1972.1325.001/
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