Copybook, letterpress

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OBJECT TYPE: HANDWRITTEN & TYPEWRITTEN
DATE: 1907
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1977.0116.001

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
MODEL: CDN. STANDARDS LAB
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: PAPER; FABRIC; HIDE, LEATHER

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length: 35.5 cm
Width: 24.2 cm
Height: N/A
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Metrology
Category: Archives
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Unknown
Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: SEPT. 10, 1906 - MARCH 13, 1907
Canada: This is a record of outgoing correspondence from the Standards Laboratory in Ottawa from Sept 10, 1906 to March 13, 1907. It shows the first attempt by the Standards Lab, then located in the West Block of the Parliament Buildings, to use the typewriter for business correspondence.
Function: To preserve a record of outgoing correspondence by compiling copies in a bound volume.
Technical: Typewritten copies are bound with handwritten copies. Letterpress copybooks were used to copy documents by transfer of ink through direct contact with the original using moisture and pressure in a copy press.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: GOLD INLAY ON SPINE READS: `LETTER/ BOOK'/ REMAINS OF PAPER LABEL ON SPINE READS: `SE'
Missing: N/A
Finish: BLACK COVER WITH RED CORNERS & SPINE/ MARBLED END PAPERS
Decoration: N/A

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Unknown Manufacturer, Copybook, letterpress, before 1907, Artifact no. 1977.0116, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1977.0116.001/

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