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
More Information
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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