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- OBJECT TYPE
- CHILDREN'S/DINING CAR
- DATE
- 1931
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1979.0973.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- CANADIAN NATIONAL RAILWAYS
- LOCATION
- Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- PAPER
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 15.4 cm
- Width
- 11.5 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
- Unknown
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- PRINTED IN 1931 BUT DONOR USED IT NOV. 6, 1936
- Canada
-
FROM ONE OF THE TWO MAIN RAIL COMPANIES THAT PROVIDED PASSENGER SERVICE IN CANADA AT THE TIME. - Function
-
TO INFORM PASSENGERS WHAT IS AVAILABLE TO PURCHASE, FOR CHILDREN, IN DINING CARS ON CANADIAN NATIONAL TRAINS, AS WELL AS PROVIDING STORIES FOR CHILDREN'S ENTERTAINMENT. - Technical
-
ON BOARD FOOD PREPARATION AND SERVICE WAS PROVIDED ON LONG DISTANT TRAIN TRAVEL IN CANADA FROM AN EARLY PERIOD. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- COVER READS: 'DINING CAR/ MENU/ FOR THE LITTLE FOLK/ CANADIAN NATIONAL/ LARGEST RAILWAY SYSTEM IN AMERICA.'/ INSIDE COVER: 'CANADIAN/ NATIONAL/ RAILWAYS/ Sleeping &/ Dining Car/ Department/ DESIGNED AND PRINTED IN CANADA 1931'/ HANDWRITTEN ON COVER; 'Nov. 6. 1936.'
- Missing
- appears complete
- Finish
- WHITE WITH ORANGE AND BLACK PRINTING
- Decoration
- DRAWING OF TWO CHILDREN PLAYING A GAME ON THE TRAIN ON THE COVER OF BOOKLET
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Unknown Manufacturer, Menu, 1931, Artifact no. 1979.0973, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1979.0973.001/
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