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- OBJECT TYPE
- commemorative
- DATE
- 1938
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1994.0187.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Brown, A.C.
- MODEL
- ROBERTSON ASSOCIATE MEMBERSHIP
- LOCATION
- Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- BRONZE MEDAL/ ENAMELLED PAINT, STORED IN PAPER CASE LINED WITH PAPER SATIN & VELVET/ METAL HINGE & CLASP
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 9.5 cm
- Width
- 9.0 cm
- Height
- 3.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Agriculture
- Category
- Commemorative
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Brown
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- 1938
- Canada
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HIGHLY VALUED AWARD IN CANADIAN AGRICULTURE COMMUNITY. JAMES ROBERTSON AFTER WHOM AWARD IS NAMED FOUNDED THE CANADIAN SEED GROWERS ASSOCIATION (AS PER GAN). HE WAS DOMINION GOV'T DAIRY COMMISSIONER 1890-1904; FIRSTPRINCIPAL OF MACDONALD COLLEGE OF AGR.-1905; CHAIRMAN OF ROYAL COMM. ON TECHNICAL EDUCATION-1909-1913. - Function
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PRESENTED BY CANADIAN SEED GROWERS' ASSOCIATION TO HONOUR WORK BY MEMBERS. - Technical
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JAMES WILSON ROBERTSON WAS BEST KNOWN FOR HIS SUCCESS IN DEVELOPING THE CHEESE INDUSTRY IN CANADA. HE ESPECIALLY ENCOURAGED ITS GROWTH IN EASTERN REGIONS, WHICH WERE UNABLE TO PRODUCE WHEAT AS CHEAPLY AS PRAIRIE FARMS. - Area Notes
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Unknown
Details
- Markings
- MEDAL BEARS TEXT: 'ROBERTSON ASSOCIATE-TOKEN OF MERIT' & INSCRIPTION 'D.L. SCOTT/ 1938'/ CITATION INSIDE CASE READS: 'D.L. SCOTT/ has fulfilled with conspicuous fidelity/ and success his obligations as a mem-/ ber of this Association, in recognition/ of which he has been presented with/ this token and admitted to the status of/ "RobertsonAssociate Membership"/ CANADIAN SEED GROWERS' ASSOCIATION'/ DECORATIVE EMBLEM INCLUDES TEXT: 'CANADIAN SEED GROWERS' ASSOCIATION/ HEREDITY PURITY UTILITY'
- Missing
- NONE
- Finish
- SOME AREAS OF BRONZE METAL HAVE BEEN CHEMICALLY TREATED TO PRODUCE BURNISHED APPEARANCE. CENTRAL DECORATION FEATURES BLUE, GREEN, WHITE & GOLD ENAMELLED DECORATION/ CASE EXTERIOR COVERED IN COBALT-BLUE COATED PAPER DECORATED WITH BLACK COWHIDE-GRAIN PATTERN OVERALL & GOLD LEAF TRIM; INTERIOR BASE LINED IN WHITE SATIN & BLUE VELVET
- Decoration
- DECORATIVE EMBLEM INCORPORATES CORNUCOPIA, MAPLE LEAVES, SHIP, GRAIN ELEVATOR (?) & SHEAVES OF WHEAT. SHEAVES OF WHEAT PROVIDE BORDER AROUND ENAMELLED MOTIF. BOX FEATURES GOLD LEAF BORDERS & TRIMMING FEATURING STRAIGHT & CURVING LINES, DOTS, BLOCKS, GEOMETRIC & DRAPERY-LIKE PATTERNS
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Brown, A.C., Medal, circa 1938, Artifact no. 1994.0187, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1994.0187.001/
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