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OBJECT TYPE: CARTOON/ADVERTISING
DATE: 1944
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1995.1135.001

MANUFACTURER: C.C.M.
MODEL: C.C.M. - DUNLOP
LOCATION: Canada

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 13
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: 16.0 cm
Width: 9.2 cm
Height: N/A
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Non-motorized Ground Transportation
Category: Cycles & cycling
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

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

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Unknown
Period: Unknown
Canada: DRAWINGS ONBLOTTERS WERE CREATED BY CANADIAN CARTOONIST JIMMY FRISE (1891-1948). BORN NEAR LAKE SCUGOG, ONT, SELF TAUGHT ARTIST DREW POPULAR SERIES OF HALF-PAGE CARTOONS THAT SATIRIZED RURAL ONTARIO LIFE & APPEARED WEEKLY IN NEWSPAPERS FROM 1920S UNTIL HIS DEATH. THESE CARTOONS PROMOTED CANADIAN MADE C.C.M. BICYCLES.
Function: ACTUAL FUNCTION OF BLOTTERS WAS TO ABSORB EXCESS INK FROM HANDWRITTEN PAGES; THESE WERE INTENDED AS PROMOTIONAL ITEMS TO ADVERTISE & PROMOTE PRODUCTS OF TWO MFRS., SPECIFICALLY BICYCLES & TIRES.
Technical: CANADA CYCLE & MOTOR CO. WAS LARGEST MFR. & SUPPLIER OF BICYCLES IN CANADA FROM 1899 UNTIL MID 1950'S./ IN LATE 1880S, SCOTTISH VETERINARIAN JOHN DUNLOP DEVELOPED PNEUMATIC RUBBER TIRE. THESE REVOLUTIONIZED BICYCLE, MAKING RECENTLY DEVELOPED SAFETY BICYCLE INTO FASTER, LIGHTER & MORE COMFORTABLE VEHICLE.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: PRINTED LETTERING READING.1 "Compliments OF C.C.M/ Weston, Montreal, Winnipeg, Vancouver"/.2 "RENT A BIKE FROM/ SIMPSON'S LIVERY/ WASAGA BEACH"/.3 "Simpson's Livery/ Wasaga Beach Phone 183-22"/.4 "Cataracts Sporting Goods Reg'd"/.6 "Norm's [SCRIPT] CYCLE SHOP/ 3603 WALKER ROAD/ Phone YO9-2610 WINDSOR"/.8 "BOYD BROS./ SAINT GEORGE, N.B./.9 "ERNEST C. PIEHL - MACHINE SHOP/ C.C.M. BICYCLES REPAIRS - TAVISTOCK"/.10 "Norm's [SCRIPT] CYCLE SHOP/ 3603 WALKER ROAD/ Phone ?? 3-7057 WINDSOR"
Missing: COMPLETE
Finish: WHITE FRONTS WITH MULTICOLOURED CARTOON IMAGES:.1-.3,.5 HAVE NEWSPRINT FINISH;.4,.6-.13 HAVE GLOSSY FINISH/.1-.6 WHITE BACKS/.7-.13 PINK BACKS
Decoration: MULTICOLURED DRAWINGS

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C.C.M., Blotter, circa 1944, Artifact no. 1995.1135, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1995.1135.001/

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