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- OBJECT TYPE
- UNDER DASHBOARD
- DATE
- 1936
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1997.0743.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Ark-Les
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Newton, Massachusetts, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- STEEL
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 6.2 cm
- Width
- 2.3 cm
- Height
- 3.2 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Motorized Ground Transportation
- Category
- Automotive parts
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Ark Les
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Massachusetts
- City
- Newton
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- C. 1936
- Canada
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FROM COLLECTION OF AUTOMOBILE PTS & SERVICING EQ ACQUIRED BY MR. T.H. OLIVER, FATHER OF DONOR, DURING CAREER IN AUTOMOTIVE SERVICING. AFTER WORKING ATWILLYS-OVERLAND & FAIRBANKS-MORSE IN TORONTO, & IN AUTO GARAGE IN AURORA, IN 1931 HE BEGAN HIS OWN BUSINESS, ONE PART OF WHICH INVOLVED AUTOMOTIVE ELECTRICAL SERVICING. - Function
-
ATTACHED TO UNDERSIDE OF AUTOMOBILE DASHBOARD IN ORDER TO HOLD SWITCHES FOR ACCESSORIES SUCH AS SIDE LIGHTS, DECORATIVE LIGHTING, ENGINE HEATERS, RADIOS ETC. - Technical
-
BY 1930'S MARKET FOR AUTO-ELECTRIC AUTOMOBILE ACCESSORIES WAS INCREASING, WITH AUTOMOBILE AFICIONADOS OF PERIOD EAGER TO DECORATE CAR WITH LATEST GADGETS AVAILABLE. NATURAL POINT OF INSTALLATION WAS UNDER DASHBOARD, ATTACHED TO UNDERSIDE FLANGE OF METAL DASHBOARDS (REF. 1). - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- INCISED LETTERING READING "ARK-LES/ NEWTON, MASS./ U.S.A."
- Missing
- COMPLETE
- Finish
- CHROME PLATED
- Decoration
- N/A
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Ark-Les, Bracket, circa 1936, Artifact no. 1997.0743, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1997.0743.001/
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