Stone, lithographic

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OBJECT TYPE: N/A
DATE: 1935
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1997.0786.001

MANUFACTURER: Office of the Surveyor General
MODEL: MAP: CANADA & USA
LOCATION: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: STONE

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length: 41.0 cm
Width: 31.0 cm
Height: 6.5 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Exploration and Survey
Category: Miscellaneous
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Survey CA
Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
City: Ottawa

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Unknown
Period: MAP DRAWN IN 1935 BUT UNKNOWN WHEN IT WAS TRANSFERRED ON TO STONE
Canada: USED IN THE PRINTING OF MAPS PRODUCED BY THE GEOGRAPHICAL SURVEY OF CANADA. [REF 1]
Function: USED IN OFFSET PRINTING TO CARRY THE IMAGE TO BE PRINTED, IN THIS CASE A MAP OF CANADA.
Technical: BECAUSE TRANSFERS COULD BE CHEAPLY MADE FROM THE ORIGINAL ENGRAVED STONE, LITHOGRAPHY WAS THE PREFERRED PROCESS FOR PRINTING LARGE NUMBERS OF A GIVEN FORM OR FORMAT, INCLUDING MAPS FOR MANY YEARS. [REF 1]
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: PRINTED ON BOTTOM OF MAP: '2,000 ft./ 610m/ SCALE: 22,000,000/ COMPILED AND DRAWN AT THE OFFICE OF THE SURVEYOR GENERAL, OTTAWA 1935'
Missing: N/A
Finish: UNFINISHED
Decoration: N/A

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Office of the Surveyor General, Stone, lithographic, 1935, Artifact no. 1997.0786, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1997.0786.001/

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