General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

CARDSTOCK COVERS WITH LEATHER COVERING AND METAL HARDWARE/ PHOTOS - PAPER WITH LINEN LINING

Dimensions

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

Length

29.2 cm

Width

20.5 cm

Height

2.5 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Railway Transportation

Category

Archives

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Canadian Car

Country

Canada

State/Province

Québec

City

Montréal

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Quebec

Period

MATERIAL IN THE ALBUM IS DATED BETWEEN 1908 AND 1919

Canada

RARE INTERIOR VIEW OF THE STEEL MANUFACTURING SHOPS OF CANADIAN CAR & FOUNDRY, INDEPENDENT RAILWAY CAR MANUFACTURER IN CANADA.CAN CAR WAS ALSO AN IMPORTANT MANUFACTURER OF INTERURBAN, STREETCAR, AND MINING EQUIPMENT AS WELL AS AVIATION PRODUCTS. [REF 1]

Function

USED TO DOCUMENT THE INTERIOR LAYOUT OF THE DOMINION WORKS OF CANADIAN CAR & FOUNDRY LOCATED IN VILLE ST-PIERRE, QC.

Technical

PHOTO DOCUMENTATION OF BOTH METAL WORKING INDUSTRY AS WELL AS THE RAILWAY MANUFACTURING/SUPPLY INDUSTRY. EXAMPLES OF THE ORGANIZATION AND PLACEMENT OFMACHINE TOOLS IN THE MANUFACTURING PROCESS AT THE TURN OF THE 20TH C. [REF 1]

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

LABEL ON SPINE: 'DOMINION PLANT.'/ LABEL ON INSIDE OF COVER READS IN PART: 'SHAW & BROWN/ Printers/ BOOKBINDERS - LOOSE LEAF BINDERS/ 961 INSPECTOR STREET/ MONTREAL/ 1662'/ SOME PHOTOS HAVE INFORMATION HANDWRITTEN ON NEGATIVE SO APPEAR IN WHITE ON PRINTS/ SMALL PHOTOS HAVE INFORMATION HANDWRITTEN IN BLACK INK ON BOTTOM

Missing

N/A

Finish

BLACK COVER, RED PAPER LINING WITH GOLD, AND WHITE SQUIGGLY LINES/ PHOTOS - BLACK AND WHITE PRINTS/ SMALL PHOTOS MOUNTED ON BLUE PAPER

Decoration

N/A