Holder, postage stamp
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- OBJECT TYPE
- PROMOTIONAL
- DATE
- 1913
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1998.0305.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Canadian Art Works Ltd.
- MODEL
- OTTAWA GAS CO.
- LOCATION
- Montréal, Québec, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- COATED PAPER
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 6.4 cm
- Width
- 4.0 cm
- Height
- N/A
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Lighting Technology
- Category
- Miscellaneous
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Canadian Art
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Québec
- City
- Montréal
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- CIRCQ 1914
- Canada
-
ITEM USED BY OTTAWA GAS CO. GAS LIGHTING WAS AVAILABLE IN OTTAWA FROM 1854. IN 1906, OTTAWA GAS CO. & OTTAWA ELECTRIC CO. LTD. MERGED TO FORM CONSOLIDATED LIGHT, HEAT & POWER, WHICH BECAME OTTAWA HYDRO IN 1915. - Function
-
SMALL ENVELOPE FOR STORAGE OF POSTAGE STAMPS, WITH CALENDAR, SERVING AS PROMOTIONAL ITEM FOR GAS COMPANY. - Technical
-
USED TO PROMOTE USE OF GAS FOR COOKING ETC. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- BLACK LETTERING ON ONE SIDE READS "THEOTTAWA GAS COMPANY/ 35 SPARKS ST./ Tel. Queen 5000" & "The Canadian Art Works, Ltd., Montreal, Que.", WITH 1914 CALENDAR/ BLACK LETTERING ON OTHER SIDE READS "This Man's Wife Cooks/ with/ Gas" & ON OTHER SIDE OF ILLUSTRATION "This Man's Wife/ Don't"
- Missing
- COMPLETE
- Finish
- YELLOW ENVELOPE
- Decoration
- COLOURED DRAWING OF MAN'S HEAD
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