General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

PAPER NOTICE/ WOOD FRAME & BACKING/ GLASS/ METAL HARDWARE

Dimensions

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

Length

65.0 cm

Width

44.8 cm

Height

3.0 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Railway Transportation

Category

Operations

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

CN

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

New Brunswick

Period

C. 1910-1916 TO 1970 (CANADIAN GOVERNMENT RAILWAYS NAME DATES FROM C.1910-1916)

Canada

EXCELLENT EXAMPLE OF PUBLIC NOTICE, TYPICAL OF REGULATIONS POSTED IN CANADIAN RAILWAY STATIONS FROM 1850'S ONWARD. SIGN WAS ONE OF TWO LOCATED IN FORMER CNR RAILWAY STATION AT RENOUS, NB, WHICH WAS LOCATED ALONG CN BRANCH LINE FROM NEWCASTLE TO MCGIVNY, NB. STATION WAS DEMOLISHED IN1970 & LINE ABANDONED C. 1980. DONOR *

Function

PUBLIC NOTICE POSTED IN RAILWAY STATION TO LISTING SAFETY PRECAUTIONS TO BE OBSERVED BY PUBLIC TO AVOID INJURY & DEATH ON RAILWAY PREMISES.

Technical

EXAMPLE OF MEANS BY WHICH RAILWAYS UNDERTOOK TO CONTROL PUBLIC BEHAVIOR AS RESULT OF GROWING INJURIES & FATALITIES.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

BLUE & BROWN LETTERING READING "CANADIAN GOVERNMENT RAILWAYS/ Intercolonial Railway/ PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND RAILWAY/ SAFETY FIRST FOR/ THE PUBLIC/ The Canadian Government Railways are making a vigorous effort to re-/ duce the personal injury record on their lines to the lowest possible point./ To succeed in this effort, we need the support and co-operation of our/ patrons and neighbours./ A large proportion of injuries on railways are due to the acts of indivi-/ duals over whom the roads have no control." etc. & " SAFETY PRECAUTIONS" WITH LIST OF PROSCRIBED BEHAVIORS

Missing

COMPLETE

Finish

WHITE PAPER/ LIGHT BROWN STAINED WOOD/ COLOURLESS TRANSPARENT GLASS

Decoration

N/A