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- OBJECT TYPE
- PUBLIC NOTICE/STATION
- DATE
- 1916
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1998.0438.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Canadian Government Railways
- MODEL
- SAFETY FIRST FOR THE PUBLIC
- LOCATION
- Unknown
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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
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Canadian Government Railways, Sign, circa 1916, Artifact no. 1998.0438, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1998.0438.001/
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