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OBJECT TYPE: FIRE HAZARD
DATE: 1958–1998
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1998.0593.001

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
MODEL: BERTIE BEAVER
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: WOOD SIGN & BEAVER FIGURE/ METAL GROOVE, CHAIN & PIN

Dimensions

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

Length: 122.0 cm
Width: 7.0 cm
Height: 152.8 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Fire Fighting
Category: Miscellaneous
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Unknown
Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Alberta
Period: Unknown
Canada: BERTIE BEAVER IS MASCOT & "SPOKESBEAVER" FOR ALBERTA FOREST SERVICE, APPEARING ON SIGNS & LITTER BAGS, & IN COLOURING BOOK FOR CHILDREN WITH THEME OF FIRE PREVENTION. 1998 WAS BERTIE'S 40TH ANNIVERSARY (SEE SUPP. INFO.)
Function: SIGN WITH MOVABLE INDICATOR TO INDICATE DEGREE OF FOREST FIRE HAZARD BETWEEN LOW & EXTREME.
Technical: BERTIE BEAVER WAS CREATED IN U.S. ON WALT DISNEY'S CARTOON DRAWING BOARDS (POSSIBLY BY DISNEY HIMSELF) & WAS GIVEN TO ALBERTA AS THANKS FOR HELP DISNEY RECEIVED FROM FORESTRY SERVICE DURING MAKING OF FILM IN ALBERTA DURING 1950'S.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: BLACK & RED LETTERING READS "BERTIE/ SAYS/ FIRE/ DANGER is [SCRIPT]/ EXTREME/ HIGH/ MODERATE/ LOW/ Please [SCRIPT] BE/ CAREFUL"
Missing: APPEARS COMPLETE
Finish: SIGN PAINTED WHITE/ BEAVER FIGURE PAINTED BROWN, WHITE, BACK & GOLD/ RED, ORANGE, YELLOW & GREEN DOTS TO INDICATE FIRE HAZARD
Decoration: HORIZONTAL GREEN STRIPE DIVIDES SIGN

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Unknown Manufacturer, Sign, between 1958–1998, Artifact no. 1998.0593, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1998.0593.001/

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