General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

PRIMARILY PAPER; METAL BINDER BACK & RINGS. FORMS ARE ALL PAPER.

Dimensions

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

Length

47.0 cm

Width

47.0 cm

Height

7.2 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Industrial Technology

Category

Archives

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Crain

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

City

Ottawa

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

THIS BOOK PROBABLY USED IN 1930S- MID 1940S.

Canada

CREATED AND USED BY R.L. CRAIN PRINTERS OF CANADA (1894 TO PRESENT) TO DISPLAY AND PROMOTE THEIR BUSINESS FORMS, AND THE VARIOUS FORM REGISTERS MFD. AND/OR SOLD BY BOTH CRAIN AND INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES.

Function

TO DISPLAY AND PROMOTE A VARIETY OF ITEMS, USUALLY IN ORDER TO ENCOURAGE THEIR PURCHASE.

Technical

R.L. CRAIN LTD. WERE, AT VARIOUS TIMES, PRINTERS, BOOKBINDERS, DESIGNERS &MFRS. OF BUSINESS FORMS AND BUSINESS EQ. THIS SAMPLE BOOK SERVED A TWO-FOLD PURPOSE: IT DEMONSTRATED THE VARIETY OF BUSINESS-TYPE FORMS WHICH COULD BE DESIGNED, PRINTED & SUPPLIED BY CRAIN, AND BY EXTENSION, PROMOTED THE VARIOUS TYPES OF FORM REGISTER MFD AND/OR SUPPLIED BY CRAIN, IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE STANDARD REGISTER CO.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

"CRAIN PRINTERS LIMITED" embossed in gold script in lower front of album cover. Decal on inside of front cover reads "OTTAWA-TORONTO-MONTREAL/ DOMINION LOOSE LEAF CO. LTD./ NO.- [blank]". Title page bears text "This Book/ is loaned to/ International Business Machines/ Company Limited/ Feel free to use the suggestions to be found/ on its pages- they represent the three-fold/ thinking of International Business/ Machine Salesmen, International/ Business Machine users and Crain/ Salesmen- This Book will be kept/ up tp date by/ Crain Printers Limited".

Missing

UNKNOWN.

Finish

BLACK IMITATION COWHIDE LEATHER COVERING ON BINDER; BROWN PAPER FRONTPAGE; FORMS MOUNTED ON HEAVY BLACK PAPER. FORMS THESELVES ARE A VARIETY OF COLOURS

Decoration

"DEDICATION" OF BOOK PRINTED IN CALLIGRAPHIC SCRIPT, WITHIN A DECORATIVE BORDER.