General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

PAPER

Dimensions

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

Length

32.2 cm

Width

23.7 cm

Height

N/A

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Railway Transportation

Category

Commemorative

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Unknown

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Unknown

Period

LATE 1920'S +

Canada

THIS ITEM HAS BEEN IN DONOR'S FAMILY, WHICH HAD NUMBER OF STRONG RAILWAY LINKS, FOR MANY YEARS. IT ILLUSTRATES IMPORTANCE & SOCIAL & CULTURAL IMPACT OF RAIL TRANSPORTATION ON CANADIAN LIFE AT THAT TIME, AS WELL AS NOTORIETY OF CNR'S VERY POPULAR PRESIDENT, SIR HENRY THORNTON.

Function

WRITTEN FORM OF MUSICAL COMPOSITION WHICH ENABLES MUSICIANS TO PLAY IT.

Technical

HAS DRAWING OF CNR TYPE 6100 LOCOMOTIVE ON FRONT.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

WHITE, RED & BLUE LETTERING ON FRONT COVER READS "DEDICATED TO SIR HENRY W. THORNTON, K.B.E./CHAIRMAN AND PRESIDENT CAN. NAT. RLWS./ The/ CANADIAN/ NATIONAL/ RAILWAYS/ MARCH/ BY/ M. ZBRIGER", "SIR HENRY W. THORTON" [UNDER PHOTO], "'6100 TYPE' LOCOMOTIVE - CAN. NAT. RLWS.", "ZBRIGER/ EDITION", "J. PARADIS", "FEATURED BY/ M. ZBRIGER/ (COMPOSER)"/ BLUE LETTERING ON BACK READS IN PART "POPULAR MUSIC PUBLISHERS/ COMPANY/ JACOBS BUILDING/ 460 ST. CATHERINE WEST, MONTREAL, CAN./ BLACK BARS & NOTES INSIDE & LETTERING READING "DEDICATED TO/ SIR HENRY W. THORNTON, K.B.E./ Chairman and President of Canadian National Railways"

Missing

APPEARS COMPLETE

Finish

PRIMARILY BLUE, WHITE, RED

Decoration

BLUE & WHITE ILLUSTRATION OF CNR LOCOMOTIVE TYPE 6100 ON FRONT COVER