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OBJECT TYPE: COLOUR/ADVERTISING
DATE: 1924
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2000.0125.001

MANUFACTURER: DUDLEY, SPENCER & CO.
MODEL: IT'S MINE - CANADA
LOCATION: London, England

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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: 106.0 cm
Width: 69.1 cm
Height: N/A
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Railway Transportation
Category: Archives
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: DUDLEY SPENCER
Country: England
State/Province: Unknown
City: London

Context

Country: United Kingdom
State/Province: Unknown
Period: POSTER WAS PRODUCED IN 1923 & WAS IN ALL PROBABILITY IN USE UNTIL 1930.
Canada: EXCELLENT EXAMPLE OF COLONIZATION POSTER PRODUCED BY CAN. RAILWAYS, DESIGNED TO ENCOURAGE IMMIGRATION TO WESTERN CANADA & PURCHASE OF LAND, PREFERABLY RAILWAY LAND, BY IMMIGRANTS. WHILE CP IS BEST KNOWN RAILWAY COMPANY IN THIS FIELD, CN & ITS CONSTITUENT RAILWAYS ACTIVELY PURSUED BRITISH IMMIGRANTS IN PERIOD C. 1900-1930.
Function: POSTERS OF THIS TYPE WERE PRODUCED BY CNR TO ENCOURAGE IMMIGRATION TO CNR LANDS TO ENCOURAGE GROWTH OF RAILWAY MARKETS.
Technical: ILLUSTRATES WIDE RANGE OF INTERESTS OF CAN. RAILWAYS PRIOR TO 1960S. IN PARTICULAR, RAILWAY TECHNOLOGY PLAYEDCRUCIAL ROLE IN SETTLEMENT OF CAN. WEST AFTER 1885. POSTER IS EXCELLENT EXAMPLE OF TYPE OF PROMOTIONAL MATERIAL PRODUCED BY RAILWAYS FROM 1890S ON. CN POSTERS OF THIS TYPE ARE RARER THAN CP POSTERS
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: BLACK LETTERING READS "LOCAL AGENTS: SERCOMBE & HAYES,/ 9, South Street, DORCHESTER" & "DUDLEY, SPENCER & Co. LONDON"/ MULTICOLOURED LETTERING ON POSTER READS ""It's Mine [SCRIPT"/ CANADA/ The Right Land for the Right Man:/ CANADIAN/ NATIONAL/ RAILWAYS/ The Right Way", WITH "Full details/ obtainable/ from our/ local agent/ or upon/ application/ direct to -" & "LONDON/ 17-19 Cockspur St./ & 44-46 Leadenhall St./ LIVERPOOL/ Cunard Bldg./ GLASGOW/ 75 Union Street"
Missing: COMPLETE
Finish: MULTICOLOURED WITH WHITE BORDERS
Decoration: MULTICOLOURED IMAGE OF FARMER LOOKING DOWN ON FARMLAND WITH TRAINS CROSSING LANDSCAPE/ IMAGE BORDERED BY BEIGE & BROWN STRIPES

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DUDLEY, SPENCER & CO., Poster, circa 1924, Artifact no. 2000.0125, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2000.0125.001/

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