Button collection, uniform

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OBJECT TYPE: AIRLINE/PASSENGER AGENT
DATE: 1947
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2003.0364.001

MANUFACTURER: Scully, Wm., Ltd.
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Montreal, Quebec, Canada

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: metal buttons/ synthetic yarn/ cardboard/ paper/ metal staples

Dimensions

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

Length: 17.2 cm
Width: 16.7 cm
Height: 1.7 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Aviation
Category: Clothing
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Scully
Country: Canada
State/Province: Quebec
City: Montreal

Context

Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
Period: circa 1947
Canada: Trans Canada Airlines (TCA) was formed by the Canadian National Railways. They launched their first flight on September 1, 1937, between Vancouver and Seattle. Throughout the next 25 years, TCA became Canada's national airline, and on January 1, 1965, TCA changed their name to Air Canada. Buttons from a passenger agent's uniform. Buttons belonged to Howie Deegan. (See image)
Function: Collection of six large gold TCA button used for front buttons on jacket
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: back of buttons read: "Wm SCULLY LTD. MONTREAL"/ Air Canada label reads: "Gratefully received by AIR CANADA [logo]/ From the private collection of/ Howie Deegan [handwritten]/ Passenger Agent [handwritten]"/ Handwritten print on paper below reads: "TCA Buttons from/ a passenger agents uniform [underlined]/ [Blue) about 1947 I wore it!/ (Buttons [underlined] are all that's left of it) HD [signature]"/
Missing: N/A
Finish: Six gold TCA buttons attached to a cardboard by orange yarn (one button is no longer attached to cardboard)/ Paper Air Canada label/ paper
Decoration: Embossed TCA logo

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Scully, Wm., Ltd., Button collection, uniform, circa 1947, Artifact no. 2003.0364, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2003.0364.001/

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