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OBJECT TYPE: EXTERIOR/SUSPENDED/ILLUMINATED
DATE: 1955
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2004.0021.001

MANUFACTURER: TEX PLASTICS LTD.
MODEL: RCA VICTOR
LOCATION: Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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General Information

Serial #: 182/4
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 2
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: METAL FRAME, SUSPENSION BRACKETS, AND WIRING; PLASTIC TEXT PANELS.

Dimensions

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

Length: 175.5 cm
Width: 129.5 cm
Height: 25.5 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: 55.0
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Communications
Category: Merchandising
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: TEX
Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
City: Toronto

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Quebec
Period: THIS SIGN USED 1955-1984.
Canada: SIGN HUNG OUTSIDE ELECTRICAL SALES AND REPAIR SHOP OPERATED BY CONRAD CORDEAU (1921-89) AND HIS WIFE GEORGETTE DUCLOS (1928-2003)IN ST.-PIE-DE-BAGOT, PQ.. THE 1ST AND LAST SUCH BUSINESS IN THE VILLAGE, THE SHOP WAS TYPICAL OF SMALL TOWN ELECTRICAL RETAILERS THAT FLOURISHED IN QUEBEC AND ELSEWHERE UNTIL 1970S. (REF. 1)
Function: USED TO IDENTIFY AND ADVERTISE A BUSINESS PREMISES.
Technical: EXAMPLE OF COMMON TYPE OF COMMERCIAL SIGN- PLASTIC, INTERNALLY ILLUMINATED SIGN, PRINTED ON BOTH SIDES, AND DESIGNED TO BE SUSPENDED OUTSIDE A BUSINESS.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: "[RCA/ "HIS MASTER'S VOICE" logo]/ RCA/ VICTOR/ RADIO-TV-ACCES. ELEC./ CONRAD CORDEAU" printed on both sides of sign. Plastic plate on one side of frame reads "FOR SERVICING-/ REMOVE/ ANGLE MOLDING/ SLIDE OUT FACE/ [left facing arrow]/ PLASTILIUX SIGN/ by TEX/ PLASTICS/ LIMITED/ TORONTO/ SERIAL NO./ [blank]" "182/4" stamped into metal frame, below plastic plate. "FITTINGS LIMITED/ 1/2 [diamond logo] LB" cast in raised print on metal covering for electrical connection.
Missing: (Updated by CLS - Jan 2017) Removed ballasts and fluorescent tubes. Stored apart from object. Some screws missing One piece of molding from the bottom is missing
Finish: DULL SILVER METAL FRAME AND BRACKETS. PLASTIC SIGN PANELS ARE PREDOMINANTLY RED, WITH SOME YELLOW & WHITE TRIM: YELLOW, WHITE, RED AND BLACK TEXT.
Decoration: N/A

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TEX PLASTICS LTD., Sign, before 1955, Artifact no. 2004.0021, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2004.0021.001/

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