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OBJECT TYPE: EXTERIOR/SUSPENDED/ILLUMINATED/BILINGUAL
DATE: 1965
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2004.0022.001

MANUFACTURER: INTERNATIONAL ADVERTISING PRODUCTS CO.
MODEL: SICO
LOCATION: Montreal, Quebec, Canada

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General Information

Serial #: 497
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 3
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: METAL FRAME, ELECTICAL WIRING,AND BRACKETS (.2-.3); PLASTIC SIGN PANELS.

Dimensions

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

Length: 155.0 cm
Width: 122.0 cm
Height: 25.5 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

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

Manufacturer

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

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Quebec
Period: THIS SIGN USED 1965-1984.
Canada: SIGN HUNG OUTSIDE ELECTRICAL SALES & REPAIR SHOP OPERATED BY CONRAD CORDEAU (1921-89) AND HIS WIFE GEORGETTE DUCLOS (1928-2003) IN ST.-PIE-DE-BIGOT, PQ.. THE 1ST AND LAST SUCH BUSINESS IN THE VILLAGE, THE SHOP WAS TYPICAL OF SMALL TOWN ELECTRICAL RETAILERS THAT FLOURISHED IN QUEBEC & ELSEWHERE UNTIL 1970S. (REF. 1)
Function: USED TO IDENTIFY AND ADVERTISE A BUSINESS PREMISES.
Technical: EXAMPLE OF A COMMON TYPE OF COMMERCIAL SIGN: DOUBLE-SIDED ILLUMINATED PLASTIC SIGN DESIGNED TO BE SUSPENDED OUTSIDE A BUSINESS.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: "PEINTURE/ sico/ PAINT/ CONRAD CORDEAU" marked on front & back sign panels. Plastic mfr's plate fixed to one side of frame reads "INTERNATIONAL/ ADVERTISING/ PRODUCTS COMPANY- MONTREAL". "49[7]" marked on decal, below. "CSA/1/2" "cast in raised print on one side of electrical connection casing; "LR/CENAL/1/2" " cast on reverse.
Missing: NONE.
Finish: WHITE, RED & BLACK PLASTIC TEXT AND GRAPHICS; DULL SILVER METAL FRAME.
Decoration: N/A

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INTERNATIONAL ADVERTISING PRODUCTS CO., Sign, before 1965, Artifact no. 2004.0022, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2004.0022.001/

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