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OBJECT TYPE: bicycle/CA BC Victoria/1948-1949
DATE: 1948
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2004.0168.001

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Unknown

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General Information

Serial #: 2285
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: metal

Dimensions

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

Length: 10.0 cm
Width: 5.6 cm
Height: N/A
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Non-motorized Ground Transportation
Category: Cycles & cycling
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Unknown
Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: British Columbia
Period: Used 1948-1949.
Canada: Example of a bicycle licence issued as means for regulating bicycle use on roads within municipality. Original owner, Mr. Albert Ruff, lived in Victoria BC c. 1966-1996. It is not known how he acquired this licence, or if he owned a bicycle while he lived there.
Function: PLATE WITH UNIQUE NUMBER & DATE TO BE ATTACHED TO BICYCLE IN ORDER TO IDENTIFY IT & INDICATE THAT IT HAS BEEN LICENSED ACCORDING TO APPROPRIATE GOVERNMENT REGULATIONS.
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: Following text appears in raised print on plate face: "VICTORIA/ 48 49/ 2285".
Missing: None.
Finish: Rectangular metal plate has off-white enamel painted finish; raised lettering highlighted in red print.
Decoration: N/A

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Unknown Manufacturer, Plate, licence, circa 1948, Artifact no. 2004.0168, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2004.0168.001/

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