General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

brass? buttons/ cardboard backing with paper lining and covering

Dimensions

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

Length

18.0 cm

Width

12.5 cm

Height

1.4 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Railway Transportation

Category

Operations

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Unknown

Country

England

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

North America

State/Province

Unknown

Period

Unknown

Canada

An item from the collection of Mr Andrew Merrilees acquired between the 1950’s and his death in 1979. Mr. Merrilees was a noted collector of early railway and transportation material and was particularly interested in pre-1920 photography. The majority of Mr.Merrilees’ collection was sent to the National Archives circa 1980, his printed material to the National Library and the Ontario Archives. The material in this donation was retained by Andrew Merrilees Ltd., currently owned by Dr. Robert Stewart (Acquisition proposal for AK0114 archival material by D.Monaghan, in Supp. Info.).

Function

Fasteners for a railway employees's uniform.

Technical

The New York Central Railroad, known simply as the New York Central in its publicity, was a railroad operating in the Northeastern United States. It was formed in 1853 by the merger of 10 regional railroads. Headquartered in New York, the railroad served most of the Northeast, including extensive trackage in the states of New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Illinois and Massachusetts, plus additional trackage in the Canadian provinces of Ontario and Québec. Its primary connections included Chicago and Boston. The NYC's Grand Central Terminal in New York City is one of its best known extant landmarks. In 1968 the NYC joined with its former rival Pennsylvania Railroad to become Penn Central but the new company went bankrupt soon after (Ref. 3),

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

raised lettering on front reads 'N.Y.C.'/ incised lettering on back reads ''THE STRATTON CO./ NEW YORK' and 'MADE IN/ ENGLAND'

Missing

3 buttons of a possible 24 are missing from the card

Finish

silver coloured buttons/ buff cardboard and paper

Decoration

raised edging, grooved face