General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

stone

Dimensions

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

Length

25.4 cm

Width

20.2 cm

Height

6.0 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

15.0

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Railway Transportation

Category

Operations

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Unknown

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Unknown

Period

sometime between 1895 and 1930

Canada

The Kingston, Portsmouth and Cataraqui Electric Railway Company operated from 1895 to 1930 in Kingston, Ont. (Ref. 1). 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

Used in offset printing to carry the image to be printed, in this case, on one side for Kingston Portsmouth & Cataraqui Electric Railway Company Debentures and on the other side advertisements for Charles Gurd & Co. Limited, manufacturers of High Class Beverages and Table Waters .

Technical

An example of an engraved stone used as an original in printing. Because transfers could be cheaply made from the original engraved stone, lithography was the preferred process for printing large numbers of a given form or format, for many years. Their use is now generally limited to artists

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

Labelling for images reads in part on one side 'THE KINGSTON PORTSMOUTH & CATARAQUI ELECTRIC RAILWAY COMPANY/ DEBENTURE' and on the other 'CHARLES GURD & CO. LIMITED/ MANUFACTURERS OF HIGH CLASS BEVERAGES AND TABLE WATERS/ CHARLES GURD & CO. LIMITED/ CHARLES GURD & CO. (MARITIME) LIMITED' and 'CHARLES GURD & CO. (MARITIME) LIMITED/ 1016 Bleury St., 189 City Road, SAINT JOHN, N.B.'/ black hand painted lettering on side reads 'A1099'

Missing

complete

Finish

polished

Decoration

N/A