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OBJECT TYPE: Travel
DATE: 1940–1945
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2004.1699.001

MANUFACTURER: Eveleigh
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Canada

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: predom. wood; steel hardware (reinforcement at corners & along edges, locks, fasteners, etc.); cloth & paper lining; leather handle

Dimensions

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

Length: 109.0 cm
Width: 59.0 cm
Height: 53.0 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Aviation
Category: Miscellaneous
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

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

Context

Country: Worldwide
State/Province: Unknown
Period: WWII (1939-1945); the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan (BCATP) was in operation between 1940 & 1945
Canada: Unknown
Function: used by RCAF officer to contain & transport uniforms, equipment & personal belongings while training & on active service
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: lettering stenciled on top of lid reads: "COLN BS 191/[illeg.] ESTATES/R.C.A.F. OTTAWA/CANADA/INDEX NO. OS01/6/LS 1552"; lettering stenciled on left end of body of trunk reads: "P.T.O'L."; lettering hand painted (inverted) on edge of lid reads: "439"; lettering on adhesive sticker applied to front edge of lid reads: "Eveleigh/BAGGAGE/CANADA'S BEST/SINCE/1870/REGISTERED TRADE MARK"; incised lettering on lock reads: "CFB 1/CORBIN CABINET LOCK CO./CORBIN/BELLEVILLE, ONT"
Missing: N/A
Finish: dark blue with white & red lettering & (originally) brass hardware
Decoration: none

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Eveleigh, Trunk, between 1940–1945, Artifact no. 2004.1699, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2004.1699.001/

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