General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

gummed paper/ adhesive

Dimensions

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

Length

51.1 cm

Width

37.4 cm

Height

N/A

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Railway Transportation

Category

Miscellaneous

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Tearne

Country

England

State/Province

Unknown

City

Birmingham

Context

Country

Costa Rica

State/Province

Unknown

Period

never used

Canada

The British firm Tearne and Sons manufactured this transfer, but they also produced many decals for Canadian railways. This coat of arms represents the Costa Rica Railway. Built with funds borrowed from England by the Costa Rican government, construction of the CRR began in 1871 and it became operational in 1890. The British played an enormous role in financing and building railways in northern, central, and southern America and this transfer illustrates that. Although the British lent the necessary funds to construct the CRR, it was managed by M.C. Keith, owner of several banana plantations. Keith used the profits made from the plantation to finance the rail.

Function

A form of decal used to label and decorate railway equipment instead of hand painting. It transfers a printed design in the form of a decal on to the surface of a rail vehicle. upon contact

Technical

The coat of arms of the CRR would have been transferred onto an object's surface (e.g. locomotive) or carriage), serving as an identification tool. This transfer was printed on simplex paper, which means it rests on a single layer of heavy water-penetrable paper. This decal would have been transferred onto a chosen surface by use of a transferring technique called "water releasing". Two layers of varnish would have been spread onto the image before it was pressed onto the desired surface. Once securely attached, the backing of the decal would have been saturated with water and then gently lifted from the image layer.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

black crayoned lettering on front reads 'COSTA/ RICA/ RLY' with penciled '? white'

Missing

N/A

Finish

white with multicoloured coat of arms

Decoration

multicoloured coat of arms contains three mountains and ship of coat of arms of Costa Rica, with lettering reading "REPUBLICA DES COSTA RICA'