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OBJECT TYPE: PRINT/COLOUR/MATTED-FRAMED
DATE: 1980
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2012.0030.001

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Unknown

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: A brass frame, metal brakets in each corner of frame, with a cardboard backing, metal hanging hardware and a double matting around the print. The print is done on a thick semi gloss paper.

Dimensions

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Length: 61.0 cm
Width: 51.7 cm
Height: 2.0 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Mining and Metallurgy
Category: Miscellaneous
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

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

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Quebec
Period: Unknown
Canada: The print shows high wall drilling at the Gaspé Copper mine in Murdochville, Qc operated by Noranda Mines Ltd.
Function: To depict a mine.
Technical: The tradition of mining prints goes back to the Victorian fascination with mining accidents, which were often depicted Illustrated London News, Canadian mines were depicted since early 1900 in paintings, ink prints and large photographs.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: None.
Missing: Nothing missing.
Finish: A brass frame, with a cardboard backing, metal hanging hardware and a double matting around the print. The print is done a thick semi gloss paper.
Decoration: None.

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Unknown Manufacturer, Photograph, circa 1980, Artifact no. 2012.0030, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2012.0030.001/

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