Crate
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- OBJECT TYPE
- WOOD
- DATE
- 1910–1923
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 2013.0066.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- Dominion Canners Limited
- LOCATION
- Unknown
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- Tomato crate
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- An untreated wooden crate with metal hinges, clasp and hardware.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 44.7 cm
- Width
- 33.0 cm
- Height
- 27.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Agriculture
- Category
- Merchandising
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Unknown
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Quebec
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
Nicolas Appert is the first to have found a way to preserve food by putting the content into an hermetic glass jar and boiling it. This happened at the beginning of the 19th century. Tin cans soon were used to preserve food and canning became an important commercial activity in Canada to preserve food and to offer it for sale to a growing number of city residents in the context of rapid urbanisation . The first successful fruit and vegetable canning factory in Canada is attributed to Wellington Boulter in Pictou, Ontario, in 1882. Previously to this, canning was mainly commercially done for salmon. “The Aylmer Canning Factory was first established in 1879 in Aylmer Ontario. It was sold to partners Marshall and Nairn… .According to a 1891 census, it was the third largest such plant in Canada! Aylmer Canning Factory was eventually sold to Del Monte.” [see worksheet for the complete information] - Function
-
To transport cans of Aylmer brand tomatoes, 2 dozen per crate. - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- Mfr's stamp front & back [looks like branding]:"DOMINION CANNERS/LIMITED./PURE FOOD/PRODUCTS". Mfr's stamp left side:"2 DOZ./Dominion/Canners/Limited/2½ S/EST G3/AYLMER BRAND/CHOICE QUALITY/TOMATOES". Mfr's stamp right side:"company logo/DOMINION/CANNERS/LIMITED/HEAD/OFFICE/HAMILTON/ CANADA".
- Missing
- Nothing is missing.
- Finish
- An untreated wooden crate with metal hinges, clasp and hardware.
- Decoration
- A stamped red maple leaf and the company logo which is a circle of black maple leaves with a can in the center.
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Unknown Manufacturer, Crate, between 1910–1923, Artifact no. 2013.0066, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2013.0066.001/
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