Flag sample
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- OBJECT TYPE
- Canada
- DATE
- 1965
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 2016.0034.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Canadiana
- MODEL
- 3
- LOCATION
- Port Credit, Ontario, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- fabric and paper
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 66.0 cm
- Width
- 1.37 m
- Height
- 5.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Communications
- Category
- Visual
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Canadiana
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- City
- Port Credit
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
Taken from acquisition worksheet: The result of the Canadian flag debate was the introduction of the now common Maple Leaf design as the replacement for the Union Jack. At the time of its adoption the colours of the flag were as they appear today but there was no standard for the national flag of Canada. We had a good design – with the distinctive red bars and maple leaf – but no way of ensuring that the same “Canadian red” would appear on each new flag produced. Worse still, there was no way of preventing this red from fading embarrassingly into an ugly orange or brown – often after only a few hours exposed to the weather outside. In 1965, only a few months after the new maple leaf icon was unveiled, Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson commissioned the National Research Council to find a way to standardize the flag’s distinctive red colour and make sure it didn’t fade so quickly. Dr. GunterWyszecki, of the National Research Council and his Laboratory working in colour metrology was tasked with setting the quantifiable parameters for the red colour in the Canadian flag as well as working with dye manufacturers to ensure a non-fading reproducible colour that would remain consistent with each batch. - Function
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Used as a colour sample in establishing the limits of the colour red in the Canadian Maple Leaf Flag. - Technical
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Taken from acquisition worksheet: "As part of the National Research Council’s efforts to quantify the precise colour of red used in the Canadian Maple Leaf flag different dye producers were asked to provide red dyed samples of Canadian Maple Leaf flags that were tested for colour fading and consistency.". - Area Notes
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Unknown
Details
- Markings
- Mfr's label reads "Canadiana [logo]/ Reg'd/ PORT CREDIT, ONT./ MADE IN CANADA". Mfr's print directly on flag ""CANADA/ 27X54'". Tag reads "3".
- Missing
- A square piece of fabric was cut out.
- Finish
- Red and white fabric flag. White mfr's label with blue print sewn to flag. Black mfr's print directly on fabric. One white card stock tag with handwritten print, fastened to top of flag.
- Decoration
- N/A
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Canadiana, Flag sample, 1965, Artifact no. 2016.0034, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2016.0034.001/
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