Tag, baggage
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- OBJECT TYPE
- RAIL
- DATE
- 1841–1900
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1968.0039.002
- MANUFACTURER
- SHERBURNE & CO.
- MODEL
- BOSTON & MAINE RAILROAD
- LOCATION
- Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 2
- Total Parts
- 2
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- WHITE METAL
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 7.3 cm
- Width
- 4.5 cm
- Height
- N/A
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Railway Transportation
- Category
- Services
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- SHERBURNE
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Massachusetts
- City
- Boston
Context
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- RAILROAD WAS CONSOLIDATED IN 1841 & DISCONTINUED IN THE 1980S, BUT TAG PROBABLY USED FROM 1840S TO 1900S
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
USED TO KEEP TRACK OF BAGGAGE OR MAIL BEING SHIPPED BY RAIL - Technical
-
TAG USED TO IDENTIFY BAGGAGE OR MAIL BAGS BEING SHIPPED BY THE BOSTON AND MAINE RAILROAD COMPANY SO THAT THEY COULD BE KEPT TRACK OF. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- PRINTED: 'SEND THIS CHECK/ TO OUR GEN. BAGGAGE OFFICE/ TO BE RETURNED/ TO GENL. BAGGAGE AGENT/ BOSTON & MAINE R.R./ BOSTON, MASS.'
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- PAINTED SILVER
- Decoration
- N/A
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SHERBURNE & CO., Tag, baggage, circa 1841–1900, Artifact no. 1968.0039, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/1968.0039.002/
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