Tag, baggage
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- OBJECT TYPE
- RAILWAY/BRASS
- DATE
- Unknown
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1972.0361.009
- MANUFACTURER
- ROBBINS, J.
- MODEL
- WINDSOR & ANNAPOLIS RAILWAY
- LOCATION
- Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 9
- Total Parts
- 10
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- BRASS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 5.1 cm
- Width
- 4.1 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
- ROBBINS
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Massachusetts
- City
- Boston
Context
- Country
- North America
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- SOMETIME BETWEEN 1869 AND 1894 WHEN THE W& A RAILWAY EXISTED [REF 1]
- Canada
-
EXAMPLE OF TAGS FROM A CANADIAN RAILWAY COMPANY THAT EXISTED AS THE WINDSOR AND ANNAPOLIS RAILWAY BETWEEN 1869 AND 1894. - Function
-
USED TO KEEP TRACK OF BAGGAGE OR MAIL TRANSPORTED BY TRAIN. - Technical
-
TAGS WERE USED SO THAT THE NUMBER ON THE TAG AFFIXED TO THE BAGGAGE OR MAIL BAGS COULD BE CROSS-REFERENCED TO THE APPROPRIATE NUMBER IN THE RAILWAY'S ACCOUNTING SYSTEM AND THE ITEM BEING TRANSPORTED COULD BE TRACKED. THE W.A.R. BECAME THE DOMINION ATLANTIC RAILWAY IN 1894. [REF 1] - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- "J. ROBBINS, BOSTON' STAMPED AT THE VERY TOP/ STAMPED: ‘BOSTON TO/ WOLFVILLE/ ANNAPOLIS LINE/ VIA N.S.S.S.CO./ (LIMITED)/ W. & A. RY./ 2716/ [ON OBVERSE] ANNAPOLIS LINE/ 2716/ WOLFVILLE TO/ BOSTON/ VIA W. & A. CO./ (LIMITED)'
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- ONE SLOT AT BOTTOM AND ONE SLOT AT TOP
- Decoration
- N/A
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ROBBINS, J., Tag, baggage, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1972.0361, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/1972.0361.009/
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