Tag, baggage
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- OBJECT TYPE
- RAILWAY
- DATE
- 1869–1874
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1972.1320.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- WINDSOR & ANNAPOLIS RAILWAY
- LOCATION
- Unknown
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 2
- 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
- 4.5 cm
- Width
- 3.9 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
- Unknown
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- North America
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- WOULD HAVE BEEN USED SOMETIME BETWEEN 1869 TO 1894 WHEN WINDSOR & ANNAPOLIS RY EXISTED AS THIS NAME.
- Canada
-
EXAMPLE OF TAGS FROM A CANADIAN RAILWAY COMPANY THAT EXISTED AS TEH WINDSOR AND ANNAPOLIS RAILWAY BETWEEN 1869 AND 1894 IN NOVA SCOTIA. - 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.RY. BECAME THE DOMINION ATLANTIC RAILWAY IN 1894. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- STAMPED: 'ST. JOHN TO/ HALIFAX/ 172/ W. & A.R.'
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- LACQUERED
- Decoration
- N/A
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Unknown Manufacturer, Tag, baggage, between 1869–1874, Artifact no. 1972.1320, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/1972.1320.001/
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