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- OBJECT TYPE
- destination/bus
- DATE
- 1947
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1979.0682.003
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- Ottawa/Orleans
- LOCATION
- Unknown
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General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 3
- Total Parts
- 8
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- Cardboard sign
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 68.7 cm
- Width
- 12.6 cm
- Height
- N/A
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Motorized Ground Transportation
- Category
- Public transportation
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Unknown
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- 1947-73
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
A sign used on a bus to indicate the destination of the route. - Technical
-
THIS BUS DESIGN REPRESENTS THE FIRST TRULY MODERN HIGHWAY BUS. SAID TO HAVE BEEN INSPIRED BY THE DC-2 AIRLINER, THE EXTERIOR APPEARANCE OF THE HIGHWAY CRUISER BREAKS AWAY FROM THE TRADITIONAL BOXY SHAPE ASSOCIATED WITH THE BUS. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- On one side: "OTTAWA"/ On the other side: "ORLEANS"
- Missing
- Appears complete
- Finish
- Off-white paper sign with black lettering.
- Decoration
- N/A
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Unknown Manufacturer, Sign, circa 1947, Artifact no. 1979.0682, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/1979.0682.003/
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