General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

2

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

OIL PAINT ON CANVAS; MOUNTED AND FRAMED

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

210.0 cm

Width

N/A

Height

120.0 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Railway Transportation

Category

Commemorative

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Smith

Country

Canada

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Unknown

Period

THE PARK CAR MURALS DECORATED THE CARS C.1954-1984.

Canada

DECORATED THE CANADIAN, THE TRAIN WITH WHICH CPR 'LAUNCHED A NEW ERA IN PASSENGER RAIL SERVICE IN CANADA'. THE 18 DOME SLEEPER OBSERVATION LOUNGE CARS WERE NAMED AFTER FAMOUS FEDERAL & PROVINCIAL PARKS, AND EACH CAR WAS DECORATED BY MURALS OF THESE PARKS. FAMOUS AND RELATIVELY UNKNOWN CANADIAN ARTISTS PRODUCED THE MURALS; EACH ARTIST WAS PAID $1,400.00 FOR THE 3 PAINTINGS HE OR SHE PRODUCED: ONE TO BE MOUNTED ON CAR BULKHEAD, ONE FOR ADJACENT WINDOW WALL, AND ONE A STYLISTIC MAP PAINTING TO BE MOUNTED ON THE FLAT END WALL.

Function

DECORATED THE EVANGELINE MEMORIAL PARK LOUNGE CAR ABOARD CPR'S TRAIN THE CANADIAN

Technical

THE CANADIAN EMBODIED SIGNIFICANT CHANGES IN CONSTRUCTION, COMFORT AND SPEED. THE STAINLESS STEEL CARS WERE BUILT BY THE BUDD CO., PHILADELPHIA PA 1953-1954. 173 CARS WERE BUILT, SUFFICIENT TO RE-EQUIP 18 TRAINS. THE DOME OBSERVATION LOUNGE CARS WERE CONSIDERED THE SHOWPIECE OF THE TRAINS.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

"Evangeline H. Leslie Smith/Memorial Park" printed in blue along top left edge; "H. Leslie Smith/54" appears in lower right.1

Missing

NONE - ORIGINALLY, HOWEVER, A 'MAP' OF THE PARK, DESIGNED AND EXECUTED BY THE ARTIST ALSO HUNG IN THE DOME CAR

Finish

Unknown

Decoration

N/A