Iron
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- OBJECT TYPE
- ELECTRIC/TIE
- DATE
- 1940
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1992.0274.001
- MANUFACTURER
- SPECIALTY SALES & MFG. CO. LTD.
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Montréal, Québec, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 2
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- .1 &.2: ALUMINUM HOUSING/ COMPOSITION BOARD? HANDLE/ METAL RIVETS/ FIBRE COVERED CORD/ SYNTHETIC & BRASS PLUG/.2 PT IS WOOD
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 50.0 cm
- Width
- 7.0 cm
- Height
- 1.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Domestic Technology
- Category
- Laundry
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- SPECIALTY
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Québec
- City
- Montréal
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
Object made and used in Canada. The tie iron comes from The Petrolia Public Utilities Commission. in Ontario - Function
-
TO REMOVE CREASES FROM TIES/ IT CAN BE INSERTED INTO A TIE SO THAT THE FLAT SURFACES ARE PRESSED BUT THE EDGES LEFT ROUNDED - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- .1 REMAINING PORTION OF LABEL ON HANDLE: 'MONTREAL, CANADA/ SPECIALTY SALES [?]/ MANUFACTURING [?]/ LIMITED/ 110 VOLTS, 50 WAT[TS]/ H.E.P.C. App. No. 19[?]'/.2 REMAINING PART OF LABEL: 'Montreal, Canada/ ecialty Sales and/ anufacturing Co. Limited/ 110 Volts 50 Watts/ H.E.D.C. App. No. 1951-3'/.1-.2 SMALL INCISED CIRCLE ON BOTTOM OF IRON NEAR HANDLE CONTAINS WORDS 'PAT./ PEND.'/.1 MFR'S MARK ON PLUG PRONGS: 'WEBER'/.2 ON PRONGS '660W/ 250V'
- Missing
- From CA of 04/15/1994 by Tony Missio: No - Complete
- Finish
- .1 &.2 HOUSING UNFINISHED, SILVER-TONE/ HANDLE BLACK/ RIVETS UNFINISHED/ MFR'S LABEL BEIGE (AGED) WITH BLACK PRINTING/.1CORD COVERING IS BEIGE & BROWN, PLUG BLACK WITH BRASS COLOUR PRONGS/.2 CORD COVERING GREEN & RUST-RED, PLUG BROWN WITH BRASS COLOUR PRONGS
- Decoration
- N/A
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SPECIALTY SALES & MFG. CO. LTD., Iron, circa 1940, Artifact no. 1992.0274, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/1992.0274.001/
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