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OBJECT TYPE: TRAINMAN
DATE: 1982
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1997.0380.001

MANUFACTURER: Tony the Tailor
MODEL: VIA
LOCATION: Unknown

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 2
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: FABRIC: WOOL[?] AND SYNTHETIC/ METAL BUTTONS ON JACKET; SYNTHETIC BUTTONS ON TROUSERS/ METAL ZIPPER ON TROUSERS/ SYNTHETIC BADGE

Dimensions

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

Length: 87.0 cm
Width: 65.0 cm
Height: 10.0 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Railway Transportation
Category: Operations
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Tony
Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Unknown
Period: USED FROM 1982 PROBABLY UNTIL HIS RETIREMENT SOMETIME BEFORE 1997
Canada: EXAMPLE OF A UNIFORM WORN BY AN EMPLOYEE OF VIA RAIL WHILE WORKING ON THE VIA SYSTEM
Function: USED BY AN EMPLOYEE TO IDENTIFY HIM AS A TRAINMAN WITH THE VIA RAIL SYSTEM
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: .1 BADGE ON JACKET: 'VIA[LOGO] Trainman/ Agent de train'/ LABEL ON INSIDE POCKET: 'T [LOGO] Tony/ Le Trailleur The Tailor'/ LABEL SEWN ON INSIDE OF INTERIOR POCKET: 'ACTWU [?]/ AMALGAMATED CLOTHING & TEXTILE WORKERS UNION/TRAVAILLEURS AMALGAMES DU VETEMENT ET DU TEXTILE/ MR./M. R. ROUGSON [SIC]/ DATE. 07-04-82/ NO. 99'/.2 LABEL INSIDE WAISTBAND SAME AS 2ND LABEL ABOVE EXCEPT: 'CA/ 137207/ UNION MADE FABRICATION SYNDICALE CANADA/ ACTWU-TAVT'
Missing: N/A
Finish: .1 NAVY WITH BLACK LINING AND GOLD BUTTONS; RED STRIPE AROUND EACH ARM/.2 NAVY WITH WHITE LINING AND WHITE BUTTONS
Decoration: FIVE GOLD BARS ON SLEEVE

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