General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

2

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

Paper

Dimensions

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

Length

20.5 cm

Width

15.8 cm

Height

N/A

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Printing

Category

Printed specimens

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Decalcomania

Country

Canada

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Unknown

Period

Unknown

Canada

In 1911, the Canada Decalcomania Company opened an Office in Toronto and soon produced decals for many major Canadian companies. The company made transfers for Canadian National, Massey-Harris, Consumer's Gas and other Canadian companies. The company ceased operations in the early 1990s and destroyed its records and its stock. These were found in the White Elephant Room of the Abbotsford Senior Centre Christmas Bazaar in November of 2007.

Function

A sheet bearing a design and treated so that it will stick to a surface, thus transferring the design to that surface. These were intended for application to objects in the home for decorative purposes.

Technical

These transfers are 'easy to apply' and 'all you use is water'. They were marketed `for kitchen, for bath, for dinette, for nursery`. These colourful images were designed for people to use in their homes. There are instructions on how to remove old decals, suggesting that these were not perceived as being a permanent form of decoration.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

Blue lettering on front reads '169-B'/ On back: partially cut away blue lettering reads 'PRINTED IN CANADA' and ' "Decal" [in script] TRADE MARK REGISTERED/ TRANSFERS', 'CODE 169 B' and 'CANADA DECALCOMANIA.../ TORONTO...' with directions for application in English and French/ Incomplete typed lettering on back reads '50-10...'

Missing

One of four transfers

Finish

White background with off-white decals with multicoloured fruit and floral basket designs

Decoration

N/A