Renseignements généraux

Nº de série

S/O

Nº de partie

1

Nombre total de parties

1

Ou

S/O

Brevets

S/O

Description générale

metal

Dimensions

Remarque : Cette information reflète la taille générale pour l’entreposage et ne représente pas nécessairement les véritables dimensions de l’objet.

Longueur

41,5 cm

Largeur

4,5 cm

Hauteur

S/O

Épaisseur

50,5 cm

Poids

S/O

Diamètre

S/O

Volume

S/O

Lexique

Groupe

Agriculture

Catégorie

Commerce

Sous-catégorie

S/O

Fabricant

Ou

Inconnu

Pays

Inconnu

État/province

Inconnu

Ville

Inconnu

Contexte

Pays

Canada

État/province

Ontario

Période

circa 1930's +

Canada

An item from a collection of agricultural equipment belonging to Mr. Harley Horner. Mr Horner was a dairy farmer northeast of Toronto whose farm was purchased in the 1960's or 1970's by developers of what is now eastern Richmond Hill. He moved to the country further northeast near Lake Scugog. The artifacts in this lot were either used by Mr. Horner on his own farm or acquired for his own collection at sales in the Richmond area. This sign advertised a Canadian fencing product, made by Lundy of Dunnville, ON. Both Lundy and another major fence manufacturer Frost (of Hamilton, ON) were Canadian companies which would have purchased their raw wire either from Dofacso or Stelco, both based in Hamilton. These and other page wire fence makers marketed their products through the pages of agricultural papers across Canada. (The Canadian Context field originally listed location of Lundy fence as Dain City, ON. However in October 2019, M. McCullough spoke with Rod W. Lundy (grandson of the company owner) who asked for a correction to this field. Luncy fenc was based out of Dunnville, ON.)

Fonction

An advertising sign used by a distributor of fencing materials.

Technique

A sign illustrating marketing techniques for page wire fencing. Page wire fencing was first introduced in the 1910's. His design of fencing consisted of a web of wire mechanically woven at a factory rather than the single strands of wire that traditionally were strung between wooden fence posts. This product offered several advantages, most importantly it was much stronger than single strand fencing and therefore was better at preventing livestock from escaping or sticking their heads through a fence to reach potentially poisonous plants just on the other side. It was also much more rigid and therefore when erected it placed less strain on the fence posts to which it was attached. In their paper marketing materials, the various firms that marketed page wire fencing touted the strength or quality of the woven knots where the vertical and horizontal strands of the fence were joined. That marketing technique was often carried to their signs. These signs were designed to mount at right angles to the front wall of a dealership or on a post along the farmer's road fence line.

Notes sur la région

Inconnu

Détails

Marques

blue, red and grey lettering on both sides of sign reads ‘LUNDY/ Lucky [script]/ Tie [script]/ FENCE/ DEALER'

Manque

appears complete

Fini

painted glossy yellow and blue

Décoration

grey, red and blue drawing of fence tie