General Information

Serial #

21

Part Number

1

Total Parts

2

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

WHEAT; CLOTH BAG; PAPER LABEL WITH METAL HARDWARE/ CARDSTOCK BOX

Dimensions

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

Length

21.0 cm

Width

12.5 cm

Height

7.5 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

RICHARDSON

Country

Canada

State/Province

Manitoba

City

Winnipeg

Context

Country

Worldwide

State/Province

Unknown

Period

1929

Canada

Part of the history of Canada and The Hudson's Bay Co. - part of the first shipment of grain that travelled by rail (Hudson Bay Railway) from Winnipeg to Churchill and thence to Britain via the "Nascopie" steamship of the HBC in 1929.

Function

Used to Commemorate the first shipment of wheat from the prairie provinces by rail to Churchill Manitoba and by ship to Great Britain.

Technical

The opening of the railroad from Winnipeg to Churchill opened a new era in transportation to and from the prairie provinces.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

LABEL: SEE XEROX COPY IN SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION FILES/ PRINTED ON BAG: 'Hudson's Bay Company/ INCORPORATED 2nd MAY 1670./FIRST CONSIGNMENT OF WHEAT/ SHIPPED VIA HUDSON BAY/ 1929 CANADIAN CROP/ SHIPPED BY/ JAMES RICHARDSON & SONS. LTD./ WINNIPEG, MANITOBA.'/ ON BOX LID: 'Hudson's Bay Company./ INCORPORATED 2ND MAY 1670/ J.B. Harkin, Esq.,/ Commissioner, /Parks Branch,/ Department of the Interior,/ Langevin Block,/ OTTAWA/ CANADA'/ '[BRITISH POSTAGE STAMP] REGISTERED/ 4 JAN 30'/ STICKER: 'R/ London E.C. 17/ No. 2042'

Missing

N/A

Finish

WHITE BAG WITH GREEN PRINTING ON ONE SIDE; BEIGE LABEL WITH BLACK PRINTING / BEIGE BOX WITH RED REINFORCEMENTS ON EDGES

Decoration

N/A