General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

WOOD WITH METAL HINGES

Dimensions

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

Length

31.0 cm

Width

68.5 cm

Height

73.3 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

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Diameter

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Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Railway Transportation

Category

Operations

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Unknown

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

CA 1891

Canada

EXAMPLE OF A TICKET CABINET USED AT AN ONTARIO RAIL STATION ON THE GRAND TRUNK LINE AT THE END OF THE 19TH C. THE GRAND TRUNK RY WAS ONE OF THE MAJOR CANADIAN RAIL LINES - INCORPORATED IN 1852 AND MERGED WITH CANADIAN NATIONAL IN 1923.

Function

USED TO HOLD PRE-PRINTED TICKETS FOR TRANSPORTATION ON THE GRAND TRUNK RAILWAY BETWEEN ST.JACOB, ON TO ELMIRA, GUELPH, KITCHENER, TORONTO AND WATERLOO ON.

Technical

Unknown

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

PAPER STRIP ON BOARD HUNG IN FRONT OF TICKET RACK HAS TYPED ON IT: 'Elmira/ 15/ SINGLES/ Guelph/ 60/ Kitchener/ 30/ Toronto/ $2.25/ Singles/ Waterloo/ Elmira/ 25/ Returns/ Guelph/ $1.10/ Kitchener/ 55/ Toronto/ $4.05/ Waterloo/ 35/ Commercials/ Elmira/10/ Kitchener/ 25 Waterloo/ [?]'/ TYPING ON SHEETS AFFIXED TO INSIDE OF CUPBOARD DOOR READ IN PART: 'GRAND TRUNK RAILWAY/ LOCAL FARE ADVICE, No. 4 5/183 Gen Pass Dept, Montreal Dec 3rd 1891/ Mr. J.F. Ellis, on receipt of this, and until further notice, the/ fares from St. Jacob's will be as follows, viz/ [LISTS OF ALL STOPS ON LINE]

Missing

TICKET RACKS ARE MISSING

Finish

PAINTED DARK BROWN (PAINT & FRAME CHIPPED, CRACKED AND SCRAPED)

Decoration

N/A