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OBJECT TYPE: INK/RAILWAY
DATE: 1914–1923
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1968.0037.001

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
MODEL: GRAND TRUNK PACIFIC
LOCATION: Unknown

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: WOODEN BASE; SYNTHETIC PAD

Dimensions

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

Length: 6.6 cm
Width: 3.6 cm
Height: 1.7 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: Unknown
Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Unknown
Period: SOMETIME BETWEEN 1914 WHEN THE GTR FORMED THE SUBSIDIARY, GTPR & THE CO.WAS TAKEN OVER BY THE CN IN 1923
Canada: EXAMPLE OF A STAMP FROM A GRAND TRUNK PACIFIC RAILWAY AGENT. THE GTPR WAS FORMED AS A SUBSIDIARY COMPANY OF THE GRAND TRUNK RAILWAY IN 1914. THIS RAILWAY EXPERIENCED HEAVY FINANCIAL LOSSES & WAS LARGELY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE BANKRUPTCY OF GTR IN 1919. IT WAS TAKEN OVER BY CN IN 1923 [REF 1]
Function: USED, WHEN INKED, TO MAKE A PRINTED IMPRESSION ON PAPER.
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: PAD ATTACHED TO BASE WRITTEN IN CURSIVE AS A MIRROR IMAGE, APPEARS TO READ: 'Are ye going on the Rails/ All aboard Via G.T.P./ Tickets and Freight Rates/ To all points in the world/ Will Reynolds Agt/ Grand Central Depot'
Missing: HANDLE
Finish: BASE APPEARS TO BE PAINTED A DARK BROWN
Decoration: N/A

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Unknown Manufacturer, Stamp, between 1914–1923, Artifact no. 1968.0037, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingenium.ca/en/id/1968.0037.001/

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