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OBJECT TYPE: PRESENTATION/COMMEMORATIVE
DATE: 1968
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1986.0543.001

MANUFACTURER: Fiat Automobile Co.
MODEL: FIAT 1899
LOCATION: Turin, Italy

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: MARBLE BASE/ SILVER PLATE(?) CAR MODEL & PLAQUE.

Dimensions

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

Length: 18.0 cm
Width: 13.0 cm
Height: 12.5 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Motorized Ground Transportation
Category: Models
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Fiat
Country: Italy
State/Province: Unknown
City: Turin

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: Unknown
Canada: FOR 4 YEARS (1967-70) THE FIAT AUTO CO. TESTED THEIR VEHICLES IN THE CANADIAN WINTER AT WAWA, ONT. THIS MODEL WAS TO SHOW APPRECIATION FOR THE HOSPITALITY THEY RECEIVED.
Function: TO COMMEMORATE THE WINTER AUTOMOBILE TESTING PROGRAM BY THE FIAT AUTO CO. AT WAWA, ONT.
Technical: SIGNIFIES THAT AT LEAST SOME AUTO MANUFACTURERS APPRECIATED THE RIGOURS OF THE CANADIAN WINTER.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: ENGRAVED PLAQUE READS: 'TO MR. J.H. DANN/ IN APPRECIATION/ FOR THE HOSPITALITY OF THE TOWN OF WAWA/ FIAT - JULY 1968'/ ON CAR: 'FIAT/ 1899 [2 TIMES]'/ SCRATCHED IN BOTTOM OF MARBLE BASE: '410 508 402'.
Missing: N/A
Finish: BLUE MARBLE BASE/ POLISHED SILVER CAR & PLAQUE
Decoration: SCROLL FRONT & REAR OF CAR WITH 'FIAT/ 1899'/ CAR ON MOLDED, CURVED SILVER BASE.

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Fiat Automobile Co., Automobile model, circa 1968, Artifact no. 1986.0543, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingenium.ca/en/id/1986.0543.001/

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