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OBJECT TYPE: ROAD-BUILDING
DATE: 1894
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1987.1917.001

MANUFACTURER: POTTER, ISAAC B.
MODEL: COUNTRY ROADS [TITLE]
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: PAPER

Dimensions

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

Length: 16.6 cm
Width: 12.0 cm
Height: N/A
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Industrial Technology
Category: Archives
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: POTTER
Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
Period: Unknown
Canada: PART OF CANADA'S LARGEST & MOST IMPORTANT CYCLE COLLECTION/ AN EXAMPLE OF THE HISTORICAL SOCIAL SIGNIFICANCE OF CYCLING, & ITS PREVALENCE IN POPULAR CULTURE - IN CANADA AS WELL AS INTERNATIONALLY
Function: TO PROVIDE AN ARGUEMENT FOR THE BENEFITS OF IMPROVED ROADS & INSTRUCTION ON BUILDING BETTER ROADS
Technical: PROVIDES EXAMPLES OF ROAD-BUILDING TECHNOLOGY IN USE IN 1890'S
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: COVER `L.A.W./ GOOD ROADS/ LIBRARY/ COUNTRY/ ROADS/ BY ISAAC B. POTTER/ PUBLISHED BY THE/ LEAGUE/ OF AMERICAN WHEELMEN/ ROAD DEPARTMENT/ 530 Atlantic Ave., - Boston, Mass.', `LA/ W/ PRICE/ 5 CENTS', `ROLLINSON, N.Y.'
Missing: N/A
Finish: CREAM COLOUR PAPER WITH BLACK PRINT, COVER APPEARS VERY PALE YELLOW
Decoration: COVER HAS SCROLL DESIGN & PICTURE OF WAGONS STUCK ON ROAD/ BOOKLET INCLUDES ILLUSTRATIONS OF ROADS, DITCHES, EQUIPMENT ETC.

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POTTER, ISAAC B., Book, 1894, Artifact no. 1987.1917, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingenium.ca/en/id/1987.1917.001/

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