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- OBJECT TYPE
- EGG GRADER'S/PAINTED
- DATE
- 1940
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1988.0266.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- J.H. WILSON & SON, EGG GRADING STATION, REGISTERED NO. 0-81
- LOCATION
- Unknown
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- WOOD SIGN & FRAME/ METAL HARDWARE
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 91.4 cm
- Width
- 2.5 cm
- Height
- 61.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Agriculture
- Category
- Merchandising
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Unknown
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- 1940-1974
- Canada
-
AN EXAMPLE OF TYPE OF SIGNAGE USED AT LOCAL EGG GRADING STATION. - Function
-
AN ADVERTISING SIGN FOR A REGISTERED EGG GRADING STATION TO WHICH LOCAL FARMERS TOOK THEIR EGGS FOR GRADING & MARKETING. - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- BLACK LETTERING WITH GREY SHADOWING READING 'J.H. WILSON & SON/ EGG GRADING/ STATION/ REGISTERED NO. 0-81'
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- BACK PAINTED WHITE/ FRAME PAINTED GREY/ SIGN FRONT: WHITEGROUND WITH GREEN GRASS & BLUE SKY PAINTED IN LOWER DEXTER CORNER/ RED, WHITE &YELLOW PAINTED WOOD CHICKEN FIGURE AFFIXED TO LOWER DEXTER CORNER.
- Decoration
- GREY PAINTED DECORATIVE LINING.
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Unknown Manufacturer, Sign, circa 1940, Artifact no. 1988.0266, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingenium.ca/en/id/1988.0266.001/
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