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OBJECT TYPE: positive/print/b&w/portrait/framed
DATE: Unknown
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1992.2047.001

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
MODEL: BECK, SIR ADAM
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 PHOTOGRAPH/ CARDBOARD MAT/ WOOD FRAME/ GLASS/ METAL HARDWARE

Dimensions

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

Length: 106.5 cm
Width: 84.8 cm
Height: 2.2 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Energy-electric
Category: Commemorative
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

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

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: Unknown
Canada: PART OF LARGE & VARIED COLLECTION OF ELECTRICAL ITEMS ACQUIRED & DOCUMENTED BY ONTARIO HYDRO IN 1960S. THIS COLLECTION CONSISTS OF OVER 7500 ARTIFACTS, & IS THOUGHT TO BE LARGEST & MOST COMPREHENSIVE IN CANADA. IT WAS DONATED IN ITS ENTIRETY TO CANADA SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY MUSEUM IN 1992.
Function: PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAIT OF HISTORICAL FIGURE.
Technical: SIR ADAM BECK (1857-1925) WAS FOUNDER OF ONTARIO'S HYDRO-ELECTRIC SYSTEM. AS MEMBER OF ONTARIO LEGISLATURE IN 1906 HE INTRODUCED BILL WHICH SET UP HYDRO-ELECTRIC POWER COMMISSION OF ONTARIO & WAS CHAIRMAN OF THAT BODY FROM 1906-1925.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: BLACK LETTERING ON MAT READS "SIRADAM BECK/ 1857-1925/ THE FATHER OF HYDRO"
Missing: APPEARS COMPLETE
Finish: BLACK & WHITE PHOTOGRAPH/ WHITE MAT/ BLACK PAINTED FRAME/ COLOURLESS TRANSPARENT GLASS
Decoration: N/A

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Unknown Manufacturer, Photograph, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1992.2047, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingenium.ca/en/id/1992.2047.001/

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