General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

PAPER CERTIFICATE; WOODEN FRAME AND BACKING; GLASSCOVER; METAL HARDWARE

Dimensions

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

Length

62.0 cm

Width

54.0 cm

Height

2.0 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Marine Transportation

Category

Archives

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

EXHIBITION

Country

Canada

State/Province

Quebec

City

Montreal

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Quebec

Period

1881

Canada

SUBJECT OF THE DIPLOMA, 'HERALD AND HUTCHISON' WAS A BOAT BUILDING COMPANY OWNED BY DANIEL HERALD AND JOHN HUTCHISON IN GORE'S LANDING ONT. FROM 1880-1890. HERALD DEVELOPED THE "HERALD PATENT" FOR BUILDING CEDAR CANOES. HE WAS ONE OF THE EARLY BUILDERS OF THE "CANADIAN CANOE"

Function

USED TO HONOUR THE BOATBUILDING FIRM OF HERALD AND HUTCHISON OF GORE'S LANDING FOR THEIR CEDAR HUNTING CANOE DISPLAYED IN THE QUEBEC PROVINCIAL EXHIBITION OF 1881.

Technical

CERTIFICATE COMMENDED THE TECHNICAL EXPERTISE OF TWO EARLY CANADIAN COMMERICAL BOAT BUILDERS.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

PRINTING AND HAND-WRITING READS: 'PROVINCE OF QUEBEC./ PROVINCIAL EXHIBITION 1881./ The Permanent Exhibition Committee of the Province of Quebec/ AWARDS THIS/ DIPLOMA/ To Herald and Hutchison Gore's Landing./ For Cedar Hunting Canoe./ Georges Leclere[SIGNATURE]/ S.C. Stevenson[SIGNATURE]/ Joint Secretaries/ Henry Bulmer[SIGNATURE] President/ MONTREAL 1881 SEPTEMBER'

Missing

N/A

Finish

DIPLOMA PRINTED IN WHITEM BLUE, BLACK & GOLD/ FRAME: STAINED & VARNISHED WOOD WITH GOLD AND BLACK TRIM/ UNCOLOURED GLASS

Decoration

FRAME: CARVED FLORAL MOTIF IN EACH CORNER/ CERTIFICATE: DRAWINGS OF CLASSICAL CHARACTERS PLUS THE MONTREAL EXHIBITION HALL AND THE SKYLINE OF MONTREAL