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OBJECT TYPE: CARDSTOCK/FREIZE STYLE
DATE: 1938
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1998.0001.001

MANUFACTURER: SKUCE, LOU
MODEL: DUNLOP TIRES
LOCATION: Canada

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: CARDSTOCK

Dimensions

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

Length: 65.0 cm
Width: 41.5 cm
Height: N/A
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Non-motorized Ground Transportation
Category: Cycles & cycling
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

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

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Unknown
Period: 1930S AND 1940S
Canada: EXAMPLE OF THE WORK OF CANADIAN ILLUSTRATOR, LOU SKUCE FOR A CANADIAN COMPANY.
Function: USED TO INFORM AND PERSUADE PROSPECTIVE PURCHASERS TO BUY DUNLOP BICYCLE TIRES.
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: PRINTED ON THE SIGN: 'DUNLOP FORT DUNLOP IMPERIAL/ RANGER CARRIER also BALLOON SPEEDSTER/ DUNLOP/ Bicycle TIRES/ SPEEDY SMART STURDY'/ IN CARTOON BALLOON: 'TAKE IT FROM/ DAD, WHEN YOU/ BUY A BIKE TIRE-/ ALWAYS LOOK AT THE/ TREAD AND MAKE/ SURE IT'S A/ DUNLOP/ [EXCLAMATION MARK]'/ AT BOTTOM: 'Lou Skuce/ PRINTED IN CANADA/ 2-290-12-38'
Missing: N/A
Finish: MUTILCOLOURED GLOSSY PRINT
Decoration: CARTOON FIGURES OF A FATHER AND A SON WITH THEIR BIKES, WITH THE FATHER ADVISING THE SON. ALSO A DRAWING OF TWO BIKES TIRES SHOWING A CLOSE-UP OF THE TRED.

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SKUCE, LOU, Sign, 1938, Artifact no. 1998.0001, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingenium.ca/en/id/1998.0001.001/

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