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OBJECT TYPE: AUTOGRAPHIC/POST & HOLE
DATE: 1920–1940
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1999.0166.001

MANUFACTURER: Crain Printers Ltd.
MODEL: CRAINFORMS AA
LOCATION: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

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General Information

Serial #: 10
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: ALL METAL, SAVE RUBBER FEET.

Dimensions

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

Length: 27.0 cm
Width: 16.0 cm
Height: 13.0 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Printing
Category: Duplication
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Crain
Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
City: Ottawa

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: THIS TYPE OF REGISTER PROBABLY USED C. 1920S-1930S +
Canada: FORM REGISTER PRODUCED BY PROMINANT BUSINESS FORM AND OFFICE EQ. FIRM, CRAIN PRINTERS LTD. (1894 TO PRESENT)
Function: TO PRECISELY ALLIGN 2 OR MORE FORMS, IN ORDER TO DUPLICATE EXACTLY THE INFORMATION CONTAINED THEREON.
Technical: FORM REGISTER USED 2 POSTS ON WHICH TO ALLIGN AND SECURE FORMS: SMALL PADS OR TABLETS OF CONTINUOUS FEED FORMS WERE LOCATED IN REGISTER UNDER WRITING SURFACE, AND WERE PULLED UP AND SECURED AS NEEDED. THIS SIMPLE TYPE OF REGISTER WAS IDEALLY SUITED TO PRODUCING 2 OR 3 COPIES OF A SALES RECEIPT OR BILL OF SALE.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: "Crainforms" printed in red and gold on side panels of register body. Crain logo (standing bird inside vinelike oval frame) and text "Patents/ Pending/ CRAINFORMS/ Crain Printers/ Limited/ Ottawa/ MADE IN CANADA" printed in yellow and red on black register casing. "MODEL AA SERIAL NO. 10" incised in underside of register body.
Missing: NONE- REGISTER IS COMPLETE.
Finish: ALL BLACK FINISH ON REGISTER BODY; SILVER METAL FRAME AND FORM SUPPORTS.
Decoration: N/A

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Crain Printers Ltd., Register, form, circa 1920–1940, Artifact no. 1999.0166, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingenium.ca/en/id/1999.0166.001/

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