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OBJECT TYPE: N/A
DATE: 1999
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2001.0553.001

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
MODEL: Unknown
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

Dimensions

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

Length: 112.4 cm
Width: 68.5 cm
Height: N/A
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Forestry
Category: Archives
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

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

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: British Columbia
Period: Presumably this sign was used/displayed between c. 1951 and 1999.
Canada: MacMillan Bloedel Ltd. had it's roots in the H.R. MacMillan Export Co., established in 1919 as a privately owned lumber export brokerage firm. Expanding and diversifying over the course of the century, the company grew to become British Columbia's biggest forest products company, and an international force to be reckoned with. In 1999, MacMillan Bloedel was bought by Weyerhaeuser, the American woodproducts giant. (Ref. 1)
Function: Graphic medium used to identify and inform.
Technical: Distinctive "MB" logo presumably developed before/during 1951.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: "[MB logo]/ MacMillian Bloedel" printed on sign face. "983.45.429h" printed by hand in black ink in upper left corner of sign back.
Missing: None.
Finish: Off white heavy paper board; red & black text and graphics
Decoration: "MB" logo

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Unknown Manufacturer, Sign, before 1999, Artifact no. 2001.0553, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingenium.ca/en/id/2001.0553.001/

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