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OBJECT TYPE: CARDBOARD
DATE: 1945
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2002.0133.001

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
MODEL: REWARD
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: CARDBOARD

Dimensions

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

Length: 35.3 cm
Width: 27.5 cm
Height: N/A
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

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

Manufacturer

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

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: THIS SIGN PRESUMABLY USED JUNE 1ST, 1945- MAY 31ST, 1946.
Canada: DURING WW11 A SHORTAGE OF WHITE CANE SUGAR LED PEOPLE LIVING NEAR OMEMEE, ONT. TO ATTEMPT TO STEAL HONEY FROM ELMER SKUCE'S APIARY. MR. SKUCE DISPLAYED THIS SIGN IN AN ATTEMPT TO DISCOURAGE WOULD-BE THIEVES. (REF. 1)
Function: TO INFORM PUBLIC OF REWARD AVAILABLE.
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: Sign face reads "$25.00/ REWARD/ Will be given for information leading/ to the arrest and conviction of any/ person or persons damaging or/ stealing any property of this/ Apiary between/ JUNE 1ST, 1945 and MAY 31ST, 1946./ ONTARIO BEEKEEPERS' ASSOCIATION/ GUELPH, Ontario G.F. TOWNSEND, Sec.-Treas."
Missing: NONE.
Finish: BOLD BLACK PRINTED TEXT SET ON OFF-WHITE BACKGROUND.
Decoration: N/A

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Unknown Manufacturer, Sign, circa 1945, Artifact no. 2002.0133, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingenium.ca/en/id/2002.0133.001/

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