BOX, BLACK-POWDER
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- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- PELLET GUN POWDER BOX
- Date Range From
- 1930
- Date Range To
- 1940
- Materials
- WOOD
- Catalogue Number
- P19900017006
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- PELLET GUN POWDER BOX
- Date Range From
- 1930
- Date Range To
- 1940
- Materials
- WOOD
- No. Pieces
- 2
- Height
- 20.8
- Length
- 44.4
- Width
- 32.1
- Description
- WOOD BOXES WITH SQUARED BOX JOINT CORNERS. NO LIDS. STENCILLED ON ENDS "C-I-L BLACK PELLET POWDER 50 LBS. 2=3=37. ON SIDE "EXPLOSIVE--DANGEROUS CLASS 11 C.R.C. 14". OPPOSITE SIDE "MADE IN CANADA BY CANADIAN INDUSTRIES LIMITED" & LISTS 4 FACTORY LOCATIONS. OTHER BOX HAS "20=11=34" STENCILLED ON END.
- Subjects
- MINING & MINERAL HARVESTING T&E
- Historical Association
- COAL MINING
- History
- ARTIFACTS FROM ESTATE OF LAURIE DAVIS. SEE P19900017001-GA FOR HISTORY & PIONEER PEMMICAN CLUB ROUNDUP 1885-1985 FOR ADDITIONAL FAMILY HISTORY. GRANDFATHER ALFRED DAVIS SR. MAY HAVE COLLECTED BOXES AS MINE MANAGER OF CITY MINE WHICH CLOSED IN 1941. CODE ON ENDS "2=3=37" & "20=11=34" ARE PROBABLY DATE INDICATORS WHICH ARE NECESSARY TO JUDGE STABILITY OF POWDER.
- Catalogue Number
- P19900017006
- Acquisition Date
- 1990-04
- Collection
- Museum
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