- Date
- 1933 – 1975
- Material
- metal, iron; paint
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.1091 a,b
- Description
- A pair of foundry-made metal (iron) bookends incorporating two Banff National Park bison motor vehicle licence plates (1932 and 1933). (a) an L-shaped bookend painted black with the licence plate from 1932. It has a standing buffalo with CANADA’S NATIONAL PARKS 1932 underneath. Four holes have dril…
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- Title
- Bookends
- Date
- 1933 – 1975
- Material
- metal, iron; paint
- Dimensions
- 13.0 x 15.0 x 7.0 cm
- Description
- A pair of foundry-made metal (iron) bookends incorporating two Banff National Park bison motor vehicle licence plates (1932 and 1933). (a) an L-shaped bookend painted black with the licence plate from 1932. It has a standing buffalo with CANADA’S NATIONAL PARKS 1932 underneath. Four holes have drilled into the plates so it can be attached to a vehicle.(b) an L-shaped bookend painted black with the licence plate from 1933. It has a standing buffalo with CANADA’S NATIONAL PARKS 1933 underneath. Four holes have drilled into the plates so it can be attached to a vehicle.
- Credit
- Gift of Joan Boyd for Dorothy Boyce (Estate), Banff, 2016
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.1091 a,b
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- Date
- 1933 – 1939
- Material
- metal
- Catalogue Number
- 106.06.0013 a,b
- Description
- Two tags in the shape of bison stamped from metal: a) Gold-coloured metal bison standing on a sign reading “Canada's National Parks 1939” a with plate beneath for attaching to an automobile. This is a duplicate artifact, see 106.06.1085.b) Silver-coloured metal bison standing on a sign reading “Ca…
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- Title
- Licence Plate
- Date
- 1933 – 1939
- Material
- metal
- Dimensions
- 10.2 (a); 7.1 (b) x 10.5 (a); 10.5 (b) cm
- Description
- Two tags in the shape of bison stamped from metal: a) Gold-coloured metal bison standing on a sign reading “Canada's National Parks 1939” a with plate beneath for attaching to an automobile. This is a duplicate artifact, see 106.06.1085.b) Silver-coloured metal bison standing on a sign reading “Canada's National Parks 1933” with two pin holes in the middle of the buffalo for attaching to an automobile.
- Subject
- transportation
- Parks Canada
- licence
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 106.06.0013 a,b
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