Name/Title

School on Wheels

Entry/Object ID

2021.544.01

Description

A five page booklet about school cars in northern Ontario. It is mostly photographs with captions depicting what is happening in them. All of the photographs are events occurring on or outside of the Sloman car.

Context

Historic photographs of the Sloman car. Fred Sloman taught on a car that ran from Capreol to Foleyet from 1926 until 1962. School cars were commissioned by the government of Ontario to provide education to rural northern Ontario communities.

Collection

Library Archive

Category

School Car

Acquisition

Source (if not Accessioned)

unknown

Notes

Date Acquired: unknown

Lexicon

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Booklet

Category

Primary Source

Publication Details

Author

The Pittsburgh Press

Place Published

City

Pittsburgh

State/Province

Pennsylvania

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America

Date Published

1955

ISBN

n/a

Notes

Materials: paper, ink

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Notes

"1955" written in pencil

Other Names and Numbers

Other Numbers

Number Type

Item Number

Other Number

32497

Dimensions

Height

8-1/2 in

Width

7 in

Depth

8-1/2 in

Dimension Notes

Closed: 8.5" x 7" Open: 8.5" x 14"

Location

Location

Shelf

Capreol History Section

Room

Dale Wilson Reference Library

Building

NORMHC Heritage Centre, Northern Ontario Railroad Museum and Heritage Centre

* Untyped Location

Capreol, Ontario

Date

March 10, 2022

Condition

Notes

Poor condition, the photographs are barely visible

Created By

admin@catalogit.app

Create Date

March 14, 2022

Updated By

normhclibrary@gmail.com

Update Date

April 21, 2022