Canadian National: Return Shipping Form
Name/Title
Canadian National: Return Shipping FormEntry/Object ID
2021.1090.01Description
Canadian National branded Return Shipping Form used for shipments that are being returned back to the sender. The form itself is blank however it includes the spaces to record: station number, division name, name of return, form number, signed, title, where it is being returned to. Distinguishing Features: noneContext
Original document used to record shipments that were being returned to sender. Canadian National was created following the end of the First World War, by combining five lines which were financially troubled. It soon became the largest railway in the country. Canadian National Railways was founded in 1919 as a combination of several railways that had become bankrupt and were being ran by the Canadian Government Railways, its primary service was freight but also operated passenger service until 1978 until it was absorbed by VIA rail. The Canadian National Railways was created by the Government of Canada as a means to fund the failing railway corporations including: Intercolonial Railway of Canada, National Transcontinental Railway, Prince Edward Island Railway, and Hudson's Bay Railway.Collection
Library ArchiveCategory
Canadian National