Canadian National Telegraph Form
Name/Title
Canadian National Telegraph FormEntry/Object ID
2021.1603.01-2Description
Blank Canadian National telegraph form, used for recording messages to be sent by telegraph. The form includes the areas to record: Class of service desired: full rate, day letter, night message, night letter, check, receivers number, time filled, charge to (department or address), date, name, street and number, place, message, sender's name and address, sender's telephone number Distinguishing Features: Tan coloured paper with red inkContext
Original document, original telegraph form used by Canadian National to record messages for sending telegraphs. 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