Canadian National: Vision, Colour Sense, and Hearing Record, J. C. Gaudaur, 1952
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Canadian National: Vision, Colour Sense, and Hearing Record, J. C. Gaudaur, 1952Entry/Object ID
2021.1714.01Description
Canadian National branded vision, colour sense, and hearing record, issued to J. C. Gaudaur on July 1st, 1952. The examination was to check his vision, hearing, and sense of colour. Gaudaur was working as a brakeman at the time. The card includes the areas to record: distant vision, right eye, left eye, both eyes, without glasses, with glasses, colour sense, reading, hearing, right ear, left ear, date of re-examination, date of exam, signature of examiner, name of employee, occupation, where the exam took place Distinguishing Features: Tan coloured card with black and blue inkContext
Original document belonging to J. C. Gaudaur. 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
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Canadian National