Canadian National: Stations in the Great Lakes, St. Lawrence, and Prairie Regions Widow of Locomotive Engineer Pass, Mrs. T. H. Brown, 1963

Front of Pass

Front of Pass

Name/Title

Canadian National: Stations in the Great Lakes, St. Lawrence, and Prairie Regions Widow of Locomotive Engineer Pass, Mrs. T. H. Brown, 1963

Entry/Object ID

2021.1756.01

Tags

Canadian National, Stations: Great Lakes, St. Lawrence, and Prairie Regions Pass, T. H. (Thomas) Brown, Railway Pass

Scope and Content

Canadian National branded stations in the Great Lakes, St. Lawrence, and Prairie Regions widow of employee pass issued to Mrs. T. H. (Edith) Brown. The pass was issued to her in 1963 and it allowed her to travel on any passenger train traveling between stations in the Great Lakes, St. Lawrence, and Prairie Regions. Her husband was Thomas (T. H.) Brown, a locomotive engineer

Context

Her husband was Thomas (T. H.) Brown, a locomotive engineer. 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

Canadian National

Cataloged By

Matthew Gill

Category

Primary Source

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Pass

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Ticket

Nomenclature Class

Exchange Media

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Archive Details

Creator

Canadian National

Date(s) of Creation

1919 - 1964

Primary Language

English

Archive Items Details

Title

Widow of Employee Pass

Description

Canadian National branded stations in the Great Lakes, St. Lawrence, and Prairie Regions widow of employee pass issued to Mrs. T. H. (Edith) Brown.

Creator

Canadian National

Date(s) of Creation

1963 - 1964

Ethnography

Cultural Region

* Untyped Cultural Region

Capreol, Ontario

City

Greater Sudbury

Country

Canada

Continent

North America

State/Province

Ontario

Other Names and Numbers

Other Numbers

Number Type

Item Number (Assigned from FileMaker)

Other Number

24834

Dimensions

Width

2-1/2 in

Length

4 in

Location

Location

Box

Canadian National Box #1

Room

Dale Wilson Reference Library

Building

NORMHC Heritage Centre, Northern Ontario Railroad Museum and Heritage Centre

* Untyped Location

Capreol, Ontario

Category

Storage

Date

December 16, 2021

Condition

Reason for Exam

At Acquisition

Overall Condition

Good

Date Examined

Dec 16, 2021

Examined By

Kat Bezaire

Materials

paper, ink

Provenance

Provenance Detail

Canadian National

Owner/Agent

Canadian National

Role

Owner/Publisher

Place

City

Montreal, Quebec

State/Province

Quebec

Country

Canada

Continent

North America

Acquisition Method

Gift

General Notes

Note Type

Cataloging Note

Note

Originally cataloged by Matthew Gill on June 4th, 2015, re-cataloged by Kat Bezaire on December 16th, 2021

Created By

normhclibrary@gmail.com

Create Date

December 16, 2021

Updated By

normhclibrary@gmail.com

Update Date

March 1, 2022