Canadian National: First Class Passenger Train Pass, Scotia ON, to Davenport ON, 1930

Archive

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Northern Ontario Railroad Museum and Heritage Centre

Front

Front

Name/Title

Canadian National: First Class Passenger Train Pass, Scotia ON, to Davenport ON, 1930

Entry/Object ID

2021.1767.01

Tags

Canadian National, Railway Pass, Ticket

Scope and Content

Canadian National branded first class passenger train ticket. The ticket was for a trip from Scotia, Ontario to Davenport. The trip was taken on August 18th, 1930.

Context

First Class Passenger Ticket. 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

Ticket, Transportation

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

Primary Language

English

Archive Items Details

Title

Passenger Ticket

Description

First class passenger ticket for a trip from Scotia ON to Davenport ON

Creator

Canadian National

Date(s) of Creation

1930

Subjects

Tickets, Railroad passenger cars

Ethnography

Cultural Region

County

Scotia, Ontario

Country

Canada

Continent

North America

State/Province

Ontario

Other Names and Numbers

Other Numbers

Number Type

Item Number (Assigned from FileMaker)

Other Number

24861

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

Date

December 17, 2021

Condition

Reason for Exam

At Acquisition

Overall Condition

Good

Condition Detail

Tear, Fold, Fading, Missing Areas / Holes

Date Examined

Dec 17, 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 17th, 2021.

Created By

normhclibrary@gmail.com

Create Date

December 17, 2021

Updated By

normhclibrary@gmail.com

Update Date

March 1, 2022