Museum / Archive

Elgin County Railway Museum

Artifact Type

Button

Description Level

Group

Number of Artifacts

2

Description

A pair of Canadian Pacific Railway Co. buttons labelled 2020.303.001 a & b. Front of button is silver-coloured, back if brass. Buttons are circular. Front of buttons has CPR logo ink centre. The logo is and elongated "C" passing through a "PR". Around the central logo, the button says Canadian Pacific Railway Co.". The back of the buttons has a protruding central metal loop to attach the button to fabric. Smaller button has dark blue/grey fabric attached. Around the loop there is an inscription that says "W. Scully Montreal".

Material

Brass & Aluminum

Category

Personal Artifact

Sub-category

Clothing - Accessory

Accession Number

2020.303.001 a&b

Storage Range

Box 5

Storage Location

4A-3-2

Height

1.3

Diameter

2.7 & 2.2

Units

cm

Manufacturer

W. Scully LTD.

Manufacturer City

Montreal

Manufacturer Province

Quebec

Manufacturer Country

Canada

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