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Object ID 002414

Object Name Message Hoops, Wooden (2)

Object Desc For passing train orders to moving train's engineer and conductor. If they missed, they had to stop and back up to get the hoop. When recieved, the train crew threw them to the ground to be picked up and used again by the tel-operator.

Collection General Collection

Accession # 2014.0902

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General Category Other Objects

Category Auto & Transportation

Source Stuart T. Johnson

Source Category Gift

Accession Date JUL 11,2014

Credit/Acknowledgement

Location St/Office/NWall

Object Date 1950

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Status On Exhibit

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Date AUG 3,2014

Summary Location change

Notes Location changed to St/Office/NWall from Temporary - automatic entry by admin

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Date JUL 11,2014

Notes Items in the 2014.0900s were donated by Mr. Stuart T. Johnson who worked as a trainee in the Strathclair CPR station for three months in 1950. He stayed in one of the bedrooms upstairs. The agent at the time was Fred Harris.