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source: KINGS COUNTY MUSEUM
Bottle, Condiment
ACCESSION NUMBER: 999.063.009(b)
CATEGORY: Food Service T&E
OBJECT SUBTYPE: Serving Vessels
DATE: 1910 to1950
MATERIALS: Glass, silver(plated)
MEASUREMENTS: 5 cm W x 9.5 cm H Spoon: Length = 10.5 cm, Width at widest point = 2 cm, and width = 1 cm
NARRATIVE: The Dominion Atlantic Railway was created in October 1894 by merging 2 pre-existing railways: the Windsor-Annapolis Railway and the Western Counties Railway. the DAR developed not only a high-level passenger service usually not seen on regional railways but they were also important in transforming the Annapolis Valley apples from a minor, locally consumed crop to a large export industry, increasingly popular especially in the UK. In 1911 the CPR takes over ownership of the DAR and eventually after WW2, passenger business declines and the Valley's Apple Industry collapses which eventually leads to the closure of the DAR in the 1990s.
DESCRIPTION: Small glass condiment bottle with circular, silver-played lid. The lid has a cut out for a small spoon. The spoon itself is a sliver plated spoon with the initials "DAR" written on the handle in fancy lettering.
HISTORY OF USE: Used on Dominion Atlantic Railway Passenger trains between 1910 and 1950
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