Object Record
Images
Metadata
Object ID # |
1991.055.004 |
Object Name |
Stamp |
Title |
King's Royal Hotel Hand Stamp |
Lexicon category |
6: T&E For Communication |
Date |
1885 patent |
Year Range from |
1903 |
Year Range to |
1914 |
Made |
Unknown |
Place of Origin |
Unknown |
Description |
Ink stamping device. The stamper has a black-finished turned wooden grip to it, and a plated metal frame. |
Provenance |
Patented on April 7, 1885. Used at King's Royal Hotel between 1903 and 1914. The hotel was located at Balmy Beach, and its guests would travel there via a small steamer ferry from Owen Sound, Grey County. Owned by Joseph Kent McLauchlan, a businessman who had established the Georgian Bay Summer Resort Company, and the King's Royal Hotel building at Balmy Beach, near Owen Sound. Inherited by Gayle McLauchlan. |
Collection |
Office Equipment & Accessories Collection |
Material |
Metal/Wood/Paint |
Found |
Owen Sound, Grey County |
People |
McLauchlan, Joseph Kent |
Search Terms |
King's Royal Hotel |
Function |
A hand-pushed ink stamp, that would transfer an impression onto pieces of paper, one at a time. |