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Metadata
Object ID # |
2004.010.001 |
Object Name |
Sled |
Other Name |
Sled, Delivery |
Title |
Delivery Sled Used by the Parker & Co. Drugstore |
Lexicon category |
7: Distribution & Transportation Artifact |
Year Range from |
1890 |
Year Range to |
1910 |
Made |
Unknown |
Place of Origin |
Owen Sound, Grey County |
Description |
Parker & Co. drugstore's small delivery sledge (sled). This delivery sledge has iron runners secured on with flat-headed slotted screws. The underside of the sled has P&C OS impressed [Parker & Co.]. There are three wooden runner supports, braced with curved iron rod pieces with snake-headed ends. Dark red finish on the underside and legs of the sled. Two iron rings at the front were intended to hold a straw rope (no longer extant). The box-like top area has 2 long exterior sides decorated in black/red/dull orange with the wording PARKER & CO. 2 boards form the bottom of the box. |
Provenance |
Made for/by and used by The Parker & Co. drugstore in Owen Sound, Grey County in the late 19th or early 20th century. Last owned by Robert Francis of RR 2, Owen Sound. He purchased the Parker & Co. business in 1954 and sold it circa 1985. |
Collection |
Commercial Equipment Collection |
Material |
Metal/Wood/Paint |
Dimensions |
H-13.78 W-16.929 L-35.433 inches |
Found |
Owen Sound, Grey County |
People |
Parker, Stephen Johnson Parker, Joseph W. Parker, John |
Subjects |
Owen Sound Business Owen Sound Businesses Drug Stores Delivery boys Sleds & sleighs Advertising Winter |
Search Terms |
Parker & Co. Owen Sound Businesses |
Function |
A delivery sled that was custom-made for the Parker & Co. drugstore business at Owen Sound, Grey County. A delivery boy would be hired who would deliver items from the drugstore to people's homes. A small hand sled like this would be used in the wintertime for these home deliveries. |