Object Record
Images
Metadata
Object ID # |
2017.028.015 |
Object Name |
Stamp, Name |
Title |
Hand Stamp from Robindale Farm |
Date |
1960s? |
Year Range from |
1955 |
Year Range to |
1980 |
Made |
Unknown |
Place of Origin |
Unknown/Glenelg Township (formerly), Grey County |
Description |
Hand stamp for "ROBINDALE FARM --R.R.1, DURHAM" (used in Glenelg Township). It has a glossy red-finished wooden grip and a single line rubber stamp. A printed paper insert shows the appearance of the impressions it made. No maker's mark. |
Provenance |
Unknown maker. Custom-made for the Robindale Farm at RR#1, Durham (in the former Glenelg Township). R. C. (Clarence) Robinson and Marjorie Robinson and W. J. Ritchie farmed at RR#1 Durham in the 1940s. Marjorie's maiden name was Marjorie C. Ritchie. The plastic used suggests the item is 1950s-1960s? Clarence and Marjorie retired from the farm in 1964, and their son Norman Robinson and his wife Ruth Anne operated it next. The farm was in the Robinsons ownership until ____. The item was last owned by Ruth Anne Robinson (nee Hollands) of Kincardine, Ont. |
Collection |
Office Equipment & Accessories Collection |
Material |
Wood/Rubber/Plastic/Paint/Paper/Ink |
Found |
Kincardine, Bruce County |
People |
Robinson, Marjorie C. Robinson, R.C. (Clarence) |
Subjects |
Farmers Farming Farms Office equipment & supplies |
Search Terms |
Glenelg Township |
Function |
An item used in conjunction with an inked stamp pad, in order to mark documents or items with the name Robindale Farm R.R.1, Durham. This was a Grey County farm that produced _________________. |