Object Record
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Metadata
Object ID # |
1973.002.014 |
Object Name |
Tag, Identification |
Title |
Paterson House Hotel Room Key Tag |
Lexicon category |
8: Communication Artifact |
Year Range from |
1889 |
Made |
Unknown |
Place of Origin |
Owen Sound, Grey County |
Description |
Hotel key tag, #11. It is a diamond-shaped piece of flat brass with rounded corners and a hole in the top where it can be attached to a key. The number eleven is impressed deeply in the centre and is slightly difficult to make out. The whole tag is bumpy and uneven, and quite tarnished. |
Provenance |
Rick Harrison of Owen Sound, Grey County found this on the "Dr. Knox Farm" situated at the top of the Creamery Hill at Owen Sound, Grey County, in May / June, 1973. It was his opinion that this dump is from the Paterson House Hotel (later called the Downtowner Hotel). It is believed to have been formerly used at the Paterson House Hotel building in Owen Sound, Grey County. This hotel had been located along main street in Owen Sound. |
Collection |
Commercial Equipment Collection |
Material |
Brass |
Dimensions |
W-6.2 L-11 D-0.1 cm |
Found |
Derby Township (formerly), Township of Georgian Bluffs, Grey County |
People |
Paterson, George Snider (Dr.) Matthews, William Knox, Dr. Melville R. |
Subjects |
Owen Sound Business Hotels |
Search Terms |
Paterson House Hotel Owen Sound Businesses Poulett St. (Owen Sound) |
Function |
It would have been attached to one of hte Paterson Hotel room keys. It was located along Poulett St. (called 2nd Ave. East after 1909), Owen Sound. |