Dr. Ralph and Mrs. Olga Crawford Canadian Dental Collection
Category
Business
Communication
Dental
Classification
Business
Communication
Accession Number
010020044
Description
Rectangular fibreboard informational sign; letters painted in black on yellow background with grey paint on sides; clear varnish covering front; piece of plastic made to look like varnished wood glued on back; silver attachment on back to mount on wall
Rectangular fibreboard informational sign; letters painted in black on yellow background with grey paint on sides; clear varnish covering front; piece of plastic made to look like varnished wood glued on back; silver attachment on back to mount on wall
Number Of Parts
1
Provenance
Transfer from the Dental Canada Fund; previously housed in the Dentistry Canada Museum (Ottawa)
Painted on sign: "DOCTOR SNOW // DENTIST // HERE TODAY"; printed on white fabric strip on back: "CLAIRE CRAFT"
Permanent Location
Storage Room 0010
0010-C7-4
Dimension Notes
Length 30.6 cm x Width 23.7 cm x Depth 1.9 cm
Condition Remarks
Varnish very scratched and chipped; dark marks, perhaps watermarks, underneath varnish on sign
Copy Type
Original
Reference Types
Person
Reference Comments
J. Diane Snow
Research Facts
Dr Ralph and Mrs Olga Crawford donated their extensive Canadian dental collection to the DCF to create the museum in 1997; further donations were received while Dr Crawford was Curator Emeritus at the Dental Canada Museum until its closure in 2008; this item was donated by J. Diane Snow from Vancouver, British Columbia and was originally owned by her father Dr. Cecil Montague Snow, who used it during 1929-1942 while traveling around rural Saskatchewan, after which he settled in Calgary, Alberta; he graduated from the Baltimore College of Dental Surgery, University of Maryland in 1916
Exhibit History
On exhibit, "Teeth in Time," Case #5, 29 March 2011 - November 2014