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Small Pox [quarantine notice]
https://mhc.andornot.com/en/permalink/artifact14257
Dates
April 1885
December 1885
circa 1885
Collection
Parks Canada Agency Pharmacy Collection
Category
Archival Items
Communication
Public Health
Emergency
Ephemera
Classification
Archival Items
Communication
Public Health
Emergency
Ephemera
Accession Number
014002131
Description
Yellow rectangular cotton cloth sign printed with small-pox warning in black ink in French and English; unfinished edges.
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Accession Number
014002131
Collection
Parks Canada Agency Pharmacy Collection
Category
Archival Items
Communication
Public Health
Emergency
Ephemera
Classification
Archival Items
Communication
Public Health
Emergency
Ephemera
MeSH Heading
Smallpox -- ephemera
Communication -- ephemera
Description
Yellow rectangular cotton cloth sign printed with small-pox warning in black ink in French and English; unfinished edges.
Number Of Parts
1
Provenance
Transferred from the Parks Canada Agency, via Gail Cariou of the Curatorial and Collections Branch.
Dates
April 1885
December 1885
circa 1885
Date Remarks
Provided by donor
Material
fabric: yellow
ink: black
Inscriptions
Printed on cloth: "VARIOLE // DANGER D' ENTRER // SMALL - POX // DANGEROUS TO GO IN"
Permanent Location
Storage Room 0007
0007 Closet J
Dimension Notes
Length 27.2 cm x Width 21.4 cm
Condition Remarks
Wrinkled, some letters are faded
Copy Type
Original
Reference Types
Person
Internet
Reference Comments
http://www.ecolecinqchicots.com/historique/une-%C3%A9pid%C3%A9mie-en-1885/la-variole-arrive/
Exhibit History
On exhibit 100TH Anniversary of Public Health Canada, Ottawa L-2019-7 27 Nov – 2 Dec 2019
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