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First aid kit

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Description
CN Type C First Aid Kit. Square metal box with black sides and a green lid with a cross and the words "First Aid / CN Type C Kit" in white. Box can be closed with a latch.
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Title
First Aid CN Type C Kit
Artist or Maker
Canadian National Railways
Other Names
Medical kit
Category
TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Sub-Category
MEDICAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT
Start Date
1960
End Date
1989
Period or Date Notes
The CN logo on the kit was introduced in 1960. Kit was salvaged in the late 1980s.
Description
CN Type C First Aid Kit. Square metal box with black sides and a green lid with a cross and the words "First Aid / CN Type C Kit" in white. Box can be closed with a latch.
History Of Use
Salvaged by Mack Schat in the late 1980s while demolishing an unknown railway station, presumably in the Smithers area.
Inscriptions
"To open press down, then up. Do not twist."
"Complete form 9798 & reseal this kit with yellow painted seal immediately after use." (Inside lid)
"Work train 78499" (etched into white cross on lid)
Height
10
Width
21.5
Length
21
Units Of Measurement
Centimeters
Accession No.
2010.10.5
Type of Record
Museum Artifact

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