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Token
- Description
- Two tokens. Both are green and both have black lettering on them. (See inscriptions below). Both tokens have different shades of blue and different lettering but are functionally the same: they give the holder one free loaf of bread from the Smithers Bakery.
- Title
- Smithers Bakery Bread Tokens
- Manufacturer
- Smithers Bakery
- Category
- COMMUNICATION OBJECTS
- Sub-Category
- EXCHANGE MEDIUM
- Description
- Two tokens. Both are green and both have black lettering on them. (See inscriptions below). Both tokens have different shades of blue and different lettering but are functionally the same: they give the holder one free loaf of bread from the Smithers Bakery.
- History Of Use
- Smithers Bakery was primarily owned and operated by Mah Yoke Tong
- Inscriptions
- Part a: "This ticket good / ONE LOAF OF BREAD / At Smithers Bakery"
Part b: "This ticket good for / ONE LOAF / Smithers Bakery"
- Width
- 6
- Length
- 3
- Units Of Measurement
- Centimeters
- Dimension Notes
- This is the length and width of the individual cards.
- Number Of Parts
- 2
- Accession No.
- 1983.60.1 a-b
- Type of Record
- Museum Artifact
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