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Functional object - Shopping Bag, Bay Street Traders Association, 2001
Historical information
Produced by and for the Bay Street Traders Association. .01 was produced first and printed on clear plastic, which made the images unreadable. Hence .02 was produced and printed on white plastic. Note that the 2000 scene is a computer generated image of what Bay Street may look like in the future, not as actually was in 2001. Similarly, the scene portrayed for 1800 does not reflect any reality as Liardet only landed at Sandridge in 1839. It may be an 1890s view.
Physical description
Black and white plastic promotional bag produced by the Bay Street Traders Association, purporting to show scenes of Bay Street in 1800 (sic) and 2000. Bears the Association logo.
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