Work Order Tag Examples

[Dean Romig]

I wonder if a shop that specializes in cleaning paintings and historic documents could clean some of these dirty tags...?





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[StubTwist]

There is different penmanship on the tags. Cursive writing, printing, and different colored ink. Did the WOT stay with the gun during the whole assembly process and then marked after each inspection along assembly process? I'm sure that additional notes were probably added when it finally arrived at the dealer.

[mobirdhunter]

Originally Posted by Dean Romig

I wonder if a shop that specializes in cleaning paintings and historic documents could clean some of these dirty tags...?


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A trained paper conservator can do remarkable things. It costs a great deal to do it right, probably more than most would want to pay. Beware of do-it-yourselfers if you care about the artifact.

[Pa SxS]

Here is a picture of how the Work Order Tags are stored. It's easy to find tags in the 2 large binders, the database will tell me which book and page number to go to. The database will tell me which smaller binder to look in but there is no page number so I have to go through all the pages. Of course it's usually in one of the last pages! The tags in the zip lock baggies will be in the database if the S/N can be read. I've not had anyone order a small tag. More on the small tags in my next post.

[Pa SxS]

I took a picture of 8 of the real old tags from the yellow zip lock bag in the previous post. These tags are extremely fragile, they are hard and can break real easily. As you can see, they are very dirty and most of the information was written in pencil and faded over time. Note that you can read some of the information on the back of the tags.

I think I may start to identify those tags that the S/N can't be read but the order # can be read found at the bottom of the tag. If we have the Order Book with that Order # in it, I can match the info on the tag with the Order Book entry and I'll know the S/N. This would be a real big and time consuming project but interesting to do. We'll see.

[mobirdhunter]

Originally Posted by Chuck Bishop

This would be a real big and time consuming project but interesting to do. We'll see.

Gosh, if I was closer I'd volunteer to be your intern and take this project on. It sounds like it would be a valuable undertaking. You might consider contacting a local college or university. An upper level student needing to fulfill a practicum or internship in library science or other field that trains archivists might be just what you need. You direct the work, they get the valuable hands-on experience.

[Pa SxS]

I can do it. I'm thinking of doing a few a day. I just wonder if members (PGCA members only) would want to pay $100 or more for one of these small fragile tags?

[Bill Murphy]

When the PGCA Research Committee was studying the tags and trying to categorize them, lo and behold, I found the work tag for one of my Parkers. Apparently, my gun was the first to be paired with a work tag. The weird thing is that the tags were spread out on a table and no one suspected that we would find anything of value to our own collections. My "tag of interest" was serial number 234,481. Maybe our historian will post a picture of that work tag.