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- Date
- n.d.
- Material
- paper; wax paper;
- Catalogue Number
- 104.41.0225
- Description
- A book of photographic blotter paper. The front is beige in colour with labels and designs. In the top right corner and bottom left corner is a plaid like design, from left to the center is a oval with “Crystal-Brite” in a cursive font and illustration of a book (?). In the top left corner it reads…
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- Title
- Blotter Book
- Date
- n.d.
- Material
- paper; wax paper;
- Dimensions
- 1.3 x 22.9 x 32.1 cm
- Description
- A book of photographic blotter paper. The front is beige in colour with labels and designs. In the top right corner and bottom left corner is a plaid like design, from left to the center is a oval with “Crystal-Brite” in a cursive font and illustration of a book (?). In the top left corner it reads “PHOTOGRAPHIC BLOTTER BOOK” and in the bottom right corner in a text box it reads “DIRECTIONS FOR USE Place the washed prints face down on the Blotting Paper and remove excess water by passing print roller over them slightly. Then turn print over with picture side to waxed paper. Put book in warm place with some weight on it and allow to dry. Avoid too much weight or heat. MANUFACTURED BY DAVID SPECIALTY CO. CHICAGO”. Inside there is one sheet of loose thick paper folded, the rest of the paper is alternating between paper and waxed paper.
- Credit
- Gift of L. A. E Duncan, Calgary, 1980
- Catalogue Number
- 104.41.0225
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- Date
- 1920 – 1940
- Material
- glass; plastic; paper;
- Catalogue Number
- 110.01.0288 a,b
- Description
- Two glass drug store bottles with black plastic caps and paper adhesive labels on the front:a - tall and narrow clear glass bottle with a “KING EDWARD DRUG STORE” paper adhesive label on the front - “Acetone” is typed along the top of the label. Molded onto the back of the bottle are measurement ma…
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- Title
- Glass Bottles
- Date
- 1920 – 1940
- Material
- glass; plastic; paper;
- Dimensions
- 12.1 x 2.6 x 4.1 cm
- Description
- Two glass drug store bottles with black plastic caps and paper adhesive labels on the front:a - tall and narrow clear glass bottle with a “KING EDWARD DRUG STORE” paper adhesive label on the front - “Acetone” is typed along the top of the label. Molded onto the back of the bottle are measurement markers.b - short and narrow brown glass bottle with a “Banff Pharmacy” paper adhesive label on the front - the label has typed instructions for taking tablet medication.
- Subject
- Crosby family
- Abegweit
- medicine
- drug store
- pharmacy
- Credit
- Gift of Robert Crosby Family, Banff, 1998
- Catalogue Number
- 110.01.0288 a,b
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Gramophone Needles
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact105.03.0036
- Date
- 1898 – 1924
- Material
- tin; metal; paper;
- Catalogue Number
- 105.03.0036
- Description
- Small red and gold tin box with a hinged lid containing spare gramophone needles, some of which are held by a small piece of cardboard. Printed on the red lid in gold is a dog looking into the bell of a gramophone with “FULL TONE NEEDLES 300” is printed above and “HIS MASTERS VOICE” below. Manufact…
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- Title
- Gramophone Needles
- Date
- 1898 – 1924
- Material
- tin; metal; paper;
- Dimensions
- 1.2 x 4.7 x 3.5 cm
- Description
- Small red and gold tin box with a hinged lid containing spare gramophone needles, some of which are held by a small piece of cardboard. Printed on the red lid in gold is a dog looking into the bell of a gramophone with “FULL TONE NEEDLES 300” is printed above and “HIS MASTERS VOICE” below. Manufacturer details printed on the bottom of the box, as well as the instruction to only use each needle once. Berliner Gram-O-Phone Co. is the Canadian branch of the of German-based company Deutsche Grammophon, founded by gramophone inventor Emile Berliner and his brother Joseph in Montreal in 1898. Over the next 10 years, Berliner Gram-O-Phone Co. would record and press records, as well as distribute various kinds of gramophones, in Montreal until it was sold in 1924 to the Victor Talking Machine Co.
- Subject
- music
- music equipment
- Credit
- Gift of Bill Mather, Edmonton, 1991
- Catalogue Number
- 105.03.0036
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Magnifying Glass
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact104.38.0018
- Date
- n.d.
- Material
- metal; glass
- Catalogue Number
- 104.38.0018
- Description
- A small metal box with horizontal grooves on one side and vertical on the other. Box slides upon and a round magnifying lens flips up. Side is stamped with “USA Patents Pending. made in Germany.” on the front is “Scoper” and on the back is “Cenei jan u Austin Pat. a”.
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- Title
- Magnifying Glass
- Date
- n.d.
- Material
- metal; glass
- Dimensions
- 5.0 x 6.3 cm
- Description
- A small metal box with horizontal grooves on one side and vertical on the other. Box slides upon and a round magnifying lens flips up. Side is stamped with “USA Patents Pending. made in Germany.” on the front is “Scoper” and on the back is “Cenei jan u Austin Pat. a”.
- Subject
- Whyte home
- art accessories
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.38.0018
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Matchbox Holder
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact102.04.0596
- Date
- 1940 – 1960
- Material
- metal; tin;
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0596
- Description
- Metal wall-mounted matchbox holder with an opening at the top and another that curves up from the bottom so that boxes can be filled from the top and funnel through to the lower opening. Printed on the front in blue inside a zig-zag border is “CASH OR CREDIT AT MURDOCH’S Staple and Fancy GROCERIES …
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- Title
- Matchbox Holder
- Date
- 1940 – 1960
- Material
- metal; tin;
- Dimensions
- 14.5 x 7.0 x 7.1 cm
- Description
- Metal wall-mounted matchbox holder with an opening at the top and another that curves up from the bottom so that boxes can be filled from the top and funnel through to the lower opening. Printed on the front in blue inside a zig-zag border is “CASH OR CREDIT AT MURDOCH’S Staple and Fancy GROCERIES and PRODUCE Telephone 129 BANFF, ALBERTA.”
- Credit
- Gift of Robert Crosby Family, Banff, 1998
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0596
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Membership Patch
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact103.09.0166%20a-d
- Date
- n.d.
- Material
- felt; fabric
- Catalogue Number
- 103.09.0166 a-d
- Description
- A set of 4 black and white felt patches. a) arch shape. White letters spell out “BANFF” on black background. b) crest, 13.5 cm x 12.0 cm. White border, black middle with letters “B” “S” “C” around two crossed skis. c) maple leaf, 15.0 cm x 12.0 cm. Black felt with interlocking and overlapping lette…
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- Title
- Membership Patch
- Date
- n.d.
- Material
- felt; fabric
- Dimensions
- 8.0 x 28.0 cm
- Description
- A set of 4 black and white felt patches. a) arch shape. White letters spell out “BANFF” on black background. b) crest, 13.5 cm x 12.0 cm. White border, black middle with letters “B” “S” “C” around two crossed skis. c) maple leaf, 15.0 cm x 12.0 cm. Black felt with interlocking and overlapping letters “W” “S” “C”d) maple leaf (more simple than c), 16.5 cm x 14.0 cm. Black felt with block letters “W” “SKI” “C”
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.09.0166 a-d
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- Date
- 1940 – 1970
- Material
- cardboard; plastic; metal;
- Catalogue Number
- 104.45.0066
- Description
- Black plastic “OAKVILLE PIN HOLDER” in its original yellow cardboard box. The pin holder consists of a two-tiered body on a wider sloped base - the lower compartment contains the pins and the upper piece is pressed down on a spring, which funnels a pin through a hole on the top, allowing it to be p…
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- Title
- Pin Holder
- Date
- 1940 – 1970
- Material
- cardboard; plastic; metal;
- Dimensions
- 6.5 x 6.8 x 9.3 cm
- Description
- Black plastic “OAKVILLE PIN HOLDER” in its original yellow cardboard box. The pin holder consists of a two-tiered body on a wider sloped base - the lower compartment contains the pins and the upper piece is pressed down on a spring, which funnels a pin through a hole on the top, allowing it to be pulled out. The top consists of a cap that can be snapped off by pressing a small metal lever in order to access the pin compartment. The yellow cardboard box contains manufacturer information and instructions throughout the outside.
- Credit
- Gift of Robert Crosby Family, Banff, 1998
- Catalogue Number
- 104.45.0066
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- Date
- n.d.
- Material
- metal; plastic
- Catalogue Number
- 104.50.0021
- Description
- A pair of small scissors with metal blades and green plastic handles. “LEFTY” is stamped on each blade. “KLEENCUT FORGED STEEL U.S.A.” is also stamped on one side.
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- Title
- Scissors
- Date
- n.d.
- Material
- metal; plastic
- Dimensions
- 5.5 x 11.0 cm
- Description
- A pair of small scissors with metal blades and green plastic handles. “LEFTY” is stamped on each blade. “KLEENCUT FORGED STEEL U.S.A.” is also stamped on one side.
- Subject
- Whyte home
- arts and crafts
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.50.0021
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- Date
- n.d.
- Material
- metal
- Catalogue Number
- 104.50.0022
- Description
- A small pair of metal scissors with large rounded handles. Stamped on one side is “CUTIECUT BOSTON”
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- Title
- Scissors
- Date
- n.d.
- Material
- metal
- Dimensions
- 4.5 x 9.0 cm
- Description
- A small pair of metal scissors with large rounded handles. Stamped on one side is “CUTIECUT BOSTON”
- Subject
- Whyte home
- crafts
- art
- art supplies
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.50.0022
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- Date
- n.d.
- Material
- metal
- Catalogue Number
- 104.50.0023
- Description
- A large pair of scissors with long pointed blades and handles that are pointed at one end. Stamped on one side is “PECESCLINGIN MADE IN GERMANY”
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- Title
- Scissors
- Date
- n.d.
- Material
- metal
- Dimensions
- 6.0 x 21.0 cm
- Description
- A large pair of scissors with long pointed blades and handles that are pointed at one end. Stamped on one side is “PECESCLINGIN MADE IN GERMANY”
- Subject
- Whyte home
- crafts
- art
- art supplies
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.50.0023
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Scissors Pinker
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- Date
- n.d.
- Material
- metal
- Catalogue Number
- 104.50.0020
- Description
- A cutting device consisting of a fluted rotary blade set into a blue metal body. Blade spins when a silver handle is depressed towards a blue handle. Cuts triangular pattern into paper. Stamped on the silver handle is “THE Florian PINKER PAT. APPD FOR. USA” and “MADE BY FLORIAN MFG CO PLANTSVILLE, …
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- Title
- Scissors Pinker
- Date
- n.d.
- Material
- metal
- Dimensions
- 12.0 x 19.0 cm
- Description
- A cutting device consisting of a fluted rotary blade set into a blue metal body. Blade spins when a silver handle is depressed towards a blue handle. Cuts triangular pattern into paper. Stamped on the silver handle is “THE Florian PINKER PAT. APPD FOR. USA” and “MADE BY FLORIAN MFG CO PLANTSVILLE, CONN USA” on the other side.
- Subject
- Whyte home
- crafts
- art
- sewing
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.50.0020
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Souvenir Bookmark
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact105.06.0097
- Date
- n.d.
- Material
- leather; paint
- Catalogue Number
- 105.06.0097
- Description
- One strip of buckskin has "Banff" at top with coloured face of an Indigenous person with feather headdress. Underneath “BOOKS ARE SILENT FRIENDS" then more lettering at an angle "D.I." . All lettering is in brown pyrograph. At bottom of bookmark fine brown lines are drawn across and cuts made v…
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- Title
- Souvenir Bookmark
- Date
- n.d.
- Material
- leather; paint
- Dimensions
- 6.0 x 23.0 cm
- Description
- One strip of buckskin has "Banff" at top with coloured face of an Indigenous person with feather headdress. Underneath “BOOKS ARE SILENT FRIENDS" then more lettering at an angle "D.I." . All lettering is in brown pyrograph. At bottom of bookmark fine brown lines are drawn across and cuts made vertically to simulate fringes.
- Credit
- Gift of Jan McGregor, Edmonton, 2020
- Catalogue Number
- 105.06.0097
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- Date
- n.d.
- Material
- wood; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 104.39.0040
- Description
- A large blonde wood easel wintry three metal knobs to adjust angle, tray height, and top an as holder height. A brass rectangle that reads “art advantage” is attached to the top piece.
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- Title
- Studio Easel
- Date
- n.d.
- Material
- wood; metal
- Dimensions
- 220.0 x 57.0 cm
- Description
- A large blonde wood easel wintry three metal knobs to adjust angle, tray height, and top an as holder height. A brass rectangle that reads “art advantage” is attached to the top piece.
- Subject
- Whyte home
- art supplies
- painting
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.39.0040
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- Date
- n.d.
- Material
- fabric
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0580
- Description
- A long cotton table runner with a tick geometric pattern in blue, cream, and beige. Centre is white patch with wavy edge and marble-like veins of blue and brown.
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- Title
- Table Runner
- Date
- n.d.
- Material
- fabric
- Dimensions
- 53.0 x 230.0 cm
- Description
- A long cotton table runner with a tick geometric pattern in blue, cream, and beige. Centre is white patch with wavy edge and marble-like veins of blue and brown.
- Subject
- Whyte home
- decor
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0580
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- Date
- n.d.
- Material
- fabric
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0578
- Description
- A square cotton table cloth with a blue and beige batik pattern.
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- Title
- Table Cover
- Date
- n.d.
- Material
- fabric
- Dimensions
- 104.0 x 104.0 cm
- Description
- A square cotton table cloth with a blue and beige batik pattern.
- Subject
- Whyte home
- decor
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0578
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- Date
- n.d.
- Material
- fabric
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0583
- Description
- Rectangular table covering sewn into a tube. Batik pattern in blue, brown, and beige. Geometric at the back and on two sides of the front with a blue strip containing floral design.
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- Title
- Table Cover
- Date
- n.d.
- Material
- fabric
- Dimensions
- 90.0 x 107.0 cm
- Description
- Rectangular table covering sewn into a tube. Batik pattern in blue, brown, and beige. Geometric at the back and on two sides of the front with a blue strip containing floral design.
- Subject
- Whyte home
- decor
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0583
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- Date
- n.d.
- Material
- fabric
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0584 a-c
- Description
- 3 cotton table runners with batik patterns in black, brown, beige, red, and blue. Each has geometric pattern around the edge, a geometric pattern with leaves in the interior; and a long thin diamond shape with geometric pattern along its edge in the centre. A) is more brown and black than b) and c)…
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- Title
- Table Runner
- Date
- n.d.
- Material
- fabric
- Dimensions
- 51.0 x 246.0 cm
- Description
- 3 cotton table runners with batik patterns in black, brown, beige, red, and blue. Each has geometric pattern around the edge, a geometric pattern with leaves in the interior; and a long thin diamond shape with geometric pattern along its edge in the centre. A) is more brown and black than b) and c) which are slightly more red.
- Subject
- Whyte home
- decor
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0584 a-c
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- Date
- n.d.
- Material
- metal; aluminum
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.1309
- Description
- A small aluminum tea pot with no handle or lid. The spout is short and curves up with the mouth split like a fish mouth. There is a spot where the handle would be, a bracket with a hole and riveted to the teapot. On the bottom of the pot “MADE ITALY” is stamped into the aluminum.
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- Title
- Teapot
- Date
- n.d.
- Material
- metal; aluminum
- Dimensions
- 9.8 x 7.4 x 11.2 cm
- Description
- A small aluminum tea pot with no handle or lid. The spout is short and curves up with the mouth split like a fish mouth. There is a spot where the handle would be, a bracket with a hole and riveted to the teapot. On the bottom of the pot “MADE ITALY” is stamped into the aluminum.
- Credit
- Gift of Harold McBride Mortimer, Banff, 1995
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.1309
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- Date
- 1950 – 1970
- Material
- plastic; metal; thread;
- Catalogue Number
- 104.45.0065
- Description
- Cream and red cylindrical thread holder with a small head with a black painted face and red hat on top. Inside the main body is a cream-coloured insert with three different coloured threads wrapped around it, separated by disks - the insert has a hollow opening at the top where three sewing needles…
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- Title
- Thread Holder
- Date
- 1950 – 1970
- Material
- plastic; metal; thread;
- Dimensions
- 6.9 cm
- Description
- Cream and red cylindrical thread holder with a small head with a black painted face and red hat on top. Inside the main body is a cream-coloured insert with three different coloured threads wrapped around it, separated by disks - the insert has a hollow opening at the top where three sewing needles [one of which has a short length of black thread in it] are housed. “FRENCH IVORY” is stamped on the bottom.
- Credit
- Gift of Robert Crosby Family, Banff, 1998
- Catalogue Number
- 104.45.0065
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- Date
- 1968
- Material
- metal;
- Catalogue Number
- 110.01.0304
- Description
- A small blue tin with an intricately designed label printed onto the tin with lots of rust. The label reads “EDGEWORTH EXTRA HIGH GRADE PLUG SLICE SMOKING TOBACCO” and a scroll at the bottom that reads “LARUS & BRO.CO. RICHMOND, VA.U.S.A.” The tin lid hinges at the back of the tin, when opened ther…
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- Title
- Tin Box
- Date
- 1968
- Material
- metal;
- Dimensions
- 2.0 x 5.5 x 8.0 cm
- Description
- A small blue tin with an intricately designed label printed onto the tin with lots of rust. The label reads “EDGEWORTH EXTRA HIGH GRADE PLUG SLICE SMOKING TOBACCO” and a scroll at the bottom that reads “LARUS & BRO.CO. RICHMOND, VA.U.S.A.” The tin lid hinges at the back of the tin, when opened there is text on the lid, some of the writing is blocked by rust but what can be deciphered reads “To the Consumers of High Grade Tobaccos..We desire to” “your special attention to EDGEWORTH TOBACCO” “the best combination that can be made only finest selection of leaf” “used. Every box of” “is” “not to burn the tongue and to give satisfaction.” “We will cheerfully refund money to any dissatisfied purchaser.” “LARUS & BRO CO., Richmond”. There is also text on the bottom of the tin but it is undecipherable due to rust.
- Credit
- Gift of Harold McBride Mortimer, Banff, 1995
- Catalogue Number
- 110.01.0304
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