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- 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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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
- 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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- 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
- 1949 – 1990
- Material
- metal; leather; glass;
- Catalogue Number
- 104.41.0130
- Description
- A Linhof Technika 4x5 metal camera. The front panel folds down and has the option to extend beyond 90 degrees - the lens plate mount slides out on tracks and can be adjusted by two gears, extending the bellows. The camera has a Technika Xenar 1:4,5 / 150 lens mounted. The back of the camera also fo…
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- Title
- Camera
- Date
- 1949 – 1990
- Material
- metal; leather; glass;
- Dimensions
- 17.7 x 20.5 x 10.2 cm
- Description
- A Linhof Technika 4x5 metal camera. The front panel folds down and has the option to extend beyond 90 degrees - the lens plate mount slides out on tracks and can be adjusted by two gears, extending the bellows. The camera has a Technika Xenar 1:4,5 / 150 lens mounted. The back of the camera also folds down to show the exposure plate inside the main compartment - on the panel that folds down is some kind of leather hood and a depth of field table printed onto the panel. The main compartment of the camera has a leather handle on the left-hand side, a view-finder and mount for a flash on the right-hand side, another attachment mount and a circular level on the top, and a hole in the bottom where it can be fixed to a tripod - there is a second tripod mount in the front panel.
- Subject
- Nicholas Morant
- photography
- camera;
- Credit
- Gift of Nicholas Morant, Banff, 2006
- Catalogue Number
- 104.41.0130
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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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Scissors Pinker
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact104.50.0020
- 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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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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Projection Lens
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact104.41.0122
- Date
- 1940 – 1950
- Material
- metal; glass; cardboard
- Catalogue Number
- 104.41.0122
- Description
- A Kodak Precision Enlarger f/4.5 51mm focussing lens centered in a square metal plate with a black velvet-lined lens cap housed in the original grey Kodak cardboard box. This lens would be used with an enlarger as the very bottom piece before the image that is being enlarged.
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- Title
- Projection Lens
- Date
- 1940 – 1950
- Material
- metal; glass; cardboard
- Dimensions
- 4.4 x 7.5 x 7.5 cm
- Description
- A Kodak Precision Enlarger f/4.5 51mm focussing lens centered in a square metal plate with a black velvet-lined lens cap housed in the original grey Kodak cardboard box. This lens would be used with an enlarger as the very bottom piece before the image that is being enlarged.
- Credit
- Gift of Nicholas Morant, Banff, 2006
- Catalogue Number
- 104.41.0122
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- Date
- 1960 – 1970
- Material
- plastic; metal;
- Catalogue Number
- 104.41.0121
- Description
- A black plastic double lens reflex Bedford Flex camera. The camera takes 4x4 exposures but due to its poor quality was not considered a real twin lens reflex camera by many professional photographers - it would be better suited for amateurs or as a toy. The camera has the pop-open top viewfinder, t…
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- Title
- Toy Camera
- Date
- 1960 – 1970
- Material
- plastic; metal;
- Dimensions
- 11.0 x 7.5 x 7.5 cm
- Description
- A black plastic double lens reflex Bedford Flex camera. The camera takes 4x4 exposures but due to its poor quality was not considered a real twin lens reflex camera by many professional photographers - it would be better suited for amateurs or as a toy. The camera has the pop-open top viewfinder, two front-facing lenses with a black rubber lens cap, and a plastic carry strap attached to two metal brackets on either side of the camera.
- Subject
- Nicholas Morant
- photography
- camera
- toy camera
- Credit
- Gift of Nicholas Morant, Banff, 2006
- Catalogue Number
- 104.41.0121
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Photography Manuals
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact104.41.0120
- Date
- 1950 – 1980
- Material
- fabric; paper; plastic;
- Catalogue Number
- 104.41.0120
- Description
- Various manuals pertaining to camera, lens, and light settings/instructions housed in a white fabric pouch with the Canadian National Railway “CN” logo printed in black on the front.
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- Title
- Photography Manuals
- Date
- 1950 – 1980
- Material
- fabric; paper; plastic;
- Dimensions
- 2.1 x 5.5 x 21.3 cm
- Description
- Various manuals pertaining to camera, lens, and light settings/instructions housed in a white fabric pouch with the Canadian National Railway “CN” logo printed in black on the front.
- Credit
- Gift of Nicholas Morant, Banff, 2006
- Catalogue Number
- 104.41.0120
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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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- 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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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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- 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
- 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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Reflectors Flash
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- Date
- 1950 – 1975
- Material
- metal; plastic;
- Catalogue Number
- 104.41.0114 a-c
- Description
- Three cone-shaped flash reflector attachments of different configurations. The largest reflector has a matte black metal mount with “HR” inscribed inside a circle on both sides - the reflector is perpendicular to the base of the mount and directly opposite from the base of the cone is a red plastic…
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- Title
- Reflectors Flash
- Date
- 1950 – 1975
- Material
- metal; plastic;
- Dimensions
- 15.2 x 15.2 x 12.1 cm
- Description
- Three cone-shaped flash reflector attachments of different configurations. The largest reflector has a matte black metal mount with “HR” inscribed inside a circle on both sides - the reflector is perpendicular to the base of the mount and directly opposite from the base of the cone is a red plastic button. The plug for the light bulb is located in the middle of the cone. The mid-sized reflector consists of a bowl-shaped disk with a bulb plug at the bottom and a matte black metal mount directly below that. In the middle of the reflector is a small dent.The smallest reflector is a deep cone-shape with a central plug for the light bulb and another plug for the reflector on the outside.
- Credit
- Gift of Nicholas Morant, Banff, 2006
- Catalogue Number
- 104.41.0114 a-c
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Camera Bellows
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact104.41.0113
- Date
- 1950 – 1970
- Material
- paper; metal; fabric;
- Catalogue Number
- 104.41.0113
- Description
- Black camera lens bellows attachment on silver rails. There is no lens fixed into the bellows. Bellows housed inside a fabric draw-string bag.
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- Title
- Camera Bellows
- Date
- 1950 – 1970
- Material
- paper; metal; fabric;
- Dimensions
- 16.0 x 15.3 x 10.7 cm
- Description
- Black camera lens bellows attachment on silver rails. There is no lens fixed into the bellows. Bellows housed inside a fabric draw-string bag.
- Credit
- Gift of Nicholas Morant, Banff, 2006
- Catalogue Number
- 104.41.0113
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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
- plastic wood; metal; nylon
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0532
- Description
- A small fold up umbrella with a purple nylon body, a wooden shaft, and aa translucent yellow plastic handle. A length of green cord is tied around the handle in a loop. Spoke ends and top of umbrella are green plastic.
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- Title
- Umbrella
- Date
- n.d.
- Material
- plastic wood; metal; nylon
- Dimensions
- 22.0 x 63.0 cm
- Description
- A small fold up umbrella with a purple nylon body, a wooden shaft, and aa translucent yellow plastic handle. A length of green cord is tied around the handle in a loop. Spoke ends and top of umbrella are green plastic.
- Subject
- Whyte home
- accessories
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0532
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