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Commemorative Medal
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- Date
- 1955
- Material
- metal; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 105.02.3004
- Description
- Silver coloured medal with hanging bar. Centre is the Alberta crest with "Alberta Golden Jubilee 1905 1955" around edge. Other side "Friendship Loyalty Progress. Hanging bar, with striped cloth tied on, "Western Airlines" with profile of head with headdress and “JR. STEWARDESS.”
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- Title
- Commemorative Medal
- Date
- 1955
- Material
- metal; fibre
- Dimensions
- 6.4 x 6.4 cm
- Description
- Silver coloured medal with hanging bar. Centre is the Alberta crest with "Alberta Golden Jubilee 1905 1955" around edge. Other side "Friendship Loyalty Progress. Hanging bar, with striped cloth tied on, "Western Airlines" with profile of head with headdress and “JR. STEWARDESS.”
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 105.02.3004
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Commemorative Ribbon
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- Date
- 1955
- Material
- fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 105.02.1115
- Description
- Green ribbon printed with the Alberta provincial shield, “50 GOLDEN YEARS” and “BANFF 1905 to 1955.”
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- Title
- Commemorative Ribbon
- Date
- 1955
- Material
- fibre
- Description
- Green ribbon printed with the Alberta provincial shield, “50 GOLDEN YEARS” and “BANFF 1905 to 1955.”
- Credit
- Gift of Muriel E. Dayman, Calgary, 1992
- Catalogue Number
- 105.02.1115
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- Date
- 1984
- Material
- paper
- Catalogue Number
- 105.02.1069 a,b
- Description
- Banff Springs Hotel and Luxton Museum souvenir decals. (a) "Banff Springs Hotel" written in blue on white at the bottom (10.0 x9.0) a picture of the hotel with the green, treed slope of Sulphur Mountain behind. Below the picture is "Canadian Rockies" on the left written in small black print and …
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- Title
- Decal
- Date
- 1984
- Material
- paper
- Description
- Banff Springs Hotel and Luxton Museum souvenir decals. (a) "Banff Springs Hotel" written in blue on white at the bottom (10.0 x9.0) a picture of the hotel with the green, treed slope of Sulphur Mountain behind. Below the picture is "Canadian Rockies" on the left written in small black print and a small red Canadian flag on the right (b) "Luxton Museum Banff Canada" in red print on the top of decal (9.0 x 6.4) above a red Canadian flag.
- Credit
- Purchased from Luxton Museum, Banff, 1984
- Catalogue Number
- 105.02.1069 a,b
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- Date
- 1955 – 1965
- Material
- paper
- Catalogue Number
- 105.02.1066
- Description
- Banff Canada "Mountie" transfer. Fully decked out Mountie marching along, red coat, blue pants with yellow stripe, revolver, tall brown boots, yellow spurs, brown hat, blue collar. "Banff Canada" written underneath Mountie in white and blue on red. Details for application of decal on back, serial …
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- Title
- Decal
- Date
- 1955 – 1965
- Material
- paper
- Dimensions
- 13.4 x 7.0 cm
- Description
- Banff Canada "Mountie" transfer. Fully decked out Mountie marching along, red coat, blue pants with yellow stripe, revolver, tall brown boots, yellow spurs, brown hat, blue collar. "Banff Canada" written underneath Mountie in white and blue on red. Details for application of decal on back, serial 46645.
- Credit
- Gift of Unknown, 1968
- Catalogue Number
- 105.02.1066
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- Date
- 1950 – 1980
- Material
- paper; plastic
- Catalogue Number
- 105.02.1089 a-c
- Description
- 3 windshield decals, silver backgrounds (a) sheild-shaped 5.0x4.4, stylized Canadian flag with "CANADA" in white on blue across top, gummed back (b) shield-shaped 10.0x8.9, image of Lake Louise "LAKE LOUISE, ALTA." in white on black across top gummed back (c)shield-shaped, 10.2 x 8.9, Alberta …
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- Title
- Decals
- Date
- 1950 – 1980
- Material
- paper; plastic
- Description
- 3 windshield decals, silver backgrounds (a) sheild-shaped 5.0x4.4, stylized Canadian flag with "CANADA" in white on blue across top, gummed back (b) shield-shaped 10.0x8.9, image of Lake Louise "LAKE LOUISE, ALTA." in white on black across top gummed back (c)shield-shaped, 10.2 x 8.9, Alberta crest centered on blue background "ALBERTA" in white on red across top, gummed back (b) and (c) still in sealed plastic package.
- Subject
- souvenirs
- lodges
- Deer Lodge
- Lake Louise
- Credit
- Gift of Robert Crosby, Banff, 1985
- Catalogue Number
- 105.02.1089 a-c
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Decorative Pin
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- Date
- 1915 – 1916
- Material
- fibre; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 103.01.0076
- Description
- Pin in the shape of a small yarn doll dressed in kilt and playing bagpipes. Wrapped and stitched yarn forms face, hands and legs, with pieces of red plaid ribbon forming the windbag of the bagpipe. Red wool jacket is stitched around edges with gold thread as decoration. Tall black hat and sporran …
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- Title
- Decorative Pin
- Date
- 1915 – 1916
- Material
- fibre; metal
- Dimensions
- 10.5 x 3.0 cm
- Description
- Pin in the shape of a small yarn doll dressed in kilt and playing bagpipes. Wrapped and stitched yarn forms face, hands and legs, with pieces of red plaid ribbon forming the windbag of the bagpipe. Red wool jacket is stitched around edges with gold thread as decoration. Tall black hat and sporran made from bits of white and black yarn; gold safety pin stitched to back acts as clasp for pin. Handwritten on label on side of box is illegible writing, deciphered as, “Bought Glacier/ 1916 Bagpiper”.
- Subject
- Whyte home
- playthings
- souvenirs
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.01.0076
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Decorative Plate
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- Date
- 1950 – 1975
- Material
- ceramic
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.1077
- Description
- One souvenir plate, “CANADA” written in centre with images of Niagara Falls, parliament buildings, RCMP, Lake Louise, moose. Scalloped edge.
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- Title
- Decorative Plate
- Date
- 1950 – 1975
- Material
- ceramic
- Dimensions
- 3.0 x 20.0 x 20.0 cm
- Description
- One souvenir plate, “CANADA” written in centre with images of Niagara Falls, parliament buildings, RCMP, Lake Louise, moose. Scalloped edge.
- Credit
- Gift of Phyllis H. Horpenuk, Banff, 2002
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.1077
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- Date
- 1910 – 1940
- Material
- fibre, plant
- Catalogue Number
- 103.04.0007
- Description
- A closely woven straw hat in the shape of a truncated cone. The straw is dyed black in some places to form bands around the sides. Black dyed and natural coloured straw form concentric circles on top of the hat with a small circular opening in the centre.
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- Title
- Fez
- Date
- 1910 – 1940
- Material
- fibre, plant
- Dimensions
- 11.0 cm
- Description
- A closely woven straw hat in the shape of a truncated cone. The straw is dyed black in some places to form bands around the sides. Black dyed and natural coloured straw form concentric circles on top of the hat with a small circular opening in the centre.
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.04.0007
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- Date
- 1915 – 1935
- Material
- bone?; wood
- Catalogue Number
- 107.02.0015
- Description
- A relief carving on the surface of a hollow tube-shaped piece of bone(?). The carving is of a female figure with a large pierced fanned headdress and wings at her hips kneeling on the back of a large bird with sharp talons, beak, and large textured wings at either side. The carving is deeply inci…
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- Title
- Figurine
- Date
- 1915 – 1935
- Material
- bone?; wood
- Dimensions
- 20.7 x 4.0; 8.9 (base) x 4.5; 8.9 (base) cm
- Description
- A relief carving on the surface of a hollow tube-shaped piece of bone(?). The carving is of a female figure with a large pierced fanned headdress and wings at her hips kneeling on the back of a large bird with sharp talons, beak, and large textured wings at either side. The carving is deeply incised and pierced through to the hollow centre in places. The carving is attached to a stepped wooden base by fitting it over a shaped piece at the top and with one nail at the front and one nail at the back.
- Subject
- households
- decorative
- souvenirs
- crafts
- carving
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 107.02.0015
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- Date
- 1914 – 1919
- Material
- metal; wood
- Catalogue Number
- 105.05.0001
- Description
- Military issue gun for shooting flares. The gun is a top break single action, with a short, wide brass barrel and breech, steel trigger, hammer, barrel release and joining screws, and a rounded wooden grip. There is a steel ring at the butt end of the grip. The flare gun is marked: inside action…
- Title
- Flare Gun
- Date
- 1914 – 1919
- Material
- metal; wood
- Dimensions
- 15.0 x 4.0 x 21.0 cm
- Description
- Military issue gun for shooting flares. The gun is a top break single action, with a short, wide brass barrel and breech, steel trigger, hammer, barrel release and joining screws, and a rounded wooden grip. There is a steel ring at the butt end of the grip. The flare gun is marked: inside action: “697”; inside action on underside of barrel: “39697”; left side of barrel: “ ‘16”; an arrow; two stamps with crowns and numbers; on frame underneath barrel on left side: “WEBLEY & SCOTT LTD LONDON & BIRMINGHAM”; an arrow; “‘16”; “III”; same stamps as above; on frame underneath barrel on right side: “W&S” beneath a stamped logo; serial number “39697.”
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 105.05.0001
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- Date
- 1950 – 1955
- Material
- glass; wood
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0305
- Description
- Rounded wooden bowl supporting circular, slightly domed glass frog (which contains 16 holes to hold flower stems upright). Label on base of wood bowl says "Myrtlewood. A rare and beautiful wood from the evergreen forests of Oregon."
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- Title
- Flower Bowl
- Date
- 1950 – 1955
- Material
- glass; wood
- Dimensions
- 5.9 x 14.0 cm
- Description
- Rounded wooden bowl supporting circular, slightly domed glass frog (which contains 16 holes to hold flower stems upright). Label on base of wood bowl says "Myrtlewood. A rare and beautiful wood from the evergreen forests of Oregon."
- Subject
- households
- souvenirs
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0305
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- Date
- 1915 – 1930
- Material
- skin; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.1053 a,b
- Description
- Floral embroidery on white buckskin, machine sewn, embroidered on glove and gauntlet, same design but smaller on glove, open floral design: 3 flowers in red, purple buds, green leaves, bluestems, 5.0 long fringe sewn to gauntlets, pink cotton lining in gauntlet, decorative machine stitching on insi…
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- Title
- Gauntlet Gloves
- Date
- 1915 – 1930
- Material
- skin; fibre
- Dimensions
- 21.5 x 34.0 cm
- Description
- Floral embroidery on white buckskin, machine sewn, embroidered on glove and gauntlet, same design but smaller on glove, open floral design: 3 flowers in red, purple buds, green leaves, bluestems, 5.0 long fringe sewn to gauntlets, pink cotton lining in gauntlet, decorative machine stitching on inside of gauntlet.
- Credit
- Gift of Robert Crosby, Banff, 1985
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.1053 a,b
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- Date
- 1910 – 1940
- Material
- skin; glass; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.1055 a,b
- Description
- Pair two-colour buckskin with beads and fringe, machine sewn, light buckskin on glove, 3 rows of black beads on back of hand, gauntlet dark buckskin with 3/4 of edging bound with light coloured buckskin, single flower motif: red, blue, yellow, stem and leaves black and orange, canvas lined gauntlet…
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- Title
- Gauntlet Gloves
- Date
- 1910 – 1940
- Material
- skin; glass; fibre
- Dimensions
- 16.0 x 34.0 cm
- Description
- Pair two-colour buckskin with beads and fringe, machine sewn, light buckskin on glove, 3 rows of black beads on back of hand, gauntlet dark buckskin with 3/4 of edging bound with light coloured buckskin, single flower motif: red, blue, yellow, stem and leaves black and orange, canvas lined gauntlet, fringe 7.0 long.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- clothing
- beadwork
- Deer Lodge
- souvenirs
- regalia
- Credit
- Gift of Robert Crosby, Banff, 1985
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.1055 a,b
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- Date
- 1910 – 1940
- Material
- glass
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.0188
- Description
- A cylindrical flat bottomed drinking glass. The glass is clear with the crest of the Chateau Laurier etched on the side.
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- Title
- Glass
- Date
- 1910 – 1940
- Material
- glass
- Dimensions
- 9.0 cm
- Description
- A cylindrical flat bottomed drinking glass. The glass is clear with the crest of the Chateau Laurier etched on the side.
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.0188
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- Date
- 1980 – 1985
- Material
- fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 103.05.1099
- Description
- Cream, centennial 1885-1985, National Parks of Canada, ordinary cotton/poly short sleeve cream golf shirt, 3 button placket and 2 piece collar, one pocket on left side chest, pocket has National Parks Centennial printed in brown, underneath a 4.5 x 3.0 logo with 1885 over parks logo (beaver) und…
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- Title
- Golf Shirt
- Date
- 1980 – 1985
- Material
- fibre
- Dimensions
- 53.0 x 61.0 cm
- Description
- Cream, centennial 1885-1985, National Parks of Canada, ordinary cotton/poly short sleeve cream golf shirt, 3 button placket and 2 piece collar, one pocket on left side chest, pocket has National Parks Centennial printed in brown, underneath a 4.5 x 3.0 logo with 1885 over parks logo (beaver) underneath, in French: "Centanaire des parcs nationaux".
- Credit
- Purchased from Rundle Memorial United Church, Banff, 1990
- Catalogue Number
- 103.05.1099
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- Date
- 1915 – 1933
- Material
- ivory
- Catalogue Number
- 107.02.0014 a,b
- Description
- A carved ivory figurine of a bearded, balding Japanese man wearing a knee-length textured kimono with a scarf tied about his waist and neck. The man is holding a gnarled stick over one shoulder with soft bag tied to it. A gnarled cane in his other hand is also held on to by a bald child in a long…
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- Title
- Group Figurine
- Date
- 1915 – 1933
- Material
- ivory
- Dimensions
- 11.5; 1.2 (base) x 4.2; 6.3 (base) x 4.3; 10.5 (base) cm
- Description
- A carved ivory figurine of a bearded, balding Japanese man wearing a knee-length textured kimono with a scarf tied about his waist and neck. The man is holding a gnarled stick over one shoulder with soft bag tied to it. A gnarled cane in his other hand is also held on to by a bald child in a long robe with a basket near its feet. The base, a completely separate low oval brown wooden stand (b), that the figurine rests on is carved with as much careful detail as the whole.
- Subject
- households
- decorative
- souvenirs
- crafts
- carving
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 107.02.0014 a,b
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- Date
- 1910 – 1930
- Material
- feet, deer
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0167 a-f
- Description
- Three gun racks. Each rack is made of a pair of deer hooves bent up at right angles at the fetlock. The hide and flesh has been removed from the bone near the knee joint, and the exposed bone is fitted into a hole drilled in the wall. Two hooves are placed on a level at a distance far enough apart…
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- Title
- Gun Rack
- Date
- 1910 – 1930
- Material
- feet, deer
- Dimensions
- 12.5 x 3.2 x 16.0 cm
- Description
- Three gun racks. Each rack is made of a pair of deer hooves bent up at right angles at the fetlock. The hide and flesh has been removed from the bone near the knee joint, and the exposed bone is fitted into a hole drilled in the wall. Two hooves are placed on a level at a distance far enough apart (approximately 75 cm) to hold a gun, or bow, between them.
- Subject
- households
- decorative
- hunting
- sports
- animals
- souvenirs
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0167 a-f
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- Date
- 1950 – 1980
- Material
- fibre; paint
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.1132
- Description
- Square handkerchief of pink fabric with a scalloped edge. The edge is finished with gold paint. One corner has three flowers and a bud with stems and leaves painted on the fabric and highlighted in gold. Above the flowers “Banff” is handwritten in gold paint.
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- Title
- Handkerchief
- Date
- 1950 – 1980
- Material
- fibre; paint
- Dimensions
- 30.8 x 29.5 cm
- Description
- Square handkerchief of pink fabric with a scalloped edge. The edge is finished with gold paint. One corner has three flowers and a bud with stems and leaves painted on the fabric and highlighted in gold. Above the flowers “Banff” is handwritten in gold paint.
- Credit
- Gift of Unknown, 1968
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.1132
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- Date
- 1950 – 1960
- Material
- fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.1013
- Description
- Very fine decorative handkerchief, gold completely outlines scalloped edges. 5 flowers, 2 pink, 2 yellow and 1 blue, green leaves and "Banff" in one corner. Gold highlights on flowers and leaves.
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- Title
- Handkerchief
- Date
- 1950 – 1960
- Material
- fibre
- Dimensions
- 28.0 x 27.0 cm
- Description
- Very fine decorative handkerchief, gold completely outlines scalloped edges. 5 flowers, 2 pink, 2 yellow and 1 blue, green leaves and "Banff" in one corner. Gold highlights on flowers and leaves.
- Subject
- households
- clothing
- souvenirs
- Banff
- Credit
- Gift of Anne Green, Calgary, 1986
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.1013
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Handkerchief Box
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- Date
- 1950 – 1970
- Material
- paper
- Catalogue Number
- 110.01.1026 a,b
- Description
- Small light blue handkerchief box, black diamond design along left edge. Printer across in capital letters "Charles Reid Linen Shop Banff Canada". Box (b) light yellow overall colour with "Charles Reid Linen Shop Banff - Canada" centered, in green. Both boxes are of the same fold-over design.
- Title
- Handkerchief Box
- Date
- 1950 – 1970
- Material
- paper
- Dimensions
- 20.5 cm
- Description
- Small light blue handkerchief box, black diamond design along left edge. Printer across in capital letters "Charles Reid Linen Shop Banff Canada". Box (b) light yellow overall colour with "Charles Reid Linen Shop Banff - Canada" centered, in green. Both boxes are of the same fold-over design.
- Subject
- souvenirs
- Charles Reid Linen Shop
- Banff
- Credit
- Gift of Betty S. MacAulay, Banff, 1997
- Catalogue Number
- 110.01.1026 a,b
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