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Saucepan Cookware
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact104.19.0016
- Date
- 1850 – 1900
- Material
- metal
- Catalogue Number
- 104.19.0016
- Description
- A straight-sided copper-plated bucket with a flat box-type lid. The lid has a wide strap of metal at the centre to hold a heavy round ring handle. There is a long, heavy, round carrying handle that hangs from loops attached to the sides of the bucket. The top of the lid has a design of small lin…
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- Title
- Saucepan Cookware
- Date
- 1850 – 1900
- Material
- metal
- Dimensions
- 12.0 cm
- Description
- A straight-sided copper-plated bucket with a flat box-type lid. The lid has a wide strap of metal at the centre to hold a heavy round ring handle. There is a long, heavy, round carrying handle that hangs from loops attached to the sides of the bucket. The top of the lid has a design of small lines in a spiral pattern.
- Subject
- households
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.19.0016
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- Date
- 1850 – 1900
- Material
- fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 103.04.1030 a,b
- Description
- (a) fine black net head shawl with embroidered motifs all over and scalloped edges on three sides (b) 78.0x78.0, cream net with embroidered stars all over, 2 long sides have scalloped embroidered edges, one end has 15.0 embroidered border and scalloped edging, other end has plain narrow hem with g…
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- Title
- Scarf
- Date
- 1850 – 1900
- Material
- fibre
- Dimensions
- 56.0 x 96.0 cm
- Description
- (a) fine black net head shawl with embroidered motifs all over and scalloped edges on three sides (b) 78.0x78.0, cream net with embroidered stars all over, 2 long sides have scalloped embroidered edges, one end has 15.0 embroidered border and scalloped edging, other end has plain narrow hem with gathering in centre 12.0 cm.
- Credit
- Gift of Charles C. Reid, Banff, Alberta, 1986
- Catalogue Number
- 103.04.1030 a,b
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- Part Of
- Alpine Club of Canada fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of a scrapbook pertaining primarily to the Calgary Stampede and the Banff Indian Days. Contains newspaper clippings, photographs, and leaflets. Also includes newspaper clippings pertaining to Mt. Assiniboine, Timber Carnivals, and other ACC-affliated events.
- Date Range
- 1850-1952
- Reference Code
- M200 / AC 148M / 1
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Scrapbook
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- Part Of
- Alpine Club of Canada fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M200 / S6 / V14
- Series
- IV.A. Other material: textual
- Sous-Fonds
- AC 148M
- Accession Number
- .
- Reference Code
- M200 / AC 148M / 1
- GMD
- Scrapbook
- Date Range
- 1850-1952
- Physical Description
- 2.5 cm of textual material (42 pages ; 30.5 x 25.5 cm)
- History / Biographical
- See fonds level description.
- Scope & Content
- File consists of a scrapbook pertaining primarily to the Calgary Stampede and the Banff Indian Days. Contains newspaper clippings, photographs, and leaflets. Also includes newspaper clippings pertaining to Mt. Assiniboine, Timber Carnivals, and other ACC-affliated events.
- Name Access
- Alpine Club of Canada
- Subject Access
- Banff Indian Days
- Banff Indian Grounds
- Calgary Stampede
- Rodeo
- Festival
- Winter Carnival
- Ranching
- Winter sports
- Geographic Access
- Banff
- Lake Louise
- Mount Assiniboine
- Mount Assiniboine Park
- Calgary
- Alberta
- British Columbia
- Canada
- Language
- English
- Title Source
- Title based on material
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Secretary; Writing Desk
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact102.03.1027
- Date
- 1850
- Material
- wood, mahogany;
- Catalogue Number
- 102.03.1027
- Description
- A writing desk that features a curved and inlaid centre portion which folds back to expose four small drawers and open compartments above a pull-out writing/working surface. The desk is supported by two richly carved legs depicting acanthus leaves, terminating in brass casters. It’s flanked by a pa…
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- Title
- Secretary; Writing Desk
- Date
- 1850
- Material
- wood, mahogany;
- Description
- A writing desk that features a curved and inlaid centre portion which folds back to expose four small drawers and open compartments above a pull-out writing/working surface. The desk is supported by two richly carved legs depicting acanthus leaves, terminating in brass casters. It’s flanked by a pair of brass candle holders. Below the working surface are a pair of fielded flamed mahogany doors with brass accents which enclose a storage area. The upper portion features a bookcase with a pair of glazed doors with brass accents. This mahogany secretary features numerous decorative elements including gilt mounts, brass ornamentations, detailed carvings, flamed mahogany panels and an overall exhibition of superior craftsmanship.
- Subject
- households
- furniture
- Mary Schaffer
- Credit
- Gift of Jan McGregor, Edmonton, 2014
- Catalogue Number
- 102.03.1027
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- Date
- 1850 – 1900
- Material
- metal
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.0536
- Description
- Spoon with elongated bowl and handle with shell design at base and tip. Top of handle has armoured hand holding dagger, underside handle contains four hallmark stamps.
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- Title
- Serving Spoon
- Date
- 1850 – 1900
- Material
- metal
- Dimensions
- 3.5 x 5.5 x 28.5 cm
- Description
- Spoon with elongated bowl and handle with shell design at base and tip. Top of handle has armoured hand holding dagger, underside handle contains four hallmark stamps.
- Subject
- households
- Edith Morse Robb
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.0536
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- Date
- 1850 – 1900
- Material
- wood
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.0230
- Description
- Nearly square black lacquered tray with short straight sides and flat horizontal lip tapering at corners. Gold lacquer design of seven circles, approx. 5 cm diam, each made up of a different wreath formed by leaves, branches and blossoms of various flowers tinted in colour, iris, chrysanthemum, …
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- Title
- Serving Tray
- Date
- 1850 – 1900
- Material
- wood
- Dimensions
- 1.6 x 23.2 x 25.8 cm
- Description
- Nearly square black lacquered tray with short straight sides and flat horizontal lip tapering at corners. Gold lacquer design of seven circles, approx. 5 cm diam, each made up of a different wreath formed by leaves, branches and blossoms of various flowers tinted in colour, iris, chrysanthemum, peach.
- Subject
- households
- Japanese
- Edward S. Morse
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.0230
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- Date
- 1850 – 1925
- Material
- wood; metal; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 104.45.0036
- Description
- Small wooden Japanese box of curly grained wood with drawers in front and trap door on top. Highly varnished finish over golden brown wood with watery grain similar to bird's eye maple on front of drawers. Large drawer across bottom, slightly shallower drawer in middle, and half drawer above on rig…
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- Title
- Sewing Box
- Date
- 1850 – 1925
- Material
- wood; metal; fibre
- Dimensions
- 13.3 x 9.9 x 17.7 cm
- Description
- Small wooden Japanese box of curly grained wood with drawers in front and trap door on top. Highly varnished finish over golden brown wood with watery grain similar to bird's eye maple on front of drawers. Large drawer across bottom, slightly shallower drawer in middle, and half drawer above on right side. Bottom drawer has loop pull, others have small button pulls with backing plates in shape of five cherry blossoms petalled flowers. All hardware enamelled reddish brown over the metal. Top hinged at middle and left hand side opens and folds flat over other side with square frame at middle holding red fabric pin cushion, shallow well inside. Interior of drawers and well painted with black lacquer enamel, wood of drawers splitting and shrinking leaving cracks and gaps, especially at joints, fronts of drawers warped and bowed. Marks: carved into base, a symbol which looks like unconnected "K" (SU)?
- Subject
- households
- hobbies
- craft
- sewing
- Edith Morse Robb
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.45.0036
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- Date
- 1850 – 1900
- Material
- metal, silver
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.0013
- Description
- A silver shoehorn with a curved blade that narrows into a handle. There is an embossed floral pattern on the inside of the handle. The shoehorn in marked with three hallmarks and “Sterling B 350”.
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- Title
- Shoehorn
- Date
- 1850 – 1900
- Material
- metal, silver
- Dimensions
- 2.3 x 4.7 x 15.5 cm
- Description
- A silver shoehorn with a curved blade that narrows into a handle. There is an embossed floral pattern on the inside of the handle. The shoehorn in marked with three hallmarks and “Sterling B 350”.
- Subject
- households
- clothing
- footwear
- assistive device
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.0013
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- Date
- 1850 – 1900
- Material
- metal
- Catalogue Number
- 104.10.0028
- Description
- A flattened sack shaped metal flask with round bottom and long neck and seam along sides. Round brass collar at top of neck where flat round cap screws on. Cap has finger trigger at side which operates a shutter mechanism across a hole in the cap's centre surrounded by a threaded lip in order to em…
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- Title
- Shot Flask
- Date
- 1850 – 1900
- Material
- metal
- Dimensions
- 3.5 x 8.8 x 17.7 cm
- Description
- A flattened sack shaped metal flask with round bottom and long neck and seam along sides. Round brass collar at top of neck where flat round cap screws on. Cap has finger trigger at side which operates a shutter mechanism across a hole in the cap's centre surrounded by a threaded lip in order to empty a measure of shot. Contains very small 1 mm round lead shot pellets. Stamped on brass cap "Improved best quality Sykes patent"
- Subject
- activities
- hunting
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.10.0028
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- Date
- 1850 – 1900
- Material
- wood, mahogany; stone, marble; glass; metal, brass
- Catalogue Number
- 102.03.0044
- Description
- Dark mahogany occasional table with marble top. A drawer is inset and centered under the table top, and has brass and glass drawer pulls (each different). The legs of the table are turned and joined near the bottom with a shelf.
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- Title
- Side Table
- Date
- 1850 – 1900
- Material
- wood, mahogany; stone, marble; glass; metal, brass
- Dimensions
- 74.0 x 46.3 x 67.9 cm
- Description
- Dark mahogany occasional table with marble top. A drawer is inset and centered under the table top, and has brass and glass drawer pulls (each different). The legs of the table are turned and joined near the bottom with a shelf.
- Subject
- households
- furniture
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.03.0044
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- Date
- 1850 – 1925
- Material
- metal, brass; metal, copper
- Catalogue Number
- 104.19.0023
- Description
- A brass skimmer with a long flat handle with a cut-out trefoil design at the end. The handle opens into diamond shape and triangle shape just above where the bowl of the skimmer attaches to the handle with two copper rivets. The skimmer bowl is slightly cupped, large and wide, and is completely p…
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- Title
- Skimmer
- Date
- 1850 – 1925
- Material
- metal, brass; metal, copper
- Dimensions
- 6.0 x 19.0 x 49.5 cm
- Description
- A brass skimmer with a long flat handle with a cut-out trefoil design at the end. The handle opens into diamond shape and triangle shape just above where the bowl of the skimmer attaches to the handle with two copper rivets. The skimmer bowl is slightly cupped, large and wide, and is completely pierced with round holes following the shape of the skimmer.
- Subject
- households
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.19.0023
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Smoking Tobacco
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact103.08.1097
- Date
- 1850 – 1950
- Material
- fibre; paper; leaf
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.1097
- Description
- A small white cotton bag full of tobbaco tied with a yellow drawstring. There is a black and gold sticker with a bull and "Genuine Bull Durham" on the front. There is a magenta wrapper around the middle with a blue package of cigarette papers is glued to the back of the wrapper.
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- Title
- Smoking Tobacco
- Date
- 1850 – 1950
- Material
- fibre; paper; leaf
- Dimensions
- 2.5 x 9.5 cm
- Description
- A small white cotton bag full of tobbaco tied with a yellow drawstring. There is a black and gold sticker with a bull and "Genuine Bull Durham" on the front. There is a magenta wrapper around the middle with a blue package of cigarette papers is glued to the back of the wrapper.
- Credit
- Gift of Fred McCullagh, Banff, 1965
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.1097
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- Date
- 1850 – 1930
- Material
- ceramic, porcelain
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0139
- Description
- A small white porcelain bottle with a rolled lip. The bottle is decorated with blue and red Chinese dogs playing with a ball, and a thin blue horizontal line just under the lip and at the base.
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- Title
- Snuff Bottle
- Date
- 1850 – 1930
- Material
- ceramic, porcelain
- Dimensions
- 7.5 cm
- Description
- A small white porcelain bottle with a rolled lip. The bottle is decorated with blue and red Chinese dogs playing with a ball, and a thin blue horizontal line just under the lip and at the base.
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0139
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- Date
- 1850 – 1930
- Material
- ceramic, porcelain
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0140
- Description
- A small white bottle with a rolled lip. The bottle is decorated on the side with a standing male figure.
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- Title
- Snuff Bottle
- Date
- 1850 – 1930
- Material
- ceramic, porcelain
- Dimensions
- 7.5 cm
- Description
- A small white bottle with a rolled lip. The bottle is decorated on the side with a standing male figure.
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0140
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- Date
- 1850 – 1930
- Material
- glass
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0141
- Description
- A small white glass bottle with a rounded bottom. The bottle has three green leaf-shaped decorative marks with red and yellow centres falling down from the neck on each side of the bottle.
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- Title
- Snuff Bottle
- Date
- 1850 – 1930
- Material
- glass
- Dimensions
- 6.0 cm
- Description
- A small white glass bottle with a rounded bottom. The bottle has three green leaf-shaped decorative marks with red and yellow centres falling down from the neck on each side of the bottle.
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0141
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Stacking Chest Of Drawers
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact102.03.0122%20a%2cb
- Date
- 1850 – 1900
- Material
- wood; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 102.03.0122 a,b
- Description
- Two light weight wood stacking chests with two drawers each. Chests are fastened together by a rectangular metal latch (23 x 8) on each side which slides up to hook onto two metal prongs placed at the bottom of the chest above. Each corner is reinforced by a metal covering. Oval shaped brown metal …
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- Title
- Stacking Chest Of Drawers
- Date
- 1850 – 1900
- Material
- wood; metal
- Dimensions
- 50.5 x 41.0 x 94.0 cm
- Description
- Two light weight wood stacking chests with two drawers each. Chests are fastened together by a rectangular metal latch (23 x 8) on each side which slides up to hook onto two metal prongs placed at the bottom of the chest above. Each corner is reinforced by a metal covering. Oval shaped brown metal plates (12.5 cm. long with straight length-wise sides) decorate the bottom front of each chest. Each drawer has a lock placed in the center of a 10.5 cm. brown metal disc with silver metal rim and center. Discs extend over upper top edge of drawers by about 3 cm., two shiny brown metal handles on each drawer. Each of the handles is fastened to inside of drawer by a wing-type (or butterfly) fastener rather than screws.
- Subject
- households
- furniture
- Japanese
- E. S. Morse;
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.03.0122 a,b
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- Date
- 1850 – 1900
- Material
- metal
- Catalogue Number
- 105.06.0002
- Description
- A flat oval silver-plated box with a hinged lid about 4/5 of the way across the top. There is decorative trim around the top and bottom edges of the box which forms a small lip for lifting the lid. There is a round medallion on lid with the raised profile of a man and decorative trim around the e…
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- Title
- Stamp Box
- Date
- 1850 – 1900
- Material
- metal
- Dimensions
- 2.5 x 7.5 cm
- Description
- A flat oval silver-plated box with a hinged lid about 4/5 of the way across the top. There is decorative trim around the top and bottom edges of the box which forms a small lip for lifting the lid. There is a round medallion on lid with the raised profile of a man and decorative trim around the edge.
- Subject
- households
- business
- correspondence
- office
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 105.06.0002
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Storage Basket
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact104.19.0091
- Date
- 1850 – 1890
- Material
- wood; bark
- Catalogue Number
- 104.19.0091
- Description
- Small round basket with rounded bottom and curving inward slightly to mouth. Twining technique of light and dark strips of bark over structure of many small twigs shaping structure with small dark diamond shape pattern on light background. Dark twining at rim leaves toothlike structure of upright t…
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- Title
- Storage Basket
- Date
- 1850 – 1890
- Material
- wood; bark
- Dimensions
- 9.2 x 13.2 cm
- Description
- Small round basket with rounded bottom and curving inward slightly to mouth. Twining technique of light and dark strips of bark over structure of many small twigs shaping structure with small dark diamond shape pattern on light background. Dark twining at rim leaves toothlike structure of upright twigs exposed.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- households
- basketry
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.19.0091
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- Date
- 1850 – 1900
- Material
- metal
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.0056
- Description
- A tall, tower shaped, silver plated sugar shaker resting on an octagonal base. The shaker has a tall domed lid that is pierced with a pattern of comma-shaped holes and round holes. The lid is surmounted by a spire of four stacked balls.
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- Title
- Sugar Shaker
- Date
- 1850 – 1900
- Material
- metal
- Dimensions
- 17.0 cm
- Description
- A tall, tower shaped, silver plated sugar shaker resting on an octagonal base. The shaker has a tall domed lid that is pierced with a pattern of comma-shaped holes and round holes. The lid is surmounted by a spire of four stacked balls.
- Subject
- households
- decorative
- food
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.0056
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- Date
- 1850 – 1890
- Material
- metal, steel; wood; skin
- Catalogue Number
- 104.05.0024
- Description
- A sword with a single edged steel blade set a into wooden hilt which is wrapped with thin strips of leather. There are three metal rings at the joint of the handle and blade.
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- Title
- Sword
- Date
- 1850 – 1890
- Material
- metal, steel; wood; skin
- Dimensions
- 4.0 (approximately) x 55.0 (approximately) cm
- Description
- A sword with a single edged steel blade set a into wooden hilt which is wrapped with thin strips of leather. There are three metal rings at the joint of the handle and blade.
- Subject
- households
- military
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.05.0024
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