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- Date
- 1930 – 1930
- Material
- fibre, cotton
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.0041
- Description
- A soft white cotton man's formal dress collar.
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- Title
- Collar
- Date
- 1930 – 1930
- Material
- fibre, cotton
- Dimensions
- 7.0 x 41.5 cm
- Description
- A soft white cotton man's formal dress collar.
- Subject
- clothing
- social customs
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.0041
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Combination Shoehorn
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact103.07.1021
- Date
- 1882 – 1920
- Material
- metal
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.1021
- Description
- Folding combination shoe horn and button hook. Shoe horn 9.5 long, concave shape. Rivetted at one end to solid round hook 8.0 long. Inscribed on back of shoe horn: :"Pat. Nov. 7. 82"
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- Title
- Combination Shoehorn
- Date
- 1882 – 1920
- Material
- metal
- Dimensions
- 3.7 x 17.0 cm
- Description
- Folding combination shoe horn and button hook. Shoe horn 9.5 long, concave shape. Rivetted at one end to solid round hook 8.0 long. Inscribed on back of shoe horn: :"Pat. Nov. 7. 82"
- Subject
- households
- clothing
- Credit
- Gift of H. (Mrs.) T. Montgomery, Banff, 1965
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.1021
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Commemorative Coin
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact105.02.0015
- Date
- 1935 – 1935
- Material
- metal
- Catalogue Number
- 105.02.0015
- Description
- A silver coin stamped on one side with a pony express rider and the words “Oregon Trail Memorial Ass'n, Pony Express Diamond Jubilee, 1860-1935,” and with “Changing Ponies Relay Station” with two horses and three men on the reverse.
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- Title
- Commemorative Coin
- Date
- 1935 – 1935
- Material
- metal
- Dimensions
- 3.1 x 3.1 cm
- Description
- A silver coin stamped on one side with a pony express rider and the words “Oregon Trail Memorial Ass'n, Pony Express Diamond Jubilee, 1860-1935,” and with “Changing Ponies Relay Station” with two horses and three men on the reverse.
- Subject
- Fred Brewster
- souvenirs
- Pony Express
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 105.02.0015
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Commemorative Coin
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact105.02.0065
- Date
- 1930 – 1950
- Material
- metal
- Catalogue Number
- 105.02.0065
- Description
- A round brass coloured coin with the profile of man with long hair tied into club at neck (George Washington?) and marked “The Engineers Club of Philadelphia 1877” around the border in relief. The other side has a crossed olive branch and oak branch framing the edges with “The First American Engin…
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- Title
- Commemorative Coin
- Date
- 1930 – 1950
- Material
- metal
- Dimensions
- 0.3 x 3.5 x 3.5 cm
- Description
- A round brass coloured coin with the profile of man with long hair tied into club at neck (George Washington?) and marked “The Engineers Club of Philadelphia 1877” around the border in relief. The other side has a crossed olive branch and oak branch framing the edges with “The First American Engineer” at the bottom and “Let us raise a standard to which the wise and honest can repair” at the centre.
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 105.02.0065
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Commemorative Coin
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact105.02.0071
- Date
- 1938 – 1938
- Material
- metal
- Catalogue Number
- 105.02.0071
- Description
- A large copper-coloured cast metal coin with a seated, bare bosomed, robed woman holding a torch and book before a frieze of toiling male figures with “Servir” beneath. On the other side there is a cogged wheel with “Rotary International,” and a band around the outside with “Rotaria Tridistrital …
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- Title
- Commemorative Coin
- Date
- 1938 – 1938
- Material
- metal
- Dimensions
- 0.2 x 4.1 x 4.1 cm
- Description
- A large copper-coloured cast metal coin with a seated, bare bosomed, robed woman holding a torch and book before a frieze of toiling male figures with “Servir” beneath. On the other side there is a cogged wheel with “Rotary International,” and a band around the outside with “Rotaria Tridistrital Marzo 1938 St. Go de Chile.”
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 105.02.0071
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Commemorative Package
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact105.02.1044%20a-g
- Date
- 1992
- Material
- fibre; metal; paper; plastic
- Catalogue Number
- 105.02.1044 a-g
- Description
- Seven items from Brewster’s 100 years reunion all bearing the same special logo: (a) one white t-shirt, (b) one empty beer can, (c) (d) two name tags, (e) (f) two pins, (g) and one pen.(a) t-shirt has black and white logo on front left chest. colour logo on back.(b) logo on two sides of can(c) nam…
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- Title
- Commemorative Package
- Date
- 1992
- Material
- fibre; metal; paper; plastic
- Description
- Seven items from Brewster’s 100 years reunion all bearing the same special logo: (a) one white t-shirt, (b) one empty beer can, (c) (d) two name tags, (e) (f) two pins, (g) and one pen.(a) t-shirt has black and white logo on front left chest. colour logo on back.(b) logo on two sides of can(c) name tag of TED HART, AUTHOR-BREWSTER STORY(d) name tag of PAT HART, GUEST(e) soft enamel pin of 100 years logo(f) soft enamel pin of 100 years logo(g) burgundy pen with logo and contact info written on side.
- Credit
- Gift of Ted J. Hart, Banff, 1992
- Catalogue Number
- 105.02.1044 a-g
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Commemorative Pin
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact105.02.0070
- Date
- 1935 – 1935
- Material
- plastic; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 105.02.0070
- Description
- A round plastic pin with a metal back. The face of the pin has a red edge and a white band with “25th Anniversary King George V and Queen Mary 1910-1935.” A blue band inside contains the nine provincial coat-of-arms and surrounds a black and white profile image of Queen Mary beside King George V.
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- Title
- Commemorative Pin
- Date
- 1935 – 1935
- Material
- plastic; metal
- Dimensions
- 0.4 x 3.3 x 3.3 cm
- Description
- A round plastic pin with a metal back. The face of the pin has a red edge and a white band with “25th Anniversary King George V and Queen Mary 1910-1935.” A blue band inside contains the nine provincial coat-of-arms and surrounds a black and white profile image of Queen Mary beside King George V.
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 105.02.0070
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Commemorative Pin
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact105.02.1137
- Date
- 1935
- Material
- metal; plastic
- Catalogue Number
- 105.02.1137
- Description
- Small round pin with a straight pin back. The face of the pin is decorated with the layered profiles of King George V and Queen Mary surrounded by the provincial shields of Canada and a crown. The outer border of the pin has “25th ANNIVERSARY KING GEORGE V AND QUEEN MARY 1910 - 1935” in black on a…
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- Title
- Commemorative Pin
- Date
- 1935
- Material
- metal; plastic
- Description
- Small round pin with a straight pin back. The face of the pin is decorated with the layered profiles of King George V and Queen Mary surrounded by the provincial shields of Canada and a crown. The outer border of the pin has “25th ANNIVERSARY KING GEORGE V AND QUEEN MARY 1910 - 1935” in black on a white backgroundq
- Subject
- souvenirs
- King George V
- Queen Mary
- Credit
- Gift of Muriel E. Dayman, Calgary, 1992
- Catalogue Number
- 105.02.1137
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Commemorative T-Shirt
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact103.05.1142
- Date
- 1993
- Material
- fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 103.05.1142
- Description
- Typical white cotton t-shirt. Centered on front on a yellow square at the top: "Banff Lake Louise Tourism Bureau Presents The 1st Annual" below that a round decorative plate with "A Taste of Banff Lake Louise" centered and a fork to the left and knife to the right. Below that: October 2 & 3, 19…
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- Title
- Commemorative T-Shirt
- Date
- 1993
- Material
- fibre
- Dimensions
- 50.0 x 70.0 cm
- Description
- Typical white cotton t-shirt. Centered on front on a yellow square at the top: "Banff Lake Louise Tourism Bureau Presents The 1st Annual" below that a round decorative plate with "A Taste of Banff Lake Louise" centered and a fork to the left and knife to the right. Below that: October 2 & 3, 1993. On the back in red: "Big Rock Traditional Pure Beers Brewed in Alberta"
- Subject
- households
- clothing
- Banff Lake Louise Tourism Bureau
- Banff
- Lake Louise
- Taste of Banff
- souvenir
- Credit
- Gift of Phyllis H. Horpenuk, Banff, 1997
- Catalogue Number
- 103.05.1142
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- Date
- 1939 – 1939
- Material
- hair, sheep
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.0039
- Description
- A military issue khaki coloured fine wool necktie.
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- Title
- Cravat
- Date
- 1939 – 1939
- Material
- hair, sheep
- Dimensions
- 8.0 x 115.0 cm
- Description
- A military issue khaki coloured fine wool necktie.
- Subject
- organizations
- military
- uniforms
- clothing
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.0039
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- Date
- 1930 – 1950
- Material
- feather; glass; fibre; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 109.02.0001
- Description
- A dance bustle of golden eagle wing feathers placed in a circle around a beaded medallion. There are smaller downier feathers attached to the wing feather tips. Orange, red and green dots attached to each feather form concentric circles. The round central medallion has a white four petaled flowe…
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- Title
- Dance Bustle
- Date
- 1930 – 1950
- Material
- feather; glass; fibre; metal
- Dimensions
- 31.0 (depth) x 50.0 x 50.0 cm
- Description
- A dance bustle of golden eagle wing feathers placed in a circle around a beaded medallion. There are smaller downier feathers attached to the wing feather tips. Orange, red and green dots attached to each feather form concentric circles. The round central medallion has a white four petaled flower outlined in red on a dark background.
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 109.02.0001
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Decorative Plate
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact102.04.1022%20a%2cb
- Date
- 1930 – 1950
- Material
- ceramic
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.1022 a,b
- Description
- Circular plates with pictures, gold lipped. (a) Three Sisters on the base, roses pattern on lip, gold trim on outer rim. (b) Harmon picture of Bow Lake with tepee, floral pattern, gold on outer rim.
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- Title
- Decorative Plate
- Date
- 1930 – 1950
- Material
- ceramic
- Description
- Circular plates with pictures, gold lipped. (a) Three Sisters on the base, roses pattern on lip, gold trim on outer rim. (b) Harmon picture of Bow Lake with tepee, floral pattern, gold on outer rim.
- Subject
- households
- souvenirs
- Bow Lake
- Credit
- Purchased from Alan McClelland, Banff, 1985
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.1022 a,b
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- Date
- 1930 – 1935
- Material
- paper; fibre, silk; hair
- Catalogue Number
- 108.05.0004 a,b
- Description
- Two dolls, one female and one male, with soft bodies and painted heads and hands. Both dolls are silk wearing tunics and pants with cloth slippers on feet. The female doll has real braided hair attached to the head, and the male wears a red skullcap which ties under the chin. The dolls are tied…
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- Title
- Doll
- Date
- 1930 – 1935
- Material
- paper; fibre, silk; hair
- Dimensions
- 18.5 x 4.0 x 7.0 cm
- Description
- Two dolls, one female and one male, with soft bodies and painted heads and hands. Both dolls are silk wearing tunics and pants with cloth slippers on feet. The female doll has real braided hair attached to the head, and the male wears a red skullcap which ties under the chin. The dolls are tied together at the neck with a ribbon.
- Subject
- households
- toys
- children
- souvenirs
- travel
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 108.05.0004 a,b
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- Date
- 1880 – 1900
- Material
- fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 103.05.1059
- Description
- long, dark grey/brown Quaker-type dress, Mary Schäffer's, very dark grey/brown, full length rayon taffeta dress, long sleeves tapered to fit snugly at wrists, fine net at wrist opening, fitted bodice, plain boatneck, back half of skirt attached to back half of bodice, centre of back skirt tightly g…
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- Title
- Dress
- Date
- 1880 – 1900
- Material
- fibre
- Dimensions
- 43.5 x 130.0 cm
- Description
- long, dark grey/brown Quaker-type dress, Mary Schäffer's, very dark grey/brown, full length rayon taffeta dress, long sleeves tapered to fit snugly at wrists, fine net at wrist opening, fitted bodice, plain boatneck, back half of skirt attached to back half of bodice, centre of back skirt tightly gathered, ca 13.0 wide, rest is pleat gathered ca 5.5 wide, front half of skirt is completely gathered in ca 2.0 wide pleats that fall loosely, waistband 3.0 wide is attached to front of the skirt and an extended band 46.0 long which would go around the waist and fastened to secure the waist, bodice lined with a dark stripe of light brown silk, bottom of skirt lined ca 16.0 from bottom with a medium brown material, scalloped edge, finely sewn dress, unfinished, devoid of any accessories e.g. buttons, snaps, 2 woven tapes ca 1.5 wide hand sewn onto inside of bodice for hanging.
- Subject
- households
- clothing
- Quaker
- characters
- Mary Schäffer
- Credit
- Gift of Charles C. Reid, Banff, Alberta, 1986
- Catalogue Number
- 103.05.1059
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- Date
- 1885 – 1900
- Material
- fibre, satin
- Catalogue Number
- 103.05.1102
- Description
- Ivory coloured, satin, with half collar, hand sewn, lined with cotton, 3 metal stays in front
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- Title
- Dress
- Date
- 1885 – 1900
- Material
- fibre, satin
- Dimensions
- 34.0 x 26.0 cm
- Description
- Ivory coloured, satin, with half collar, hand sewn, lined with cotton, 3 metal stays in front
- Credit
- Gift of Charles C. Reid, Banff, Alberta, 1986
- Catalogue Number
- 103.05.1102
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- Date
- 1930 – 1930
- Material
- fibre; hair, sheep
- Catalogue Number
- 103.04.0034
- Description
- A red wool fez with a black tassel. A woven wicker lining holds the hat’s shape. The inside is lined with pink fabric at the top and has a round green paper sticker with a picture of man wearing a fez and arabic writing. Written on the inside of the hat, on the sweatband, is “Peter Whyte, Port S…
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- Title
- Fez Cap
- Date
- 1930 – 1930
- Material
- fibre; hair, sheep
- Dimensions
- 15.0 cm
- Description
- A red wool fez with a black tassel. A woven wicker lining holds the hat’s shape. The inside is lined with pink fabric at the top and has a round green paper sticker with a picture of man wearing a fez and arabic writing. Written on the inside of the hat, on the sweatband, is “Peter Whyte, Port Said, Egypt”. Also on the sweatband “Felicitations” (?, in arabic writing?) and a stamp of a flying bird carrying a fez.
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.04.0034
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- Date
- 1930 – 1940
- Material
- wood
- Catalogue Number
- 107.01.0086
- Description
- A seated buddha with his feet in a lotus position at the centre of a lotus blossom. His right hand rests palm up in his lap and the left is raised in a blessing (or teaching position). The carved figurine is wood with simple features, large ears, and draped robes. The figurine is painted a saffro…
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- Title
- Figurine
- Date
- 1930 – 1940
- Material
- wood
- Dimensions
- 12.7 x 6.0 x 7.0 cm
- Description
- A seated buddha with his feet in a lotus position at the centre of a lotus blossom. His right hand rests palm up in his lap and the left is raised in a blessing (or teaching position). The carved figurine is wood with simple features, large ears, and draped robes. The figurine is painted a saffron gold colour with red and black features and black hair with carved and red painted dot at front centre of hair. The figurine is loosely attached to a simply carved brown wood base of leaves curling downward with dowel through base of the buddha. There are Chinese letters on the base of the stand and “1.50” along with a paper sticker that reads “China:.
- Subject
- households
- souvenirs
- religious
- Buddah
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 107.01.0086
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- Date
- 1930 – 1950
- Material
- wood; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 107.02.0013
- Description
- An elongated tall thin simple figure carved from a single piece of wood which is half light and half dark. The figure has one hand at the waist holding a wooden spear through a hole drilled in its fist. The other hand is clasped at the chest holding the broken remains of another spear. The figur…
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- Title
- Figurine
- Date
- 1930 – 1950
- Material
- wood; metal
- Dimensions
- 37.5 x 4.5; 4.6 (base) x 5.5; 4.6 (base) cm
- Description
- An elongated tall thin simple figure carved from a single piece of wood which is half light and half dark. The figure has one hand at the waist holding a wooden spear through a hole drilled in its fist. The other hand is clasped at the chest holding the broken remains of another spear. The figure is wearing a short skirt,a tall flat headdress with three incised vertical grid-like bands and has large pierced earlobes and very simply carved facial features. There is a tall wire silver coloured collar that is wrapped around the figurine’s long neck. The figure is standing on a low circular base made of a different type of wood.
- Subject
- households
- decorative
- souvenirs
- crafts
- carving
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 107.02.0013
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- Date
- 1930 – 1950
- Material
- skin, deer; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0009
- Description
- A deerskin fob in the shape of a chief's head with beadwork defining the profiled face and feather headdress. The fob has a small loop at the top. Beaded underneath the chief’s head is an inscription in Cree syllabics.
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- Title
- Fob
- Date
- 1930 – 1950
- Material
- skin, deer; fibre
- Dimensions
- 6.0 x 15.5 cm
- Description
- A deerskin fob in the shape of a chief's head with beadwork defining the profiled face and feather headdress. The fob has a small loop at the top. Beaded underneath the chief’s head is an inscription in Cree syllabics.
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0009
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- Date
- 1930 – 1950
- Material
- skin; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.1051 a-d
- Description
- 2 pairs embroidered gauntlets with fringes a,b: (38.0 x 22.5) machine sewn construction, gauntlet lined with yellow cotton which also forms a 0.5 wide edging, on hand back embroidered pink and purple rose with green and yellow stem, on gauntlet embroidered 4-petal red and pink flower, green stems a…
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- Title
- Gauntlet Gloves
- Date
- 1930 – 1950
- Material
- skin; fibre
- Description
- 2 pairs embroidered gauntlets with fringes a,b: (38.0 x 22.5) machine sewn construction, gauntlet lined with yellow cotton which also forms a 0.5 wide edging, on hand back embroidered pink and purple rose with green and yellow stem, on gauntlet embroidered 4-petal red and pink flower, green stems and leaves, dark blue flower in one corner, dark red in other, fringes ca 9.5, c,d: (36.0 x 19.0) machine sewn, gauntlet lined with unbleached cotton, on hand back embroidered star, light and dark red, 4 smaller designs, 2 light and dark red, other yellow and green, gauntlets, 1 light and dark red flower, green and yellow leaves, grey and white stems, fringes both sides ca 7.5.
- Credit
- Gift of Robert Crosby, Banff, 1985
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.1051 a-d
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