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Commemorative Plate
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact104.20.1285
- Date
- 1937 – 1937
- Material
- china;
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.1285
- Description
- Commemorative plate with molded decoration around the rim. In the middle is a printed portrait of King Edward VIII set in the middle of a Royal coat of arms with “LONG MAY HE REIGN” on ribbons along the bottom and “May 12th 1937” at the very bottom. The manufacturer’s stamp is on the bottom.
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- Title
- Commemorative Plate
- Date
- 1937 – 1937
- Material
- china;
- Dimensions
- 1.5 x 21.4 x 21.4 cm
- Description
- Commemorative plate with molded decoration around the rim. In the middle is a printed portrait of King Edward VIII set in the middle of a Royal coat of arms with “LONG MAY HE REIGN” on ribbons along the bottom and “May 12th 1937” at the very bottom. The manufacturer’s stamp is on the bottom.
- Credit
- Gift of Robert Crosby Family, Banff, 1998
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.1285
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Commemorative Tin
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact110.01.0285
- Date
- 1935 – 1935
- Material
- metal; tin;
- Catalogue Number
- 110.01.0285
- Description
- Commemorative tin chocolate box celebrating the Silver Jubilee of King George V and Queen Mary. Box has a hinged lid with the Royal crest and portraits of the King and Queen printed on the lid and the manufacturer details on the bottom. The box is empty.
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- Title
- Commemorative Tin
- Date
- 1935 – 1935
- Material
- metal; tin;
- Dimensions
- 1.7 x 6.5 x 19.3 cm
- Description
- Commemorative tin chocolate box celebrating the Silver Jubilee of King George V and Queen Mary. Box has a hinged lid with the Royal crest and portraits of the King and Queen printed on the lid and the manufacturer details on the bottom. The box is empty.
- Subject
- Crosby family
- Abegweit
- commemorative items
- British Royal Family
- King George VI and Queen Elizabeth
- Silver Jubilee
- chocolate box
- Credit
- Gift of Robert Crosby Family, Banff, 1998
- Catalogue Number
- 110.01.0285
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- Date
- 1935 – 1935
- Material
- metal; tin;
- Catalogue Number
- 110.01.0286
- Description
- Commemorative tin box celebrating the Silver Jubilee for King George V and Queen Mary. The box is predominantly blue with small gold fleur-de-lis throughout, a gold shield with a decorative “GvM” on it with lions on either side and a rose above [possibly the manufacturer’s logo] on the front and ba…
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- Title
- Tin Box
- Date
- 1935 – 1935
- Material
- metal; tin;
- Dimensions
- 6.7 x 9.4 x 15.0 cm
- Description
- Commemorative tin box celebrating the Silver Jubilee for King George V and Queen Mary. The box is predominantly blue with small gold fleur-de-lis throughout, a gold shield with a decorative “GvM” on it with lions on either side and a rose above [possibly the manufacturer’s logo] on the front and back, four shields with the Scottish cross on it below either a thistle or a clover on the short sides, and portraits of the King and Queen with the Royal flag and silver label on the lid. The lid is hinged along the back and is empty.
- Credit
- Gift of Robert Crosby Family, Banff, 1998
- Catalogue Number
- 110.01.0286
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- Date
- 1935 – 1940
- Material
- metal; tin;
- Catalogue Number
- 110.01.0287
- Description
- Eight-sided tin box predominantly dark blue with gold accents along edges and a black and white photo portrait of the British Royal Family on the lid. Manufacturer details printed on the back edge of the lid. The lid lifts completely off from the body - the box is empty. Back row, left to right: Qu…
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- Title
- Tin Box
- Date
- 1935 – 1940
- Material
- metal; tin;
- Dimensions
- 3.6 x 10.2 x 13.6 cm
- Description
- Eight-sided tin box predominantly dark blue with gold accents along edges and a black and white photo portrait of the British Royal Family on the lid. Manufacturer details printed on the back edge of the lid. The lid lifts completely off from the body - the box is empty. Back row, left to right: Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, King George ViFront Row, left to right: Princess Margaret, Princess Elizabeth.
- Subject
- Crosby family
- Abegweit
- Royal Family
- Credit
- Gift of Robert Crosby Family, Banff, 1998
- Catalogue Number
- 110.01.0287
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Brownie Camera
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact104.41.0190
- Date
- 1931 – 1931
- Material
- cardboard; metal; leather; glass;
- Catalogue Number
- 104.41.0190
- Description
- Black hard leather-sided No. 2 Brownie camera in its original packaging. Camera has a leather handle on the top, along with one viewfinder - a second viewfinder is on the adjacent side, which also as a round metal crank. The back panel of the camera can be removed in order to access the film compar…
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- Title
- Brownie Camera
- Date
- 1931 – 1931
- Material
- cardboard; metal; leather; glass;
- Dimensions
- 10.8 x 8.8 x 14.0 cm
- Description
- Black hard leather-sided No. 2 Brownie camera in its original packaging. Camera has a leather handle on the top, along with one viewfinder - a second viewfinder is on the adjacent side, which also as a round metal crank. The back panel of the camera can be removed in order to access the film compartment. The cardboard box folds together and is not held with adhesives - except where the lip of the lid fit against the front panel.
- Credit
- Gift of Robert Crosby Family, Banff, 1998
- Catalogue Number
- 104.41.0190
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- Date
- 1930 – 1940
- Material
- skin; metal; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 103.03.1007 a,b
- Description
- sturdy, ankle-high brown leather studded boots, ankle edge bound by khaki-coloured woolen fabric, tongue attached and folded at sides, long yellow laces, brass aglets through 4 metal eyelets each side, lacing at ankle, thick soles and heel studded by clusters of 3 square-headed nails set in triangu…
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- Title
- Climbing Boots
- Date
- 1930 – 1940
- Material
- skin; metal; fibre
- Dimensions
- 18.8 x 10.0 x 19.5 cm
- Description
- sturdy, ankle-high brown leather studded boots, ankle edge bound by khaki-coloured woolen fabric, tongue attached and folded at sides, long yellow laces, brass aglets through 4 metal eyelets each side, lacing at ankle, thick soles and heel studded by clusters of 3 square-headed nails set in triangular shape, single nails under arch.
- Subject
- sports
- outdoor
- climbing
- Paris family
- Credit
- Gift of Cyril Paris, Banff, 1968
- Catalogue Number
- 103.03.1007 a,b
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- Date
- 1930 – 1960
- Material
- cardboard; paper; metal;
- Catalogue Number
- 104.23.0015 a-d
- Description
- A blue and silver metal Coleman Self-Heating clothes iron with a stand plate, hand-held pump, instruction manual with spare parts, and Coleman Measuring Can in the original cardboard box. The iron consists of a solid metal base, blue body and handle, and a small fount on the back - it sits on a thi…
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- Title
- Clothes Iron
- Date
- 1930 – 1960
- Material
- cardboard; paper; metal;
- Dimensions
- 19.2 x 11.6 x 29.3 cm
- Description
- A blue and silver metal Coleman Self-Heating clothes iron with a stand plate, hand-held pump, instruction manual with spare parts, and Coleman Measuring Can in the original cardboard box. The iron consists of a solid metal base, blue body and handle, and a small fount on the back - it sits on a thin metal stand that has the Coleman logo embossed on it and keeps the iron raised off of surfaces. The instruction manual details all aspects of using the iron and also has a small paper envelope with small spare parts inside. The Coleman Measuring Can is mostly yellow with an opening into which gasoline can be poured and a small curved spout on the top. Iron also has a small gold and black metal pump that, according to the instruction manual, is used to pump air into the fount. Everything except the measuring can is housed in the original cardboard box, kept closed with a piece of string.
- Subject
- Crosby family
- Abegweit
- household chores
- ironing
- Credit
- Gift of Robert Crosby Family, Banff, 1998
- Catalogue Number
- 104.23.0015 a-d
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Commemorative Cup
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact104.20.1307
- Date
- 1937
- Material
- ceramic; porcelain
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.1307
- Description
- A white commemorative porcelain cup of the royal family, King George VI and Queen Elizabeth. It is a tall cup with a handle that is triangle-shaped with some gold along it, and gilded on the lip. One side is an illustration of the Royal Family (King George VI, Queen Elizabeth, and Princess Elizabet…
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- Title
- Commemorative Cup
- Date
- 1937
- Material
- ceramic; porcelain
- Dimensions
- 9.8 x 9.8 x 7.4 cm
- Description
- A white commemorative porcelain cup of the royal family, King George VI and Queen Elizabeth. It is a tall cup with a handle that is triangle-shaped with some gold along it, and gilded on the lip. One side is an illustration of the Royal Family (King George VI, Queen Elizabeth, and Princess Elizabeth and Margaret) inside a pair of golden laurel wreaths, a red crown over the middle, underneath the portrait are scrolls in gold that read “THE ROYAL FAMILY MAY 12th CORONATION 1937 SOUVENIR”. On the opposite side of the cup is a small badge with the crown, a lion and unicorn and scrolls around it. The badge reads “THE ROYAL FAMILY THEIR MAJESTIES, KING QUEEN GEORGE VI ELIZABETH THE PRINCESS ELIZABETH AND PRINCESS MARGARET ROSE”, the scrolls reads “MAY 12th CORONATION SOUVENIR 1937”. On the bottom of the cup is a stamp that reads “MADE IN ENGLAND” and another stamp “PORTRAIT BY MARCUS ADAMS”.
- Credit
- Gift of Bill Mather, Edmonton, 1991
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.1307
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Felis Concolor Pelt
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact112.01.1017
- Date
- 1930 – 1940
- Material
- skin
- Catalogue Number
- 112.01.1017
- Description
- Cougar pelt, claws missing.
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- Title
- Felis Concolor Pelt
- Date
- 1930 – 1940
- Material
- skin
- Dimensions
- 80.0 x 160.0 cm
- Description
- Cougar pelt, claws missing.
- Subject
- Indigenous, Stoney
- animals
- cougar
- Whyte family
- Credit
- Gift of Harold C. Whyte, Penticton, 2002
- Catalogue Number
- 112.01.1017
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- Date
- 1930 – 1939
- Material
- paper; string;
- Catalogue Number
- 104.41.0208 a-c
- Description
- Three paper-wrapped packages of a dozen 1 11/16 x 4 3/16 cm Eastman Nitrate Films stacked and tied together with white string. Each box has a red and orange sticker on one side with details pertaining to the number, size, and kind of films inside [as well as a warning about keeping them away from h…
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- Title
- Film
- Date
- 1930 – 1939
- Material
- paper; string;
- Dimensions
- 4.6 x 6.0 x 12.1 cm
- Description
- Three paper-wrapped packages of a dozen 1 11/16 x 4 3/16 cm Eastman Nitrate Films stacked and tied together with white string. Each box has a red and orange sticker on one side with details pertaining to the number, size, and kind of films inside [as well as a warning about keeping them away from heat and flames], and on the opposite side have black stamps that read “DEVELOP BEFORE JUNE 1939.” Printed on the top of the top-most box is the manufacturer’s details.
- Credit
- Gift of Robert Crosby Family, Banff, 1998
- Catalogue Number
- 104.41.0208 a-c
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