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- n.d.
- Material
- glass; metal; fabric
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0457 a,b
- Description
- A) eyeglasses with purple club master style frames. Lenses are bifocal. B) fabric case with metal clasp closure at top. Fabric is abstract orange, white, and pink.
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- Title
- Eyeglasses
- Date
- n.d.
- Material
- glass; metal; fabric
- Dimensions
- 5.0 x 13.5 cm
- Description
- A) eyeglasses with purple club master style frames. Lenses are bifocal. B) fabric case with metal clasp closure at top. Fabric is abstract orange, white, and pink.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0457 a,b
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- n.d.
- Material
- plastic; glass; fabric;
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0458 a,b
- Description
- Eyeyglasses with thick, purple, slightly square frames and thick lenses. Frames are clear in the middle and at the ends of arms. Gold writing on arms reads “LOUBSOL - FRANCE” and “Christine GOITSCHE”. Glasses are in b) purple leather sleeve, pink lining. “American optical sunvogues” stamped in gold…
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- Title
- Eyeglasses
- Date
- n.d.
- Material
- plastic; glass; fabric;
- Dimensions
- 5.0 x 14.0 cm
- Description
- Eyeyglasses with thick, purple, slightly square frames and thick lenses. Frames are clear in the middle and at the ends of arms. Gold writing on arms reads “LOUBSOL - FRANCE” and “Christine GOITSCHE”. Glasses are in b) purple leather sleeve, pink lining. “American optical sunvogues” stamped in gold on one side.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0458 a,b
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- n.d.
- Material
- glass; plastic; metal; fabric
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0459 a,b
- Description
- Club master style eyeglasses with orange plastic and brass metal frames. “ArtCraft 4 1/4 - 5 3/4” etched on arms near lenses. Housed in b) leather-like flip top case with blue velvet lining. White sticker with “23 052” handwritten in pencil on the underside of the case lid.
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- Title
- Eyeglasses
- Date
- n.d.
- Material
- glass; plastic; metal; fabric
- Dimensions
- 5.0 x 13.0 cm
- Description
- Club master style eyeglasses with orange plastic and brass metal frames. “ArtCraft 4 1/4 - 5 3/4” etched on arms near lenses. Housed in b) leather-like flip top case with blue velvet lining. White sticker with “23 052” handwritten in pencil on the underside of the case lid.
- Subject
- Whyte home
- personal accessories
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0459 a,b
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- n.d.
- Material
- fabric, glass, metal
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0494 a,b
- Description
- Measurements for component a: height: 4.7 cm width: 13.0 cm a — Clear honey-coloured square style glasses with dark brown temple tips that read: “Yves Chantal 3047 464...”. b — Rectangular grape-coloured soft glasses case with gold trimming and interior red-orange lining. Faded gold surface text re…
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- Title
- Eyeglasses
- Date
- n.d.
- Material
- fabric, glass, metal
- Dimensions
- 1.0 x 14.7 cm
- Description
- Measurements for component a: height: 4.7 cm width: 13.0 cm a — Clear honey-coloured square style glasses with dark brown temple tips that read: “Yves Chantal 3047 464...”. b — Rectangular grape-coloured soft glasses case with gold trimming and interior red-orange lining. Faded gold surface text reads: “...Calgary”.
- Subject
- whyte home, fashion, vision
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0494 a,b
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- n.d.
- Material
- leather, metal, glass
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0497 a,b
- Description
- Measurements for component a:height: 4.5 cm width: 13.0 cm a — Clubmaster style black and white glasses. Text on arms reads: “ArtCraft 4 1/4 5 3/4 U.S.A”. b — Rectangular brown flap-top soft leather glasses case. Surface text reads: “Optical Prescription Co. 331 TEGLER BLDG. EDMONTON”.
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- Title
- Eyeglasses
- Date
- n.d.
- Material
- leather, metal, glass
- Dimensions
- 1.0 x 16.7 cm
- Description
- Measurements for component a:height: 4.5 cm width: 13.0 cm a — Clubmaster style black and white glasses. Text on arms reads: “ArtCraft 4 1/4 5 3/4 U.S.A”. b — Rectangular brown flap-top soft leather glasses case. Surface text reads: “Optical Prescription Co. 331 TEGLER BLDG. EDMONTON”.
- Subject
- whyte home, fashion, vision
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0497 a,b
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- n.d.
- Material
- leather, metal, glass
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0498 a,b
- Description
- Measurements for component a:height: 4.9 cmwidth: 14.0 cm a — Clubmaster style crimson red glasses with pink felt wrapped around temple tips and nose pads. Text on arms reads: “ArtCraft 4 1/2 - 6 U.S.A”. b — Rectangular green flap-top soft glasses case with metal interior compartment.
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- Title
- Eyeglasses
- Date
- n.d.
- Material
- leather, metal, glass
- Dimensions
- 1.0 x 16.0 cm
- Description
- Measurements for component a:height: 4.9 cmwidth: 14.0 cm a — Clubmaster style crimson red glasses with pink felt wrapped around temple tips and nose pads. Text on arms reads: “ArtCraft 4 1/2 - 6 U.S.A”. b — Rectangular green flap-top soft glasses case with metal interior compartment.
- Subject
- whyte home, fashion, vision
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0498 a,b
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- Date
- n.d.
- Material
- tin, glass, metal, plastic
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0499 a,b
- Description
- Measurements for component a:height: 5.2 cm width: 12.5 cm a — Clubmaster style crimson and orange glasses with marbled yellow nose pads. Text on arms reads: “ArtCraft 4 1/4 - 5 3/4”. b —Rectangular dark brown hard glasses case with light brown suede interior.
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- Title
- Eyeglasses
- Date
- n.d.
- Material
- tin, glass, metal, plastic
- Dimensions
- 1.0 x 15.0 cm
- Description
- Measurements for component a:height: 5.2 cm width: 12.5 cm a — Clubmaster style crimson and orange glasses with marbled yellow nose pads. Text on arms reads: “ArtCraft 4 1/4 - 5 3/4”. b —Rectangular dark brown hard glasses case with light brown suede interior.
- Subject
- whyte home, fashion, vision
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0499 a,b
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- n.d.
- Material
- leather, plastic, glass
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0501 a,b
- Description
- Measurements for component a: height: 5.4 cm width: 13.1 cm a — Thick wayfarer style black glasses. Text on arms reads: “AOCO 5 3/4”. b — Rectangular black leather soft glasses case with leather clip on the back. Surface text reads: “OPTOMETRIST DR. ERIC RATLEDGE 614-140 6 AVE., S.W CALGARY”.
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- Title
- Eyeglasses
- Date
- n.d.
- Material
- leather, plastic, glass
- Dimensions
- 1.5 x 15.4 cm
- Description
- Measurements for component a: height: 5.4 cm width: 13.1 cm a — Thick wayfarer style black glasses. Text on arms reads: “AOCO 5 3/4”. b — Rectangular black leather soft glasses case with leather clip on the back. Surface text reads: “OPTOMETRIST DR. ERIC RATLEDGE 614-140 6 AVE., S.W CALGARY”.
- Subject
- whyte home, fashion, vision
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0501 a,b
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- Date
- n.d.
- Material
- tin, glass, plastic
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0502 a,b
- Description
- Measurements for component a:width: 13.0 cm length: 4.0 cm a — Square style glasses with marbled mauve frames and dark brown temple tips. Text on temple tips read: “...135 METZLER GERMANY”. b — Navy blue rectangular hard glasses case with smooth underside, leather textured top, and navy felt interi…
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- Title
- Eyeglasses
- Date
- n.d.
- Material
- tin, glass, plastic
- Dimensions
- 1.0 x 15.6 cm
- Description
- Measurements for component a:width: 13.0 cm length: 4.0 cm a — Square style glasses with marbled mauve frames and dark brown temple tips. Text on temple tips read: “...135 METZLER GERMANY”. b — Navy blue rectangular hard glasses case with smooth underside, leather textured top, and navy felt interior.
- Subject
- whyte home, fashion, vision
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0502 a,b
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- n.d.
- Material
- tin, leather, glass, plastic
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0503 a,b
- Description
- Measurements for component a:width: 13.0 cm length: 4.0 cma — Clubmaster style glasses with burnt orange and yellow frames, and pink felt nose pads. Text on arms reads: “ArtCraft 4 1/4 - 5 3/4”. b — Navy blue rectangular hard leather glasses case with blue velvet interior lining.
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- Title
- Eyeglasses
- Date
- n.d.
- Material
- tin, leather, glass, plastic
- Dimensions
- 1.5 x 15.0 cm
- Description
- Measurements for component a:width: 13.0 cm length: 4.0 cma — Clubmaster style glasses with burnt orange and yellow frames, and pink felt nose pads. Text on arms reads: “ArtCraft 4 1/4 - 5 3/4”. b — Navy blue rectangular hard leather glasses case with blue velvet interior lining.
- Subject
- whyte home, fashion, vision
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0503 a,b
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- n.d.
- Material
- leather, glass, plastic
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0504 a,b
- Description
- Measurements for component a:width: 13.1 cmlength: 4.0 cm a — Clubmaster style glasses with translucent grey frames and text on arms that reads: “POCO”. b — Rectangular black soft leather glasses case with embossed gold flower designs. The case is open on left and right sides, text on interior flap…
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- Title
- Eyeglasses
- Date
- n.d.
- Material
- leather, glass, plastic
- Dimensions
- 12.9 x 5.1 cm
- Description
- Measurements for component a:width: 13.1 cmlength: 4.0 cm a — Clubmaster style glasses with translucent grey frames and text on arms that reads: “POCO”. b — Rectangular black soft leather glasses case with embossed gold flower designs. The case is open on left and right sides, text on interior flap reads: “Optical Prescription Co. Calgary”.
- Subject
- whyte home, fashion, vision
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0504 a,b
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- Date
- n.d.
- Material
- plastic
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0505
- Description
- Wayfarer style eyeglasses with crimson red frames. Text on arms reads: “POCO; U.S.A”.
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- Title
- Eyeglasses
- Date
- n.d.
- Material
- plastic
- Dimensions
- 14.6 x 4.5 cm
- Description
- Wayfarer style eyeglasses with crimson red frames. Text on arms reads: “POCO; U.S.A”.
- Subject
- whyte home, fashion, vision
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0505
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- Date
- prior to 1975
- Material
- glass; metal; velvet;
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0568 a-d
- Description
- a) armless, frameless eyeglasses with gold nose bridge and nose pads (without padding). Glasses are strung with black cord at left side to wear around neck.b) blue clamshell case covered in faux leather and lined with velvet. Paper label inside reads “MRS MERLE M. BREWSTER BOX 39 BANFF, ALBERTA, CA…
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- Title
- Eyeglasses
- Date
- prior to 1975
- Material
- glass; metal; velvet;
- Dimensions
- 4.0 x 11.0 cm
- Description
- a) armless, frameless eyeglasses with gold nose bridge and nose pads (without padding). Glasses are strung with black cord at left side to wear around neck.b) blue clamshell case covered in faux leather and lined with velvet. Paper label inside reads “MRS MERLE M. BREWSTER BOX 39 BANFF, ALBERTA, CANADA”. In gold script on outside of case is “Optical Prescription Co. Calgary”c) armless, frameless eyeglasses with silver nose bridge and nose pads (without padding). Glasses are strung with black cord at left side to wear around neck.d) red clamshell case lined with velvet. Paper label inside reads “MRS MERLE M. BREWSTER BOX 39 BANFF, ALBERTA, CANADA”. In gold script on outside of case is “Optical Prescription Co. Calgary”
- Subject
- Brewster
- Credit
- Gift of Valerie Bobandy, St. Albert, 2023
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0568 a-d
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- Date
- 1880 – 1910
- Material
- metal; glass
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0216 a-c
- Description
- Three pairs of eyeglasses:a) Glasses with small oval lenses and gold wire frames with thin wire hooked ear pieces, each with a tiny round ball at the end. b) Glasses with small yellow oval lenses. These glasses have gold wire frames with thin twisted wire hooked ear pieces, each with a small oval…
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- Title
- Eyeglasses
- Date
- 1880 – 1910
- Material
- metal; glass
- Dimensions
- 11.5 (a); 11.7 (b); 11.3 (c) cm
- Description
- Three pairs of eyeglasses:a) Glasses with small oval lenses and gold wire frames with thin wire hooked ear pieces, each with a tiny round ball at the end. b) Glasses with small yellow oval lenses. These glasses have gold wire frames with thin twisted wire hooked ear pieces, each with a small oval ball at the end. There is also a double wire nosepiece.c) Glases with silver wire frames and small oval lenses. Each straight thin wire ear piece has a flattened drop shape at the end.
- Subject
- assistive device
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0216 a-c
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- Date
- 1880 – 1910
- Material
- plastic; metal; glass; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0217 a-c
- Description
- Three pairs of eyeglasses:a) A pair of glasses with round tortoise shell plastic (?) frames with a flat textured gold band from top of each lens which acts as spring to clip the glasses to the nose. These glasses have very short (8 cm), straight earpieces. b) A pair of glasses with round red-brown…
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- Title
- Eyeglasses
- Date
- 1880 – 1910
- Material
- plastic; metal; glass; fibre
- Dimensions
- 11.6 (a); 12.0 (b); ? (c) cm
- Description
- Three pairs of eyeglasses:a) A pair of glasses with round tortoise shell plastic (?) frames with a flat textured gold band from top of each lens which acts as spring to clip the glasses to the nose. These glasses have very short (8 cm), straight earpieces. b) A pair of glasses with round red-brown plastic (?) frames with a flat, arched gold coloured nose piece. There are also gold wire hooked earpieces.c) A pair of glasses with gold wire rim frames and oval lenses. These glasses have a large looped flat wire pince nez nose piece, instead of arms or earpieces. A black grosgrain ribbon, with a gold adjustment buckle, is attached by a round gold clip to a knob at the outside of the right lens.
- Subject
- assistive device
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0217 a-c
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- Date
- 1900 – 1930
- Material
- metal; stone; glass
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0408
- Description
- A gold lorgnette with long gold chain set with moonstones. Closed, lorgnette appears as single, round, glass lens atop slim gold handle with large ring at bottom. Pushing tiny button at top of handle causes lenses to spring apart. Gold rimmed eyepieces held together by curved nosepiece hinged at ea…
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- Title
- Eyeglasses
- Date
- 1900 – 1930
- Material
- metal; stone; glass
- Dimensions
- 0.7 x 4.0 x 9.5 cm
- Description
- A gold lorgnette with long gold chain set with moonstones. Closed, lorgnette appears as single, round, glass lens atop slim gold handle with large ring at bottom. Pushing tiny button at top of handle causes lenses to spring apart. Gold rimmed eyepieces held together by curved nosepiece hinged at each eyepiece. Long 67.5 cm , fine, gold chain clipped to ring. Oval milky translucent, milkstones are bezel set at 12.0 cm intervals along each side of chain. Under nosepiece "14 k, hallmark"
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0408
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- Date
- 1800 – 1840
- Material
- metal; glass
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.1012
- Description
- Wire rimmed, rectangular lenses, each glass is 2.0x3.0, eyewire encompasses the glass closing at the hinge, hinge protrudes 0.7, nose piece 2.8 wide, round wire has a curve in the middle
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- Title
- Eyeglasses
- Date
- 1800 – 1840
- Material
- metal; glass
- Dimensions
- 2.3 x 10.9 cm
- Description
- Wire rimmed, rectangular lenses, each glass is 2.0x3.0, eyewire encompasses the glass closing at the hinge, hinge protrudes 0.7, nose piece 2.8 wide, round wire has a curve in the middle
- Subject
- households
- Credit
- Gift of Iva (Mrs. Len) Smith, 1976
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.1012
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- Date
- 1750 – 1850
- Material
- shell, tortoise; paper; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.1051 a-c
- Description
- Small round glasses with tortoise shell frame in one piece. The arms are hinged at the sides and have curved ear arms. Each arm ends with a circle cut out.
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- Title
- Eyeglasses
- Date
- 1750 – 1850
- Material
- shell, tortoise; paper; metal
- Description
- Small round glasses with tortoise shell frame in one piece. The arms are hinged at the sides and have curved ear arms. Each arm ends with a circle cut out.
- Subject
- Mary Schaffer
- Serena M. Potts
- Credit
- Gift of Charles C. Reid, Banff, Alberta, 1986
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.1051 a-c
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- Date
- 1850 – 1900
- Material
- metal; glass
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.1067
- Description
- Small oval-shaped eyeglasses framed with silver metal. Ear arms are extendable.
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- Title
- Eyeglasses
- Date
- 1850 – 1900
- Material
- metal; glass
- Description
- Small oval-shaped eyeglasses framed with silver metal. Ear arms are extendable.
- Subject
- Mary Schaffer
- Credit
- Gift of Charles C. Reid, Banff, Alberta, 1986
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.1067
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