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Wedding Ensemble
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact103.05.1114%20a-e
- Date
- 1790
- Material
- fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 103.05.1114 a-e
- Description
- (a) Long sleeved, off-shoulder, long dress. Fitted bodice has fine cotton pleated at shoulder and caught at centre bust. Sleeves are full with silk embroidery above elbow. Long full skirt is finely tucked at waist. Silk embroidery around skirt, same as on sleeves. Flowers with connected tendri…
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- Title
- Wedding Ensemble
- Date
- 1790
- Material
- fibre
- Description
- (a) Long sleeved, off-shoulder, long dress. Fitted bodice has fine cotton pleated at shoulder and caught at centre bust. Sleeves are full with silk embroidery above elbow. Long full skirt is finely tucked at waist. Silk embroidery around skirt, same as on sleeves. Flowers with connected tendrils. Black hooks and eyes for closure at back. (b) Very fine square veil. All edges embroidered. (c) Embroidered belt. (d,e) very small satin shoes with long thin fabric laces. Sole is fine leather.
- Credit
- Gift of Charles C. Reid, Banff, Alberta, 1986
- Catalogue Number
- 103.05.1114 a-e
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- Date
- 1792
- Material
- paper; wood; glass
- Catalogue Number
- 105.02.0003
- Description
- A rectangular document on white paper beginning: “Know all men by these Presents ...” followed by handwriting stating the particulars of the sale, dated in Middlesex on December 29th, 1792 and signed by the Justice of the Peace. The contents state the agreement of a bill-of-sale between Asa Nurse …
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- Title
- Bill-Of-Sale
- Date
- 1792
- Material
- paper; wood; glass
- Dimensions
- 16.0; 25.2 (frame) x 20.0; 30.3 (frame) cm
- Description
- A rectangular document on white paper beginning: “Know all men by these Presents ...” followed by handwriting stating the particulars of the sale, dated in Middlesex on December 29th, 1792 and signed by the Justice of the Peace. The contents state the agreement of a bill-of-sale between Asa Nurse and Thomas Buckminster. The bill is framed in a wide plain mahogany veneer frame with mitred corners.
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 105.02.0003
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- Date
- 1792
- Material
- wood; grass; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 102.03.0091
- Description
- Sturdy chest, dovetailed corners, deep, fitted with hand-wrought hinges. Interior has small drawer and lidded shelf at one end top. Fitted with rope handles for carrying. Previously painted blue, remnants of stain on inside of lid and beside hardware. “Robert Procter . . . 1792” written in ink on …
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- Title
- Blanket Chest
- Date
- 1792
- Material
- wood; grass; metal
- Dimensions
- 48.3 x 48.5 x 124.3 cm
- Description
- Sturdy chest, dovetailed corners, deep, fitted with hand-wrought hinges. Interior has small drawer and lidded shelf at one end top. Fitted with rope handles for carrying. Previously painted blue, remnants of stain on inside of lid and beside hardware. “Robert Procter . . . 1792” written in ink on inside of lid.
- Subject
- households
- furniture
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.03.0091
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- Date
- 1796 – 1796
- Material
- fibre, flax; wood; paper; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 107.02.0009
- Description
- A needlepoint sampler, in many colours, done in cross-stitch on a loosely woven ecru linen. The sampler has a narrow double-stitched border with a floral band at the top followed by rows of letters of the alphabet separated by horizontal bars. Most of the letters are worked twice together through…
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- Title
- Sampler
- Date
- 1796 – 1796
- Material
- fibre, flax; wood; paper; metal
- Dimensions
- 15.0; 18.0 (frame) x 20.0; 22.5 (frame) cm
- Description
- A needlepoint sampler, in many colours, done in cross-stitch on a loosely woven ecru linen. The sampler has a narrow double-stitched border with a floral band at the top followed by rows of letters of the alphabet separated by horizontal bars. Most of the letters are worked twice together through the alphabet repeating from A to D at the end, followed by another floral band as at the top, and then “Susanah Lehman November the 3 1796.” The sampler was originally framed in a simple brown wood frame with parallel line texture (wood grain?) and has a framer’s sticker on the back “The Royal Art Gallery” (Calgary, Alberta).
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 107.02.0009
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Embroidery Sampler
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- Date
- 1799
- Material
- fibre; wood
- Catalogue Number
- 107.02.1007 a-c
- Description
- Traditional sampler, 4.0 wide border is a line of stitching in pyramid shapes with flower baskets. At the top of inside border is the upper case alphabet, one line of small letters, other in bigger letters and two lines. In the centre is a picture of a white house to the left, a green picket f…
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- Title
- Embroidery Sampler
- Date
- 1799
- Material
- fibre; wood
- Dimensions
- 42.0 x 42.0 cm
- Description
- Traditional sampler, 4.0 wide border is a line of stitching in pyramid shapes with flower baskets. At the top of inside border is the upper case alphabet, one line of small letters, other in bigger letters and two lines. In the centre is a picture of a white house to the left, a green picket fence, two trees and to the right a two storey brown house. Below that is six lines of writing beginning "One Weeks Extremity May Teach Us ....." "Susan Lehman her work done In the ninth year Of Her Age (__ ?) 1799" * Someone numbered the labels as (a) and (b) and the sampler as (c). It is too fragile to change
- Credit
- Gift of Charles C. Reid, Banff, Alberta, 1986
- Catalogue Number
- 107.02.1007 a-c
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- Date
- 1920
- Material
- skin, caribou; skin, moose; hair, horse; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 103.03.0015 a,b
- Description
- A pair of soft moccasins, with a seam running up the centre, that tie with a leather thong at the ankle flap. A vamp of red velvet edged with rows of orange, green and purple silk wrapped over horsehair follows the shape of the toe high up on the instep.
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- Title
- Moccasins
- Date
- 1920
- Material
- skin, caribou; skin, moose; hair, horse; fibre
- Dimensions
- 26.0 cm
- Description
- A pair of soft moccasins, with a seam running up the centre, that tie with a leather thong at the ankle flap. A vamp of red velvet edged with rows of orange, green and purple silk wrapped over horsehair follows the shape of the toe high up on the instep.
- Subject
- Indigenous, Slavey
- regalia
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.03.0015 a,b
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- Date
- 1920 – 1920
- Material
- metal
- Catalogue Number
- 103.09.0040
- Description
- A gold medal in the shape of a hexagram with leaf tips between each point and a circular seal in the centre. The seal has a figure centred under “Banff 1920” on the face of the medal. An inscription, “Winner’s Regents”, is on the reverse of the medal.
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- Title
- Medal
- Date
- 1920 – 1920
- Material
- metal
- Dimensions
- 4.5 cm
- Description
- A gold medal in the shape of a hexagram with leaf tips between each point and a circular seal in the centre. The seal has a figure centred under “Banff 1920” on the face of the medal. An inscription, “Winner’s Regents”, is on the reverse of the medal.
- Subject
- sports
- Pearl Moore
- Banff
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.09.0040
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- Date
- 1920
- Material
- wood; grass, reed; feather; metal, steel
- Catalogue Number
- 104.05.0007 a-p
- Description
- A set of sixteen arrows: a,b) Two wooden arrows tipped with steel arrowheads. Each of these arrows have three feathers at the end of the shaft. c,d) Two arrows with reed shafts and long wooden points. These arrows are notched at the end of the shaft and have no feathers.e) One reed arrow with the…
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- Title
- Arrows
- Date
- 1920
- Material
- wood; grass, reed; feather; metal, steel
- Dimensions
- 78.0 (longest) cm
- Description
- A set of sixteen arrows: a,b) Two wooden arrows tipped with steel arrowheads. Each of these arrows have three feathers at the end of the shaft. c,d) Two arrows with reed shafts and long wooden points. These arrows are notched at the end of the shaft and have no feathers.e) One reed arrow with the wooden point broken off. This arrow is notched at the end of the shaft and has no feathers. f-p) Eleven wooden arrows shaped to a point at one end and notched at the other end. Each arrow has three feathers tied on at the notched end of the shaft. Some of these arrows have painted bands under the feathers.
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.05.0007 a-p
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Storage Basket
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- Date
- 1920
- Material
- grass
- Catalogue Number
- 104.19.0020
- Description
- A small basket that is made with natural and dyed straw woven in a checkerboard pattern. The basket has a pronounced shoulder which angles in to a narrower mouth. There is a coiled, flat, straw lid that fits into the opening.
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- Title
- Storage Basket
- Date
- 1920
- Material
- grass
- Dimensions
- 17.0 cm
- Description
- A small basket that is made with natural and dyed straw woven in a checkerboard pattern. The basket has a pronounced shoulder which angles in to a narrower mouth. There is a coiled, flat, straw lid that fits into the opening.
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.19.0020
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Storage Basket
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact104.19.0022
- Date
- 1920
- Material
- grass; hair, sheep; skin
- Catalogue Number
- 104.19.0022
- Description
- A deep, rectangular, flat bag woven of corn husks. The bag is decorated with colums of triangles stitched or woven with yarn. The basket has a long leather thong carrying strap.
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- Title
- Storage Basket
- Date
- 1920
- Material
- grass; hair, sheep; skin
- Dimensions
- 30.0 x 45.0 cm
- Description
- A deep, rectangular, flat bag woven of corn husks. The bag is decorated with colums of triangles stitched or woven with yarn. The basket has a long leather thong carrying strap.
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.19.0022
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- Date
- 1920 – 1920
- Material
- metal; wood
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.0026 a,b
- Description
- A pair of round, flat bottomed, coasters with wooden bases and silver plated short vertical sides. The sides bulge slightly and flare out at the rim. The sides are pierced with a series of short double vertical lines alternating with an incised fern pattern. There is silver trim around the rim.
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- Title
- Coaster
- Date
- 1920 – 1920
- Material
- metal; wood
- Dimensions
- 4.0 cm
- Description
- A pair of round, flat bottomed, coasters with wooden bases and silver plated short vertical sides. The sides bulge slightly and flare out at the rim. The sides are pierced with a series of short double vertical lines alternating with an incised fern pattern. There is silver trim around the rim.
- Subject
- households
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.0026 a,b
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- Date
- 1920 – 1920
- Material
- wax; metal; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 107.01.0077
- Description
- A molded frame of a wax compound with a deep relief of a cathedral aisle lined with columns and arches from a floor to a high ceiling. There is a partition and doors at the end of a tall arched wall with a plaque and wreath on a tiled floor in front. The plaque is a yellowed ivory colour with blac…
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- Title
- Plaque
- Date
- 1920 – 1920
- Material
- wax; metal; fibre
- Dimensions
- 8.5 x 15.0 cm
- Description
- A molded frame of a wax compound with a deep relief of a cathedral aisle lined with columns and arches from a floor to a high ceiling. There is a partition and doors at the end of a tall arched wall with a plaque and wreath on a tiled floor in front. The plaque is a yellowed ivory colour with black and brown staining to enhance details. The plaque hangs from a doubled brown twisted cord through small holes molded through each of the top corners. Carved below the relief is “The Grave of the Unknown Warrior in Westminster Abbey Nov 11 1920.” The back is stamped “Ivorex copyright in all countries Arthur Osborne, made in England.”
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 107.01.0077
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Child’s Snowshoes
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact106.04.1061%20a%2cb
- Date
- 1920
- Material
- wood; sinew; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 106.04.1061 a,b
- Description
- A child’s snowshoes circa 1920, made of wood. The snowshoes have bent wooden frames nailed together at the tail and toe is squared-off. Bracing the frame are two wooden bars which separate the gut webbing into three sections; the toe section and the section closest to the tail is laced in fine gut,…
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- Title
- Child’s Snowshoes
- Date
- 1920
- Material
- wood; sinew; fibre
- Dimensions
- 24.5 x 84.0 cm
- Description
- A child’s snowshoes circa 1920, made of wood. The snowshoes have bent wooden frames nailed together at the tail and toe is squared-off. Bracing the frame are two wooden bars which separate the gut webbing into three sections; the toe section and the section closest to the tail is laced in fine gut, tightly woven, the middle is heavier gut webbing wound around both wooden pieces, and interlaced with the finely woven toe and tail sections. There is a hole under the toe and just beneath that, a strip of white woven canvas to tie over a boot. The toe and tail have holes through the frame where the gut is laced through and there are tufts of red wool strung through the holes as decoration.
- Subject
- sports
- winter
- snowshoeing
- Credit
- Gift of Bill Greenhough, 2006
- Catalogue Number
- 106.04.1061 a,b
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- Date
- 1922
- Material
- wood
- Catalogue Number
- 105.02.1030
- Description
- Poplar bark with inscription, J. C. Cosley, bark section cut from tree with incised writing: "J. C. Cosley June 19 1922" with a heart underneath the lettering.
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- Title
- Tree Blaze
- Date
- 1922
- Material
- wood
- Dimensions
- 48.0 x 34.0 cm
- Description
- Poplar bark with inscription, J. C. Cosley, bark section cut from tree with incised writing: "J. C. Cosley June 19 1922" with a heart underneath the lettering.
- Subject
- exploration
- Cosley, J. C.
- Andy Russell
- Credit
- Gift of Andy Russell, Waterton Park, 1971
- Catalogue Number
- 105.02.1030
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- Date
- 1922 – 1922
- Material
- metal
- Catalogue Number
- 104.03.0005
- Description
- A metal tag cut out in the shape of the number “22” with a metal S-ring at the top. The tag is stamped with “Canadian Nat'l Parks Dog Tax 108 -1922-”.
- Title
- Animal Tag
- Date
- 1922 – 1922
- Material
- metal
- Dimensions
- 3.0 x 0.2 x 3.0 cm
- Description
- A metal tag cut out in the shape of the number “22” with a metal S-ring at the top. The tag is stamped with “Canadian Nat'l Parks Dog Tax 108 -1922-”.
- Subject
- animals, dog
- households
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.03.0005
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- Date
- 1922
- Material
- metal; fibre; paper
- Catalogue Number
- 103.09.1021 a,b
- Description
- Silver coloured soccer medal in box. (a) Medal is oval, 4.7x3.0. 'ribbons' top and bottom etched "Hutchinson (top) and cup 1922 (bottom), Central part of medal is a man standing with his right leg on top of a soccer ball. To his right is a shield shape enameled design, green bottom tip. "Won b…
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- Title
- Athletic Medal
- Date
- 1922
- Material
- metal; fibre; paper
- Description
- Silver coloured soccer medal in box. (a) Medal is oval, 4.7x3.0. 'ribbons' top and bottom etched "Hutchinson (top) and cup 1922 (bottom), Central part of medal is a man standing with his right leg on top of a soccer ball. To his right is a shield shape enameled design, green bottom tip. "Won by" on back. (b) Red clam shell box, lined, top with cream coloured satin and bottom lined with dark blue velvet.
- Subject
- sports
- summer
- Jack White
- Dave White Jr.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
- Catalogue Number
- 103.09.1021 a,b
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Athletic Medal
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact103.09.1099
- Date
- 1922
- Material
- metal
- Catalogue Number
- 103.09.1099
- Description
- Gold coloured round medal, ram's head in centre. "Banff Winter Sports" along edge of medal completely surrounding the ram. "1922 Senior Hockey" on back.
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- Title
- Athletic Medal
- Date
- 1922
- Material
- metal
- Description
- Gold coloured round medal, ram's head in centre. "Banff Winter Sports" along edge of medal completely surrounding the ram. "1922 Senior Hockey" on back.
- Subject
- sports
- winter
- hockey
- Banff Winter Sports
- Credit
- Gift of Mabel Aubin, Banff, 1970
- Catalogue Number
- 103.09.1099
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Fraternal Medal
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact103.09.1300
- Date
- 1922 – 1922
- Material
- metal; enamel; fabric; paper
- Catalogue Number
- 103.09.1300
- Description
- medal mounted on a red ribbon and brooch bar with rectangular badge; golden round medallion in the shape of a wax seal, bearing a white enamel disk with a red enamel ring with inscription: “AATPA” forming a triangle (the three As displayed as the angles) in the centre and “AMERICAN ASSN OF TRAVELIN…
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- Title
- Fraternal Medal
- Date
- 1922 – 1922
- Material
- metal; enamel; fabric; paper
- Dimensions
- 11.2 x 5.4 cm
- Description
- medal mounted on a red ribbon and brooch bar with rectangular badge; golden round medallion in the shape of a wax seal, bearing a white enamel disk with a red enamel ring with inscription: “AATPA” forming a triangle (the three As displayed as the angles) in the centre and “AMERICAN ASSN OF TRAVELING PASSENGER AGENTS” around the rim; words printed in gold on the red ribbon: “47TH ANNUAL / CONVENTION / CANADIAN / ROCKIES / SEP [erased letter] 12 - 18 1922”; framed badge mounted on the brooch with beaded outline, holding a card printed in black: “H. WILEY / MONON ROUTE, G. A. P. D. / CHICAGO, ILL.”
- Credit
- Gift of Kerry Guenter, 2019
- Catalogue Number
- 103.09.1300
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Photographic Paper
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact104.41.0224
- Date
- 1922
- Material
- cardboard; paper;
- Catalogue Number
- 104.41.0224
- Description
- A heavy beige box of photographic paper. The box is plain with little branding, one label on the top and a label along one side that connects to the bottom of the box. The label on the lid is black text in a square, it reads “OPEN ONLY IN PHOTOGRAPHIC DARK ROOM SENSITIZED PAPER”, a black line, and …
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- Title
- Photographic Paper
- Date
- 1922
- Material
- cardboard; paper;
- Dimensions
- 9.2 x 18.7 x 15.5 cm
- Description
- A heavy beige box of photographic paper. The box is plain with little branding, one label on the top and a label along one side that connects to the bottom of the box. The label on the lid is black text in a square, it reads “OPEN ONLY IN PHOTOGRAPHIC DARK ROOM SENSITIZED PAPER”, a black line, and “Manufactured by Canadian Kodak Co., Limited TORONTO, CANADA”. The other label is coloured with a white background, blue banner, and green text which reads “GLOSSY DOUBLE WEIGHT 500 POST CARDS AZO F No. 4”. In the blue banner with a black border in white text reads “No. 4 FOR EXTREMELY FLAT NEGATIVES”. There is a stamped text that reads “EXPIRES JULY 1, 1922”. The bottom part of the label that is on the bottom of the box reads “500 POST CARDS AZO F No. 4 GLOSSY DOUBLE WEIGHT”. The bottom of the box features so handwriting and a stamped text that reads “5510 7034 46”. Inside the box is lots of post card photographic paper, some is wrapped in black paper.
- Credit
- Gift of L. A. E Duncan, Calgary, 1980
- Catalogue Number
- 104.41.0224
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- Date
- 1922
- Material
- metal; paint
- Catalogue Number
- 108.05.1028
- Description
- A metal wind-up trolley that is made of lithographed tin and manufactured in Germany. Its name is the “TOONERVILLE TROLLEY” which was a well-known character in Fontaine Fox’s comic strip. The action of the toy simulates the action of the temperamental cartoon trolley. When the spring is wound the t…
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- Title
- Trolley Toy
- Date
- 1922
- Material
- metal; paint
- Dimensions
- 9.0 x 12.5 cm
- Description
- A metal wind-up trolley that is made of lithographed tin and manufactured in Germany. Its name is the “TOONERVILLE TROLLEY” which was a well-known character in Fontaine Fox’s comic strip. The action of the toy simulates the action of the temperamental cartoon trolley. When the spring is wound the trolley moves forward about four feet. The wheels are offset on the axles so the whole trolley rocks back and forth as it moves along. After it moves forward four feet the trolley stops and the conductor, Dan the Skipper, moves his control stick around while the trolley makes noise. After a few seconds of pulling on the control rod, the Skipper gives it a good yank and the trolley moves forward again. There is a fixed key under the trolley on the viewer’s right-hand side from the front, with a wind-up spring mechanism of four different-sized (one large, 3 small) gears and three cogwheels under the trolley, a spring, plus one half-sized gear attached by two metal rods to the conductor. The trolley sits on the mechanism and the four wheels that turn on the axles., move the trolley backwards or and forwards. Both ends of the axle are soldered to a small ‘hubcap’ on each wheel. One of the wheels, the back wheel, on the viewer’s left from the front of the trolley, is severely off-centre (this may be for the rocking motion). The other three wheels have the axle going through the 3.0 cm diameter wheel at centre (1.50 cm); that puts the soldered ‘hubcap’ 1.0 cm radius from the edge, but on this wheel the axle goes through off-centre and from the ‘hubcap’ one side is at a radius 0.50 cm and the other is 1.30 cm. The trolley has a passenger car with three horseshoe arch-shaped windows cut out on both sides, the wavy roof has a separate yellow top (5.0x3.50w cm) with a grey smokestack (on the key side) on viewer’s left, and a wheel which turns on a narrow metal rod in the middle, viewer’s right. Simulated doors and windows are outlined in black on the front and back of the trolley; the blue floor is turned up at either end, creating an open platform, and the outside is red. The front has a bull’s eye outlined in black in the middle. At this end, the front, is the one-dimensional, cut-out conductor, “Dan the Skipper” wearing a blue and white conductor hat, black glasses, red vest, white shirt and beige trousers; he has a white beard and his face and hands are flesh-toned. He has moveable arms; the hand on the viewer’s left (key side), has a hole through which a thin metal rod is connected to the front of the trolley. His hand moves back and forth because the rod is attached to the mechanism underneath; the rod is attached to a gear that connects to the spring. His body is attached to another metal rod to a gear that also connects to the spring. The wavy roof has “TOONERVILLE” on the overhang, “TROLLEY”and “No. 280098” under the open windows, underneath that on the yellow part above the wheels “COPYRIGHT 1922 BY FONTAINE FOX” on both sides. Underneath the trolley’s red bottom platform is printed, viewer’s left (key side), “D.R.P. 257554” and across on viewer’s right side “G.M. 33967”. On the opposite side of the key, viewer’s left ,“PATENT APPLIED FOR.” and on viewer’s right, “MADE IN GERMANY”. A note: the trolley lists to the viewer’s left from the front; it may be partially due to the dent in the roof overhang, but it probably mostly due to the off-centre back left wheel.
- Subject
- households
- toys
- children
- Toonerville Trolley
- Credit
- Gift of Unknown, 2007
- Catalogue Number
- 108.05.1028
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