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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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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 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 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 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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Photographic Print
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact105.02.0041
- Date
- 1939 – 1939
- Material
- paper; wood; glass; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 105.02.0041
- Description
- A black and white photograph of the King and Queen, in a carriage drawn by two white horses driven by Jim Brewster, with tall trees and mountains in background. The photo has a white mat and a simple black wooden frame. The bottom of the mat is marked “Thier (sic) Majesties King George VI Queen E…
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- Title
- Photographic Print
- Date
- 1939 – 1939
- Material
- paper; wood; glass; metal
- Dimensions
- 22.7; 37.2 (frame) x 17.5; 29.6 (frame) cm
- Description
- A black and white photograph of the King and Queen, in a carriage drawn by two white horses driven by Jim Brewster, with tall trees and mountains in background. The photo has a white mat and a simple black wooden frame. The bottom of the mat is marked “Thier (sic) Majesties King George VI Queen Elizabeth” and “To Pearl from Jim.”
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 105.02.0041
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- Date
- 1935 – 1965
- Material
- skin; fibre; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 104.45.1035
- Description
- Small leather booklet style needle case. Front has “Needles. Marble Canyon, B.C.” handwritten in ink, along with handpainted image of Indigenous head with headdress. Metal pins hold three squares of coloured felt inside to tuck needles into.
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- Title
- Needle Case
- Date
- 1935 – 1965
- Material
- skin; fibre; metal
- Dimensions
- 7.0 x 9.0 cm
- Description
- Small leather booklet style needle case. Front has “Needles. Marble Canyon, B.C.” handwritten in ink, along with handpainted image of Indigenous head with headdress. Metal pins hold three squares of coloured felt inside to tuck needles into.
- Subject
- needlework
- sewing
- souvenirs
- Marble Canyon, B.C.
- Credit
- Gift of Robert Crosby, Banff, 1997
- Catalogue Number
- 104.45.1035
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- Date
- 1930 – 1950
- Material
- metal
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.1016 a-d
- Description
- Four small spoons.a) A collectable spoon with the layered profiles of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth and the date “1939” on the end of the handle. The end of the handle is finished with a crown. b-d) Three spoons with flat-bottomed bowls.
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- Title
- Spoon
- Date
- 1930 – 1950
- Material
- metal
- Description
- Four small spoons.a) A collectable spoon with the layered profiles of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth and the date “1939” on the end of the handle. The end of the handle is finished with a crown. b-d) Three spoons with flat-bottomed bowls.
- Credit
- Gift of Cyril Paris, Banff, 1968
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.1016 a-d
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Photograph Album
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact105.02.1140
- Date
- 1930 – 1970
- Material
- skin; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 105.02.1140
- Description
- Dark brown leather photograph album cover bound with a black shoelace. The front of the cover is decorated with a painting of a man wearing a headdress, a line drawing of a native encampment and “PHOTOS” handwritten in decorative lettering.
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- Title
- Photograph Album
- Date
- 1930 – 1970
- Material
- skin; fibre
- Description
- Dark brown leather photograph album cover bound with a black shoelace. The front of the cover is decorated with a painting of a man wearing a headdress, a line drawing of a native encampment and “PHOTOS” handwritten in decorative lettering.
- Subject
- households
- souvenirs
- photography
- Credit
- Gift of Unknown, 1968
- Catalogue Number
- 105.02.1140
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- Date
- 1930 – 1970
- Material
- plastic; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 105.06.1037
- Description
- Long black ballpoint pen with “Mount Royal Hotel. Banff” on the barrel, white head. “Made in Canada” in all caps at end of pen (raised plastic).
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- Title
- Pen
- Date
- 1930 – 1970
- Material
- plastic; metal
- Description
- Long black ballpoint pen with “Mount Royal Hotel. Banff” on the barrel, white head. “Made in Canada” in all caps at end of pen (raised plastic).
- Credit
- Gift of Dorothy Cranstone, Banff, 1992
- Catalogue Number
- 105.06.1037
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- Date
- 1930 – 1966
- Material
- metal; skin; wood
- Catalogue Number
- 107.01.1002
- Description
- A rectangular piece of leather with a painted picture of a man on a horse. Below the picture there is a poem, “MY FRIEND Oh, the world is wide and the world is grand, And there’s little or nothing new; But the sweetest thing is the grip of the hand Of the friend that’s tried and true.” The leat…
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- Title
- Picture
- Date
- 1930 – 1966
- Material
- metal; skin; wood
- Description
- A rectangular piece of leather with a painted picture of a man on a horse. Below the picture there is a poem, “MY FRIEND Oh, the world is wide and the world is grand, And there’s little or nothing new; But the sweetest thing is the grip of the hand Of the friend that’s tried and true.” The leather is attached to a piece of wood at the top that has an arched leather hanger attached to the wood with metal tacks.
- Subject
- households
- souvenirs
- gifts
- Indigenous
- Credit
- Gift of Ed (Mrs.) Jamieson, Banff, 1966
- Catalogue Number
- 107.01.1002
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Souvenir Plaque
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact107.02.1036
- Date
- 1930 – 1960
- Material
- plaster; paint; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 107.02.1036
- Description
- Square moulded plaster plaque, handpainted, featuring a moose with a mountain and forest in the background. The bottom of the plaque has “BANFF” in raised letters. A metal hanger is embedded in the plaster at the top edge.
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- Title
- Souvenir Plaque
- Date
- 1930 – 1960
- Material
- plaster; paint; metal
- Dimensions
- 1.8 x 15.3 x 15.0 cm
- Description
- Square moulded plaster plaque, handpainted, featuring a moose with a mountain and forest in the background. The bottom of the plaque has “BANFF” in raised letters. A metal hanger is embedded in the plaster at the top edge.
- Credit
- Gift of Helen Shandruk, Banff, 2001
- Catalogue Number
- 107.02.1036
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- Date
- 1939 – 1961
- Material
- metal, pewter
- Catalogue Number
- 103.09.1203
- Description
- Silver-coloured cylindrical cup that slightly narrows to the rim from a wide base. The stein has a large handle attached at one side. Opposite the handle, there is a metal crest with a red crown and gold cannon with “UBIQUE QUOFAS ETGLORIA DUCUNT” on blue banners. Below the crest “MAJOR W.G. RO…
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- Title
- Stein
- Date
- 1939 – 1961
- Material
- metal, pewter
- Dimensions
- 13.5 x 10.4 x 14.2 cm
- Description
- Silver-coloured cylindrical cup that slightly narrows to the rim from a wide base. The stein has a large handle attached at one side. Opposite the handle, there is a metal crest with a red crown and gold cannon with “UBIQUE QUOFAS ETGLORIA DUCUNT” on blue banners. Below the crest “MAJOR W.G. ROBINSONS, C.D. 23 MEDIUM BATTERY RCA” is engraved. The bottom of the stein has a clear glass insert and the metal around is marked with “MY LADY” and a small female figure wearing a dress, “ENGLISH PEWTER,” “87,” and “MADE IN ENGLAND.”
- Credit
- Gift of William G. Robinson, Vancouver, 2003
- Catalogue Number
- 103.09.1203
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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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- Date
- 1930 – 1940
- Material
- skin; glass; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.1052 a-d
- Description
- 2 pair beaded and fringed gauntlets a,b: smoked buckskin, machine sewn, canvas lined gauntlet, 3 rows of beading on back of hand, red, blue, yellow, gauntlet has floral pattern, one large symmetrical flower, green, blue, red, yellow, 2 red and white flowers connected by dark blue stems, fringe 11.0…
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- Title
- Gauntlet Gloves
- Date
- 1930 – 1940
- Material
- skin; glass; fibre
- Dimensions
- 19.0 x 35.0 cm
- Description
- 2 pair beaded and fringed gauntlets a,b: smoked buckskin, machine sewn, canvas lined gauntlet, 3 rows of beading on back of hand, red, blue, yellow, gauntlet has floral pattern, one large symmetrical flower, green, blue, red, yellow, 2 red and white flowers connected by dark blue stems, fringe 11.0 long, c,d: white buckskin, machine sewn, green cotton lined gauntlet, 3 rows of beading on back of hand, 2 silver, 1 pink on gauntlet, 2 daisy-type flowers, pinks, 1 yellow centre, 1 black, 3 green leaves, dark brown stems, fringe 9.5 long. (a,b) 35.0 x 19.0 (c,d) 34.5 x 20.0
- Subject
- Indigenous
- clothing
- beadwork
- Deer Lodge
- souvenirs
- regalia
- Credit
- Gift of Robert Crosby, Banff, 1985
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.1052 a-d
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- Date
- 1930 – 1940
- Material
- skin; wood; fibre; glass
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.1057
- Description
- Wooden handled, white buckskin with open floral bead design. Machine sewn, white buckskin, commercial handles painted ivory. Completelylined with mauve velvet. Bead design, long tendril of light green runs along both sides and bottom with 5 flowers and 8 leaves, one single flower centered,near top.…
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- Title
- Beaded Purse
- Date
- 1930 – 1940
- Material
- skin; wood; fibre; glass
- Dimensions
- 32.0 x 42.0 cm
- Description
- Wooden handled, white buckskin with open floral bead design. Machine sewn, white buckskin, commercial handles painted ivory. Completelylined with mauve velvet. Bead design, long tendril of light green runs along both sides and bottom with 5 flowers and 8 leaves, one single flower centered,near top. All flowers have a yellow centre, decorated one side only.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- beadwork
- Deer Lodge
- souvenirs
- Credit
- Gift of Robert Crosby, Banff, 1985
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.1057
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- Date
- 1930 – 1950
- Material
- metal
- Catalogue Number
- 105.02.1091
- Description
- Mounted red coat "R.C.M.P. CANADA". A red-coated Mountie, with blue breeches sits astride a silver coloured horse. The horse stands on a green base on which is: "R.C.M.P. CANADA" on the back "H.W.N. Made in England".
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- Title
- Pin
- Date
- 1930 – 1950
- Material
- metal
- Dimensions
- 3.3 x 1.6 cm
- Description
- Mounted red coat "R.C.M.P. CANADA". A red-coated Mountie, with blue breeches sits astride a silver coloured horse. The horse stands on a green base on which is: "R.C.M.P. CANADA" on the back "H.W.N. Made in England".
- Credit
- Purchased from Phyllis Cain, Banff, 1988
- Catalogue Number
- 105.02.1091
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- Date
- 1806 – 1816
- Material
- metal
- Catalogue Number
- 103.01.1016
- Description
- made of cutout Mexican peso, with eagle at middle, silver coin has been cut out around the figure of an eagle, its wings outspread, also around each letter of the words "Republica Mexicana" above, and the date below (1816?), on the back of the eagle is a "10" [the other side of the coin] simple saf…
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- Title
- Scatter Pin
- Date
- 1806 – 1816
- Material
- metal
- Dimensions
- 0.6 cm
- Description
- made of cutout Mexican peso, with eagle at middle, silver coin has been cut out around the figure of an eagle, its wings outspread, also around each letter of the words "Republica Mexicana" above, and the date below (1816?), on the back of the eagle is a "10" [the other side of the coin] simple safety pin type clasp soldered horizontally across back.
- Credit
- Gift of Forrest (Pat) Oliver Brewster, Banff, 1970
- Catalogue Number
- 103.01.1016
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- Date
- 1930 – 1935
- Material
- fibre, silk
- Catalogue Number
- 103.05.0046
- Description
- A length of blue silk sarong fabric.
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- Title
- Sarong
- Date
- 1930 – 1935
- Material
- fibre, silk
- Dimensions
- 92.0 x 317.5 cm
- Description
- A length of blue silk sarong fabric.
- Subject
- Philip Moore
- Siam
- social customs
- gifts
- souvenirs
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.05.0046
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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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