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- Date
- 1856
- Material
- paper; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 105.02.0103 a,b
- Description
- Two crinkly parchment diplomas from Union College belonging to Patrick Robb, both etched in Latin using italic script, with certain words handwritten. (a) Bachelor of Arts, etching of three women dressed in Greek togas, Wisdom, Fame, and Happiness, walking beneath an arch of clouds at middle right…
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- Title
- College Diploma
- Date
- 1856
- Material
- paper; metal
- Dimensions
- 39.6 x 44.1 cm
- Description
- Two crinkly parchment diplomas from Union College belonging to Patrick Robb, both etched in Latin using italic script, with certain words handwritten. (a) Bachelor of Arts, etching of three women dressed in Greek togas, Wisdom, Fame, and Happiness, walking beneath an arch of clouds at middle right side. Awarded by the curators of Union college in Schenectady, New York to "Patricius Robb", (handwritten), on August 10, 1856, signed by five professors and the president. In lower left corner is white oval paper seal stamped deeply with the Union College impression. (b) Delphic Society, at top middle, etching of three women in Greek togas, with Greek temple sitting on a high mountains in the background, awarded to "Patricius Robb", and signed by four officers and three members of the society from Union College, dated as (a), with the etched seal of the society printed at bottom. Canister, tin tube, 42.0 x 5.1 diam. with folded seam down length and high cap which slips on, slightly domed ended.
- Subject
- Patrick Robb
- Union College
- scholastic
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 105.02.0103 a,b
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Secretary; Writing Desk
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact102.03.1027
- Date
- 1850
- Material
- wood, mahogany;
- Catalogue Number
- 102.03.1027
- Description
- A writing desk that features a curved and inlaid centre portion which folds back to expose four small drawers and open compartments above a pull-out writing/working surface. The desk is supported by two richly carved legs depicting acanthus leaves, terminating in brass casters. It’s flanked by a pa…
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- Title
- Secretary; Writing Desk
- Date
- 1850
- Material
- wood, mahogany;
- Description
- A writing desk that features a curved and inlaid centre portion which folds back to expose four small drawers and open compartments above a pull-out writing/working surface. The desk is supported by two richly carved legs depicting acanthus leaves, terminating in brass casters. It’s flanked by a pair of brass candle holders. Below the working surface are a pair of fielded flamed mahogany doors with brass accents which enclose a storage area. The upper portion features a bookcase with a pair of glazed doors with brass accents. This mahogany secretary features numerous decorative elements including gilt mounts, brass ornamentations, detailed carvings, flamed mahogany panels and an overall exhibition of superior craftsmanship.
- Subject
- households
- furniture
- Mary Schaffer
- Credit
- Gift of Jan McGregor, Edmonton, 2014
- Catalogue Number
- 102.03.1027
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Embroidery Sampler
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact107.02.1005
- Date
- 1809 (attributed)
- Material
- fibre, cotton
- Catalogue Number
- 107.02.1005
- Description
- Traditional sampler, full frame of different styles of lettering and numbering. Top begins with four lines followed by double alphabet and numbers 1 to 7, four more alphabets with numbers are separated by different styles of decorative lines. Final alphabet is followed by A.M. Each alphabet h…
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- Title
- Embroidery Sampler
- Date
- 1809 (attributed)
- Material
- fibre, cotton
- Dimensions
- 33.5 x 29.0 cm
- Description
- Traditional sampler, full frame of different styles of lettering and numbering. Top begins with four lines followed by double alphabet and numbers 1 to 7, four more alphabets with numbers are separated by different styles of decorative lines. Final alphabet is followed by A.M. Each alphabet has letter Z followed by ampersand and a small c. Below final alphabet is "Susan Lehman Her Work Done in the Ninth Year" At bottom of embroidery is a line with various animals and birds with a tree in the centre.
- Credit
- Gift of Charles C. Reid, Banff, Alberta, 1986
- Catalogue Number
- 107.02.1005
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- Date
- 1800
- Catalogue Number
- 104.41.1125 a-b
- Description
- Two identical metal tripods with burgundy legs attached with white string. Three adjustable knobs are located at the top of the tripod allowing the metal bar inside to be adjusted maximizing the height. The folding and collapsible legs extend away from the vertical center in three sections to a len…
- Title
- Camera Tripod
- Date
- 1800
- Description
- Two identical metal tripods with burgundy legs attached with white string. Three adjustable knobs are located at the top of the tripod allowing the metal bar inside to be adjusted maximizing the height. The folding and collapsible legs extend away from the vertical center in three sections to a length of 54.0 cm. A fourth adjustable knob, located at the bottom of the metal bar and meeting the top of the legs, allows the user to extend the legs of the tripod to the desired height. Each of the four knobs has the maker’s mark inscribed and reads: “ACME- LITE-CHICAGO- ” around the circumference. The feet are at a 45 degree angle and have a rubber stopper on the bottom giving the portable three-legged frame greater stability to resist lateral forces. A tripod may have been used for motion and still photography to prevent movement or to help achieve precise framing of an image.
- Subject
- Nick Morant
- Credit
- Gift of Nicholas Morant, Banff, 2006
- Catalogue Number
- 104.41.1125 a-b
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- Date
- 1800 – 1800
- Material
- porcelain
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.1234
- Description
- Miniature plain white serving dish, with red and cream sticker on bottom that reads: “year 1800”.
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- Title
- Serving Dish
- Date
- 1800 – 1800
- Material
- porcelain
- Dimensions
- 1.2 cm
- Description
- Miniature plain white serving dish, with red and cream sticker on bottom that reads: “year 1800”.
- Subject
- whyte home, miniature, small
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.1234
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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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- Date
- 1850 – 1940
- Material
- skin; glass; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.1011
- Description
- A beaded belt with an orange border and a blue background. The belt has a repeating geometric pattern in red, white, black and orange.
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- Title
- Beaded Belt
- Date
- 1850 – 1940
- Material
- skin; glass; fibre
- Dimensions
- 99.0 x 8.5 cm
- Description
- A beaded belt with an orange border and a blue background. The belt has a repeating geometric pattern in red, white, black and orange.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- regalia
- beadwork
- Credit
- Gift of Unknown, 1968
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.1011
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- Date
- 1850 – 1975
- Material
- metal
- Catalogue Number
- 104.04.3001
- Description
- Skeleton of revolver. Handle, hammer and cylinder missing, barrel broken at end. Accompanied by papers, yellow with CRW writing: “Old Navy Cap and Ball Revolver 36 Calibre a 6 shooter Whitney Whitneyville, Conn. 1850 - 1860. Found by Larry, son of Archie Daniels in remians of a cabin in Kanan…
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- Title
- Fragment
- Date
- 1850 – 1975
- Material
- metal
- Dimensions
- 3.5 x 13.0 x 23.0 cm
- Description
- Skeleton of revolver. Handle, hammer and cylinder missing, barrel broken at end. Accompanied by papers, yellow with CRW writing: “Old Navy Cap and Ball Revolver 36 Calibre a 6 shooter Whitney Whitneyville, Conn. 1850 - 1860. Found by Larry, son of Archie Daniels in remians of a cabin in Kananaskis Valley above lakes. Found in 1975.” and a white paper with “Dr. Pactos; Thankyou for your trouble. I think it is a Stan Arms Co. .44 made in new York around the 1850s would be interested in how close I came. Again Thanks John M” along with “Whitney, .36 Calibre Navy Cap & Ball 1850-60.”
- Subject
- households
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.04.3001
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- Date
- 1850 – 1920
- Material
- ceramics;
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0600
- Description
- Small round deep-sided decorative ceramic dish with blue and gilded gold stripes around the rim and a picture of a portly bald man wearing purple pants and a green coat with one hand raised in a room with a table, chairs, and windows behind him - printed at the bottom is “MR PICKWICK” and “BANFF” h…
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- Title
- Dish
- Date
- 1850 – 1920
- Material
- ceramics;
- Dimensions
- 4.0 cm
- Description
- Small round deep-sided decorative ceramic dish with blue and gilded gold stripes around the rim and a picture of a portly bald man wearing purple pants and a green coat with one hand raised in a room with a table, chairs, and windows behind him - printed at the bottom is “MR PICKWICK” and “BANFF” has been written above that in gold ink. A makers mark is stamped on the bottom - online research shows this image was a popular motif with Grimwades in the mid-1900s as Mr Pickwick was the main character of Charles Dickens’ first novel, “The Pickwick Papers.”
- Credit
- Gift of Bill Mather, Edmonton, 1991
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0600
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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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Beaded Necklace
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact103.01.0012
- Date
- 1850 – 1880
- Material
- glass; shell
- Catalogue Number
- 103.01.0012
- Description
- A necklace made by alternating sets of two dentalium shells with various coloured beads. A triangular shaped abalone shell hanging from centre as a pendant.
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- Title
- Beaded Necklace
- Date
- 1850 – 1880
- Material
- glass; shell
- Dimensions
- 38.0 cm
- Description
- A necklace made by alternating sets of two dentalium shells with various coloured beads. A triangular shaped abalone shell hanging from centre as a pendant.
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.01.0012
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- Date
- 1850 – 1900
- Material
- metal, silver
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.0013
- Description
- A silver shoehorn with a curved blade that narrows into a handle. There is an embossed floral pattern on the inside of the handle. The shoehorn in marked with three hallmarks and “Sterling B 350”.
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- Title
- Shoehorn
- Date
- 1850 – 1900
- Material
- metal, silver
- Dimensions
- 2.3 x 4.7 x 15.5 cm
- Description
- A silver shoehorn with a curved blade that narrows into a handle. There is an embossed floral pattern on the inside of the handle. The shoehorn in marked with three hallmarks and “Sterling B 350”.
- Subject
- households
- clothing
- footwear
- assistive device
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.0013
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Glove Stretcher
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact103.07.0056
- Date
- 1850 – 1875
- Material
- metal, silver
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.0056
- Description
- A sterling silver long scissor-type tool with two long solid blades and a round spring hinge where the handles join. Pressure on the handles opens the jaws, which are flat along the inside and rounded on the outside. Stamped on the inside edge of the handle is “Sterling”.
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- Title
- Glove Stretcher
- Date
- 1850 – 1875
- Material
- metal, silver
- Dimensions
- 4.4 (widest) x 19.1 cm
- Description
- A sterling silver long scissor-type tool with two long solid blades and a round spring hinge where the handles join. Pressure on the handles opens the jaws, which are flat along the inside and rounded on the outside. Stamped on the inside edge of the handle is “Sterling”.
- Subject
- clothing
- Isabella Brewster
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.0056
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- Date
- 1850 – 1930
- Material
- ceramic, porcelain
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0139
- Description
- A small white porcelain bottle with a rolled lip. The bottle is decorated with blue and red Chinese dogs playing with a ball, and a thin blue horizontal line just under the lip and at the base.
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- Title
- Snuff Bottle
- Date
- 1850 – 1930
- Material
- ceramic, porcelain
- Dimensions
- 7.5 cm
- Description
- A small white porcelain bottle with a rolled lip. The bottle is decorated with blue and red Chinese dogs playing with a ball, and a thin blue horizontal line just under the lip and at the base.
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0139
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- Date
- 1850 – 1930
- Material
- ceramic, porcelain
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0140
- Description
- A small white bottle with a rolled lip. The bottle is decorated on the side with a standing male figure.
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- Title
- Snuff Bottle
- Date
- 1850 – 1930
- Material
- ceramic, porcelain
- Dimensions
- 7.5 cm
- Description
- A small white bottle with a rolled lip. The bottle is decorated on the side with a standing male figure.
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0140
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- Date
- 1850 – 1930
- Material
- glass
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0141
- Description
- A small white glass bottle with a rounded bottom. The bottle has three green leaf-shaped decorative marks with red and yellow centres falling down from the neck on each side of the bottle.
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- Title
- Snuff Bottle
- Date
- 1850 – 1930
- Material
- glass
- Dimensions
- 6.0 cm
- Description
- A small white glass bottle with a rounded bottom. The bottle has three green leaf-shaped decorative marks with red and yellow centres falling down from the neck on each side of the bottle.
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0141
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- Date
- 1800 – 1900
- Material
- fruit, gourd; wood; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0157
- Description
- A canteen made from a circular dried gourd that has a wooden neck screwed in to one side. There are also two twisted basket loops attached to opposide sides of the canteen used to hold a long green carrying strap. The gourd has lettering printed on one side that reads “Souvr...de Chamounix...Mon…
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- Title
- Canteen
- Date
- 1800 – 1900
- Material
- fruit, gourd; wood; fibre
- Description
- A canteen made from a circular dried gourd that has a wooden neck screwed in to one side. There are also two twisted basket loops attached to opposide sides of the canteen used to hold a long green carrying strap. The gourd has lettering printed on one side that reads “Souvr...de Chamounix...Mont Blanc..Hote H.P. de Savoie”. The lettering is around a French horn with a yellow lyre at its centre.
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0157
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- Date
- 1800 – 1880
- Material
- metal, iron; skin
- Catalogue Number
- 104.05.0001
- Description
- A hand forged iron 'beaver tail' dagger with a pointed, triangular shaped blade attached to a narrow shaft which leads into a hilt with a cross piece. There is a piece of thong tied through the handle. The handle of the dagger is almost as long as blade
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- Title
- Dagger
- Date
- 1800 – 1880
- Material
- metal, iron; skin
- Dimensions
- 26.5 cm
- Description
- A hand forged iron 'beaver tail' dagger with a pointed, triangular shaped blade attached to a narrow shaft which leads into a hilt with a cross piece. There is a piece of thong tied through the handle. The handle of the dagger is almost as long as blade
- Subject
- households
- trading
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.05.0001
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- Date
- 1850 – 1890
- Material
- metal, steel; wood; skin
- Catalogue Number
- 104.05.0024
- Description
- A sword with a single edged steel blade set a into wooden hilt which is wrapped with thin strips of leather. There are three metal rings at the joint of the handle and blade.
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- Title
- Sword
- Date
- 1850 – 1890
- Material
- metal, steel; wood; skin
- Dimensions
- 4.0 (approximately) x 55.0 (approximately) cm
- Description
- A sword with a single edged steel blade set a into wooden hilt which is wrapped with thin strips of leather. There are three metal rings at the joint of the handle and blade.
- Subject
- households
- military
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.05.0024
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- Date
- 1850 – 1900
- Material
- metal, steel; metal, brass; skin
- Catalogue Number
- 104.05.0026 a,b
- Description
- A strong, single edged hunting knife with a cross piece. The hilt of the knife is made of brass, and covered with leather. The blade is marked “Collins and Co. Hartford Serofino #17 (Galidad)”. (b) Sheath made of leather with steel tip and steel detailing. Leather is embossed with crown and leav…
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- Title
- Bowie Knife
- Date
- 1850 – 1900
- Material
- metal, steel; metal, brass; skin
- Dimensions
- 4.5 (widest point) x 37.0 cm
- Description
- A strong, single edged hunting knife with a cross piece. The hilt of the knife is made of brass, and covered with leather. The blade is marked “Collins and Co. Hartford Serofino #17 (Galidad)”. (b) Sheath made of leather with steel tip and steel detailing. Leather is embossed with crown and leaves. “LEGITIMUS” is stamped under the crown and the number ”10” is stamped on a cross piece above.
- Subject
- households
- hunting
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.05.0026 a,b
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