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Date
1890 – 1905
Material
fibre; paper; skin; metal; glass; wood
Catalogue Number
104.41.1087 a-k
Description
Large format 6 1/2” x 8 1/2” folding wooden field view camera (b) with brass fittings marked “IMPROVED EMPIRE STATE. MANUFACTURED BY ROCHESTER OPTICAL CO. ROCHESTER, N.Y.” With collapsable wood and brass tripod legs (d,e,f) marked “FOLMER & SCHWING MFG. CO. NEW YORK. CROWN No. 2. PAT. JUNE 23, 1903…
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Title
View Camera
Date
1890 – 1905
Material
fibre; paper; skin; metal; glass; wood
Dimensions
40.0 x 47.0 cm
Description
Large format 6 1/2” x 8 1/2” folding wooden field view camera (b) with brass fittings marked “IMPROVED EMPIRE STATE. MANUFACTURED BY ROCHESTER OPTICAL CO. ROCHESTER, N.Y.” With collapsable wood and brass tripod legs (d,e,f) marked “FOLMER & SCHWING MFG. CO. NEW YORK. CROWN No. 2. PAT. JUNE 23, 1903”, wood and brass tripod top (h), small level marked “C.E. JENNINGS & CO. NEW YORK” (j), spare camera rack (c), and black light safe hood (k). Brass and glass lens in a soft leather bag (g) marked: “6 1/2 x 8 1/2 PLASTIGMAT. Pat. Oct. 30, 1900. Bausch & Lomb Optical Co. Rochester, N.Y. 359514” & “20859”. Aperture dial stamped: “BAUSCH & LOMB OPT. CO. PAT. JAN. 8, 1891. NEW YORK. ROCHESTER, N.Y. CHICAGO.” Lens in soft chamois pouch. All items fit inside brown fabric covered hard case (a) with leather reinforced corners, marked: “GEO. VAUX, JR.”
Subject
photography
Vaux family
Credit
Gift of Molly Vaux, New York, USA, 1999
Catalogue Number
104.41.1087 a-k
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Date
1890 – 1900
Material
wood; metal; plastic; fibre; skin; paper
Catalogue Number
104.41.1088 a-k
Description
Ten wooden plateholders (a-j) individually numbered, some stamped: “ROCHESTER OPTICAL CO. PAT. JULY 29, 1890”. All plateholders fit inside brown fabric covered hard case (k) with leather reinforced corners, marked: “GEO. VAUX, JR.”
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Title
Plateholder
Date
1890 – 1900
Material
wood; metal; plastic; fibre; skin; paper
Dimensions
23.0 x 30.0 cm
Description
Ten wooden plateholders (a-j) individually numbered, some stamped: “ROCHESTER OPTICAL CO. PAT. JULY 29, 1890”. All plateholders fit inside brown fabric covered hard case (k) with leather reinforced corners, marked: “GEO. VAUX, JR.”
Subject
photography
Vaux family
Credit
Gift of Molly Vaux, New York, USA, 1999
Catalogue Number
104.41.1088 a-k
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Date
1890 – 1905
Material
wood; metal; fibre; glass; skin
Catalogue Number
104.41.1089 a-i
Description
Large format 6 1/2” x 8 1/2” folding wooden field view camera (a) with brass fittings, marked: “CARLTON. Manufactured by ROCHESTER OPTICAL CO. Rochester, N.Y. PAT. AUG. 31, 1886”. Another plate reads: “Bought of CHEYNEY-HOOD PHOTO. SUPPLY CO. 1006 FILBERT ST., PHILA.” With collapsable wood and bras…
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Title
View Camera
Date
1890 – 1905
Material
wood; metal; fibre; glass; skin
Dimensions
35.0 x 64.0 cm
Description
Large format 6 1/2” x 8 1/2” folding wooden field view camera (a) with brass fittings, marked: “CARLTON. Manufactured by ROCHESTER OPTICAL CO. Rochester, N.Y. PAT. AUG. 31, 1886”. Another plate reads: “Bought of CHEYNEY-HOOD PHOTO. SUPPLY CO. 1006 FILBERT ST., PHILA.” With collapsable wood and brass tripod legs (f,g,h), one lens filter in leather box (e), a red photographic notebook (d), one optical finder/plate-reading magnifying glass (c), and a brass and glass lens (b) marked: “BAUSCH & LOMB OPT. CO. PAT. JAN. 6, 1891. ROCHESTER, N.Y., NEW YORK CITY. 9703.” Lens in soft chamois pouch. All items fit inside khaki canvas covered hard case (i) with leather strap mounts. Two canvas straps hold case closed.
Subject
photography
Vaux family
Credit
Gift of Molly Vaux, New York, USA, 1999
Catalogue Number
104.41.1089 a-i
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Date
1883 – 1926
Material
cardboard; metal; glass;
Catalogue Number
104.41.0129 a,b
Description
Two camera lenses housed in a repurposed Hammond box with “OLD ‘ADON’ Telephoto in shutter circa 1990’s” written in black ink on the front.The larger lens with shutter was manufactured by Bausch & Lomb Optical Co., originally a company that produced prescription eye-wear in the mid to late-1800s be…
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Title
Camera Lenses
Date
1883 – 1926
Material
cardboard; metal; glass;
Dimensions
5.7 x 7.8 x 14.5 cm
Description
Two camera lenses housed in a repurposed Hammond box with “OLD ‘ADON’ Telephoto in shutter circa 1990’s” written in black ink on the front.The larger lens with shutter was manufactured by Bausch & Lomb Optical Co., originally a company that produced prescription eye-wear in the mid to late-1800s before expanding into camera lenses and microscopes/telescopes towards the turn of the century. The company was founded in Rochester NY.The smaller lens was manufactured by Gundlach-Manhattan Optical Co., a merged company between Gundlach Optical Co. and Manhattan Optical Co. that took place in 1902, which produced various kinds of bellows cameras. Both companies were based in Rochester NY prior to merging.
Subject
Nicholas Morant
photography
camera equipment;
Credit
Gift of Nicholas Morant, Banff, 2006
Catalogue Number
104.41.0129 a,b
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Date
1893 – 1930
Material
metal; glass;
Catalogue Number
105.05.0035
Description
Black metal folding stereoscope. The rectangular frame has two square openings that allow light to pass through the image, which is inserted into tracks on the inside of the frame. Opposite the rectangular frame is a rounded frame containing two round glass lenses that also has a rounded cut-out wh…
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Title
Stereoscope
Date
1893 – 1930
Material
metal; glass;
Dimensions
7.1 x 13.5 x 7.5 cm
Description
Black metal folding stereoscope. The rectangular frame has two square openings that allow light to pass through the image, which is inserted into tracks on the inside of the frame. Opposite the rectangular frame is a rounded frame containing two round glass lenses that also has a rounded cut-out where the nose can fit. Between the two frames is an adjustable plate, allowing the image to be moved further from or closer to the viewer in order to be brought into focus. The stereoscope folds in on itself and latches with a small gold flat-top peg that fits into a small slot on the lens frame.
Subject
Crosby family
Abegweit
photography
stereoscopes
Credit
Gift of Robert Crosby Family, Banff, 1998
Catalogue Number
105.05.0035
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Date
1880 – 1940
Material
cardboard;
Catalogue Number
104.41.0203
Description
Empty cardboard box of Burroughs Wellcome & Co. ‘Tabloid’ (Photographic) ‘Rytol’ Universal Developer that could be used on plates, film, bromide and gaslight papers, and glass lantern slides. Directions on how to use the developer are printed in black throughout the yellow box. Developers were eith…
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Title
Photograph Developer
Date
1880 – 1940
Material
cardboard;
Dimensions
9.0 x 4.0 x 5.1 cm
Description
Empty cardboard box of Burroughs Wellcome & Co. ‘Tabloid’ (Photographic) ‘Rytol’ Universal Developer that could be used on plates, film, bromide and gaslight papers, and glass lantern slides. Directions on how to use the developer are printed in black throughout the yellow box. Developers were either chemical powders or liquids that would be added to another agent [usually a bath] to create a solution that would then be used to expose the positive photograph after it had been transferred from the original negative. Different concentrations or chemicals used could yield different results, usually in regards to contrast and colour of the finished image, depending on the photographic base.
Subject
Crosby family
Abegweit
photography
photographic equipment
photograph development
chemicals;
Credit
Gift of Robert Crosby Family, Banff, 1998
Catalogue Number
104.41.0203
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Date
1889 – 1910
Material
paper; glass;
Catalogue Number
104.41.0206
Description
One paper-wrapped package of 45x107mm Ilford Alpha Lantern Plates with white and red paper adhesive labels on the top and front of the package containing manufacturer details. These lantern plates would serve as the positive mount for the lantern slide made from the original negative. Lantern slide…
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Title
Lantern Plates
Date
1889 – 1910
Material
paper; glass;
Dimensions
2.0 x 11.6 x 5.3 cm
Description
One paper-wrapped package of 45x107mm Ilford Alpha Lantern Plates with white and red paper adhesive labels on the top and front of the package containing manufacturer details. These lantern plates would serve as the positive mount for the lantern slide made from the original negative. Lantern slides are glass-based transparencies that were displayed by being projected through an early projector called a magic lantern. Starting as hand-painted images on glass, lantern slides quickly adapted to first black-and-white and then colour photography and faded from popularity with the rise of celluloid film and motion pictures.
Subject
Crosby family
Abegweit
photography
photography equipment
lantern slides
Ilford;
Credit
Gift of Robert Crosby Family, Banff, 1998
Catalogue Number
104.41.0206
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Date
1883 – 1979
Material
cardboard; wood; metal;
Catalogue Number
105.05.0040 a,b
Description
Wooden hand-held stereoscope with a long base along which the card frame can slide, goggle-shaped lens housing that blocks out light around the sides, two square lenses angled slightly towards the center, a central blocker, and a pointed fold-down handle. The card frame is a separate piece that sli…
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Title
Stereoscope
Date
1883 – 1979
Material
cardboard; wood; metal;
Dimensions
10.1 x 33.5 x 16.0 cm
Description
Wooden hand-held stereoscope with a long base along which the card frame can slide, goggle-shaped lens housing that blocks out light around the sides, two square lenses angled slightly towards the center, a central blocker, and a pointed fold-down handle. The card frame is a separate piece that slides on and off the end of the long base and features two wire holders that fold out to fit the card. Also includes a stack of manufactured stereoscope cards that mostly feature scenes from Palestine and the United States that have spots of colour tinting, possibly hand-applied. Everything is housed in a cardboard shoe box with a white “COES & STODDER” sticker on one short side. Written on one short side of the lid is “STEREOPTICAN” in black ink and taped to the lid is a piece of paper that reads “Return to Catharine Whyte after photograph display” signed and dated by Maryalice Stewart 14 February 1979.
Subject
souvenir
commemorative
photography
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
105.05.0040 a,b
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Date
1890 – 1900
Material
cardboard;
Catalogue Number
110.01.0293 a-c
Description
Three empty boxes for one Transparent Film Cartridge meant to be used in the Kodak No. 2 Bullet Camera - each cartridge could take twelve 3 1/2 inch exposures. Each box has a black and white paper label adhered across the top of the lid with the product and manufacturer details printed throughout -…
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Title
Film Box
Date
1890 – 1900
Material
cardboard;
Dimensions
3.8 x 4.0 x 10.3 cm
Description
Three empty boxes for one Transparent Film Cartridge meant to be used in the Kodak No. 2 Bullet Camera - each cartridge could take twelve 3 1/2 inch exposures. Each box has a black and white paper label adhered across the top of the lid with the product and manufacturer details printed throughout - on the bottom is a white and red paper label with a warning to develop the film before May 1st, 1900. All three boxes have various kinds of writing throughout the exteriors - two have notes written on one long side in pencil by Russell Robb [most likely Catharine’s father].
Subject
photography
photographic developing
film
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
110.01.0293 a-c
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Date
c. 1900
Material
wood; metal; glass
Catalogue Number
104.41.0243
Description
A folding wooden camera with gold metal features. When folded the main body of the camera lens is set into the centre of the wooden frame surrounded by a circular opening with a metal circle that is able to twist [where the tripod would attach]. The camera opens from a hinge to fold out, releasing …
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Title
Wooden Camera
Date
c. 1900
Material
wood; metal; glass
Description
A folding wooden camera with gold metal features. When folded the main body of the camera lens is set into the centre of the wooden frame surrounded by a circular opening with a metal circle that is able to twist [where the tripod would attach]. The camera opens from a hinge to fold out, releasing the black bellows, the front with the camera lens is on hinges that allow the camera lens to be propped up from the front frame that protected it. There are hinges to secure the position of the lens, there is also knobs and gears to operate the camera and a fibre cord with a metal ring attached to the bottom of the lens. On the base of the frame (which protects the lens when folded), features knobs that can twist to extend the length of the bellows, this part of the frame is inlaid in the base. On the back of the camera is another frame with a glass insert that is held in place with a clasp and on hinges. Along the side of this part of the camera are knobs on hinges to support when the bellows are extended further and inlaid is a white circle label which reads “THE Sandringham REG.” in brown text.
Subject
film photography
wooden camera
camera
field camera
photography
Sandringham
Credit
Gift of L. A. E Duncan, Calgary, 1980
Catalogue Number
104.41.0243
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Date
c. 1900
Material
ceramic; enamel
Catalogue Number
104.41.0272
Description
A white tray with different coloured speckles all over with a pouring spout at one corner. On the side with the pouring spout is a stamp that reads “GRANITINE” in an outer ring of a circle with a symbol or logo in the middle.
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Title
Developing Tray
Date
c. 1900
Material
ceramic; enamel
Dimensions
4.9 x 15.0 x 21.5 cm
Description
A white tray with different coloured speckles all over with a pouring spout at one corner. On the side with the pouring spout is a stamp that reads “GRANITINE” in an outer ring of a circle with a symbol or logo in the middle.
Subject
film photography
photography
photography accessory
Granitine
darkroom
Moore
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1977
Catalogue Number
104.41.0272
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Date
1897 – 1930
Material
metal, wood, glass
Catalogue Number
104.41.1044
Description
Brownie box camera No 2A; leather textured cloth covered cardboard body; internal lens with 2viewfinder lens above; viewfinder windows top and side; shutter release underside viewfinder window, film winding knob this side also; front and back detachable; broken amber window on back; aperture lever …
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Title
Box Camera
Date
1897 – 1930
Material
metal, wood, glass
Dimensions
15.5 x 12.9 x 8.7 cm
Description
Brownie box camera No 2A; leather textured cloth covered cardboard body; internal lens with 2viewfinder lens above; viewfinder windows top and side; shutter release underside viewfinder window, film winding knob this side also; front and back detachable; broken amber window on back; aperture lever on front portion; leather carrying handle with model name and number embossed.
Subject
photography
Credit
Gift of Richard Colley, Calgary, 1986
Catalogue Number
104.41.1044
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Date
1897 – 1915
Material
wood; brass; cloth; glass
Catalogue Number
104.41.1021 a-c
Description
Enlarging view camera with two backs; mahogany wood construction; rubberized cloth bellows; some brass fittings;front piece rides on track; brass knob on side moves lens mounting plate; 2 pieces for tracks tightening wood knob; slots for glass plates behind hinged door; one plate clear glass, one p…
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Title
Enlarging Camera
Date
1897 – 1915
Material
wood; brass; cloth; glass
Dimensions
61.0 x 56.4 x 46.0 cm
Description
Enlarging view camera with two backs; mahogany wood construction; rubberized cloth bellows; some brass fittings;front piece rides on track; brass knob on side moves lens mounting plate; 2 pieces for tracks tightening wood knob; slots for glass plates behind hinged door; one plate clear glass, one plate frosted glass; large slot for backs to slide in; two backs: one 42.3 x 33.1; other 59.9 x 41.9; the smaller back has two black slides, sheet frosted glass, cardboard divider; larger back has an area in centre with piece of glass with clips; carpet nailed around edges of slot and also perimeter of back piece; manufacturer's name plate loose.
Subject
photography
Byron Harmon
Credit
Gift of Don Harmon, Banff, 1966
Catalogue Number
104.41.1021 a-c
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Date
1880 – 1910
Material
paper
Catalogue Number
105.02.0001
Description
A black and white oval shaped photograph of a man, in shirtsleeves, holding a baby [Edmee Moore] in the doorway of a log cabin.
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Title
Photographic Print
Date
1880 – 1910
Material
paper
Dimensions
5.5 (image) x 7.5 (image) cm
Description
A black and white oval shaped photograph of a man, in shirtsleeves, holding a baby [Edmee Moore] in the doorway of a log cabin.
Subject
households
family
children
photography
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
105.02.0001
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Date
1890 – 1910
Material
glass
Catalogue Number
105.02.0008
Description
A sepia-toned photographic print on a glass plate. The print is a vignette of a woman's head and shoulders.
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Title
Photographic Print
Date
1890 – 1910
Material
glass
Dimensions
8.0 x 6.8 cm
Description
A sepia-toned photographic print on a glass plate. The print is a vignette of a woman's head and shoulders.
Subject
family
photography
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
105.02.0008
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Date
1880 – 1890
Material
paper, mat board
Catalogue Number
105.02.0022
Description
A black and white studio photograph of John Brewster and a brother (George ?) sitting together in chairs with legs crossed. The photograph is framed with a wide grey mat and a dark ornate frame.
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Title
Photographic Print
Date
1880 – 1890
Material
paper, mat board
Dimensions
21.2 x 15.6 cm
Description
A black and white studio photograph of John Brewster and a brother (George ?) sitting together in chairs with legs crossed. The photograph is framed with a wide grey mat and a dark ornate frame.
Subject
photography
families
households
John Brewster
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
105.02.0022
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Date
1895 – 1905
Material
paper; wood; glass; skin
Catalogue Number
105.02.0027
Description
A black and white photograph of a camp with hills in the background. The photo is framed with a grey mat and a plain wood frame. The back of the photograph is marked “Shaganappi Point ca. 1900 Stony Indian Camp.”
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Title
Photographic Print
Date
1895 – 1905
Material
paper; wood; glass; skin
Dimensions
13.8; 19.0 (frame) x 24.0; 29.2 (frame) cm
Description
A black and white photograph of a camp with hills in the background. The photo is framed with a grey mat and a plain wood frame. The back of the photograph is marked “Shaganappi Point ca. 1900 Stony Indian Camp.”
Subject
photography
households
Indigenous, Stoney
camping
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
105.02.0027
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Date
1890 – 1892
Material
paper; wood; glass; metal
Catalogue Number
105.02.0033
Description
A black and white studio photograph of a child (Pearl Evelyn Brewster Moore) with straight bangs, wearing a dress with a large lace collar. The photograph is framed with a white mat and a simple black wooden frame with a narrow gold inside and outside border. The back of the photo is marked “Pear…
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Title
Photographic Print
Date
1890 – 1892
Material
paper; wood; glass; metal
Dimensions
27.6; 42.5 (frame) x 20.7; 34.5 (frame) cm
Description
A black and white studio photograph of a child (Pearl Evelyn Brewster Moore) with straight bangs, wearing a dress with a large lace collar. The photograph is framed with a white mat and a simple black wooden frame with a narrow gold inside and outside border. The back of the photo is marked “Pearl Evelin Brewster, 2 years old, Born July 25, 1889, died Oct 22, 1973.”
Subject
households
children
photography
Pearl Moore
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
105.02.0033
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Date
1890 – 1910
Material
paper; wood; glass; metal
Catalogue Number
105.02.0043
Description
A black and white photograph of a four poster bed with canopy in a room with a hanging light and pictures on the wall. The photograph is framed in a plain wood veneer frame with grain running perpendicular to the shape of the frame.
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Title
Photographic Print
Date
1890 – 1910
Material
paper; wood; glass; metal
Dimensions
24.8; 26.8( frame) x 19.7; 21.6 (frame) cm
Description
A black and white photograph of a four poster bed with canopy in a room with a hanging light and pictures on the wall. The photograph is framed in a plain wood veneer frame with grain running perpendicular to the shape of the frame.
Subject
households
Mary Schaffer
photography
furnishings
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
105.02.0043
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Date
1890 – 1910
Material
metal, silver; glass
Catalogue Number
107.01.0003
Description
A very simple oval sterling silver picture frame with a cut-out silver stand attached to the bottom. The back of the frame is marked “Sterling #799.”
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Title
Picture Frame
Date
1890 – 1910
Material
metal, silver; glass
Dimensions
10.0 cm
Description
A very simple oval sterling silver picture frame with a cut-out silver stand attached to the bottom. The back of the frame is marked “Sterling #799.”
Subject
households
families
children
photography
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
107.01.0003
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