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- Date
- 1832
- Material
- fibre; paper; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 103.04.1021
- Description
- Bright green bonnet (calash) with eight folds. Fabric is stitched around shaped metal stays, 14 in all. Neck piece is padded and shaped with wire. Rim has fabric folded or pleated in ribbon effect. Long green ribbon ties at front of neck. Additional long grey ribbon attached to brim higher on face.…
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- Title
- Bonnet
- Date
- 1832
- Material
- fibre; paper; metal
- Description
- Bright green bonnet (calash) with eight folds. Fabric is stitched around shaped metal stays, 14 in all. Neck piece is padded and shaped with wire. Rim has fabric folded or pleated in ribbon effect. Long green ribbon ties at front of neck. Additional long grey ribbon attached to brim higher on face. Inside back is reinforced with burlap on which is glued brown paper. Written in Mary Schaffer’s hand: “18 S.M. Potts 1832 Calasche”. On back, ribbon is tied in bow. Green fabric stitched on back to cover neck.
- Subject
- clothing
- S.M. Potts
- Mary Schaffer
- Credit
- Gift of Charles C. Reid, Banff, Alberta, 1986
- Catalogue Number
- 103.04.1021
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Photograph Accessory
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- Date
- 1880 – 1920
- Material
- wood; metal; skin; glass
- Catalogue Number
- 104.41.1100
- Description
- Miscellaneous photographic accessories including plate holders, film rollers, hand roller, tripod top and wooden camera parts. Some pieces have “George Vaux Jr.” written on them. One plate holder has “10/19 1890” written on it and a patent date of March 8, 1881. Some of the film rollers have a pate…
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- Title
- Photograph Accessory
- Date
- 1880 – 1920
- Material
- wood; metal; skin; glass
- Description
- Miscellaneous photographic accessories including plate holders, film rollers, hand roller, tripod top and wooden camera parts. Some pieces have “George Vaux Jr.” written on them. One plate holder has “10/19 1890” written on it and a patent date of March 8, 1881. Some of the film rollers have a patent date of May 5, 1885.
- Subject
- photography
- Vaux family
- Credit
- Gift of Molly Vaux, New York, USA, 1999
- Catalogue Number
- 104.41.1100
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Kerosene Lantern
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact102.05.1018
- Date
- 1880 – 1885
- Material
- metal; glass
- Catalogue Number
- 102.05.1018
- Description
- Black metal lantern with large glass lens in opening door. Inside is a removable fuel reservoir with knob to adjust wick. Sliding screen controls amount of light. “Private Property. VAUX 84” scratched into base of lantern.
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- Title
- Kerosene Lantern
- Date
- 1880 – 1885
- Material
- metal; glass
- Dimensions
- 17.0 x 9.0 cm
- Description
- Black metal lantern with large glass lens in opening door. Inside is a removable fuel reservoir with knob to adjust wick. Sliding screen controls amount of light. “Private Property. VAUX 84” scratched into base of lantern.
- Subject
- photography
- Vaux family
- camping
- hiking
- Credit
- Gift of Molly Vaux, New York, USA, 1999
- Catalogue Number
- 102.05.1018
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Cut-Film Holder
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- Date
- 1885 – 1900
- Material
- metal; skin
- Catalogue Number
- 104.41.1104
- Description
- Metal box with opening compartments and leather carrying handle marked “45”. “Pat. May 31. 87. Aug. 3. 90” stamped on top. Spring loaded film changing apparatus inside.
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- Title
- Cut-Film Holder
- Date
- 1885 – 1900
- Material
- metal; skin
- Dimensions
- 4.5 x 11.5 cm
- Description
- Metal box with opening compartments and leather carrying handle marked “45”. “Pat. May 31. 87. Aug. 3. 90” stamped on top. Spring loaded film changing apparatus inside.
- Subject
- photography
- Vaux family
- Credit
- Gift of Molly Vaux, New York, USA, 1999
- Catalogue Number
- 104.41.1104
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- Date
- 1885 – 1900
- Material
- wood; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 104.41.1107 a,b
- Description
- (a) Wooden film roller with brass fittings. Metal plate on top reads: “EASTMAN DRY PLATE & FILM CO. Rochester, N.Y., U.S.A. PATENTED MAY 5, 1885.” (b) Wooden film roller with brass fittings, top stamped: “EASTMAN KODAK CO. PAT. MAY 5, 1885. OTHER PATENTS APPL’D FOR IN ALL COUNTRIES.”
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- Title
- Film Roller
- Date
- 1885 – 1900
- Material
- wood; metal
- Dimensions
- 6.0 x 18.0 cm
- Description
- (a) Wooden film roller with brass fittings. Metal plate on top reads: “EASTMAN DRY PLATE & FILM CO. Rochester, N.Y., U.S.A. PATENTED MAY 5, 1885.” (b) Wooden film roller with brass fittings, top stamped: “EASTMAN KODAK CO. PAT. MAY 5, 1885. OTHER PATENTS APPL’D FOR IN ALL COUNTRIES.”
- Subject
- photography
- Vaux family
- Credit
- Gift of Molly Vaux, New York, USA, 1999
- Catalogue Number
- 104.41.1107 a,b
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Mountain And Mining Transit
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- Date
- 1870 – 1900
- Material
- wood; metal; glass; fibre; paper
- Catalogue Number
- 104.44.1015
- Description
- Gurley M&M (mountain and mining) transit. Original wooden box contains blued and brass instrument, field tools, sun shade fitting, ground cloth, plumb bob, etc. Paper labels inside lid of box.
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- Title
- Mountain And Mining Transit
- Date
- 1870 – 1900
- Material
- wood; metal; glass; fibre; paper
- Dimensions
- 32.0 x 25.0 cm
- Description
- Gurley M&M (mountain and mining) transit. Original wooden box contains blued and brass instrument, field tools, sun shade fitting, ground cloth, plumb bob, etc. Paper labels inside lid of box.
- Subject
- photography
- Vaux family
- surveying
- Credit
- Gift of Hugh J. McCauley, Bryn Mawr, USA, 1999
- Catalogue Number
- 104.44.1015
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- Date
- 1880 – 1910
- Material
- wood; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 104.44.1016
- Description
- Wooden stadia rod. Brass tip base, varnished single wood shaft with impressed and painted vernier scale numbers and fractions. Used to measure vertical short distances and horizontal lengths. Stadia, from Latin “Stadium,” based on a unit of length for Roman racing arenas.
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- Title
- Stadia Rod
- Date
- 1880 – 1910
- Material
- wood; metal
- Dimensions
- 5.0 x 199.0 cm
- Description
- Wooden stadia rod. Brass tip base, varnished single wood shaft with impressed and painted vernier scale numbers and fractions. Used to measure vertical short distances and horizontal lengths. Stadia, from Latin “Stadium,” based on a unit of length for Roman racing arenas.
- Subject
- photography
- Vaux family
- surveying
- Credit
- Gift of Hugh J. McCauley, Bryn Mawr, USA, 1999
- Catalogue Number
- 104.44.1016
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Philadelphia Rod
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- Date
- 1880 – 1910
- Material
- wood; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 104.44.1017
- Description
- (a) Philadelphia rod. Brass tip base, varnished wood, split slide ruler, with vernier scale impressed and painted. Unit has adjustable round metal target. Developed in late 18th century Philadelphia for long range and hillside surveys. Ultimate height of extended rod is one third higher than a stad…
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- Title
- Philadelphia Rod
- Date
- 1880 – 1910
- Material
- wood; metal
- Dimensions
- 4.5 x 168.0 cm
- Description
- (a) Philadelphia rod. Brass tip base, varnished wood, split slide ruler, with vernier scale impressed and painted. Unit has adjustable round metal target. Developed in late 18th century Philadelphia for long range and hillside surveys. Ultimate height of extended rod is one third higher than a stadia rod. (b) Wooden pole with black tape, “VAUX” written in pencil on side, function unknown.
- Subject
- photography
- Vaux family
- surveying
- Credit
- Gift of Hugh J. McCauley, Bryn Mawr, USA, 1999
- Catalogue Number
- 104.44.1017
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- Date
- 1870 – 1900
- Material
- wood; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 104.44.1018
- Description
- Large wooden tripod for use with transit (104.44.1015). Varnished wood with collapsing (telescoping) three legs with brass leg points and thumb screws for leg adjustments. The top bezel of threaded brass has a round wooden cover cap. Brass leg brackets are stamped: “W. & L.E. GURLEY, TROY, N.Y.”
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- Title
- Tripod
- Date
- 1870 – 1900
- Material
- wood; metal
- Dimensions
- 93.0 x 9.0 cm
- Description
- Large wooden tripod for use with transit (104.44.1015). Varnished wood with collapsing (telescoping) three legs with brass leg points and thumb screws for leg adjustments. The top bezel of threaded brass has a round wooden cover cap. Brass leg brackets are stamped: “W. & L.E. GURLEY, TROY, N.Y.”
- Subject
- photography
- Vaux family
- surveying
- Credit
- Gift of Hugh J. McCauley, Bryn Mawr, USA, 1999
- Catalogue Number
- 104.44.1018
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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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Horseshoe Nail
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact104.03.1018
- Date
- 1880 – 1900
- Material
- metal
- Catalogue Number
- 104.03.1018
- Description
- Short squared nail.
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- Title
- Horseshoe Nail
- Date
- 1880 – 1900
- Material
- metal
- Description
- Short squared nail.
- Subject
- animals
- horses
- buildings
- Peyto Cabin
- Credit
- Gift of Jon Whyte, Banff, 1989
- Catalogue Number
- 104.03.1018
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- Date
- 1880 – 1920
- Material
- wood; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 104.19.1061
- Description
- Counter height wooden icebox. There is a door on the front with a metal latch. The box has been painted white.
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- Title
- Icebox
- Date
- 1880 – 1920
- Material
- wood; metal
- Description
- Counter height wooden icebox. There is a door on the front with a metal latch. The box has been painted white.
- Subject
- households
- Credit
- Purchased from Phyllis Cain, Banff, 1988
- Catalogue Number
- 104.19.1061
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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
- 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.
- Credit
- Gift of Nicholas Morant, Banff, 2006
- Catalogue Number
- 104.41.0129 a,b
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- Date
- 1880 – 1920
- Material
- metal; glass; plastic;
- Catalogue Number
- 103.01.0350 a-c
- Description
- Three hatpins of three different styles [two are the same length, the third is longer]: one is a cluster of cut white gems [probably fake] set in gold in the shape of a bouquet of flowers; one is pale plastic cameo-style with a flat bottom and a flower on the top; one is a round dark metal base cov…
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- Title
- Hatpin
- Date
- 1880 – 1920
- Material
- metal; glass; plastic;
- Dimensions
- 2.7 x 27.7 cm
- Description
- Three hatpins of three different styles [two are the same length, the third is longer]: one is a cluster of cut white gems [probably fake] set in gold in the shape of a bouquet of flowers; one is pale plastic cameo-style with a flat bottom and a flower on the top; one is a round dark metal base covered in little bumps with a cut yellow glass topper.
- Credit
- Gift of Robert Crosby Family, Banff, 1998
- Catalogue Number
- 103.01.0350 a-c
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- Date
- 1889 – 1945
- Material
- metal; glass; leather;
- Catalogue Number
- 104.41.0181
- Description
- Black leather and silver metal 4x6 Curt Bentzin Görlitz camera with a fold-down front panel that exposes the lens and bellows, a leather handle and two adjustment knobs on one side, a pop-up view finder on top, and fold-out leather flaps that access the exposure plate. Small metal levers throughout…
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- Title
- Camera
- Date
- 1889 – 1945
- Material
- metal; glass; leather;
- Dimensions
- 19.7 x 20.0 x 14.4 cm
- Description
- Black leather and silver metal 4x6 Curt Bentzin Görlitz camera with a fold-down front panel that exposes the lens and bellows, a leather handle and two adjustment knobs on one side, a pop-up view finder on top, and fold-out leather flaps that access the exposure plate. Small metal levers throughout allow different panels in the camera to open - three holes along the bottom [one on the body of the camera and two on the fold-down lens plate] allow the camera to be mounted on a tripod.
- Subject
- Crosby family
- Abegweit
- cameras
- photography;
- Credit
- Gift of Robert Crosby Family, Banff, 1998
- Catalogue Number
- 104.41.0181
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Photograph Developer
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact104.41.0203
- 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.
- Credit
- Gift of Robert Crosby Family, Banff, 1998
- Catalogue Number
- 104.41.0203
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Lantern Plates
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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.
- Credit
- Gift of Robert Crosby Family, Banff, 1998
- Catalogue Number
- 104.41.0206
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- Date
- 1886 – 1940
- Material
- metal;
- Catalogue Number
- 105.06.0096
- Description
- Black metal two hole punch with a round compression lever and a collection tray underneath that hinges open. On the bottom is a small piece of adhesive fabric tape with “M West. Phal” written on it.German Friedrich Soennecken is credited with inventing the two hole punch in 1886.
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- Title
- Hole Punch
- Date
- 1886 – 1940
- Material
- metal;
- Dimensions
- 7.3 x 7.7 x 11.6 cm
- Description
- Black metal two hole punch with a round compression lever and a collection tray underneath that hinges open. On the bottom is a small piece of adhesive fabric tape with “M West. Phal” written on it.German Friedrich Soennecken is credited with inventing the two hole punch in 1886.
- Subject
- office supplies
- stationary
- Credit
- Gift of Bill Mather, Edmonton, 1991
- Catalogue Number
- 105.06.0096
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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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