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Trinket Box

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Date: 1900 – 1940

Material: metal, brass; enamel; mineral, onyx

Catalogue Number: 102.04.0054

Description: A triangular shaped, lidded box with rounded corners. The base is brass and is decorated with enamel flowers predominantly in blue. The lid is also brass with the center bearing a carved onyx slab. The edge of the lid is decorated with enamel flowers and butterflies, with blue as the dominant col…

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Title: Trinket Box

Date: 1900 – 1940

Material: metal, brass; enamel; mineral, onyx

Dimensions: 2.5 x 7.5 cm

Description: A triangular shaped, lidded box with rounded corners. The base is brass and is decorated with enamel flowers predominantly in blue. The lid is also brass with the center bearing a carved onyx slab. The edge of the lid is decorated with enamel flowers and butterflies, with blue as the dominant colour. The box has the word "China" on the bottom.

Subject: households; decorative

Credit: Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: 102.04.0054

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Trinket Box

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Date: 1900 – 1940

Material: mineral, jade; wood

Catalogue Number: 102.04.0119

Description: A rectangular wooden, possibly ebony, lidded box with lobed corners. The fitted lid is decorated with an intricately carved and pierced jade centrepiece. The jade centrepiece is loose.

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Title: Trinket Box

Date: 1900 – 1940

Material: mineral, jade; wood

Dimensions: 7.0 x 9.0 x 11.0 cm

Description: A rectangular wooden, possibly ebony, lidded box with lobed corners. The fitted lid is decorated with an intricately carved and pierced jade centrepiece. The jade centrepiece is loose.

Subject: households; decorative

Credit: Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: 102.04.0119

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Trinket Box

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Date: 1880 – 1920

Material: stone, serpentine; wood, teak

Catalogue Number: 102.04.0120

Description: An urn-shaped serpentine bowl with heavy dragon-shaped handles (serpentine is a mottled green or yellow hydrous magnesium silicate, used as scurce of asbestos and as architecturally decorative stonework). The teak lid is bell-shaped and features intricately carved openwork. There is slight wear on …

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Title: Trinket Box

Date: 1880 – 1920

Material: stone, serpentine; wood, teak

Dimensions: 13.0 x 9.5 x 15.0 cm

Description: An urn-shaped serpentine bowl with heavy dragon-shaped handles (serpentine is a mottled green or yellow hydrous magnesium silicate, used as scurce of asbestos and as architecturally decorative stonework). The teak lid is bell-shaped and features intricately carved openwork. There is slight wear on inside bottom of bowl, and the top is slightly damaged.

Credit: Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: 102.04.0120

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Trinket Box

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Date: 1900 – 1930

Material: wood

Catalogue Number: 102.04.0125

Description: A rectangular wooden container, possibly teak or mahogany, with two carved birds concealing storage compartments at either end (birds slide back). This box traditionally may have been used to store valuables or spices.

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Title: Trinket Box

Date: 1900 – 1930

Material: wood

Dimensions: 12.0 x 5.2 x 19.5 cm

Description: A rectangular wooden container, possibly teak or mahogany, with two carved birds concealing storage compartments at either end (birds slide back). This box traditionally may have been used to store valuables or spices.

Subject: households; decorative

Credit: Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: 102.04.0125

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Trinket Box

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Date: 1900 – 1930

Material: metal; shell, abalone

Catalogue Number: 102.04.0150

Description: A cylindrical brown-coloured metal box with a slightly domed lid which is blue-coloured with a brass-coloured edge and small handle. Three small short feet support the bottom of the box. The outside of the box is decorated with red and gold vertical stripes and loops that alternate with stripes an…

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Title: Trinket Box

Date: 1900 – 1930

Material: metal; shell, abalone

Dimensions: 6.5 cm

Description: A cylindrical brown-coloured metal box with a slightly domed lid which is blue-coloured with a brass-coloured edge and small handle. Three small short feet support the bottom of the box. The outside of the box is decorated with red and gold vertical stripes and loops that alternate with stripes and dots of inlaid abalone shell. The lid has looped design made up of a series of small dots.

Subject: households; decorative

Credit: Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: 102.04.0150

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Trinket Box

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Date: 1900 – 1940

Material: paper; varnish

Catalogue Number: 102.04.0156

Description: A papier mache trinket box in the shape of an Easter egg with a bright floral design decoupaged on outside. The egg splits in half to reveal an empty cavity. The paper trim needs re-glueing.

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Title: Trinket Box

Date: 1900 – 1940

Material: paper; varnish

Dimensions: 9.0 x 8.5 x 13.0 cm

Description: A papier mache trinket box in the shape of an Easter egg with a bright floral design decoupaged on outside. The egg splits in half to reveal an empty cavity. The paper trim needs re-glueing.

Subject: households; decorative; crafts; holidays

Credit: Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: 102.04.0156

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Trinket Box

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Date: 1850 – 1900

Material: wood

Catalogue Number: 102.04.0200

Description: A lathe-turned round-dish, flat-bottomed box with a domed, lapping lid which fits flushly over a flange on the box body. Box and lid are painted a boxcar red and decorated with designs of circles and flowers, varnish over paint has oxidized. Interior of box has been painted a dark green.

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Title: Trinket Box

Date: 1850 – 1900

Material: wood

Dimensions: 6.3 x 13.0 cm

Description: A lathe-turned round-dish, flat-bottomed box with a domed, lapping lid which fits flushly over a flange on the box body. Box and lid are painted a boxcar red and decorated with designs of circles and flowers, varnish over paint has oxidized. Interior of box has been painted a dark green.

Subject: households; decorative

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: 102.04.0200

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Trinket Box

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Date: 1900 – 1920

Material: metal

Catalogue Number: 102.04.0212

Description: A rectangular black metal box with hinged lid, flat based and flat topped. Over black ground are floral paintings, white blossoms and red buds, green leaves on lily-like stalk. Edges defined in pale yellow paint. Stamped on base: “Cinna & Co. Tin Cans New York”

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Title: Trinket Box

Date: 1900 – 1920

Material: metal

Dimensions: 4.3 x 6.6 x 9.9 cm

Description: A rectangular black metal box with hinged lid, flat based and flat topped. Over black ground are floral paintings, white blossoms and red buds, green leaves on lily-like stalk. Edges defined in pale yellow paint. Stamped on base: “Cinna & Co. Tin Cans New York”

Subject: households; decorative

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: 102.04.0212

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Trinket Box

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Date: 1900 – 1910

Material: metal; wood

Catalogue Number: 102.04.0315

Description: Hinge-lidded, wood-lined brass box. Lid design is incised dragon and rest of box decorated with scrolling and flowers. Undercoated base. Key missing from locking mechanism which works on spring pressure.

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Title: Trinket Box

Date: 1900 – 1910

Material: metal; wood

Dimensions: 6.8 x 9.2 x 17.1 cm

Description: Hinge-lidded, wood-lined brass box. Lid design is incised dragon and rest of box decorated with scrolling and flowers. Undercoated base. Key missing from locking mechanism which works on spring pressure.

Subject: households; decorative

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: 102.04.0315

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Trinket Box

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Date: 1880 – 1935

Material: metal; wood

Catalogue Number: 102.04.0328

Description: Oblong rectangular lidded box with wood base and copper lid. Box base lightweight wood and remnant of Canada One Cent stamp stuck on bottom. Lid decoration has circle symmetrically decorated with pierced scrolling. Lid separated from rim by copper corrosion.

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Title: Trinket Box

Date: 1880 – 1935

Material: metal; wood

Dimensions: 3.5 x 4.2 x 17.8 cm

Description: Oblong rectangular lidded box with wood base and copper lid. Box base lightweight wood and remnant of Canada One Cent stamp stuck on bottom. Lid decoration has circle symmetrically decorated with pierced scrolling. Lid separated from rim by copper corrosion.

Subject: households; decorative

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: 102.04.0328

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Jean A. Hembroff MacDonald fonds

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Part Of: Jean A. Hembroff MacDonald fonds

Scope & Content: Fonds consists of three sous-fonds: M573 / V797 / S60. M573 consists of three series, 26 cm of textual records, 1924-2005. Series I: Personal Papers, 19 cm, ca.1930-2005 (including notebooks and drafts of various talks that Jean delivered and records related to her participation in the Trail Rider…

Date Range: ca.1908-ca.2011

Reference Code: M573 / V797 / S60

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print; Private record; Published record; Newspaper clipping; Transparency; Textual record; Sound recording; Lantern slide

Part Of: Jean A. Hembroff MacDonald fonds

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

Fonds Number: M573 / V797 / S60

Sous-Fonds: M573; V797; S60

Accession Number: 2019.111

Reference Code: M573 / V797 / S60

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print; Private record; Published record; Newspaper clipping; Transparency; Textual record; Sound recording; Lantern slide

Date Range: ca.1908-ca.2011

Physical Description: 26 cm of textual records.-- 109 photographs (42 prints, 67 lantern slides). -- 2 sound recordings.

History / Biographical: Jean Alexandra Hembroff was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba on April 5, 1908 to Walter B. Hembroff (d. 1945) and Sarah Jane Hembroff (d.1952). Jean was accepted to the MacPhail School of Music and Dramatic Art at the University of Minnesota, from which she graduated in 1927. She returned to Winnipeg to begin teaching courses in speech arts and drama. To establish herself, she first volunteered as the "story lady" at the Williams Avenue Public Library and quickly became known as an excellent speaker sought by many different organizations. She taught at St. Mary's Academy and the Evening Institute at the University of Manitoba, as well as offered private sessions. Many of her students used the skills they learned from Jean as they entered radio, television, politics, and business. Jean was also very active in organizing and adjucating Speech Arts festivals in Manitoba, often going to inaccessible places to give workshops. Her teaching, broadcasting, adjucating, coaching, and speaking career spanned more than 50 years. Jean was hired by the Canadian Pacific Railway's promotions manager to give presentations and broadcast interviews across Canada and the United States. In 1937, Jean joined the Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies and participated in their summer trail ride in the same year. For that year's issue of the Trail Rider's Bulletin Jean wrote an article - and became the first woman to ever do so. In 1938, during her lecture titled "Trail Riding in the Rockies" on January 18, 1938 at the Royal Alexandra Hotel, Jean met John David (Jack) MacDonald. Jack and Jean were married on June 18, 1938, and the couple had one son, Bruce Walter James MacDonald (August 28, 1946-August 25, 2016). Jean participated in several trail rides with the Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies and the Sky Line Trail, and produced articles reflecting her experiences. Jean loved to travel and visited places all around Canada and the United States, Borneo, Tangier, Montevideo, Stockholm, New Delhi, and Tonga. At the age of 102, Jean passed away on February 2, 2011 and is buried in Winnipeg.

Scope & Content: Fonds consists of three sous-fonds: M573 / V797 / S60.; M573 consists of three series, 26 cm of textual records, 1924-2005. Series I: Personal Papers, 19 cm, ca.1930-2005 (including notebooks and drafts of various talks that Jean delivered and records related to her participation in the Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies and the Sky Line Hikers of the Canadian Rockies, particularly 1937-1939). Series II: Correspondence and Newspaper Clippings, 4 cm, 1924-2000 (including correspondence with John Murray Gibbon, former students, and attendees at various talks, as well as newspaper articles that Jean wrote about various subjects and articles of her achievements). Series III: Collected Materials and Ephemera, 3 cm, ca.1930-1950 (including a variety of collected poems and ephemera, as well as a copy of The Beaver Magazine from 1940, for which Jean wrote an article titled "On the Trail of Sir George").; V797 consists of two series, 24.5 cm of visual records, ca.1928-1939. Series I: Photograph Prints, 3 cm, ca.1928-1939 (includes personal photographs of Jean and her family and friends as well as photographs of Jean and Jack's visit to Lake Louise in 1939). Series II: Lantern Slides, 21.5 cm, ca.1937-1939 (Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies official ride of 1937 to Mt. Assiniboine; Sky Line Hikers of the Canadian Rockies official ride of 1939 to Ptarmigan Valley and Skoki; collection of trail ride songs).; S60 consists of two sound recordings, 1 cm, 2004 and 2007 (Winnipeg at Christmas, narrated by Jean, broadcasted on the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation).

Notes: Lantern slides include wooden case.

Name Access: Hembroff MacDonald, Jean

Subject Access: Banff; Banff National Park; Camps; Canadian Pacific Railway; Discovery and travel; Discovery and exploration; Empress Hotel; European travel; Family and personal life; Guides; Hiking; Horse packing; Horses; Horseback riding; Kananaskis Ranch; Lake Louise; Lantern slide; Mount Assiniboine; Mountain; Organizations; Personal and Professional Life; Photography; Poetry; Scenery; Skyline Hikers of the Canadian Rockies; Skyline Trail Hikers of the Canadian Rockies; Sports and recreation; Sunshine area; Trails; Trail guides; Tourism; Travel; Travel and Exploration; Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies; Women

Geographic Access: Assiniboine; Alberta; Banff; Banff National Park; British Columbia; Canada; Canadian Rocky Mountains; Ireland; Kananaskis Country; Lake Louise; Lake O'Hara; Manitoba; Mount Assiniboine; Rocky Mountains; Victoria; West Indies; Winnipeg

Reproduction Restrictions: Some restriction/s on access; Copyright, privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply

Language: English

Creator: Hembroff MacDonald, Jean

Category: Arts; Education; Exploration, discovery and travel; Sports, recreation and leisure

Biographical Source Notes: Contents of the fonds; https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/122854759/jean-alexandra-macdonald; https://passages.winnipegfreepress.com/passage-details/id-174851/MACDONALD_JEAN; https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/winnipeg-mb/bruce-macdonald-7064958

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Canadian Pacific Railway fonds

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Part Of: Canadian Pacific Railway fonds

Scope & Content: Fonds consists of visual and texual material pertaining to the Canadian Pacific Railway and its holdings. Visual material conists of two series. Series I: lantern slides, Series II: prints. Textual material consists of two series. Series I: organizational records, Series II: the 1942 film "Canadian…

Date Range: [ca.1900-1950]

Reference Code: M584 / V782

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

GMD: Photograph; Transparency; Lantern slide; Print; Organization record; Textual record

Part Of: Canadian Pacific Railway fonds

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

Fonds Number: M584 / V782

Sous-Fonds: V782

Accession Number: 303, 304, 625, 1471, 1086, 1544, 3288, 3502, 6740, 7071, 2014.8366, 2021.18

Reference Code: M584 / V782

GMD: Photograph; Transparency; Lantern slide; Print; Organization record; Textual record

Date Range: [ca.1900-1950]

Physical Description: 69 b&w lantern slides, 5 cm of textual records, ca. 309 prints : b&w ; 27.9 x 20.3 cm or smaller

Scope & Content: Fonds consists of visual and texual material pertaining to the Canadian Pacific Railway and its holdings. Visual material conists of two series. Series I: lantern slides, Series II: prints. Textual material consists of two series. Series I: organizational records, Series II: the 1942 film "Canadian Pacific" screenplay and associated documents. Visual material includes black and white lantern slides and black and white prints depicting various scenes pertaining to travelling on the Canadian Pacific Railway and depict dining rooms, scnes involving trains and mountains, farming scenes and fields, people in train cars, various cities and towns, figures in natural landscapes, horses and horseback riding, mountains, waterfalls, skiing, ships, CP hotels, and other grand buildings [across Canada] such as Notre Dame Cathedral in Montreal. Textual material includes paper reports [some compiled by Canadian Pacific Hotels Architectural Engineer Ed Steel] detailing various construction and/or renovation projects for hotels, lodges, tea houses, bugalow camps, huts, and backcountry lodges throughout the Canadian Rockies as well as records pertaining to CP hotels in the Canadian Rockies, and the screenplay for "Canadian Pacific."

Notes: Slides were stored in rectangular wood box with leather handle on top, and metal handle at one end. White label that says “Lyon & Turnbull 432 04 February 2009” on lid of the box. Old, peeling, and stained label on top under handle, illegible. Faded, peeling labels on front, some words legible: “from the Canadian Pacific…” 2 stained and water damaged labels detached from box appear to be English shipping labels.“10” stamped in black on both ends of box. Stamped in black on rear of box: “Canadian Pacific Rly Co. 62 to 65 Charing Cross, London, S.W. 1. “3” engraved on upper rim of box. Box is divided into 3 sections with removable wood separators, small pieces of felt line 2 sections of the box.

Name Access: Canadian Pacific Railway

Subject Access: Buildings; Buildings and facilities; Camps; Construction; Environment; Huts; Tourism; Trains; Transportation

Geographic Access: Banff National Park; Jasper National Park; Yoho National Park; Glacier; Alberta; British Columbia; Canada

Language: Language is English

Title Source: Title based on contents of fonds

Content Details: Prints and some textual records absorbed from old records V121 and M48. Lantern slides donated to the Whyte Museum by Dr. William and Mrs. Wynn Bensen. The slides were purchased by the Bensens from Lyon and Turnbull in Scotland.

Processing Status: Processed

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Unnumbered lantern slides

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Part Of: Tom and Florence Lonsdale fonds

Scope & Content: Photographs are lantern slides used in presentations by Tom Lonsdale. Content pertains to mountain landscapes; roadways and roadside structures; wildlife and flowers; mountain recreation; Banff townsite, events and structures camps. Also includes CPR lantern slides, 50 items, pertaining to mounta…

Date Range: 1885-[ca.1920]

Reference Code: V368 / PS 2 - 1 to 535

Description Level: 4 / Sub-series

GMD: Photograph; Lantern slide

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Part Of: Tom and Florence Lonsdale fonds

Description Level: 4 / Sub-series

Fonds Number: V368

Series: II.B. Tom Lonsdale lantern slides

Sous-Fonds: V368

Reference Code: V368 / PS 2 - 1 to 535

GMD: Photograph; Lantern slide

Date Range: 1885-[ca.1920]

Physical Description: 535 photographs : transparencies; glass

Scope & Content: Photographs are lantern slides used in presentations by Tom Lonsdale. Content pertains to mountain landscapes; roadways and roadside structures; wildlife and flowers; mountain recreation; Banff townsite, events and structures camps. Also includes CPR lantern slides, 50 items, pertaining to mountain landscape; mountaineering; trains; hotels and camps; flowers and wildlife; CPR hotels across Canada; ships

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Content Details: LIST OF LANTERN SLIDES - V368 / PS 2 :; 1 - 54 Mountains; 55 - 79 Glaciers; 80 - 118 Rivers and Falls; 119 - 175 Lakes; 176 - 213 Flowers, purple/blue/pink; 214 - 250 Flowers, white; 251 - 263 Flowers, yellow; 264 - 282 Birds; 283 - 303 Bears; 304 - 311 Small mammals; 312 - 318 Deer; 319 - 323 Elk; 324 - 328 Moose / antelope; 329 - 332 Buffalo; 333 - 337 Mountain sheep; 338 - 345 Mountain goats; 346 - 394 Roads, structures; 395 - 405 Indians; 406 - 416 Banff townsite; 417 - 422 Banff Winter Carnival; 423 - 437 Banff Springs Hotel and golf course; 438 - 442 Camps; 443 - 459 Mountaineering and hiking; 460 - 466 Outfitting; 467 - 472 Dogsledding; 473 - 476 Skiing; 477 - 526 C.P.R.; 527 - 535 Maps