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- Date
- 1930 – 1950
- Material
- paper; wood; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0249 a-c
- Description
- Three small souvenir paper fans with wooden handles. (a) a palmate fan postcard, brown handled, image of Japanese woman bearing umbrella on face, obverse has place for message and address and stamp, foil bordered. (b) a polygon fan postcard with natural wood handle, one side of which shows speckli…
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- Title
- Hand Fan
- Date
- 1930 – 1950
- Material
- paper; wood; metal
- Dimensions
- 11.7 x 18.7 cm
- Description
- Three small souvenir paper fans with wooden handles. (a) a palmate fan postcard, brown handled, image of Japanese woman bearing umbrella on face, obverse has place for message and address and stamp, foil bordered. (b) a polygon fan postcard with natural wood handle, one side of which shows speckling, image of elaborately coifed Japanese woman on face, inscription in calligraphy beside her combs. Obverse face provides space for address, message, and stamp. (c) a palmate fan, with black painted handle, image of two figures running from rainstorm on face, obverse with foil speckles. All three card fans have ribs scored in them.
- Subject
- households
- souvenir
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0249 a-c
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- Date
- 1934
- Material
- fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0252
- Description
- A hand fan of woven palm leave fibre, woven in a simple lattice to form a stepped set at one vertex's base into the handle made or four strands of the palm braided together.
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- Title
- Hand Fan
- Date
- 1934
- Material
- fibre
- Dimensions
- 24.0 x 39.0 cm
- Description
- A hand fan of woven palm leave fibre, woven in a simple lattice to form a stepped set at one vertex's base into the handle made or four strands of the palm braided together.
- Subject
- households
- travel
- David Kaapu
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0252
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- Date
- 1930 – 1940
- Material
- ivory; fibre; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0397
- Description
- In narrow wood box, 20.4 x 2.8 x 4.2. A small, white, silk fan delicately painted and embroidered with pink blossoms, accordian-pleated on ivory vanes with white silk tassel. Outside vanes are carved to represent flower blossoms, and taper as they reach the bottom where are hinged together with a m…
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- Title
- Hand Fan
- Date
- 1930 – 1940
- Material
- ivory; fibre; metal
- Dimensions
- 18.0 x 2.5 x 1.5 cm
- Description
- In narrow wood box, 20.4 x 2.8 x 4.2. A small, white, silk fan delicately painted and embroidered with pink blossoms, accordian-pleated on ivory vanes with white silk tassel. Outside vanes are carved to represent flower blossoms, and taper as they reach the bottom where are hinged together with a metal pin passing through them all sequentially. Attached to pin at ends is U-shaped metal loop to which is attached a braided white silk cord with two pale pink silk tassels, 20.0 cm long.Silk is attached to upper two thirds of vanes, and accordian pleated to open to semi-circle, or close to width of outer vanes. Silk delicately painted with grey tree limb filled with painted pink blossoms, some of which are accented by embroidery.
- Subject
- households
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0397
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- Date
- 1930 – 1940
- Material
- paper; wood
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0398 a,b
- Description
- Two simple, painted fans with large accordian pleats on wooden vanes. (a) 4.0x33.5x2.0, bamboo vanes, in narrow cardboard box . Long, natural bamboo vanes are carved through with three long ellipses at the top and hinged together at the bottom with a black pin. Fan opens to an arc 57.0 cm across…
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- Title
- Hand Fan
- Date
- 1930 – 1940
- Material
- paper; wood
- Description
- Two simple, painted fans with large accordian pleats on wooden vanes. (a) 4.0x33.5x2.0, bamboo vanes, in narrow cardboard box . Long, natural bamboo vanes are carved through with three long ellipses at the top and hinged together at the bottom with a black pin. Fan opens to an arc 57.0 cm across and is painted with a tree in blossom, and flowers by a stream on both sides. Background on one side gold on other silver. Vanes, except for outer two, are sandwiched between paper forming two sides of fan. (b) 6.2x37.9x2.2, black bamboo vanes, five simple long strips of bamboo are hinged together at the bottom with a pin. Fan opens as (a) to an arc 41.0 cm across and is painted on front with design of overlapping large green and yellow leaves on brown stems. Back is printed with irregular design of small silver squares to which three vanes are glued directly. In a long fitted box with Japanese writing and chop marks.
- Subject
- households
- accessory
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0398 a,b
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- Date
- 1930 – 1950
- Material
- metal; hair
- Catalogue Number
- 103.09.1200
- Description
- Metal cone shaped pin with elk or deer emblem and oak leaves in relief. Brush-like tuft of natural animal hair, light to dark with grizzled tips protrudes from metal cone with green yarn at base of tuft. Possibly a fraternal organization pin.
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- Title
- Pin
- Date
- 1930 – 1950
- Material
- metal; hair
- Dimensions
- 6.0 x 14.0 cm
- Description
- Metal cone shaped pin with elk or deer emblem and oak leaves in relief. Brush-like tuft of natural animal hair, light to dark with grizzled tips protrudes from metal cone with green yarn at base of tuft. Possibly a fraternal organization pin.
- Subject
- organizations
- Ernst Niederer
- guiding
- Credit
- Gift of Ernie Niederer, Victoria, 2001
- Catalogue Number
- 103.09.1200
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- Date
- 1930 – 1950
- Material
- metal; enamel
- Catalogue Number
- 103.09.1209 a-c
- Description
- Three metal pins.a) Pine wreath with hiking boot, flower, rope, and banner with “INNSBRUCK” on top and a ice axe behind.b) Gold coloured round pin (2.5 cm dia) wtih a mountain in the centre and “* BERG.SPORT.CLUB* ST GALLEN” around the edge. The pin has ”Ch.DUBOIS GENEVE” on the back.c) Red enamel…
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- Title
- Pin
- Date
- 1930 – 1950
- Material
- metal; enamel
- Dimensions
- 1.4 (a) x 3.8 (a) x 6.1 (a) cm
- Description
- Three metal pins.a) Pine wreath with hiking boot, flower, rope, and banner with “INNSBRUCK” on top and a ice axe behind.b) Gold coloured round pin (2.5 cm dia) wtih a mountain in the centre and “* BERG.SPORT.CLUB* ST GALLEN” around the edge. The pin has ”Ch.DUBOIS GENEVE” on the back.c) Red enamelled round pin (2.2cm dia) with a silver coloured edge and raised decoration - a maple leaf and two shapes (an “S” shape and another line that follows the bottom curve of the “S”). The back of the pin has a maker’s mark and “STERLING.” The pin has a screw-on backing with teeth.
- Credit
- Gift of Ernie Niederer, Victoria, 2001
- Catalogue Number
- 103.09.1209 a-c
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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
- 1939 – 1945
- Material
- metal; enamel
- Catalogue Number
- 103.09.0066
- Description
- A small rectangular pin with a red border and two blue stars on a white field in the centre.
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- Title
- Pin
- Date
- 1939 – 1945
- Material
- metal; enamel
- Dimensions
- 0.8 x 1.7 cm
- Description
- A small rectangular pin with a red border and two blue stars on a white field in the centre.
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.09.0066
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- Date
- 1930 – 1950
- Material
- metal
- Catalogue Number
- 105.02.0074
- Description
- A gold-coloured pressed relief metal pin in the shape of an oval belt reading “Cruft's Dog Show” around an intertwined monogram “SSC” at centre. There is a crown at the top (similar to military buttons #103.07.0060 c-g) of the pin. The reverse image of the impression can be seen on the back, and …
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- Title
- Pin
- Date
- 1930 – 1950
- Material
- metal
- Dimensions
- 0.8 x 2.6 x 5.8 cm
- Description
- A gold-coloured pressed relief metal pin in the shape of an oval belt reading “Cruft's Dog Show” around an intertwined monogram “SSC” at centre. There is a crown at the top (similar to military buttons #103.07.0060 c-g) of the pin. The reverse image of the impression can be seen on the back, and a hooked pin is soldered to the top of the crown.
- Subject
- animals, dog
- insignia
- souvenirs
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 105.02.0074
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- Date
- 1930 – 1950
- Material
- metal
- Catalogue Number
- 103.09.0124
- Description
- A small gold coloured circle with "A.U.W." on yellow banner across. Circle textured to give impression of twisted fibres. Yellow enamelled banner curls from behind, flows across centre of cut out circle, and rolls behind on the opposite side. Enamelled in blue on banner are the letters. Hinged pin …
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- Title
- Pin
- Date
- 1930 – 1950
- Material
- metal
- Dimensions
- 1.9 x 0.5 x 2.2 cm
- Description
- A small gold coloured circle with "A.U.W." on yellow banner across. Circle textured to give impression of twisted fibres. Yellow enamelled banner curls from behind, flows across centre of cut out circle, and rolls behind on the opposite side. Enamelled in blue on banner are the letters. Hinged pin horizontally across back fastens under curled hook.
- Subject
- Whyte home
- organizations
- A.U.W.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.09.0124
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- Date
- 1930 – 1940
- Material
- wood; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 106.04.1009 a,b
- Description
- Harvey E. Dodd's Chalet, dark brown touring skis , pointed tips. Stamped onto shovel in gold coloured lettering "Chalet/Harvey E. Dodd Limited". Wooden edge of light coloured wood "Made in Canada Patent 367562 Chalet Harvey E. Dodds Limited" stamped onto metal binding screwed and nailed onto ski…
- Title
- Touring Skis
- Date
- 1930 – 1940
- Material
- wood; metal
- Dimensions
- 7.4 x 196.5 cm
- Description
- Harvey E. Dodd's Chalet, dark brown touring skis , pointed tips. Stamped onto shovel in gold coloured lettering "Chalet/Harvey E. Dodd Limited". Wooden edge of light coloured wood "Made in Canada Patent 367562 Chalet Harvey E. Dodds Limited" stamped onto metal binding screwed and nailed onto ski. Buckle and leather toe strap. 2 buckles and leather straps attaching toe binding with metal heel binding and metal adjuster. Ski sizemedium 6 1/2.
- Subject
- sports
- ski touring
- winter
- Wheatley
- Credit
- Gift of Muriel E. Dayman, Calgary, 1985
- Catalogue Number
- 106.04.1009 a,b
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- Date
- 1935 – 1945
- Material
- wood; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 106.04.1010 a,b
- Description
- Light brown wooden touring skis, metal edges, pointed tips with an extra tip extending out 2.8 cm, metal release adjustment screwed onto ski 13.3 cm in front of binding, metal binding screwed and nailed onto ski, "Attenhofers Alpina Diaconalzug" stamped onto metal binding, circular metal cord exten…
- Title
- Touring Skis
- Date
- 1935 – 1945
- Material
- wood; metal
- Dimensions
- 210.0 x 8.0 cm
- Description
- Light brown wooden touring skis, metal edges, pointed tips with an extra tip extending out 2.8 cm, metal release adjustment screwed onto ski 13.3 cm in front of binding, metal binding screwed and nailed onto ski, "Attenhofers Alpina Diaconalzug" stamped onto metal binding, circular metal cord extends from release clasp to metal heel binding and back, toe strap missing.
- Subject
- sports
- ski touring
- winter
- Ness, John E.
- Credit
- Gift of Unknown, 1968
- Catalogue Number
- 106.04.1010 a,b
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- Date
- 1930 – 1940
- Material
- wood; skin; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 106.04.1060 a,b
- Description
- Varnished light brown, solid wood curved skis, that are turned gently upward at toe, thicker at the point, and with a slight thickening at the binding. Scored in the wood and painted dark brown 24.5cm from the tips is “Chalet” underneath that the Dodds logo, a cabin with trees and snow, and underne…
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- Title
- Touring Skis
- Date
- 1930 – 1940
- Material
- wood; skin; metal
- Dimensions
- 8.50 x 200.0 cm
- Description
- Varnished light brown, solid wood curved skis, that are turned gently upward at toe, thicker at the point, and with a slight thickening at the binding. Scored in the wood and painted dark brown 24.5cm from the tips is “Chalet” underneath that the Dodds logo, a cabin with trees and snow, and underneath that “Harvey E. Dodds Limited”. Metal shoe clamps are screwed on side of the skis for cables which are attached to the front metal release pieces with clasps; embossed on the metal binding piece, in script is “Skirite”; scored on the ski between the front metal release mechanism and the toe plate is an “H” and underneath “6 3/4”; leather straps (two different leather pieces, one black, one brown) are attached to the metal toe binding. The ski that has the brown leather strap (a) has a red (part of it is missing) paper stamp glued on, written in black “300”. There is a screwed on metal toe plate engraved with “Made in Canada”, underneath “Patent 367562”, underneath that “Chalet” and underneath that “Harvey E. Dodds Limited”. “Deluxe” is engraved on each ski but is partially hidden by the back end of the metal shoe plate.
- Credit
- Gift of Randy Mitchell, Calgary, 2009
- Catalogue Number
- 106.04.1060 a,b
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- Date
- 1930 – 1950
- Material
- wood; metal; skin
- Catalogue Number
- 106.04.0055 a,b
- Description
- Wood skis, screwed on metal bindings "d.o.g." " C.R.W." is engraved close to tip. Metal plate on ski "OKSPORT ZURICH". metal cable bindings "KANDAHAR" leather toe strap.
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- Title
- Touring Skis
- Date
- 1930 – 1950
- Material
- wood; metal; skin
- Dimensions
- 7.5 x 198.0 cm
- Description
- Wood skis, screwed on metal bindings "d.o.g." " C.R.W." is engraved close to tip. Metal plate on ski "OKSPORT ZURICH". metal cable bindings "KANDAHAR" leather toe strap.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 106.04.0055 a,b
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- Date
- 1930 – 1950
- Material
- wood; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 106.04.0056 a,b
- Description
- Wood skis, screwed on metal binding, same as 106.04.0055 a, b (Wood skis, screwed on metal bindings "d.o.g". " C.R.W." is engraved close to tip. Metal plate on ski "OKSPORT ZURICH". metal cable bindings) except that there is no leather toe bindings and they have a rounded back edge.
- Title
- Touring Skis
- Date
- 1930 – 1950
- Material
- wood; metal
- Dimensions
- 7.5 x 203.5 cm
- Description
- Wood skis, screwed on metal binding, same as 106.04.0055 a, b (Wood skis, screwed on metal bindings "d.o.g". " C.R.W." is engraved close to tip. Metal plate on ski "OKSPORT ZURICH". metal cable bindings) except that there is no leather toe bindings and they have a rounded back edge.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 106.04.0056 a,b
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- Date
- 1938
- Material
- wood; metal; skin
- Catalogue Number
- 106.04.1047 a,b
- Description
- Pair of brown touring skis. Nicely shaped toe comes to a long point. Thicker at foot. Bindings have a metal foot plate and "Unitas" toe plate. Skin shoe straps with buckle.
- Title
- Touring Skis
- Date
- 1938
- Material
- wood; metal; skin
- Dimensions
- 6.3 x 205.0 cm
- Description
- Pair of brown touring skis. Nicely shaped toe comes to a long point. Thicker at foot. Bindings have a metal foot plate and "Unitas" toe plate. Skin shoe straps with buckle.
- Subject
- sports
- skiing
- winter
- Ed. Hunter
- Credit
- Gift of Eddie Hunter, Banff, 1995
- Catalogue Number
- 106.04.1047 a,b
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- Date
- 1930 – 1940
- Material
- wood; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 106.04.1002 a,b
- Description
- Wide, light coloured touring skis with metal bindings. Laminated, thicker at binding and end of ski. Pointe toe, 10.5 rise. Stamped under both toes: "Made by H. Davidson Vancouver, B.C." an oval paper identification on top toes. Metal toe clamps and shoe grips. "Made in France", "Glenlea" stamp…
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- Title
- Touring Skis
- Date
- 1930 – 1940
- Material
- wood; metal
- Dimensions
- 10.5 x 178.0 cm
- Description
- Wide, light coloured touring skis with metal bindings. Laminated, thicker at binding and end of ski. Pointe toe, 10.5 rise. Stamped under both toes: "Made by H. Davidson Vancouver, B.C." an oval paper identification on top toes. Metal toe clamps and shoe grips. "Made in France", "Glenlea" stamped on side. Leather bindings in 3 pieces, metal buckles, screw-type toe adjustments.
- Credit
- Gift of Unknown, 1968
- Catalogue Number
- 106.04.1002 a,b
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- Date
- 1935 – 1945
- Material
- wood; metal; skin
- Catalogue Number
- 106.04.1007 a,b
- Description
- Solid maple ? , rising to rounded toe, 9.5 cm rise. Shaped thicker to foot base, metal toe binding, leather straps attached to metal coiled heel binding. Rubber foot grip 22.5 cm long. Engraved and painted "Chalet Harvey E. Dodds Limited" on top near toe. "Harvey E. Dodds The Ski People Limite…
- Title
- Touring Skis
- Date
- 1935 – 1945
- Material
- wood; metal; skin
- Dimensions
- 8.4 x 198.0 cm
- Description
- Solid maple ? , rising to rounded toe, 9.5 cm rise. Shaped thicker to foot base, metal toe binding, leather straps attached to metal coiled heel binding. Rubber foot grip 22.5 cm long. Engraved and painted "Chalet Harvey E. Dodds Limited" on top near toe. "Harvey E. Dodds The Ski People Limited" engraved on bottom toe. "Chalet Made in Canada" on metal binding.
- Credit
- Gift of Blair Porter, Cochrane, 1984
- Catalogue Number
- 106.04.1007 a,b
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- Date
- 1930 – 1940
- Material
- wood; metal; skin
- Catalogue Number
- 106.04.1012 a,b
- Description
- Solid hickory ski with rounded tip of 11.5 height. Manufacturer's circular insignia of red, gold and black at tip. Varnish of the ski is worn off. Foot plate 32.8 nailed on to ski. 34.0 leather toe strap with metal buckles. Adjustable cable clamp screwed into ski. Cables missing.
- Title
- Touring Skis
- Date
- 1930 – 1940
- Material
- wood; metal; skin
- Dimensions
- 8.8 x 205.0 cm
- Description
- Solid hickory ski with rounded tip of 11.5 height. Manufacturer's circular insignia of red, gold and black at tip. Varnish of the ski is worn off. Foot plate 32.8 nailed on to ski. 34.0 leather toe strap with metal buckles. Adjustable cable clamp screwed into ski. Cables missing.
- Credit
- Gift of Ken Manning, Calgary, 1985
- Catalogue Number
- 106.04.1012 a,b
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- Date
- 1930 – 1950
- Material
- wood; metal; skin
- Catalogue Number
- 106.04.1013 a,b
- Description
- Solid wood touring skis, complete metal bindings, leather toe strap, light brown wood. 11.0 cm height of pointed tip. Foot piece is 32.8 long. "Skirite" manufacturer's insignia engraved into metal parts. "K.K. & Company A-S Oslao Norway" on back of tip burned into wood.
- Title
- Touring Skis
- Date
- 1930 – 1950
- Material
- wood; metal; skin
- Dimensions
- 8.5 x 196.0 cm
- Description
- Solid wood touring skis, complete metal bindings, leather toe strap, light brown wood. 11.0 cm height of pointed tip. Foot piece is 32.8 long. "Skirite" manufacturer's insignia engraved into metal parts. "K.K. & Company A-S Oslao Norway" on back of tip burned into wood.
- Credit
- Gift of Ken Manning, Calgary, 1985
- Catalogue Number
- 106.04.1013 a,b
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