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- Date
- 1911
- Material
- metal
- Catalogue Number
- 104.19.1039
- Description
- Very rusty can, lid cut open along edge four fifths around. Hole in centre of lid.
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- Title
- Food Can
- Date
- 1911
- Material
- metal
- Description
- Very rusty can, lid cut open along edge four fifths around. Hole in centre of lid.
- Credit
- Gift of Don Beers, Calgary, 1994
- Catalogue Number
- 104.19.1039
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Miniature Spade
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact105.02.0069
- Date
- 1911 – 1911
- Material
- metal; silver
- Catalogue Number
- 105.02.0069
- Description
- A miniature sterling silver spade with a grip handle and a flat square blade. There is a relief image of an eagle with outspread wings and banner beneath on handle. Writing on the spade blade: “Used by William Howard Taft, president of the United States, October 14, 1911 in turning the first spad…
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- Title
- Miniature Spade
- Date
- 1911 – 1911
- Material
- metal; silver
- Dimensions
- 0.1 x 2.0 x 10.2 cm
- Description
- A miniature sterling silver spade with a grip handle and a flat square blade. There is a relief image of an eagle with outspread wings and banner beneath on handle. Writing on the spade blade: “Used by William Howard Taft, president of the United States, October 14, 1911 in turning the first spadeful of earth for the Panama Pacific International Exposition to be held in San Francisco 1915' with setting sun below and flowers and leaves framing the words. The back of handle is marked with hallmarks and “Sterling, Pat. appd for.”
- Subject
- households
- souvenirs
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 105.02.0069
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Commemorative Plaque
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact103.09.3055
- Date
- 1912 – 1912
- Material
- plaster;
- Catalogue Number
- 103.09.3055
- Description
- Round plaster-cast plaque featuring a man’s face in profile, like a coin, painted bronze. Written on the back in pencil is “E.K., Ernest Kennedy N.M.D.S., ‘12, Chicago, Ills., May 5 - 1912, This plaque presented to me by the sculptor R.W. Bock. EK.”
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- Title
- Commemorative Plaque
- Date
- 1912 – 1912
- Material
- plaster;
- Description
- Round plaster-cast plaque featuring a man’s face in profile, like a coin, painted bronze. Written on the back in pencil is “E.K., Ernest Kennedy N.M.D.S., ‘12, Chicago, Ills., May 5 - 1912, This plaque presented to me by the sculptor R.W. Bock. EK.”
- Subject
- commemorative
- awards;
- Credit
- Gift of Ernest Kennedy, 1968
- Catalogue Number
- 103.09.3055
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- Date
- 1912
- Material
- metal
- Catalogue Number
- 104.19.1108
- Description
- A metal table knife from The Banff Hotel which is now known as the Fairmont Banff Springs Hotel. On one side of the blade and handle only: engraved inside the Rogers Brothers logo on the blade “1847 ROGERS BROS. WARRANTED 12 DWT”; the handle has a pattern of scrolled leaves and engraved at the top …
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- Title
- Table Knife
- Date
- 1912
- Material
- metal
- Dimensions
- 1.80 x 20.5 cm
- Description
- A metal table knife from The Banff Hotel which is now known as the Fairmont Banff Springs Hotel. On one side of the blade and handle only: engraved inside the Rogers Brothers logo on the blade “1847 ROGERS BROS. WARRANTED 12 DWT”; the handle has a pattern of scrolled leaves and engraved at the top “BANFF HOTEL CO”.
- Credit
- Gift of Robert S. Edwards, Banff, 2012
- Catalogue Number
- 104.19.1108
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- Date
- 1912 – 1912
- Material
- wood
- Catalogue Number
- 105.02.0076
- Description
- A rough, lightweight wooden (pine?) gavel with a squared head and plain round handle. Hand printed on head: “John Walker handled the gavel, old countrymen's stag party Jan. 18, 1912.”
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- Title
- Gavel
- Date
- 1912 – 1912
- Material
- wood
- Dimensions
- 4.0 x 8.2 x 26.0 cm
- Description
- A rough, lightweight wooden (pine?) gavel with a squared head and plain round handle. Hand printed on head: “John Walker handled the gavel, old countrymen's stag party Jan. 18, 1912.”
- Subject
- events
- John Walker
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 105.02.0076
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Cross Stitch Sampler
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact107.02.0024
- Date
- 1913
- Material
- hair; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 107.02.0024
- Description
- A rectangular piece of commercially woven needlepoint canvas with sampler design worked in wool slightly off centre and closer to the top. Background fabric natural ecru colour with rectangular sampler bordered in blue with light blue fret pattern edging. Alphabet of capital letters worked at the t…
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- Title
- Cross Stitch Sampler
- Date
- 1913
- Material
- hair; fibre
- Dimensions
- 23.0 x 30.4 cm
- Description
- A rectangular piece of commercially woven needlepoint canvas with sampler design worked in wool slightly off centre and closer to the top. Background fabric natural ecru colour with rectangular sampler bordered in blue with light blue fret pattern edging. Alphabet of capital letters worked at the top in tan colour with cross stitch, with a cross stitched dog filling the space left at the end of the alphabet, then a row of blue cross stitching divides the numerals from 1 through 9 to 0 in light green, ending with the date "1913", then a blue line followed by "Catharine Robb", in pink, "her sampler, aged 7", in light green. Followed by a blue line with a small looped garland of pink flowers hanging from it, and a picture below carefully worked in needlepoint of a basket of flowers at the centre and a tree in pink flowerpot on either side.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 107.02.0024
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Beaded Moccasins
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact103.03.1073%20a%2cb
- Date
- 1913
- Material
- skin; glass
- Catalogue Number
- 103.03.1073 a,b
- Description
- Pair of ankle high moccasins, fully beaded foot, blue background with geometric design, a column of burgundy, green and yellow squares angle across foot, stepped triangles top and bottom go around heel, not as heavily designed inside foot, ankle flaps sewn on with long ties, small fringe sewn at he…
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- Title
- Beaded Moccasins
- Date
- 1913
- Material
- skin; glass
- Dimensions
- 16.0 x 10.0 x 24.0 cm
- Description
- Pair of ankle high moccasins, fully beaded foot, blue background with geometric design, a column of burgundy, green and yellow squares angle across foot, stepped triangles top and bottom go around heel, not as heavily designed inside foot, ankle flaps sewn on with long ties, small fringe sewn at heel.
- Credit
- Gift of Anna Templeton-Cotill, West Levant, England, 1992
- Catalogue Number
- 103.03.1073 a,b
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- Date
- 1913
- Material
- metal; wood
- Catalogue Number
- 103.09.1025 a,b
- Description
- Banff Boating Club trophy on black wood base. Tall, silver amphora-like trophy "The Banff Boating Club Annual Regatta --1913--presented by Supt. S.J.Clarke/Ladies and Gents Canoe Half-Mile Race", engraved canoe above. Round, lathe turned base holds three sheild-shaped silver name plates for "M. H…
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- Title
- Loving Cup
- Date
- 1913
- Material
- metal; wood
- Dimensions
- 31.7 x 15.7 cm
- Description
- Banff Boating Club trophy on black wood base. Tall, silver amphora-like trophy "The Banff Boating Club Annual Regatta --1913--presented by Supt. S.J.Clarke/Ladies and Gents Canoe Half-Mile Race", engraved canoe above. Round, lathe turned base holds three sheild-shaped silver name plates for "M. Horner/D. Winters--1928 M. Vernon/J.Porter-1929 D. Standish/N. Duncan-1931" Maker stamp amd "A 11" underneath base of cup.
- Subject
- sports
- Stan Peyto
- Banff Regatta
- boating
- Credit
- Gift of Stan Peyto, Banff, 1983
- Catalogue Number
- 103.09.1025 a,b
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Portable; Chautauqua Desk
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- Date
- 1913
- Material
- wood; paper; metal; stone
- Catalogue Number
- 102.03.1018 a-d
- Description
- A folding, portable wooden desk. "The Chautauqua Industral Art Desk a plan to promote the culture of work and play among children in the home". A map of the United States on the back of the upright. A paper scroll 49.0 cm wide rolls up and down to display various learning devices - geometric sha…
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- Title
- Portable; Chautauqua Desk
- Date
- 1913
- Material
- wood; paper; metal; stone
- Description
- A folding, portable wooden desk. "The Chautauqua Industral Art Desk a plan to promote the culture of work and play among children in the home". A map of the United States on the back of the upright. A paper scroll 49.0 cm wide rolls up and down to display various learning devices - geometric shapes, animal shapes, flowers, people, music, writing, telegrahic codes, shorthand, business forms, perspective, electrical symbols, trains, illustration, colours, flags, etc. Base is a chalkboard. Two lesson books accompany the desk along with a box of white chalk.
- Subject
- households
- children
- schooling
- Chautauqua
- Credit
- Purchased from Phyllis Cain, Banff, 1988
- Catalogue Number
- 102.03.1018 a-d
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Photographic Print
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact105.02.0031
- Date
- 1913 – 1913
- Material
- paper
- Catalogue Number
- 105.02.0031
- Description
- A black and white studio photograph of a woman (Isabella Thompson Brewster) with black dress sitting in wooden chair with a carved back.
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- Title
- Photographic Print
- Date
- 1913 – 1913
- Material
- paper
- Dimensions
- 15.8 x 9.5 cm
- Description
- A black and white studio photograph of a woman (Isabella Thompson Brewster) with black dress sitting in wooden chair with a carved back.
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 105.02.0031
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- Date
- 1914
- Material
- metal; wood
- Catalogue Number
- 103.09.1170
- Description
- Loving cup with three handles. Each curved handle has a lion’s head at the top. The cup is not attached to the wooden base. The cup is engraved “BANFF REGATTA GENTS DOUBLE CANOE COMPETITION PRESENTED BY D.E. BLACK CALGARY.”
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- Title
- Loving Cup
- Date
- 1914
- Material
- metal; wood
- Description
- Loving cup with three handles. Each curved handle has a lion’s head at the top. The cup is not attached to the wooden base. The cup is engraved “BANFF REGATTA GENTS DOUBLE CANOE COMPETITION PRESENTED BY D.E. BLACK CALGARY.”
- Credit
- Gift of Unknown, 1968
- Catalogue Number
- 103.09.1170
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- Date
- 1914
- Material
- metal
- Catalogue Number
- 103.09.1163
- Description
- Two handled silver plated cup. Front reads: “Scottish Amateur Boxing Championships. 8 st. 4 lbs. Won by G.B. Sutherland 1914”. Manufacturer’s mark on back of cup, letters WWHG with crown and lion.
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- Title
- Loving Cup
- Date
- 1914
- Material
- metal
- Dimensions
- 18.0 x 25.5 cm
- Description
- Two handled silver plated cup. Front reads: “Scottish Amateur Boxing Championships. 8 st. 4 lbs. Won by G.B. Sutherland 1914”. Manufacturer’s mark on back of cup, letters WWHG with crown and lion.
- Subject
- sports
- boxing
- G.D. Sutherland
- Credit
- Gift of Jim Santa Lucia, Banff, 1998
- Catalogue Number
- 103.09.1163
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- Date
- 1914
- Material
- wood, paperboard, glass, metal
- Catalogue Number
- 104.41.1040
- Description
- Kodak box camera with case; regular box camera; body made of cardboard with wood back and front; holein front is lens and shutter, 2 windows top corner for viewfinders top andside; 2 pull posts, one for aperture, other to keep shutter open; shutterrelease on right hand side, along with film advance…
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- Title
- Box Camera
- Date
- 1914
- Material
- wood, paperboard, glass, metal
- Dimensions
- 17.1 x 14.3 x 11.0 cm
- Description
- Kodak box camera with case; regular box camera; body made of cardboard with wood back and front; holein front is lens and shutter, 2 windows top corner for viewfinders top andside; 2 pull posts, one for aperture, other to keep shutter open; shutterrelease on right hand side, along with film advance knob; round amber window in back; back detached; cardboard box covered with cloth; flap comes over toplatches at clip which has "Brownie" in fancy letters, also has a leather strapon the case.
- Subject
- photography
- Hubert Green
- Credit
- Gift of Hubert E. Green Jr., Banff, 1986
- Catalogue Number
- 104.41.1040
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Commemorative Flask
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- Date
- 1914
- Material
- metal
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.1152
- Description
- A slightly curved silver flask with a screw on lid. The flask is inscribed “Presented by Georgeson and Co Ltd., Calgary. Banff Bonspeil .1914.” on the centre of the flat side of the flask. Above the inscription, near the neck of the flask there are engraved hallmarks “A&J.Z”,, an engraving of a fi…
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- Title
- Commemorative Flask
- Date
- 1914
- Material
- metal
- Dimensions
- 15.5 x 9 cm
- Description
- A slightly curved silver flask with a screw on lid. The flask is inscribed “Presented by Georgeson and Co Ltd., Calgary. Banff Bonspeil .1914.” on the centre of the flat side of the flask. Above the inscription, near the neck of the flask there are engraved hallmarks “A&J.Z”,, an engraving of a figure, and “n”.
- Subject
- households
- sport
- Bonspeil
- Bankhead
- Credit
- Gift of Ruth A Biss, Nanaimo, 2013
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.1152
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- Date
- 1914
- Material
- metal; silver
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.1153
- Description
- A silver card holder in the shape of a change purse. The holder has a curved top and a flat bottom edge. The inscription on the front reads “Mrs. D. G. Wilson A Token of Appreciation from the Bachelors of Bankhead 1914”. On the back “T S” and the image of a lion, and “O” are engraved or stamped. Th…
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- Title
- Card Holder
- Date
- 1914
- Material
- metal; silver
- Dimensions
- 6.5 x 9 x 15.5 with strap extended cm
- Description
- A silver card holder in the shape of a change purse. The holder has a curved top and a flat bottom edge. The inscription on the front reads “Mrs. D. G. Wilson A Token of Appreciation from the Bachelors of Bankhead 1914”. On the back “T S” and the image of a lion, and “O” are engraved or stamped. There is a metal chain link strap that is connected to the sides of the card holder, the two chains from either side are connected by a metal circle.
- Subject
- households
- adornment
- Bankhead
- Credit
- Gift of Ruth A Biss, Nanaimo, 2013
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.1153
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Printing Plate
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact104.43.1009
- Date
- 1914
- Material
- metal
- Catalogue Number
- 104.43.1009
- Description
- A printing plate for the "Alpine Club of Canada Yoho Camp 1914". Various shapes of pictures of mountains and people with the Club's logo bottom corner.
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- Title
- Printing Plate
- Date
- 1914
- Material
- metal
- Dimensions
- 22.5 x 30.4 cm
- Description
- A printing plate for the "Alpine Club of Canada Yoho Camp 1914". Various shapes of pictures of mountains and people with the Club's logo bottom corner.
- Credit
- Gift of Glenbow Museum, Calgary, 1984
- Catalogue Number
- 104.43.1009
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- Date
- 1915
- Material
- metal; paper; wood
- Catalogue Number
- 105.03.1001 a, b
- Description
- Triangular piece of metal (brass?) that is flat and shiny on one side. (a) The metal is stored in a crude wooden box (b) with a wire hinge and remnants of a wax seal on one side and on top. Written in pencil on the lid of the box is “Fred Brewster CRE BELL METAL 1915 YPRES BELGIUM.” There is …
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- Title
- Bell
- Date
- 1915
- Material
- metal; paper; wood
- Description
- Triangular piece of metal (brass?) that is flat and shiny on one side. (a) The metal is stored in a crude wooden box (b) with a wire hinge and remnants of a wax seal on one side and on top. Written in pencil on the lid of the box is “Fred Brewster CRE BELL METAL 1915 YPRES BELGIUM.” There is also a paper remnant on the lid with writing in ink. (c) A very fragile piece of crumpled paper in the box has ink writing (may not refer to this item).
- Subject
- Fred Brewster
- military
- WW1
- Ypres
- souvenirs
- Credit
- Gift of Fred Brewster, Banff, 1970
- Catalogue Number
- 105.03.1001 a, b
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- Date
- 1915 – 1915
- Material
- metal, silver; skin; glass
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0172
- Description
- A flat glass bottle with a round sterling silver hinged lid. The bottom of the bottle fits into a sterling silver guard, and the top half is covered with black leather. The leather cover has two vertical oval windows cut out as level indicators. The silver guard is engraved with “ F.A.B.” and “D…
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- Title
- Pocket Flask
- Date
- 1915 – 1915
- Material
- metal, silver; skin; glass
- Dimensions
- 16.5 x 4.0 x 10.5 cm
- Description
- A flat glass bottle with a round sterling silver hinged lid. The bottom of the bottle fits into a sterling silver guard, and the top half is covered with black leather. The leather cover has two vertical oval windows cut out as level indicators. The silver guard is engraved with “ F.A.B.” and “Dec. 21, 1915”. The silver guard and lid are marked with hallmarks, including crossed arrows.
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0172
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- Date
- 1915 – 1915
- Material
- metal, brass
- Catalogue Number
- 103.09.0075
- Description
- A pin in the shape of a crown with a crowned lion standing on top.
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- Title
- Pin
- Date
- 1915 – 1915
- Material
- metal, brass
- Dimensions
- 4.0 x 3.7 cm
- Description
- A pin in the shape of a crown with a crowned lion standing on top.
- Subject
- military
- insignia
- uniforms
- Philip Moore
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.09.0075
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Artillery Shell Case
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- Date
- 1915 – 1915
- Material
- metal, brass
- Catalogue Number
- 104.08.0002
- Description
- A heavily machined brass cylinder with a flat base (the bottom of an artillery shell). The bottom inside of the cylinder has been built up at the centre. The cylinder base has a disk at the centre which would appear to unscrew. Inscribed on the side of the shell is “8th Langs How Battery R.F.A. …
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- Title
- Artillery Shell Case
- Date
- 1915 – 1915
- Material
- metal, brass
- Dimensions
- 7.5 cm
- Description
- A heavily machined brass cylinder with a flat base (the bottom of an artillery shell). The bottom inside of the cylinder has been built up at the centre. The cylinder base has a disk at the centre which would appear to unscrew. Inscribed on the side of the shell is “8th Langs How Battery R.F.A. Major S.P. MORTER T.D. Cindy (or Ctndg?)”. There are also marks on the bottom of the cylinder “CF”, “1915”, “CPR”, and “13 0” along with various other numbers and letters. The disk on the bottom of the cylinder has “KN” inside of a trademark, along with “0/15” and “No 1”. II
- Subject
- military
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.08.0002
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