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- Date
- 1931 – 1940
- Material
- wood
- Catalogue Number
- 102.03.0092
- Description
- Various sizes, located throughout the living room area, fitted to both the size of books and the shelf display purposes they were suited for. Built to measure and specifications required.
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- Title
- Bookcase
- Date
- 1931 – 1940
- Material
- wood
- Dimensions
- good cm
- Description
- Various sizes, located throughout the living room area, fitted to both the size of books and the shelf display purposes they were suited for. Built to measure and specifications required.
- Subject
- households
- furniture
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.03.0092
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- Date
- 1937
- Material
- wood
- Catalogue Number
- 102.03.0093
- Description
- Sturdy double-pedestal rustic table. Double-pedestal feet are inverted log halves on top of which rest the table columns (6 x 8"). Two horizontal (4 x 4") supports on top of columns hold the table top and are themselves pegged. Table top is three half logs laid side to side. 52 cm. from one end ca…
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- Title
- Dining Table
- Date
- 1937
- Material
- wood
- Dimensions
- 77.3 x 73.2 x 188.0 cm
- Description
- Sturdy double-pedestal rustic table. Double-pedestal feet are inverted log halves on top of which rest the table columns (6 x 8"). Two horizontal (4 x 4") supports on top of columns hold the table top and are themselves pegged. Table top is three half logs laid side to side. 52 cm. from one end can be seen indentations, caused by a knife end - see narrative. Clear varnish over pale yellow wood.
- Subject
- households
- furniture
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.03.0093
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- Date
- 1937
- Material
- wood
- Catalogue Number
- 102.03.0094
- Description
- Sturdy double-pedestal rustic bench, Uprights at either end are 7.0 cm. thick and support bench top which is a half-log which is clear varnished and of pale yellow colour. End uprights jointed by horizontal strut which pegs through the uprights. Log has been channelled to fit over uprights.
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- Title
- Bench
- Date
- 1937
- Material
- wood
- Dimensions
- 48.5 x 27.0 x 156.0 cm
- Description
- Sturdy double-pedestal rustic bench, Uprights at either end are 7.0 cm. thick and support bench top which is a half-log which is clear varnished and of pale yellow colour. End uprights jointed by horizontal strut which pegs through the uprights. Log has been channelled to fit over uprights.
- Subject
- households
- furniture
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.03.0094
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- Date
- 1931
- Material
- wood; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 102.03.0095
- Description
- Sturdy, rustic table, four log corner legs. Legs are cut out at tops to fit over and support (2 x 6") table frame under table top. Top was originally side by side planks which were then covered with plywood top. Edge trim on table is (1 x 2") stripping. Overall nail and glue construction. Clear var…
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- Title
- Dining Table
- Date
- 1931
- Material
- wood; metal
- Dimensions
- 76.0 x 78.6 x 95.8 cm
- Description
- Sturdy, rustic table, four log corner legs. Legs are cut out at tops to fit over and support (2 x 6") table frame under table top. Top was originally side by side planks which were then covered with plywood top. Edge trim on table is (1 x 2") stripping. Overall nail and glue construction. Clear varnish and table is of pale yellow colour.
- Subject
- households
- furniture
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.03.0095
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- Date
- 1931
- Material
- wood; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 102.03.0096
- Description
- Combination of three drawer, three cupboard sideboard with attached hutch enclosing three full length shelves which each have a plate rail. Quarter-round at top edge of hutch on three sides. Back wall of hutch vertical planks, as are the end walls with nails. Sideboard contains vertical plank back …
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- Title
- Sideboard
- Date
- 1931
- Material
- wood; metal
- Dimensions
- 216.0 x 52.0 x 203.5 cm
- Description
- Combination of three drawer, three cupboard sideboard with attached hutch enclosing three full length shelves which each have a plate rail. Quarter-round at top edge of hutch on three sides. Back wall of hutch vertical planks, as are the end walls with nails. Sideboard contains vertical plank back wall also, and the other approx. two-thirds width and length. Open frame at base reveals floor, vertical plank doors. Doors held closed by wooden swivels. Wrought iron hinges, wooden drawer handles.
- Subject
- households
- furniture
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.03.0096
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- Date
- 1930 – 1931
- Material
- wood; fibre; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 102.03.0105 a-d
- Description
- Bentwood hickory frames, front legs widen out above seat and are of one piece, rear legs also widen out (back) above seat and are of one piece. Two rungs on front and each side, one rung at rear, upper frame is three bent hickory bands which are pegged into front legs and nailed to rear legs. Woven…
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- Title
- Easy Chair Set
- Date
- 1930 – 1931
- Material
- wood; fibre; metal
- Dimensions
- 89.0 x 61.0 x 76.0 cm
- Description
- Bentwood hickory frames, front legs widen out above seat and are of one piece, rear legs also widen out (back) above seat and are of one piece. Two rungs on front and each side, one rung at rear, upper frame is three bent hickory bands which are pegged into front legs and nailed to rear legs. Woven fibre is natural basketry and is on seat and back. All stamped on rear rung "Rustic Hickory Furniture Co.-La Porte, Indiana".
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.03.0105 a-d
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Occasional Stool
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- Date
- 1931
- Material
- wood
- Catalogue Number
- 102.03.0107
- Description
- A round log, probably left over from construction of the Whyte home, 1930-31, used most frequently as a small table, but occasionally as a footstool.
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- Title
- Occasional Stool
- Date
- 1931
- Material
- wood
- Dimensions
- 40.5 cm
- Description
- A round log, probably left over from construction of the Whyte home, 1930-31, used most frequently as a small table, but occasionally as a footstool.
- Subject
- households
- furniture
- Earl Spencer
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.03.0107
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- Date
- 1931 – 1950
- Material
- wood; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 102.03.0110
- Description
- A heavy, dark-stained oak rectangular stool of chair height with four legs linked at the base by low stretchers. Top surface is flat and table-like with quarter-round detail carved along the edges. Legs at each corner are squared at top and bottom and lathe-turned in the middle with a design of tal…
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- Title
- Stool
- Date
- 1931 – 1950
- Material
- wood; metal
- Dimensions
- 43.0 x 30.5 x 51.0 cm
- Description
- A heavy, dark-stained oak rectangular stool of chair height with four legs linked at the base by low stretchers. Top surface is flat and table-like with quarter-round detail carved along the edges. Legs at each corner are squared at top and bottom and lathe-turned in the middle with a design of tall arches carved into the spool-like area. Legs are straight along the lengthwise sides, and slightly splayed along the width, joined together low along the bottom with squared stretchers. Apron along the width carved with a deep groove at the bottom which is straight. Apron along the length has scroll-carved bottom with two deep grooves carved just above. Top joined to aprons by heavy steel angle-irons screwed to underside and with other end stuck into slits cut horizontally into back of apron. Metal button gliders on bottom of legs. Marks: Charred into underside of top is oval logo containing “FB Co” with banner beneath “1931”.
- Subject
- households
- furniture
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.03.0110
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- Date
- 1935 – 1950
- Material
- wood; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 102.03.0111 a,b
- Description
- Two handmade wooden bedside tables in a dark stain. 16 cm. high, top shelf without a door or back, door on two hinges, directly underneath top shelf (a) hinges on left (b) hinges on right. The shape of the handle glued onto each door is that of a polyhedron with a rectangular outer plane, rectangul…
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- Title
- Night Table
- Date
- 1935 – 1950
- Material
- wood; metal
- Dimensions
- 73.5 x 32.0 x 54.5 cm
- Description
- Two handmade wooden bedside tables in a dark stain. 16 cm. high, top shelf without a door or back, door on two hinges, directly underneath top shelf (a) hinges on left (b) hinges on right. The shape of the handle glued onto each door is that of a polyhedron with a rectangular outer plane, rectangular plane glued to door is smaller. Two shelves inside cupboard. Top extends sides by 1.5 cm., thickness of wood is 2.5 cm. Tables are glued together and are a very simple design with no decoration.
- Subject
- households
- furniture
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.03.0111 a,b
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- Date
- 1931
- Material
- wood; metal; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 102.03.0112 a-c
- Description
- a) A rustic double bed with corner posts made from stripped logs approximately 10 cm. in diameter, rounded off at the top. Bed frame of heavy 4 x 13.5 cm. boards, reinforced at the corners on the outside with short pieces of the same boards cut into sharp points. Head and foot boards are solid and …
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- Title
- Bed
- Date
- 1931
- Material
- wood; metal; fibre
- Dimensions
- 134.0 x 205.0 cm
- Description
- a) A rustic double bed with corner posts made from stripped logs approximately 10 cm. in diameter, rounded off at the top. Bed frame of heavy 4 x 13.5 cm. boards, reinforced at the corners on the outside with short pieces of the same boards cut into sharp points. Head and foot boards are solid and fastened into cornerposts in mortise and tenon. Large metal carriage bolts fastened through the cornerposts into the frame. Corner reinforcement nailed through to frame. b) Mattress - innerspring covered in blue with large white floral wreath covering both sides, piping at edges imprinted "Simmons", vertical quilting on sides with four straps for turning, tufted through with bar-like buttons. c) Box spring - on wooden frame built to ride on frame of bed; covered with blue and white wide striped fabric with floral pattern on blue, whole covered with heavy white cotton fabric stapled to its frame. A heavy sheet of plywood with its corners cut to fit the bed is between the mattresses.
- Subject
- households
- furniture
- Earl Spencer
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.03.0112 a-c
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- Date
- 1931 – 1935
- Material
- wood; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 102.03.0118 a-f
- Description
- Six sturdy chairs constructed from natural hickory branches. Seats are woven plant fiber in a herringbone weave, each strip of fiber is approx. .7 cm. wide. Back rests are four vertical spindles, each whittled at ends to fit into holes on frame. Two stretchers on front and sides of chair and one o…
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- Title
- Chair Set
- Date
- 1931 – 1935
- Material
- wood; fibre
- Dimensions
- 89.0 x 45.0 x 36.0 cm
- Description
- Six sturdy chairs constructed from natural hickory branches. Seats are woven plant fiber in a herringbone weave, each strip of fiber is approx. .7 cm. wide. Back rests are four vertical spindles, each whittled at ends to fit into holes on frame. Two stretchers on front and sides of chair and one on back. Back supports are extensions of the legs.
- Subject
- Whyte home
- households
- furniture
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.03.0118 a-f
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- Date
- 1931 – 1945
- Material
- wood
- Catalogue Number
- 102.03.0119 a,b
- Description
- Two very light coloured pine plywood cupboards with two drawers above cupboard doors. Top drawer is 11 cm. high and 55.5 cm. long, second drawer on each is 13 cm. high and 55.5 cm. long. Each cupboard door is on two hinges. Doors conceal three pine plywood shelves, two of which have not been staine…
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- Title
- Cupboard
- Date
- 1931 – 1945
- Material
- wood
- Dimensions
- 102.0 x 42.5 x 71.0 cm
- Description
- Two very light coloured pine plywood cupboards with two drawers above cupboard doors. Top drawer is 11 cm. high and 55.5 cm. long, second drawer on each is 13 cm. high and 55.5 cm. long. Each cupboard door is on two hinges. Doors conceal three pine plywood shelves, two of which have not been stained. Handles, screwed onto drawers and cupboard doors, are polyhedron shaped, almost rectangular, blocks of wood. Each drawer has one horizontal handle, 27.5 cm. long by 3 cm. deep, door panel handles are vertical, 15 x 3 cm. Base of each cupboard is 7.5 cm. high, indented 2 cm. from front. Sides continue uninterrupted from floor to top of cupboard. Pressed board back terminates 7.5 cm. from floor. Plain 1 x 2.5 cm. pine molding frames top. (a) and (b) are identical except that (b) has an air vent built into base and a portion cut out of its bottom left side with a piece of sheet metal surrounding cut-out.
- Subject
- households
- furniture
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.03.0119 a,b
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Chest Of Drawers
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- Date
- 1935 – 1950
- Material
- wood
- Catalogue Number
- 102.03.0124
- Description
- A wooden dresser with three drawers. Made of three different types of wood, a dark soft wood with a large irregular grain is used on drawer fronts and the sides of the chest. The top is of a very light coloured plywood. A light coloured solid wood is used on the front framing the drawers. Two handl…
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- Title
- Chest Of Drawers
- Date
- 1935 – 1950
- Material
- wood
- Dimensions
- 80.0 x 64.0 x 110.0 cm
- Description
- A wooden dresser with three drawers. Made of three different types of wood, a dark soft wood with a large irregular grain is used on drawer fronts and the sides of the chest. The top is of a very light coloured plywood. A light coloured solid wood is used on the front framing the drawers. Two handles on each side of each drawer are made from the same dark wood used for drawer fronts.
- Subject
- households
- furniture
- Sam Ward
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.03.0124
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- Date
- 1935 – 1950
- Material
- wood; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 102.03.0125
- Description
- Rectangular vertical cupboard with two doors on upper third which meet and fit snugly together in center (each door 28.5 x 27.5 cm.). Large single door below (62.5 x 55.5). Door handles are small square blocks of wood screwed into doors from back. Bottom door fastened shut by a wooden block which t…
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- Title
- Cupboard
- Date
- 1935 – 1950
- Material
- wood; metal
- Dimensions
- 106.0 x 37.0 x 68.5 cm
- Description
- Rectangular vertical cupboard with two doors on upper third which meet and fit snugly together in center (each door 28.5 x 27.5 cm.). Large single door below (62.5 x 55.5). Door handles are small square blocks of wood screwed into doors from back. Bottom door fastened shut by a wooden block which turns horizontally to close and vertically to open. At least two different types of wood used, a red-brown soft wood is used for the most part, a blond wood is used for baseboard (front) and a light coloured wood is used on outer borders of upper doors.
- Subject
- households
- furniture
- Sam Ward
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.03.0125
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- Date
- 1930
- Material
- wood; metal; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 102.03.1019 a-d
- Description
- Four folding chairs: a) black metal frame with black fabric for seat and back; b) black metal frame with black fabric for seat and back; c) black metal frame with black fabric for seat, no back; d) wooden frame with beige fabric for seat, no back.
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- Title
- Folding Chair
- Date
- 1930
- Material
- wood; metal; fibre
- Description
- Four folding chairs: a) black metal frame with black fabric for seat and back; b) black metal frame with black fabric for seat and back; c) black metal frame with black fabric for seat, no back; d) wooden frame with beige fabric for seat, no back.
- Subject
- households
- furniture
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.03.1019 a-d
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- Date
- 1930 – 1960
- Material
- metal; skin; rubber
- Catalogue Number
- 102.03.1020
- Description
- Three hollow tubes 50.5 cm long form the legs for the tripod stool. Bolted together near the middle each has a rubber cup on the end and at the top spread out into the pockets of a three cornered leather seat. A leather strap with metal buckle is screwed onto a leg near the bottom to keep the leg…
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- Title
- Tripod Stool
- Date
- 1930 – 1960
- Material
- metal; skin; rubber
- Description
- Three hollow tubes 50.5 cm long form the legs for the tripod stool. Bolted together near the middle each has a rubber cup on the end and at the top spread out into the pockets of a three cornered leather seat. A leather strap with metal buckle is screwed onto a leg near the bottom to keep the legs together when not in use. A long thin leather strap is attached at the middle and one corner of the seat for carrying.
- Subject
- hobbies
- artists
- Walter Phillips
- painting
- Credit
- Gift of James Helmer, 1997
- Catalogue Number
- 102.03.1020
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- Date
- 1930 – 1960
- Material
- wood; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 102.03.1022
- Description
- Low wooden table painted black. Table top hinged in centre to allow folding.
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- Title
- Folding Table
- Date
- 1930 – 1960
- Material
- wood; metal
- Description
- Low wooden table painted black. Table top hinged in centre to allow folding.
- Subject
- households
- furniture
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.03.1022
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- Date
- 1930 – 1970
- Material
- ceramic
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0099
- Description
- An oval shaped china vase with a pinched neck and a slight flare out to the lip. The vase is decorated with a raised flower and leaf design in beige. The word “Pompey” is on the bottom.
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- Title
- Bud Vase
- Date
- 1930 – 1970
- Material
- ceramic
- Dimensions
- 10.5 x 5.7 x 9.2 cm
- Description
- An oval shaped china vase with a pinched neck and a slight flare out to the lip. The vase is decorated with a raised flower and leaf design in beige. The word “Pompey” is on the bottom.
- Subject
- households
- decorative
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0099
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- Date
- 1930 – 1960
- Material
- ceramic, bone china
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0140
- Description
- A small, rectangular, very shallow dish. The dish is white with gold around the rim and a delicate multicoloured floral arrangement on the tray surface that is surrounded by a delicate gold filigree pattern at the outer edge. The dish is marked on the bottom with “Fine Bone China”, a crown, “Est…
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- Title
- Pin Tray
- Date
- 1930 – 1960
- Material
- ceramic, bone china
- Dimensions
- 5.5 x 8.0 cm
- Description
- A small, rectangular, very shallow dish. The dish is white with gold around the rim and a delicate multicoloured floral arrangement on the tray surface that is surrounded by a delicate gold filigree pattern at the outer edge. The dish is marked on the bottom with “Fine Bone China”, a crown, “Est. 1801”, and “Stratfordshire, England”.
- Subject
- households
- decorative
- crafts
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0140
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- Date
- 1938 – 1938
- Material
- plaster
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0158
- Description
- An ashtray in the shape of a wagon wheel and decorated with a three dimensional bison skull and highlighted with brown paint. The ashtray is scorched from use, and the bison’s left horn broken and missing. The words “J Fuller ‘38’” are on one side of the ashtray, and “Made in Banff Can” is on the…
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- Title
- Ashtray
- Date
- 1938 – 1938
- Material
- plaster
- Dimensions
- 5.0 x 13.5 x 14.3 cm
- Description
- An ashtray in the shape of a wagon wheel and decorated with a three dimensional bison skull and highlighted with brown paint. The ashtray is scorched from use, and the bison’s left horn broken and missing. The words “J Fuller ‘38’” are on one side of the ashtray, and “Made in Banff Can” is on the base.
- Subject
- households
- decorative
- smoking
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0158
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