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Folding Camera
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact104.41.0007
- Date
- 1890 – 1910
- Material
- wood; skin; metal; glass
- Catalogue Number
- 104.41.0007
- Description
- Pony Premo folding camera #6. Black leather box, handle, releases by pressing worn mark below square. Glass sight finder. Interior fine mahogany finish, steel fittings. Bottom folds down becoming sliding track for lens, accordian pleated red bellows behind. Top of box contains glass developing p…
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- Title
- Folding Camera
- Date
- 1890 – 1910
- Material
- wood; skin; metal; glass
- Dimensions
- 8.5 x 15.0 x 17.0 cm
- Description
- Pony Premo folding camera #6. Black leather box, handle, releases by pressing worn mark below square. Glass sight finder. Interior fine mahogany finish, steel fittings. Bottom folds down becoming sliding track for lens, accordian pleated red bellows behind. Top of box contains glass developing plate, removable by releasing metal catches at front and sliding forward to release from box, tripod hole.
- Subject
- hobbies
- photography
- Mary Schaffer Warren
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.41.0007
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- Date
- prior to 1930
- Material
- fibre; wood; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 102.03.1008
- Description
- Yellow fabric covers wooden box frame, stands on 4 legs. Hinged lid is padded on top. Metal stud decoration. Inside are various dog toys and dog dish.
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- Title
- Footstool
- Date
- prior to 1930
- Material
- fibre; wood; metal
- Description
- Yellow fabric covers wooden box frame, stands on 4 legs. Hinged lid is padded on top. Metal stud decoration. Inside are various dog toys and dog dish.
- Credit
- Gift of Charles C. Reid, Banff, Alberta, 1986
- Catalogue Number
- 102.03.1008
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- Date
- 1775 – 1820
- Material
- glass; fibre; paper; bone; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 107.02.1016
- Description
- Kit with various beads and supplies for working. 26 small paper bundles of beads, tied with string. One long beaded string, mauve. One piece of muslin 16.3 x 22.0, all edges whip stitched. Unfinished beadwork in blc 4.0 x 7.5, mauve background, green pot with stems and 2 hanging burgandy flower…
- Title
- Kit Beadwork
- Date
- 1775 – 1820
- Material
- glass; fibre; paper; bone; metal
- Description
- Kit with various beads and supplies for working. 26 small paper bundles of beads, tied with string. One long beaded string, mauve. One piece of muslin 16.3 x 22.0, all edges whip stitched. Unfinished beadwork in blc 4.0 x 7.5, mauve background, green pot with stems and 2 hanging burgandy flowers. Thin needle with string pinned in material. One bone crochet hook 8.5 x 1.8. One square paper box with lid with loose beads. Written on box in pencil: "Last piece beadwork by Grandmother Cope Sharples - 1820" Another piece of paper has written: "Elizabeth Jefferes last work about 2 years before she died."
- Credit
- Gift of Charles C. Reid, Banff, Alberta, 1986
- Catalogue Number
- 107.02.1016
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Lantern Slide Case
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- Date
- 1910 – 1925
- Material
- wood; fibre; paper; skin; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 105.05.1010 a-c
- Description
- Wooden box with slots and padded field case. (a) wooden box, 32.4 x 10.5 x 13.2, 2 hook and eye latches on front. 64 slots with paper board dividers inside. "CAUTION" label inside lid, which reads “NEVER SHOW LANTERN SLIDES IN A STANDARD MOTION PICTURE MACHINE. THIS TYPE OF PROJECTOR WILL BREAK ALL…
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- Title
- Lantern Slide Case
- Date
- 1910 – 1925
- Material
- wood; fibre; paper; skin; metal
- Description
- Wooden box with slots and padded field case. (a) wooden box, 32.4 x 10.5 x 13.2, 2 hook and eye latches on front. 64 slots with paper board dividers inside. "CAUTION" label inside lid, which reads “NEVER SHOW LANTERN SLIDES IN A STANDARD MOTION PICTURE MACHINE. THIS TYPE OF PROJECTOR WILL BREAK ALL SLIDES SHOWN.” blue pencil writing “55 Slides, 54 neg. ———-“ White paper dot on hinge edge, brass hinges (b) rust brown pressed cardboard box, 36.0 x 11.4 x 16.6, fastened together with brass tacks. 1.5 thick felt padding interior. Leather straps with buckle fasteners running length and width (c) pressed cardboard box, 37.5 x 11.7 x 17.7, lid fastened with staples at ends. Felt padding interior top. A little wear on corner edges. Manufacturer's stamp interior “Manufactured by [ineligible] BOX CO. UNITED OTTAWA, CANADA.” fragments of destination label exterior, “Banff, Alberta.”
- Credit
- Gift of Tom Lonsdale, Banff, 1976
- Catalogue Number
- 105.05.1010 a-c
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Lantern Slide Projector Projector
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- Date
- 1910 – 1925
- Material
- metal; glass; fibre; wood;
- Catalogue Number
- 105.05.1009 a-d
- Description
- Lantern slide projector, Tom Lonsdale's. Black, rectangular box, 23.1 x 11.7 x 11.7, housing concave mirror in holder, projection bulb (500 W) 2 convex glass, narrow slot for slide carrier. Wooden track with squared centre structure travelling bracket with 2 openings for transparency (9.1 x 7.6) A…
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- Title
- Lantern Slide Projector Projector
- Date
- 1910 – 1925
- Material
- metal; glass; fibre; wood;
- Description
- Lantern slide projector, Tom Lonsdale's. Black, rectangular box, 23.1 x 11.7 x 11.7, housing concave mirror in holder, projection bulb (500 W) 2 convex glass, narrow slot for slide carrier. Wooden track with squared centre structure travelling bracket with 2 openings for transparency (9.1 x 7.6) Accordion bellows with metal plate holding lens apparatus, lens, black and silver in colour extending (10.2 with 5.5 diameter). Turn knob fine focus, "H" shape stand attached to bottom centre, telescopic rods either side bracing bellows and light bulb socket. Copper colour cloth covered cord. Hand switch and M/F plugs approximately middle of cord, male plug on end, housing enclosure lid. Overall dimensions: L:40.5, H: 27.3,W: 30.5.
- Credit
- Gift of Tom Lonsdale, Banff, 1976
- Catalogue Number
- 105.05.1009 a-d
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- Date
- 1830 – 1880
- Material
- hair, sheep
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.1032 a,b
- Description
- A pair brown of wool mittens, large hand-knitted, has loops on inside to provide extra wool as insulation, knitted on 4 needles in continuous rounds.
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- Title
- Mittens
- Date
- 1830 – 1880
- Material
- hair, sheep
- Description
- A pair brown of wool mittens, large hand-knitted, has loops on inside to provide extra wool as insulation, knitted on 4 needles in continuous rounds.
- Subject
- households
- clothing
- winter
- Mary Schaffer Warren
- Credit
- Gift of Charles C. Reid, Banff, Alberta, 1986
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.1032 a,b
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- Date
- 1820 – 1850
- Material
- fibre; paper
- Catalogue Number
- 104.45.1029
- Description
- A green octanganal shaped pincushion with needlework design. A square with 4 strawberries in red, green, white on one side and a square with 4 abstract designs on the other.
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- Title
- Pincushion
- Date
- 1820 – 1850
- Material
- fibre; paper
- Dimensions
- 2.5 cm
- Description
- A green octanganal shaped pincushion with needlework design. A square with 4 strawberries in red, green, white on one side and a square with 4 abstract designs on the other.
- Credit
- Gift of Charles C. Reid, Banff, Alberta, 1986
- Catalogue Number
- 104.45.1029
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- Date
- 1820 – 1850
- Material
- fibre; wood
- Catalogue Number
- 104.45.1030
- Description
- A pincushion shaped in a lattice woven basket full of red fabric green and red strawberries.
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- Title
- Pincushion
- Date
- 1820 – 1850
- Material
- fibre; wood
- Dimensions
- 5.0 cm
- Description
- A pincushion shaped in a lattice woven basket full of red fabric green and red strawberries.
- Subject
- households
- needlework
- Mary Schaffer Warren
- Credit
- Gift of Charles C. Reid, Banff, Alberta, 1986
- Catalogue Number
- 104.45.1030
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- Date
- n.d.
- Material
- fibre; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 104.45.1031
- Description
- A flower shaped pin cushion in green and white satin full of pins. The pins are on the sides.
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- Title
- Pincushion
- Date
- n.d.
- Material
- fibre; metal
- Description
- A flower shaped pin cushion in green and white satin full of pins. The pins are on the sides.
- Subject
- households
- needlework
- Mary Schaffer Warren
- Credit
- Gift of Charles C. Reid, Banff, Alberta, 1986
- Catalogue Number
- 104.45.1031
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- Date
- 1822 – 1822
- Material
- fibre, flax; wood; paper; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 107.02.0008
- Description
- A needlepoint sampler, in many colours, done in cross-stitch on loosely woven ecru linen. The sampler has a double-stitched border with stitched bars between each row of letters (A-Z) beginning with capital letters, followed by numerals from 1 to 10, then lower case letters (a-z), then numerals fr…
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- Title
- Sampler
- Date
- 1822 – 1822
- Material
- fibre, flax; wood; paper; metal
- Dimensions
- 19.0; 22.0 (frame) x 21.0; 23.5 (frame) cm
- Description
- A needlepoint sampler, in many colours, done in cross-stitch on loosely woven ecru linen. The sampler has a double-stitched border with stitched bars between each row of letters (A-Z) beginning with capital letters, followed by numerals from 1 to 10, then lower case letters (a-z), then numerals from 1 to 6, then large capital letters (A-F), and ending with “Serena Matilda Potts 1822.” The piece was originally framed in a simple brown wood frame with a parallel line (wood grain?) texture. The paper backing has “Serena Potts’ work born 1812” handwritten and a “Royal Picture Gallery” (Calgary, Alberta) framer’s sticker.
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 107.02.0008
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