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- Date
- 1910 – 1960
- Material
- metal
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.1117 a-g
- Description
- Seven fancy spoons, two larger than the others, that each have a decorated handle. Each spoon also has a decoration at the end of the handle.
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- Title
- Spoon
- Date
- 1910 – 1960
- Material
- metal
- Description
- Seven fancy spoons, two larger than the others, that each have a decorated handle. Each spoon also has a decoration at the end of the handle.
- Subject
- households
- souvenir
- Simpson family
- Credit
- Gift of James (Sr.) Simpson, 1968
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.1117 a-g
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- Date
- 1910 – 1950
- Material
- enamel; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.1122
- Description
- Small enamel cup.
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- Title
- Cup
- Date
- 1910 – 1950
- Material
- enamel; metal
- Description
- Small enamel cup.
- Subject
- households
- Credit
- Gift of Bertha Verkuil Davis, Calgary, 1991
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.1122
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- Date
- 1910 – 1940
- Material
- metal
- Catalogue Number
- 104.24.1002
- Description
- Shaped metal scraper with a handle the same length as the blade.
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- Title
- Scraper
- Date
- 1910 – 1940
- Material
- metal
- Description
- Shaped metal scraper with a handle the same length as the blade.
- Subject
- households
- Credit
- Gift of Forrest (Pat) Oliver Brewster, Banff, 1966
- Catalogue Number
- 104.24.1002
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- Date
- 1910 – 1950
- Material
- metal; glass
- Catalogue Number
- 104.30.1005
- Description
- Pocket watch-style barometer/altimeter marked “MADE IN FRANCE S. THAXTER & SON BOSTON COMPENSATED BAROMETER.”
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- Title
- Barometer
- Date
- 1910 – 1950
- Material
- metal; glass
- Description
- Pocket watch-style barometer/altimeter marked “MADE IN FRANCE S. THAXTER & SON BOSTON COMPENSATED BAROMETER.”
- Subject
- sports
- climbing
- F.O. “Pat” Brewster
- Credit
- Gift of Forrest (Pat) Oliver Brewster, Banff, 1984
- Catalogue Number
- 104.30.1005
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- Date
- 1915 – 1935
- Material
- bone
- Catalogue Number
- 104.33.1001 a-d
- Description
- Four lengths of black bone(?).
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- Title
- Musical Bone
- Date
- 1915 – 1935
- Material
- bone
- Description
- Four lengths of black bone(?).
- Subject
- entertainment
- theatre
- Minstrel Show
- Credit
- Gift of Ulysse LaCasse, Banff, 1970
- Catalogue Number
- 104.33.1001 a-d
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- Date
- 1910 – 1960
- Material
- metal; skin
- Catalogue Number
- 104.33.1007
- Description
- Three small bells attached to a leather strap.
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- Title
- Bell
- Date
- 1910 – 1960
- Material
- metal; skin
- Description
- Three small bells attached to a leather strap.
- Credit
- Gift of Unknown, 1968
- Catalogue Number
- 104.33.1007
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- Date
- 1910 – 1960
- Material
- metal
- Catalogue Number
- 104.35.1001
- Description
- A commercially made tin flute-like whistle. The whistle is a metal tube with holes cut out along the top. The tube has a mouthpiece at one end and is open at the other.
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- Title
- Flageolet
- Date
- 1910 – 1960
- Material
- metal
- Description
- A commercially made tin flute-like whistle. The whistle is a metal tube with holes cut out along the top. The tube has a mouthpiece at one end and is open at the other.
- Subject
- music
- entertainment
- Sam Ward
- Credit
- Gift of Sam Ward, Banff, 1973
- Catalogue Number
- 104.35.1001
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- Date
- 1910 – 1940
- Material
- glass; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 104.38.1001
- Description
- Small black binoculars with gold trim. There is also a small compass between the objective lenses.
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- Title
- Binoculars
- Date
- 1910 – 1940
- Material
- glass; metal
- Description
- Small black binoculars with gold trim. There is also a small compass between the objective lenses.
- Credit
- Gift of Sam Ward, Banff, 1973
- Catalogue Number
- 104.38.1001
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Contact-Printing Frame
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- Date
- 1915 – 1930
- Material
- glass; metal; wood
- Catalogue Number
- 104.41.1006 a,b
- Description
- Two small wood frames with glass and metal pressure holders at the back.
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- Title
- Contact-Printing Frame
- Date
- 1915 – 1930
- Material
- glass; metal; wood
- Description
- Two small wood frames with glass and metal pressure holders at the back.
- Subject
- households
- hobbies
- photography
- Credit
- Gift of L. A. E Duncan, Calgary, 1984
- Catalogue Number
- 104.41.1006 a,b
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- Date
- 1915 – 1930
- Material
- paper; glass; skin; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 104.41.1024 a-c
- Description
- Large Kodak Autographic camera (a) with a leather carrying case (b) and operation manual (c).
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- Title
- Camera
- Date
- 1915 – 1930
- Material
- paper; glass; skin; metal
- Description
- Large Kodak Autographic camera (a) with a leather carrying case (b) and operation manual (c).
- Subject
- households
- photography
- hobbies
- Credit
- Gift of J. H. Doughty-Davies, Victoria, 1991
- Catalogue Number
- 104.41.1024 a-c
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Photograph Accessory
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- Date
- 1910 – 1940
- Material
- paper; wood; glass
- Catalogue Number
- 104.41.1072 a,b
- Description
- a) One photograph album with black pages. This album has never been used.b) Wooden frame with two glass lenses and a tiny level in the bottom edge of the frame. Paper instructions inserted in the frame “THE “CROSS” DRAWING AND PAINTING GLASS FOR PERFECTING VISUAL POWER.” The instructions have Pet…
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- Title
- Photograph Accessory
- Date
- 1910 – 1940
- Material
- paper; wood; glass
- Description
- a) One photograph album with black pages. This album has never been used.b) Wooden frame with two glass lenses and a tiny level in the bottom edge of the frame. Paper instructions inserted in the frame “THE “CROSS” DRAWING AND PAINTING GLASS FOR PERFECTING VISUAL POWER.” The instructions have Peter White’s signature and address in pencil written across and “STUDENTS, APPLY YOURSELVES” printed in charcoal on the back.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.41.1072 a,b
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- Date
- 1910 – 1940
- Material
- metal; skin
- Catalogue Number
- 104.41.1074
- Description
- One Kodak, model 116, box camera.
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- Title
- Camera
- Date
- 1910 – 1940
- Material
- metal; skin
- Description
- One Kodak, model 116, box camera.
- Subject
- households
- photography
- Credit
- Gift of Hilda Stuckert, Banff, 1985
- Catalogue Number
- 104.41.1074
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Photograph Accessory
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- Date
- 1910 – 1930
- Material
- paper; glass
- Catalogue Number
- 104.41.1005 a,b
- Description
- Two boxes of glass plates.a) Cardboard box with a blue label “The Standard Lantern Slide Plates by Eastman Kodak Co. Rochester, N.Y.” This box contains 20 clear glass plates (10.0 x 8.2 cm). The number ”4” and “Mrs Warren” are handwritten in pencil on this box.b) Cardboard box labelled with “PHOT…
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- Title
- Photograph Accessory
- Date
- 1910 – 1930
- Material
- paper; glass
- Dimensions
- 2.0 (a); 2.8 (b) x 9.0 (a); 11.2 (b) x 11.0 (a); 13.7 (b) cm
- Description
- Two boxes of glass plates.a) Cardboard box with a blue label “The Standard Lantern Slide Plates by Eastman Kodak Co. Rochester, N.Y.” This box contains 20 clear glass plates (10.0 x 8.2 cm). The number ”4” and “Mrs Warren” are handwritten in pencil on this box.b) Cardboard box labelled with “PHOTOGRAPHIC DRY PLATES MANUFACTURED BY HAMMER DRY PLATE COMPANY ST. LOUIS. MO.” around a picture of a factory. “Mrs Schaffer” is handwritten in pencil on one side of the box. Included with the box is an envelope with “K. KIMBEY IMPORTER OF CAMERAS, KODAKS, FILMS & SUPPLIES...” along with “Mary Schaffer” written in ink. This envelope is from a business in Japan.March 30/15 in a Mylar envelope a piece of green paper re: contents
- Subject
- households
- photography
- Mary Schaffer
- Japan
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1977
- Catalogue Number
- 104.41.1005 a,b
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- Date
- 1918 – 1930
- Material
- skin; metal; glass
- Catalogue Number
- 104.41.1007
- Description
- Black folding camera with textured leather on the casing and a carrying handle. A metal tab with “Kodak” in an Old English font pulls open the case. The camera has accordian pleated bellows that move along a metal frame. A reflective viewfinder is fastened above the Bausch & Lomb lens. There is…
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- Title
- Camera
- Date
- 1918 – 1930
- Material
- skin; metal; glass
- Dimensions
- 23.3 x 11.0 x 19.3 cm
- Description
- Black folding camera with textured leather on the casing and a carrying handle. A metal tab with “Kodak” in an Old English font pulls open the case. The camera has accordian pleated bellows that move along a metal frame. A reflective viewfinder is fastened above the Bausch & Lomb lens. There is a manufacturer’s plate on the front of the bellows framework “No 2C Autographic Kodak Jr. Use film No. A 130.” The back of the camera has a hinged opening with a metal scribner for writing on negative.
- Subject
- photography
- Credit
- Gift of Unknown, 1968
- Catalogue Number
- 104.41.1007
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- Date
- 1917 – 1935
- Material
- metal; skin
- Catalogue Number
- 104.41.1012 a,b
- Description
- A camera and case.a) Oblong camera, “Kodak Anastigmatic” folding autographic, with leather covering the front and back. The sides of the camera are texured metal. The front pulls out 7.0 cm and jointed supports hold the black bellows. The camera has an adjustable viewfinder. The back of the came…
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- Title
- Camera
- Date
- 1917 – 1935
- Material
- metal; skin
- Dimensions
- 12.0 x 2.6 x 6.2 cm
- Description
- A camera and case.a) Oblong camera, “Kodak Anastigmatic” folding autographic, with leather covering the front and back. The sides of the camera are texured metal. The front pulls out 7.0 cm and jointed supports hold the black bellows. The camera has an adjustable viewfinder. The back of the camera has a hinged plated with a stylus, a removable 4.6 diameter metal plate at the centre, and a small oblong metal plate that has the manufaturer’s name.b) Leather case with doubouble thickness sides and snap closures. The name “James A. Pogue” and his address is written inside the flap of the case.
- Subject
- households
- photography
- Jim Pogue
- Credit
- Gift of Sally Pogue, 1970
- Catalogue Number
- 104.41.1012 a,b
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- Date
- 1910 – 1940
- Material
- wood; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 104.49.1003 a-c
- Description
- Two wooden planes with metal blades and a wooden clamp.
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- Title
- Plane
- Date
- 1910 – 1940
- Material
- wood; metal
- Description
- Two wooden planes with metal blades and a wooden clamp.
- Credit
- Gift of Vern (Mrs) Castella, Banff, 1970
- Catalogue Number
- 104.49.1003 a-c
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Combination Tool
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- Date
- 1910 – 1960
- Material
- metal
- Catalogue Number
- 104.50.1010
- Description
- A cast iron multipurpose tool with a crowbar/hammer/axe head with a nail pulling slot. The handle is marked with “JAMES SMART PLANT BROCKVILLE ONTARIO.”
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- Title
- Combination Tool
- Date
- 1910 – 1960
- Material
- metal
- Description
- A cast iron multipurpose tool with a crowbar/hammer/axe head with a nail pulling slot. The handle is marked with “JAMES SMART PLANT BROCKVILLE ONTARIO.”
- Subject
- households
- Credit
- Purchased from Phyllis Cain, Banff, 1988
- Catalogue Number
- 104.50.1010
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- Date
- 1918 – 1993
- Material
- fibre; paper; skin
- Catalogue Number
- 105.02.1119
- Description
- Small leather covered hymn book with a long continuous strap that passes through small loops to make a carrying handle. The book is inscribed “To my dear little daughter on the day of her confirmation April 21st/18 Mother.” The spine of the book is embossed “Common Prayer Hymn Book” in gold.
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- Title
- Hymnal
- Date
- 1918 – 1993
- Material
- fibre; paper; skin
- Description
- Small leather covered hymn book with a long continuous strap that passes through small loops to make a carrying handle. The book is inscribed “To my dear little daughter on the day of her confirmation April 21st/18 Mother.” The spine of the book is embossed “Common Prayer Hymn Book” in gold.
- Credit
- Gift of Betty Duncan, Calgary, 1995
- Catalogue Number
- 105.02.1119
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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
- 1910 – 1940
- Material
- paper; plastic
- Catalogue Number
- 105.05.1034 a-e
- Description
- Five small red and white boxes with “TRU-VUE Pictures with Depth PRINTED AND MADE IN U.S.A.” Each box contains a roll with views of tourist desintations including: “Niagara Falls”, “Banff”, and “Rocky Mountain National Park.”(a) ”Banff -1-“ (b) “Rocky Mountain National Park -2-“(c) “Glacier -2-“…
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- Title
- Stereoview
- Date
- 1910 – 1940
- Material
- paper; plastic
- Description
- Five small red and white boxes with “TRU-VUE Pictures with Depth PRINTED AND MADE IN U.S.A.” Each box contains a roll with views of tourist desintations including: “Niagara Falls”, “Banff”, and “Rocky Mountain National Park.”(a) ”Banff -1-“ (b) “Rocky Mountain National Park -2-“(c) “Glacier -2-“(d) “Quebec”(e) “Niagara Falls” crossed off, written in pencil “Santa Fe Trail”
- Subject
- souvenirs
- entertainment
- Banff
- Credit
- Gift of Provincial Archives of British Columbia, Victoria, 1986
- Catalogue Number
- 105.05.1034 a-e
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