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Beaded Purse

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Date: 1850 – 1925

Material: metal

Catalogue Number: 103.08.0358

Description: A small, limp, pouch shaped bag of grey, silver and black metallic beads with drawstring at the top. Fabric of the bag is composed of the beads woven together on a loom. Background grey beads with two black winged dragons across the middle on each side enclosed with a black line above and above. Bl…

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Title: Beaded Purse

Date: 1850 – 1925

Material: metal

Dimensions: 16.0 x 10.5 cm

Description: A small, limp, pouch shaped bag of grey, silver and black metallic beads with drawstring at the top. Fabric of the bag is composed of the beads woven together on a loom. Background grey beads with two black winged dragons across the middle on each side enclosed with a black line above and above. Black vertical lines rise from the top line and hang from the bottom line with three silver arrows pointing down in the spaces between. Mouth of the bag trimmed with small black beaded loops. Bottom has fringe of long black and grey loops entwined. At top, woven slits hold .6 cm, narrow, black and grey banded, flat straps which act as drawstring.

Subject: households; beadwork; hobbies

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: 103.08.0358

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Box

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Date: 1820 – 1850

Material: paper; paint; glue; fibre

Catalogue Number: 110.01.1044 a,b

Description: Hand made paper box with cover. Is oblong with rounded edges decorated in green and white leaf pattern, blue, black and white trim on the inside."Belonged to Dr. Schaffer's mother" hand written on bottom of box.

Title: Box

Date: 1820 – 1850

Material: paper; paint; glue; fibre

Dimensions: 9.7 x 20.7 cm

Description: Hand made paper box with cover. Is oblong with rounded edges decorated in green and white leaf pattern, blue, black and white trim on the inside."Belonged to Dr. Schaffer's mother" hand written on bottom of box.

Subject: households; hobbies; needlework; sewing; Mary Schaffer Warren

Credit: Gift of Charles C. Reid, Banff, Alberta, 1986

Catalogue Number: 110.01.1044 a,b

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Box

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Date: 1820 – 1850

Material: paper

Catalogue Number: 110.01.1045 a-c

Description: A small white oval shaped paper box with blue trim. There is sticker on label from a hotel in Europe. Inside small piece lace, 10.7x4.3 cm. Inside lid, on bottom written "B E .... trim from Mary E. Fowler Oct 5, 1875" "Made by S.M. Potts" probably refers to the lace.

Title: Box

Date: 1820 – 1850

Material: paper

Dimensions: 4.0 x 5.5 cm

Description: A small white oval shaped paper box with blue trim. There is sticker on label from a hotel in Europe. Inside small piece lace, 10.7x4.3 cm. Inside lid, on bottom written "B E .... trim from Mary E. Fowler Oct 5, 1875" "Made by S.M. Potts" probably refers to the lace.

Subject: households; hobbies; needlework; sewing; Mary Schaffer Warren; S. M. Potts; Mary E. Fowler

Credit: Gift of Charles C. Reid, Banff, Alberta, 1986

Catalogue Number: 110.01.1045 a-c

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Box Camera

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Date: 1840 – 1850

Material: wood; glass; metal

Catalogue Number: 104.41.0005 a,b

Description: (a) Large dark brown wooden box camera which is constructed so that back half of camera slides into front half to focus and is secured in place by means of a brass thumbscrew into a slot in the base. Large brass lens screwed over aperture hole at centre of front side of wooden box, square glass pla…

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Title: Box Camera

Date: 1840 – 1850

Material: wood; glass; metal

Dimensions: 25.2 x 24.0 x 42.3 cm

Description: (a) Large dark brown wooden box camera which is constructed so that back half of camera slides into front half to focus and is secured in place by means of a brass thumbscrew into a slot in the base. Large brass lens screwed over aperture hole at centre of front side of wooden box, square glass plate set into wooden frame slides into slot at back of camera. (b) a separate plateholder of the same size has hinged door on back of frame which opens to insert black metal film sheath (Eastman Kodak), and front of frame slides out by pulling on metal ring at top to expose film. Note: wood cracking and separated at joints, chipped at lower front corners with large chunk of wood out of lower right, plateholder cracked across door and on one side of top.