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Candle Lantern
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact102.05.0127
- Date
- c. 1908
- Material
- metal
- Catalogue Number
- 102.05.0127
- Description
- Metal folding lantern for candles. Thin clear fragile mica windows on three sides, (10 x 7cm). Front window damaged at bottom. Base with wire candle holder and 66 small ventilation holes. Also 8 adjustable holes on bottom left and right side. Lid has large ventilation hole protected by peaked roof…
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- Title
- Candle Lantern
- Date
- c. 1908
- Material
- metal
- Dimensions
- 35.0 x 8.5 cm
- Description
- Metal folding lantern for candles. Thin clear fragile mica windows on three sides, (10 x 7cm). Front window damaged at bottom. Base with wire candle holder and 66 small ventilation holes. Also 8 adjustable holes on bottom left and right side. Lid has large ventilation hole protected by peaked roof on hinges. All seams are hinged so that lantern can collapse. Base folds flat up against back of lantern, sides collapse flat and fold to width of one side, lid folds flat and over sides to make compact (18 x 11 x 2 cm.) case. Stored in a thin unbleached cotton bag. Stamped on both sides of roof “THE ‘STONEBRIDGE’ FOLDING LANTERN PAT’D NOV. 20, 1906 JUNE 9, 1908 G.H. STONEBRIDGE M’F’G CO. N.Y.C. MADE IN U.S.A.” A white candle is inside
- Credit
- Gift of Don Gardiner, Canmore, 2022
- Catalogue Number
- 102.05.0127
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- Date
- 1949 – 1990
- Material
- metal; leather; glass;
- Catalogue Number
- 104.41.0130
- Description
- A Linhof Technika 4x5 metal camera. The front panel folds down and has the option to extend beyond 90 degrees - the lens plate mount slides out on tracks and can be adjusted by two gears, extending the bellows. The camera has a Technika Xenar 1:4,5 / 150 lens mounted. The back of the camera also fo…
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- Title
- Camera
- Date
- 1949 – 1990
- Material
- metal; leather; glass;
- Dimensions
- 17.7 x 20.5 x 10.2 cm
- Description
- A Linhof Technika 4x5 metal camera. The front panel folds down and has the option to extend beyond 90 degrees - the lens plate mount slides out on tracks and can be adjusted by two gears, extending the bellows. The camera has a Technika Xenar 1:4,5 / 150 lens mounted. The back of the camera also folds down to show the exposure plate inside the main compartment - on the panel that folds down is some kind of leather hood and a depth of field table printed onto the panel. The main compartment of the camera has a leather handle on the left-hand side, a view-finder and mount for a flash on the right-hand side, another attachment mount and a circular level on the top, and a hole in the bottom where it can be fixed to a tripod - there is a second tripod mount in the front panel.
- Subject
- Nicholas Morant
- photography
- camera;
- Credit
- Gift of Nicholas Morant, Banff, 2006
- Catalogue Number
- 104.41.0130
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Projection Lens
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact104.41.0122
- Date
- 1940 – 1950
- Material
- metal; glass; cardboard
- Catalogue Number
- 104.41.0122
- Description
- A Kodak Precision Enlarger f/4.5 51mm focussing lens centered in a square metal plate with a black velvet-lined lens cap housed in the original grey Kodak cardboard box. This lens would be used with an enlarger as the very bottom piece before the image that is being enlarged.
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- Title
- Projection Lens
- Date
- 1940 – 1950
- Material
- metal; glass; cardboard
- Dimensions
- 4.4 x 7.5 x 7.5 cm
- Description
- A Kodak Precision Enlarger f/4.5 51mm focussing lens centered in a square metal plate with a black velvet-lined lens cap housed in the original grey Kodak cardboard box. This lens would be used with an enlarger as the very bottom piece before the image that is being enlarged.
- Credit
- Gift of Nicholas Morant, Banff, 2006
- Catalogue Number
- 104.41.0122
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Matchbox Holder
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact102.04.0596
- Date
- 1940 – 1960
- Material
- metal; tin;
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0596
- Description
- Metal wall-mounted matchbox holder with an opening at the top and another that curves up from the bottom so that boxes can be filled from the top and funnel through to the lower opening. Printed on the front in blue inside a zig-zag border is “CASH OR CREDIT AT MURDOCH’S Staple and Fancy GROCERIES …
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- Title
- Matchbox Holder
- Date
- 1940 – 1960
- Material
- metal; tin;
- Dimensions
- 14.5 x 7.0 x 7.1 cm
- Description
- Metal wall-mounted matchbox holder with an opening at the top and another that curves up from the bottom so that boxes can be filled from the top and funnel through to the lower opening. Printed on the front in blue inside a zig-zag border is “CASH OR CREDIT AT MURDOCH’S Staple and Fancy GROCERIES and PRODUCE Telephone 129 BANFF, ALBERTA.”
- Credit
- Gift of Robert Crosby Family, Banff, 1998
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0596
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- Date
- 1940 – 1970
- Material
- cardboard; plastic; metal;
- Catalogue Number
- 104.45.0066
- Description
- Black plastic “OAKVILLE PIN HOLDER” in its original yellow cardboard box. The pin holder consists of a two-tiered body on a wider sloped base - the lower compartment contains the pins and the upper piece is pressed down on a spring, which funnels a pin through a hole on the top, allowing it to be p…
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- Title
- Pin Holder
- Date
- 1940 – 1970
- Material
- cardboard; plastic; metal;
- Dimensions
- 6.5 x 6.8 x 9.3 cm
- Description
- Black plastic “OAKVILLE PIN HOLDER” in its original yellow cardboard box. The pin holder consists of a two-tiered body on a wider sloped base - the lower compartment contains the pins and the upper piece is pressed down on a spring, which funnels a pin through a hole on the top, allowing it to be pulled out. The top consists of a cap that can be snapped off by pressing a small metal lever in order to access the pin compartment. The yellow cardboard box contains manufacturer information and instructions throughout the outside.
- Credit
- Gift of Robert Crosby Family, Banff, 1998
- Catalogue Number
- 104.45.0066
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- Date
- 1907 – 1920
- Material
- metal;
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0599 a-e
- Description
- Two metal Miller Lock Co. padlocks, one larger than the other, and three pieces of metal that serve an unknown purpose. The larger lock has the manufacturer details engraved along the curved arm, “MILLER” engraved in a decorative scroll on the body above the key hole, and “EIGHT LEVER” engraved bel…
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- Title
- Padlock
- Date
- 1907 – 1920
- Material
- metal;
- Dimensions
- 1.1 x 6.2 x 9.4 cm
- Description
- Two metal Miller Lock Co. padlocks, one larger than the other, and three pieces of metal that serve an unknown purpose. The larger lock has the manufacturer details engraved along the curved arm, “MILLER” engraved in a decorative scroll on the body above the key hole, and “EIGHT LEVER” engraved below the key hole. The smaller lock has “MILLER” in a decorative scroll and “3-LEVER” engraved above the key hole. Both locks have several brass studs throughout the fronts and backs. The three extra metal pieces all have small holes drilled in them, two are longer and tapered at one end and curve in a semi-circle, the third is mostly flat with the two long sides folded up and towards the center and has a small hook at one short end.
- Subject
- locks
- protection devices
- Credit
- Gift of Bill Mather, Edmonton, 1991
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0599 a-e
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Putting Improver
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact108.04.0051
- Date
- 1940 – 1960
- Material
- cardboard; metal;
- Catalogue Number
- 108.04.0051
- Description
- Square green box with a hinged lid containing a white and red metal putting improver. On the lid of the box is a paper label with “THE ‘NORTHWOOD’” printed along the top, and unidentified manufacturer’s logo in the middle, “Red & White” written in black ink on the right-hand side, and “Putting Impr…
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- Title
- Putting Improver
- Date
- 1940 – 1960
- Material
- cardboard; metal;
- Dimensions
- 2.7 x 18.5 x 18.5 cm
- Description
- Square green box with a hinged lid containing a white and red metal putting improver. On the lid of the box is a paper label with “THE ‘NORTHWOOD’” printed along the top, and unidentified manufacturer’s logo in the middle, “Red & White” written in black ink on the right-hand side, and “Putting Improver” written in black ink along the bottom. The tool itself consists of an eight-sided plate with hinged attachments on each side that fold towards the center when pushed over.
- Subject
- Crosby family
- Abegweit
- golf
- golf equipment;
- Credit
- Gift of Robert Crosby Family, Banff, 1998
- Catalogue Number
- 108.04.0051
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