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A map showing the communication of the lakes and rivers between Lake Superior and Slave Lake in North America

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue24545
Medium
Library - Maps and blueprints (unannotated; published)
Map
Published Date
1790
Publisher
Gent. Mag.
Call Number
C11-1.7
Publisher
Gent. Mag.
Published Date
1790
Physical Description
1 map
Scale
Scale indeterminable
Medium
Library - Maps and blueprints (unannotated; published)
Map
Subjects
Rivers
The West, Canadian
Accession Number
12,500
Call Number
C11-1.7
Collection
Archives Library
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Map showing the communication of the Lakes and Rivers between Lake Superior and Slave Lake in North America

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue21338
Medium
Library - Maps and blueprints (unannotated; published)
Map
Published Date
1790
Publisher
Gent Mag.
Call Number
C5-5.8
Publisher
Gent Mag.
Published Date
1790
Medium
Library - Maps and blueprints (unannotated; published)
Map
Subjects
Hydrological Maps Canada
Notes
From a copy - Gent Mag. 1790
Accession Number
11,500
Call Number
C5-5.8
Collection
Archives Library
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French map of Canada and New France

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue21420
Medium
Library - Maps and blueprints (unannotated; published)
Map
Published Date
1720
Call Number
C11-1.1
Published Date
1720
Medium
Library - Maps and blueprints (unannotated; published)
Map
Subjects
Canada
Accession Number
499
Call Number
C11-1.1
Collection
Archives Library
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Travels through Western Canada from April, 1773 to March, 1790

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue21485
Medium
Library - Maps and blueprints (unannotated; published)
Map
Published Date
1790
Call Number
C12-1.9
Published Date
1790
Medium
Library - Maps and blueprints (unannotated; published)
Map
Subjects
Peter Pond's Travels
Notes
Photostatic copy from Public Archives
Accession Number
675
Call Number
C12-1.9
Collection
Archives Library
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Date
1790 – 1836
Material
fibre; skin; metal
Catalogue Number
103.05.1053 a-f
Description
Pair shoes, pair gloves, pillow, long embroidered dress, (a) dress 132.0x72.0. Fine cotton with vertical lines of embroidery running full length, high empire line, short set-in sleeves with 5.0 wide lace at sleeve opening, tightly gathered centre front skirt. Bodice 15.0 long with silk lacing t…
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Title
Ensemble
Date
1790 – 1836
Material
fibre; skin; metal
Description
Pair shoes, pair gloves, pillow, long embroidered dress, (a) dress 132.0x72.0. Fine cotton with vertical lines of embroidery running full length, high empire line, short set-in sleeves with 5.0 wide lace at sleeve opening, tightly gathered centre front skirt. Bodice 15.0 long with silk lacing to tighten. Back opening to waist with drawstring neckline and empire waistline. 24.0 long slit openings at waist both sides. Bodicelined with unbleached cotton. (b,c) ivory satin shoes, 26.0 long. Very pointed toe, narrow leather sole and heel, heel shaped, 2.0 high. (d,e) tiny white unlined leather gloves, 12.5 around palm, 13.0 from centre finger to wrist. Fine stitching with 3 decorative 4.0 long seams on back of hand, wrist closure with a snap. (f) ring cushion, 13.0x9.0x4.0, embossed satin with satin bows on each corner with tiny white shells. Shells threaded on fine wire. 2.0 long steel straight pins are stuck into pillow to form letters, one side "L'Amitie", other side appears to be "PLMS"
Subject
households, clothing
Mary Schäffer Warren
Pricilla Potts Schäffer
Credit
Gift of Charles C. Reid, Banff, Alberta, 1986
Catalogue Number
103.05.1053 a-f
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Date
1792
Material
paper; wood; glass
Catalogue Number
105.02.0003
Description
A rectangular document on white paper beginning: “Know all men by these Presents ...” followed by handwriting stating the particulars of the sale, dated in Middlesex on December 29th, 1792 and signed by the Justice of the Peace. The contents state the agreement of a bill-of-sale between Asa Nurse …
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Title
Bill-Of-Sale
Date
1792
Material
paper; wood; glass
Dimensions
16.0; 25.2 (frame) x 20.0; 30.3 (frame) cm
Description
A rectangular document on white paper beginning: “Know all men by these Presents ...” followed by handwriting stating the particulars of the sale, dated in Middlesex on December 29th, 1792 and signed by the Justice of the Peace. The contents state the agreement of a bill-of-sale between Asa Nurse and Thomas Buckminster. The bill is framed in a wide plain mahogany veneer frame with mitred corners.
Subject
households
Asa Nurse
Thomas Buchminster
real estate
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
105.02.0003
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Date
1796 – 1796
Material
fibre, flax; wood; paper; metal
Catalogue Number
107.02.0009
Description
A needlepoint sampler, in many colours, done in cross-stitch on a loosely woven ecru linen. The sampler has a narrow double-stitched border with a floral band at the top followed by rows of letters of the alphabet separated by horizontal bars. Most of the letters are worked twice together through…
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Title
Sampler
Date
1796 – 1796
Material
fibre, flax; wood; paper; metal
Dimensions
15.0; 18.0 (frame) x 20.0; 22.5 (frame) cm
Description
A needlepoint sampler, in many colours, done in cross-stitch on a loosely woven ecru linen. The sampler has a narrow double-stitched border with a floral band at the top followed by rows of letters of the alphabet separated by horizontal bars. Most of the letters are worked twice together through the alphabet repeating from A to D at the end, followed by another floral band as at the top, and then “Susanah Lehman November the 3 1796.” The sampler was originally framed in a simple brown wood frame with parallel line texture (wood grain?) and has a framer’s sticker on the back “The Royal Art Gallery” (Calgary, Alberta).
Subject
households
decorative
children
crafts
needlework
Susanah Lehman
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
107.02.0009
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Date
1794 – 1796
Material
fibre, flax; wood; paper; metal
Catalogue Number
107.02.0010
Description
A needlepoint sampler, in many colours, done in cross-stitch on ecru linen. The sampler has a narrow stitched border with a design in the band at the top followed by rows of letters separated by horizontal bars. The alphabet is stitched with each letter worked twice, followed by the alphabet with…
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Title
Sampler
Date
1794 – 1796
Material
fibre, flax; wood; paper; metal
Dimensions
19.0; 21.0 (frame) x 13.5; 16.0 (frame) cm
Description
A needlepoint sampler, in many colours, done in cross-stitch on ecru linen. The sampler has a narrow stitched border with a design in the band at the top followed by rows of letters separated by horizontal bars. The alphabet is stitched with each letter worked twice, followed by the alphabet with each letter worked once until “P” at the end of the sampler where “Susana Lhaman” (sic) is stitched. The sampler was originally framed with a simple brown wood frame with parallel line texture (wood grain?).
Subject
households
decorative
children
crafts
needlework
Susanah Lehman
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
107.02.0010
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Date
1792
Material
wood; grass; metal
Catalogue Number
102.03.0091
Description
Sturdy chest, dovetailed corners, deep, fitted with hand-wrought hinges. Interior has small drawer and lidded shelf at one end top. Fitted with rope handles for carrying. Previously painted blue, remnants of stain on inside of lid and beside hardware. “Robert Procter . . . 1792” written in ink on …
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Title
Blanket Chest
Date
1792
Material
wood; grass; metal
Dimensions
48.3 x 48.5 x 124.3 cm
Description
Sturdy chest, dovetailed corners, deep, fitted with hand-wrought hinges. Interior has small drawer and lidded shelf at one end top. Fitted with rope handles for carrying. Previously painted blue, remnants of stain on inside of lid and beside hardware. “Robert Procter . . . 1792” written in ink on inside of lid.
Subject
households
furniture
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
102.03.0091
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Date
1728 – 1800
Material
horn; metal
Catalogue Number
104.20.0553
Description
Oval, almost flat bottomed ladle with short shaft connected to spiralled, bone, silver tipped handle. Coin is inset in base of ladle and is visible from either side. "heads" with portrait, "tails" side of coin, outside ladle, indicated 1728 date and slogans, shields. Engraving on outside of …
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Title
Ladle
Date
1728 – 1800
Material
horn; metal
Dimensions
2.7 x 8.0 x 35.5 cm
Description
Oval, almost flat bottomed ladle with short shaft connected to spiralled, bone, silver tipped handle. Coin is inset in base of ladle and is visible from either side. "heads" with portrait, "tails" side of coin, outside ladle, indicated 1728 date and slogans, shields. Engraving on outside of ladle under rim "H/W*S".
Subject
households
Edith Morse Robb
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
104.20.0553
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