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- Date
- 1910 – 1960
- Material
- fibre, wool
- Catalogue Number
- 103.03.1110 a-d
- Description
- 2 pair of decorative bands for the tops of socks or stockings: a,b) red, green and white with red and white diamond pattern; c,d) brown, pink and white, with diagonal line pattern in red, white and pale green.
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- Title
- Sock Bands
- Date
- 1910 – 1960
- Material
- fibre, wool
- Description
- 2 pair of decorative bands for the tops of socks or stockings: a,b) red, green and white with red and white diamond pattern; c,d) brown, pink and white, with diagonal line pattern in red, white and pale green.
- Subject
- sports
- climbing
- packers and guides
- Swiss guides
- Ernest Feuz
- Canadian Pacific Railway
- Elise Feuz
- needlework
- knitting
- Credit
- Gift of Fred Feuz, Salmon Arm, 1999
- Catalogue Number
- 103.03.1110 a-d
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- Date
- 1910 – 1950
- Material
- glass; metal; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.1115
- Description
- Pair of sun goggles with metal framed eyepieces, yellow lenses, canvas strap between eyepieces, and white cotton fabric strap to fit behind wearer’s head.
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- Title
- Sun Goggles
- Date
- 1910 – 1950
- Material
- glass; metal; fibre
- Dimensions
- 4.0 x 12.0 cm
- Description
- Pair of sun goggles with metal framed eyepieces, yellow lenses, canvas strap between eyepieces, and white cotton fabric strap to fit behind wearer’s head.
- Credit
- Gift of Fred Feuz, Salmon Arm, 1999
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.1115
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- Date
- 1910 – 1950
- Material
- fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 103.03.1111 a,b
- Description
- Pair of dark blue finely knit wool puttees. Each puttee is tied with blue cotton strip.
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- Title
- Puttees
- Date
- 1910 – 1950
- Material
- fibre
- Description
- Pair of dark blue finely knit wool puttees. Each puttee is tied with blue cotton strip.
- Credit
- Gift of Fred Feuz, Salmon Arm, 1999
- Catalogue Number
- 103.03.1111 a,b
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- Date
- 1917 – 1920
- Material
- metal
- Catalogue Number
- 104.19.1099 a,b
- Description
- Two oval aluminum frying pans with folding handle and lid, which doubles as serving plate. Both have manufacturer’s stamp on handle: “U.S. TUSA Co. 1917.” a) is charred on the bottom with scratched in initials “E.F.T.” and has typewritten label by Bert’s daughter Doris Burton: “F.H.R.’s earliest ca…
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- Title
- Frying Pan
- Date
- 1917 – 1920
- Material
- metal
- Dimensions
- 17.0 x 22.5 cm
- Description
- Two oval aluminum frying pans with folding handle and lid, which doubles as serving plate. Both have manufacturer’s stamp on handle: “U.S. TUSA Co. 1917.” a) is charred on the bottom with scratched in initials “E.F.T.” and has typewritten label by Bert’s daughter Doris Burton: “F.H.R.’s earliest camp dishes for 2 to 4 people. 1909 etc.” b) has typewritten label: “One of a set of F.H.R.’s early plate-combinations. 1909 etc.”
- Subject
- packers and guides
- camping
- Bert Riggall
- Credit
- Gift of Dale Burton, Surrey, 1999
- Catalogue Number
- 104.19.1099 a,b
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Manual Typewriter
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact105.06.1039
- Date
- 1917 – 1920
- Material
- metal; rubber; wood; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 105.06.1039
- Description
- Compact portable manual typewriter in black carrying case. Carriage folds down over keyboard for storage. “CORONA” in large letters behind keyboard beside small red sticker which reads: “STANDARD TYPEWRITER COMPANY. “Your Typewriter Men” CALGARY, REGINA”. Manufacturer’s name on bottom front, below …
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- Title
- Manual Typewriter
- Date
- 1917 – 1920
- Material
- metal; rubber; wood; fibre
- Dimensions
- 31.0 x 28.0 cm
- Description
- Compact portable manual typewriter in black carrying case. Carriage folds down over keyboard for storage. “CORONA” in large letters behind keyboard beside small red sticker which reads: “STANDARD TYPEWRITER COMPANY. “Your Typewriter Men” CALGARY, REGINA”. Manufacturer’s name on bottom front, below keyboard: “CORONA TYPEWRITER COMPANY, INC. GROTON, N.Y. U.S.A.” Back of typewriter: “PATENTED. June 10 1910. June 24 1913. Dec. 9 1913. Mar. 3 1914. October 13 1914. Dec. 15 1914. Apr. 27 1915. June 22 1915. Nov. 30 1915. June 27 1916. Aug. 8 1916. Feb. 13 1917. July 10 1917.”
- Subject
- packers and guides
- Bert Riggall
- Credit
- Gift of Dale Burton, Surrey, 1999
- Catalogue Number
- 105.06.1039
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Print-Processing Tray
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact104.41.1082%20a-h
- Date
- 1910 – 1950
- Material
- metal; enamel; wood; plastic;
- Catalogue Number
- 104.41.1082 a-h
- Description
- Three developing trays, a) & b) are white rectangular metal with blue trim. Tray c) is long narrow black rectangular plastic(?). Tray b) has manufacturer’s stamp on side: “CANADIAN KODAK CO. LTD. 5 X 7” & “AUSTRIA” on the bottom. Five handmade wooden clock timer rests (d-h) for darkroom use. Typewr…
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- Title
- Print-Processing Tray
- Date
- 1910 – 1950
- Material
- metal; enamel; wood; plastic;
- Description
- Three developing trays, a) & b) are white rectangular metal with blue trim. Tray c) is long narrow black rectangular plastic(?). Tray b) has manufacturer’s stamp on side: “CANADIAN KODAK CO. LTD. 5 X 7” & “AUSTRIA” on the bottom. Five handmade wooden clock timer rests (d-h) for darkroom use. Typewritten paper tag by Bert Riggall’s daughter reads: “A sample of Dad-Bert’s film developing trays and clock-timer ‘rests’. The black tray was for panorama films and prints.”
- Credit
- Gift of Dale Burton, Surrey, 1999
- Catalogue Number
- 104.41.1082 a-h
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- Date
- 1910 – 1950
- Material
- metal
- Catalogue Number
- 104.41.1083
- Description
- Metal ball/swivel tripod top with manufacturer’s stamp on back: “EKC” (Eastman Kodak Co.).
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- Title
- Tripod
- Date
- 1910 – 1950
- Material
- metal
- Dimensions
- 9.0 x 5.5 cm
- Description
- Metal ball/swivel tripod top with manufacturer’s stamp on back: “EKC” (Eastman Kodak Co.).
- Credit
- Gift of Dale Burton, Surrey, 1999
- Catalogue Number
- 104.41.1083
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Photographic Accessories
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact104.41.1086
- Date
- 1910 – 1950
- Material
- paper; wood; metal; rubber; fibre; glass; hair
- Catalogue Number
- 104.41.1086
- Description
- Miscellaneous photographic accessories including Velox transparent watercolour stamp outfit, film, snapshot Kodaguide, lens paper, spotting brush and colours, two rubber stamps: “F.H. RIGGALL, TWIN BUTTE, ALTA.” & “F.H. RIGGALL, GUIDE AND OUTFITTER”, DUFAYCOLOR transparency viewer, etc.
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- Title
- Photographic Accessories
- Date
- 1910 – 1950
- Material
- paper; wood; metal; rubber; fibre; glass; hair
- Description
- Miscellaneous photographic accessories including Velox transparent watercolour stamp outfit, film, snapshot Kodaguide, lens paper, spotting brush and colours, two rubber stamps: “F.H. RIGGALL, TWIN BUTTE, ALTA.” & “F.H. RIGGALL, GUIDE AND OUTFITTER”, DUFAYCOLOR transparency viewer, etc.
- Credit
- Gift of Dale Burton, Surrey, 1999
- Catalogue Number
- 104.41.1086
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- Date
- 1917
- Material
- skin; fibre; metal; glass; paper
- Catalogue Number
- 104.38.1006 a,b
- Description
- Two pair binoculars in leather cases. Binoculars of dark green metal marked: “CARL ZEISS. JENA. Fernglas 08” Pair (a) has “Nr. 26615” & “IV 1917” and pair (b) marked “Nr. 31134” & “V 1917”. Both cases have label of German text inside lid. Case (a) has a label on top of original label which reads: “…
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- Title
- Binoculars
- Date
- 1917
- Material
- skin; fibre; metal; glass; paper
- Dimensions
- 14.5 x 8.0 x 17.5 cm
- Description
- Two pair binoculars in leather cases. Binoculars of dark green metal marked: “CARL ZEISS. JENA. Fernglas 08” Pair (a) has “Nr. 26615” & “IV 1917” and pair (b) marked “Nr. 31134” & “V 1917”. Both cases have label of German text inside lid. Case (a) has a label on top of original label which reads: “Please return to: George Vaux Jr. Gulph Rd. Bryn Mawr. Penna. U.S.A.” Case (a) has leather strap and case (b) has a canvas strap.
- Subject
- photography
- Vaux family
- sports
- hiking
- tourism
- military
- Credit
- Gift of Molly Vaux, New York, USA, 1999
- Catalogue Number
- 104.38.1006 a,b
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- Date
- c. 1915
- Material
- metal; glass; skin
- Catalogue Number
- 104.44.1013 a-c
- Description
- 3 prismatic compasses, olive-drab painting on the body, military issue, marked: “U.S.E.D. CREAGH-OSBORNE MARCHING COMPASS. MARK VII. MOD.E. SPERRY GYROSCOPE CO. BROOKLYN, N.Y. In leather carrying cases. “Captain Frank Osborne Creagh-Osborne, Royal Navy, (1867/1943) was Superintendent of Compasses …
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- Title
- Compass
- Date
- c. 1915
- Material
- metal; glass; skin
- Dimensions
- 9.0 x 7.0 cm
- Description
- 3 prismatic compasses, olive-drab painting on the body, military issue, marked: “U.S.E.D. CREAGH-OSBORNE MARCHING COMPASS. MARK VII. MOD.E. SPERRY GYROSCOPE CO. BROOKLYN, N.Y. In leather carrying cases. “Captain Frank Osborne Creagh-Osborne, Royal Navy, (1867/1943) was Superintendent of Compasses with the British Admiralty and inventor. His various inventions were built by H. Hughes & Son Ltd, Dent & Co & Johnson Ltd, Sperry Gyroscopes Co., etc. There exist two versions of a sturdy and heavy LENSATIC marching compass made by SPERRY GYROSCOPE Co. BROOKLYN N.Y.” “MARK VII MOD.E. Technical Data: - Foldable rifle-type sighting system- Adjustable lense- Case: brass- Dimensions: 85 x 60 x 32 mm- Weight: 230 gr- Fluid damped compass card”Quoted material from: http://www.compassmuseum.com/hand/hand_2.htm
- Credit
- Gift of Molly Vaux, New York, USA, 1999
- Catalogue Number
- 104.44.1013 a-c
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Military Medal
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- Date
- 1910 – 1920
- Material
- metal; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 103.09.1049
- Description
- Stylized cross with a crown “FW” and “1813” on one side and a crown, “W” and “1914” on the other. The cross is tied onto a black and white ribbon.
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- Title
- Military Medal
- Date
- 1910 – 1920
- Material
- metal; fibre
- Description
- Stylized cross with a crown “FW” and “1813” on one side and a crown, “W” and “1914” on the other. The cross is tied onto a black and white ribbon.
- Subject
- military
- insignia
- Mary Schaffer
- Credit
- Gift of Charles C. Reid, Banff, Alberta, 1986
- Catalogue Number
- 103.09.1049
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- Date
- 1914 – 1918
- Material
- metal; skin
- Catalogue Number
- 103.09.1128 a-j
- Description
- A collection of eight military pins in a leather covered, lidded, round box. Some of the pins are marked “CANADA”, and “Canada 82 Overseas Battalion Calgary.”
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- Title
- Military Pin
- Date
- 1914 – 1918
- Material
- metal; skin
- Description
- A collection of eight military pins in a leather covered, lidded, round box. Some of the pins are marked “CANADA”, and “Canada 82 Overseas Battalion Calgary.”
- Credit
- Gift of Unknown, 1968
- Catalogue Number
- 103.09.1128 a-j
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- Date
- 1910 – 1971
- Material
- ceramic
- Catalogue Number
- 104.19.1020 a,b
- Description
- A dark-coloured ceramic pestle broken in two pieces.
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- Title
- Pestle
- Date
- 1910 – 1971
- Material
- ceramic
- Description
- A dark-coloured ceramic pestle broken in two pieces.
- Subject
- households
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1978
- Catalogue Number
- 104.19.1020 a,b
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- Date
- 1910 – 1960
- Material
- ceramic
- Catalogue Number
- 104.19.1064 a,b
- Description
- Two ceramic jelly molds. One mold is green on the outside.
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- Title
- Jelly Mold
- Date
- 1910 – 1960
- Material
- ceramic
- Description
- Two ceramic jelly molds. One mold is green on the outside.
- Subject
- households
- Dorothy Cranstone
- Credit
- Gift of Dorothy Cranstone, Banff, 1992
- Catalogue Number
- 104.19.1064 a,b
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- Date
- 1910 – 1960
- Material
- ceramic
- Catalogue Number
- 104.19.1065
- Description
- A cylindrical ceramic container with no lid. The crock is marked “1/2 IMPERIAL” and “MEDALTA POTTERIES LTD. MEDICINE HAT ALBERTA.”
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- Title
- Crock
- Date
- 1910 – 1960
- Material
- ceramic
- Description
- A cylindrical ceramic container with no lid. The crock is marked “1/2 IMPERIAL” and “MEDALTA POTTERIES LTD. MEDICINE HAT ALBERTA.”
- Subject
- households
- Dorothy Cranstone
- Credit
- Gift of Dorothy Cranstone, Banff, 1992
- Catalogue Number
- 104.19.1065
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- Date
- 1910 – 1960
- Material
- metal
- Catalogue Number
- 104.19.1067 a,b
- Description
- Two tin pie pans.a) The bottom of the inside of this pan has a slightly raised, textured surface and is marked “BAKE-RITE TINWARE 10.”b) This pan is marked “Ekcoloy.”
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- Title
- Pie Pan
- Date
- 1910 – 1960
- Material
- metal
- Description
- Two tin pie pans.a) The bottom of the inside of this pan has a slightly raised, textured surface and is marked “BAKE-RITE TINWARE 10.”b) This pan is marked “Ekcoloy.”
- Subject
- households
- Dorothy Cranstone
- Credit
- Gift of Dorothy Cranstone, Banff, 1992
- Catalogue Number
- 104.19.1067 a,b
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- Date
- 1910 – 1950
- Material
- metal
- Catalogue Number
- 104.19.1069
- Description
- A metal spoon with fancy decoration at the end of the handle and end of the bowl. The bowl is perforated in a flower pattern.
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- Title
- Strainer
- Date
- 1910 – 1950
- Material
- metal
- Description
- A metal spoon with fancy decoration at the end of the handle and end of the bowl. The bowl is perforated in a flower pattern.
- Subject
- households
- Dorothy Cranstone
- Credit
- Gift of Dorothy Cranstone, Banff, 1992
- Catalogue Number
- 104.19.1069
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- Date
- 1910 – 1960
- Material
- bone; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 104.19.1074
- Description
- A knife with a short curved blade set into and rivetted to a bone handle.
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- Title
- Savik
- Date
- 1910 – 1960
- Material
- bone; metal
- Description
- A knife with a short curved blade set into and rivetted to a bone handle.
- Subject
- households
- Phyllis Cain
- savik
- Credit
- Purchased from Phyllis Cain, Banff, 1988
- Catalogue Number
- 104.19.1074
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- Date
- 1910 – 1950
- Material
- metal; wood
- Catalogue Number
- 104.19.1083 a,b
- Description
- A metal meat grinder that clamps onto a table or counter. The grinding blade can be separated from the grinder housing. The blade is attached to a long crank shaft that has a wooden handle. The housing is marked “RUSSWIN NO. 1” and also with the maker’s name.
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- Title
- Meat Grinder
- Date
- 1910 – 1950
- Material
- metal; wood
- Description
- A metal meat grinder that clamps onto a table or counter. The grinding blade can be separated from the grinder housing. The blade is attached to a long crank shaft that has a wooden handle. The housing is marked “RUSSWIN NO. 1” and also with the maker’s name.
- Subject
- households
- Verkuil
- Credit
- Gift of Bertha Verkuil Davis, Calgary, 1991
- Catalogue Number
- 104.19.1083 a,b
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- Date
- 1910 – 1960
- Material
- metal
- Catalogue Number
- 104.19.1084 a,b
- Description
- A brass (?) mortar and pestle. The urn-shaped mortar has two squared handles. The flattened ends of the pestle are circular and joined to the shaft which has a ring at the centre.
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- Title
- Mortar; Pestle
- Date
- 1910 – 1960
- Material
- metal
- Description
- A brass (?) mortar and pestle. The urn-shaped mortar has two squared handles. The flattened ends of the pestle are circular and joined to the shaft which has a ring at the centre.
- Subject
- households
- Jimmy Simpson
- Credit
- Gift of James (Sr.) Simpson, 1968
- Catalogue Number
- 104.19.1084 a,b
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