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Date
1950 – 1979
Material
paper
Catalogue Number
105.02.0097
Description
A child's Advent calendar, a single sheet of paper with brightly coloured scene. Nine rosy cheeked pudgy children engaged in various activities, playing, carrying, and sorting mail, etc. The major figure, presumably Santa Claus, sits at desk writing and talking on the telephone. Dispersed througho…
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Title
Advent Calendar
Date
1950 – 1979
Material
paper
Dimensions
30.2 x 30.2 cm
Description
A child's Advent calendar, a single sheet of paper with brightly coloured scene. Nine rosy cheeked pudgy children engaged in various activities, playing, carrying, and sorting mail, etc. The major figure, presumably Santa Claus, sits at desk writing and talking on the telephone. Dispersed throughout the scene are twenty four little doors numbered from 1 - 24. Each door opens to reveal a picture printed on a luminous sheet of paper glued to the calendar. The calendar has not been used and is contained in its original envelope for mailing. Marks, printed in Western Germany.
Subject
households
children
Christmas
Advent
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
105.02.0097
Images
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Dated holiday greeting cards

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Part Of
Luxton family fonds
Scope & Content
File consists of Christmas and holiday season greeting cards sent to members of the Luxton family including Norman, Georgina and Eleanor Luxton. Includes a calendar for 1934 annotated with a Christmas greeting to the Luxton family from Percy Armstrong on the back [1933].
Date Range
1933
1935
1938
1942
Reference Code
LUX / III / A1 / 14 to 18
Description Level
5 / File
GMD
Textual record
Calendar
Part Of
Luxton family fonds
Description Level
5 / File
Fonds Number
LUX
Series
LUX / III / A : Family
Sous-Fonds
LUX / III : Luxton family sous-fonds
Sub-Series
LUX / III / A1 : Correspondence
Accession Number
LUX
Reference Code
LUX / III / A1 / 14 to 18
GMD
Textual record
Calendar
Date Range
1933
1935
1938
1942
Physical Description
20 cm of textual records
Scope & Content
File consists of Christmas and holiday season greeting cards sent to members of the Luxton family including Norman, Georgina and Eleanor Luxton. Includes a calendar for 1934 annotated with a Christmas greeting to the Luxton family from Percy Armstrong on the back [1933].
Notes
Items have been organized by date [see Content Details]
Material Details
Some items have string and/or ribbon attached
Name Access
Luxton, Norman
Luxton, Georgina
Luxton, Eleanor
Armstrong, Percy
Subject Access
Family and personal life
Holidays
Christmas
Correspondence
Geographic Access
Canada
Alberta
Banff
British Columbia
Vernon
Language
English
Category
Family and personal life
Communications
Title Source
Title based on contents of file
Content Details
Items stored in five folders which are organized by date: LUX/III/A1/14 : 1933 LUX/III/A1/15 : 1935 (folder 1 of 2) LUX/III/A1/16 : 1935 (folder 2 of 2) LUX/III/A1/17 : 1938 LUX/III/A1/18 : 1942
Processing Status
Processed
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