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Date
1750 – 1850
Material
shell, tortoise; paper; metal
Catalogue Number
103.08.1051 a-c
Description
Small round glasses with tortoise shell frame in one piece. The arms are hinged at the sides and have curved ear arms. Each arm ends with a circle cut out.
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Title
Eyeglasses
Date
1750 – 1850
Material
shell, tortoise; paper; metal
Description
Small round glasses with tortoise shell frame in one piece. The arms are hinged at the sides and have curved ear arms. Each arm ends with a circle cut out.
Subject
Mary Schaffer
Serena M. Potts
Credit
Gift of Charles C. Reid, Banff, Alberta, 1986
Catalogue Number
103.08.1051 a-c
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Date
1930
Material
metal; wood; skin
Catalogue Number
103.08.1043
Description
A brown walking stick that can be used as a seat. It has leather encased steel handles on hinges, and a dark stained wooden stem with a metal tip on the bottom, 9 cm long. The handles fold down to form a seat. There is a steel disk attached to the upper stems which screws onto a metal tip on the bo…
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Title
Shooting Stick
Date
1930
Material
metal; wood; skin
Dimensions
88.0 x 12.5 cm
Description
A brown walking stick that can be used as a seat. It has leather encased steel handles on hinges, and a dark stained wooden stem with a metal tip on the bottom, 9 cm long. The handles fold down to form a seat. There is a steel disk attached to the upper stems which screws onto a metal tip on the bottom for use on turf or sand.
Subject
sports
hiking
Mary Schaffer
Credit
Gift of Charles C. Reid, Banff, Alberta, 1986
Catalogue Number
103.08.1043
Images
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