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- Date
- 1930 – 1950
- Material
- wood; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 104.02.1001 a,b
- Description
- Weathered handle, rusted blade. (a) curved wooden handle 140.0 long. 2 hand grips 11.5 long, wood covered metal. Metal loop goes around handle. Metal collar and other metal attachments at blade end. (b) curved metal blade 91.0 long. 8.0 x 5.0 ca piece missing near handle. Metal loop attachment for…
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- Title
- Hand Scythe
- Date
- 1930 – 1950
- Material
- wood; metal
- Description
- Weathered handle, rusted blade. (a) curved wooden handle 140.0 long. 2 hand grips 11.5 long, wood covered metal. Metal loop goes around handle. Metal collar and other metal attachments at blade end. (b) curved metal blade 91.0 long. 8.0 x 5.0 ca piece missing near handle. Metal loop attachment for handle.
- Subject
- households
- gardening
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.02.1001 a,b
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- Date
- 1930 – 1950
- Material
- wood; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 104.02.1002 a,b
- Description
- Wooden handled garden rakes (a) one piece metal rake 35.0 x 8.5, teeth are 6.0 long, two 12.0 x 0.8 strips are cut out and bent back together into handle, metal ferrule 9.3 longis welded closed over handle. Round wooden handle is 143.0 to ferrule, incised into handle 8.5 from ferrule: "QUALITY-VAL…
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- Title
- Garden Rake
- Date
- 1930 – 1950
- Material
- wood; metal
- Description
- Wooden handled garden rakes (a) one piece metal rake 35.0 x 8.5, teeth are 6.0 long, two 12.0 x 0.8 strips are cut out and bent back together into handle, metal ferrule 9.3 longis welded closed over handle. Round wooden handle is 143.0 to ferrule, incised into handle 8.5 from ferrule: "QUALITY-VALUE-UTILITY; ZENITH" (b) 20.5 longmetal bar has 8 teeth (6.0) individually embedded and soldered on to it. Teeth have heads and taper to a point, outside 2 bent in, 7.5 metal ferrule, 114.0 long round molded wooden handle.
- Subject
- households
- gardening
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.02.1002 a,b
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- Date
- 1930 – 1950
- Material
- wood; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 104.19.1001
- Description
- Heavy iron crusher with wooden handle. Tapered wooden handle is thicker at base where the iron "crusher" is attached. The crusher is 11.5 diameter base with 7 teeth 3.5 long, the teeth 2.5 diameter at base taper to points. The crusher has a sleeve 7.5 wide which envelopes the bottom of the handle. …
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- Title
- Ice Crusher
- Date
- 1930 – 1950
- Material
- wood; metal
- Dimensions
- 93.0 cm
- Description
- Heavy iron crusher with wooden handle. Tapered wooden handle is thicker at base where the iron "crusher" is attached. The crusher is 11.5 diameter base with 7 teeth 3.5 long, the teeth 2.5 diameter at base taper to points. The crusher has a sleeve 7.5 wide which envelopes the bottom of the handle. 3 screws secure base to handle.
- Subject
- William Noble
- households
- Credit
- Gift of Jim Burles, Banff, 1984
- Catalogue Number
- 104.19.1001
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- Date
- 1930 – 1940
- Material
- stone
- Catalogue Number
- 101.02.1003 a-w
- Description
- 23 wee squarish black marble tiles, ex Ike Mills' property (fireplace) vary in size, 22.6 x 6.1 to 6.0 x 4.7 cm. in thickness from .8 to 1.3 cm, backs of some scored to hold mortar, 3 pieces have decorative features: (a) outline of bison chiselled on surface (b) cutout marble horse (legs broken) f…
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- Title
- Facade Tile
- Date
- 1930 – 1940
- Material
- stone
- Description
- 23 wee squarish black marble tiles, ex Ike Mills' property (fireplace) vary in size, 22.6 x 6.1 to 6.0 x 4.7 cm. in thickness from .8 to 1.3 cm, backs of some scored to hold mortar, 3 pieces have decorative features: (a) outline of bison chiselled on surface (b) cutout marble horse (legs broken) fastened by nail to slab (c) nail hole drilled through to hold something similar to (b).
- Subject
- households
- Ike Mills
- Credit
- Gift of Peter Whyte, 1966
- Catalogue Number
- 101.02.1003 a-w
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- Date
- 1930 – 1945
- Material
- fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 102.01.1002
- Description
- Woven burgundy bedspread with white linear pattern, two-tone burgundy background, white pattern around edge 19.0 wide of lines1.0 apart, formed by one continuous white strand, regular pattern of 4 tufts throughout, an elongated 9 point star is in centre of spread, diamond shape in middle of it, 4 f…
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- Title
- Bedspread
- Date
- 1930 – 1945
- Material
- fibre
- Dimensions
- 201.0 x 255.0 cm
- Description
- Woven burgundy bedspread with white linear pattern, two-tone burgundy background, white pattern around edge 19.0 wide of lines1.0 apart, formed by one continuous white strand, regular pattern of 4 tufts throughout, an elongated 9 point star is in centre of spread, diamond shape in middle of it, 4 female figures above and below this, stylized trees in same white wool form an open pattern along edge of border.
- Subject
- households
- furnishings
- Tilly McPherson
- Credit
- Gift of Mrs. David Cowan, Banff, 1984
- Catalogue Number
- 102.01.1002
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- Date
- 1935 – 1950
- Material
- metal
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.1003
- Description
- Brass with metal tag attached "Mills" (Ike). Standard flat door key, round bow, flat grooved blade with serrated cuts along one side, piece of wire through hole in bow holds small copper tag stamped "MILLS", on bow, "Dominion Lock Co Montreal, Can" and the number"9"
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- Title
- Door Key
- Date
- 1935 – 1950
- Material
- metal
- Dimensions
- .2 x 2.5 x 5.3 cm
- Description
- Brass with metal tag attached "Mills" (Ike). Standard flat door key, round bow, flat grooved blade with serrated cuts along one side, piece of wire through hole in bow holds small copper tag stamped "MILLS", on bow, "Dominion Lock Co Montreal, Can" and the number"9"
- Subject
- households
- Ike Mills
- Credit
- Gift of Peter Whyte, 1966
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.1003
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- Date
- 1935 – 1940
- Material
- metal
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.1014
- Description
- Metal long-bladed key (ex first Sunshine Lodge?), circular bow, intersecting holes, 0.5 cm diameter, long 5.0 cm blade in simple anvil-shaped serration pattern, blade widens near serration and comes to rounded end
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- Title
- Door Key
- Date
- 1935 – 1940
- Material
- metal
- Dimensions
- 0.5 x 2.0 x 6.9 cm
- Description
- Metal long-bladed key (ex first Sunshine Lodge?), circular bow, intersecting holes, 0.5 cm diameter, long 5.0 cm blade in simple anvil-shaped serration pattern, blade widens near serration and comes to rounded end
- Subject
- lodges
- camps
- Sunshine
- households
- Credit
- Gift of Ted J. Hart, Banff, 1984
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.1014
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- Date
- 1930 – 1960
- Material
- wood; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 104.15.1001 a,b
- Description
- Wood base with metal swivel pegs. Qooden base is faded, showing lots of use, shellac chipped and scraped throughout (a) has a 3.0 cm long gouge brc and 3 punctures near bottom edge. Cast metal (9.8x7.0) brace is centered top of board with hanging loop, 2U-shaped metal rods 7.5 apart swivel to ope…
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- Title
- Posting Board
- Date
- 1930 – 1960
- Material
- wood; metal
- Dimensions
- 37.0 x 22.7 cm
- Description
- Wood base with metal swivel pegs. Qooden base is faded, showing lots of use, shellac chipped and scraped throughout (a) has a 3.0 cm long gouge brc and 3 punctures near bottom edge. Cast metal (9.8x7.0) brace is centered top of board with hanging loop, 2U-shaped metal rods 7.5 apart swivel to open 7.0 high metal pegs. Embossed on brace: "OFFICE SPECIALTY NEWMARKET SHANNON".
- Subject
- households
- office
- industry
- Credit
- Gift of Unknown, 1968
- Catalogue Number
- 104.15.1001 a,b
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- Date
- 1930 – 1950
- Material
- feathers; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 103.04.1001 a-d
- Description
- ladies fancy dress hats (a) light blue pillbox (12.0x19.0) chrysanthemum-like fabric petals overstiff mesh form, (b) white pillbox (9.0x19.0) long narrow feathers over still mesh form (c) small brimmed (13.0x22.0) ostrich feathers over mauve/silver fabric petals (d) light pink organdy ruffled wrea…
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- Title
- Lady's Hat
- Date
- 1930 – 1950
- Material
- feathers; fibre
- Description
- ladies fancy dress hats (a) light blue pillbox (12.0x19.0) chrysanthemum-like fabric petals overstiff mesh form, (b) white pillbox (9.0x19.0) long narrow feathers over still mesh form (c) small brimmed (13.0x22.0) ostrich feathers over mauve/silver fabric petals (d) light pink organdy ruffled wreath (12.0x19.0) loose veil with fuzzy dots, brown bow, shaped over ears.
- Subject
- households
- clothing
- Credit
- Gift of Unknown, 1968
- Catalogue Number
- 103.04.1001 a-d
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- Date
- 1930 – 1950
- Material
- fibre, flax; fibre, silk
- Catalogue Number
- 103.02.0002 a-f
- Description
- A set of six Madeira finger bowl towels. Each towel is woven of linen and decorated with an embroidered rooster. One towel, 103.02.0002a, is marked with “J.W.” written in ink in one corner.
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- Title
- Fingertip Towel
- Date
- 1930 – 1950
- Material
- fibre, flax; fibre, silk
- Dimensions
- 19.0 x 19.0 cm
- Description
- A set of six Madeira finger bowl towels. Each towel is woven of linen and decorated with an embroidered rooster. One towel, 103.02.0002a, is marked with “J.W.” written in ink in one corner.
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.02.0002 a-f
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