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Letterpress Printing Plate

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Date
n.d.
Material
wood; metal
Catalogue Number
104.43.1017 a-g
Description
(a) metal letterpress printing plate mounted on wood block with image of a globe encircled by two words: “SIGHT-SEEING” on top and “EVERYWHERE” on the bottom; the globe is partly covered by a diamond with the inscription: “The / GRAY LINE / TRADEMARK / REGISTERED”; large version(b) metal letterpres…
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Title
Letterpress Printing Plate
Date
n.d.
Material
wood; metal
Dimensions
(a) 2.2; (b) 2.2; (c) 2.3; (d) 2.2; (e) 2.2; (f) 2.3; (g) 2.4 x (a) 7.1; (b) 1.4; (c) 4.0; (d) 1.0; (e) 2.0; (f) 2.2; (g) 5.9 x (a) 7.8; (b) 1.6; (c) 7.7; (d) 1.6; (e) 9.2; (f) 6.9; (g) 13.3 cm
Description
(a) metal letterpress printing plate mounted on wood block with image of a globe encircled by two words: “SIGHT-SEEING” on top and “EVERYWHERE” on the bottom; the globe is partly covered by a diamond with the inscription: “The / GRAY LINE / TRADEMARK / REGISTERED”; large version(b) metal letterpress printing plate mounted on wood block with The Gray Line logo and globe [see (a)]; small version(c) metal letterpress printing plate mounted on wood block with The Gray Line diamond logo alone [see (a)]; large version(d) metal letterpress printing plate mounted on wood block with The Gray Line diamond logo alone [see (a)]; small version(e) metal letterpress printing plate mounted on wood block with Norquay logo on the right [see 104.43.1015 (a)]; inscription on the left: “BANFF CABLELIFTS LTD / Operating Mt Norquay Ski Area and Banff Cablecars / BOX 40 BANFF. / ALBERTA. / CANADA”(f) metal letterpress printing plate mounted on wood block reading: “Brewster Transport / COMPANY LIMITED”(g) metal letterpress printing plate mounted on wood block figuring an advertisement for the Brewster stubby knife; image of the knife and its case in the centre with 15 arrows and captions describing the knife’s different features; label at the top: “YOUR / OUTDOOR FRIEND / the Brewster / STUBBY KNIFE / THE BEST ALL-ROUND OUT-DOOR [sic] KNIFE ON THE MARKET / 8” OVERALL LENGTH”; label at the bottom: “HIGHEST QUALITY IMPORTED STEEL / DEALERSHIPS OPEN / $3.95 / POSTPAID / BY MONEY ORDER / OR CHECK / BREWSTER STUBBY KNIFE / BOX 400. / BANFF. / ALTA. CANADA.”
Subject
Banff Crag and Canyon
printing press
media
newspaper
advertising
The Gray Line
Brewster Transport
Brewster Stubby Knife
Banff Cablelifts
Credit
Gift of Margaret Nicks, Canmore, 2020
Catalogue Number
104.43.1017 a-g
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Safety Matches Matchbook

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Date
1950 – 1965
Material
paper
Catalogue Number
102.07.1013
Description
A typical fold-over matchbook with safety matches inside. On face "Mount Royal Hotel Banff, Alberta Canada'. On back "Columbia Ice Field Season from June 15th to September 15th Proprietor: Brewster Transport Co. Banff, Alberta"
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Title
Safety Matches Matchbook
Date
1950 – 1965
Material
paper
Description
A typical fold-over matchbook with safety matches inside. On face "Mount Royal Hotel Banff, Alberta Canada'. On back "Columbia Ice Field Season from June 15th to September 15th Proprietor: Brewster Transport Co. Banff, Alberta"
Subject
souvenir
Mount Royal Hotel
Columbia Ice Field
Brewster Transport
Credit
Gift of Lena Goon, Banff, 1990
Catalogue Number
102.07.1013
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Date
1950 – 1970
Material
skin, kangaroo; plastic
Catalogue Number
102.04.1013
Description
Black box, "Compliments Prime Minister Australia", nearly square, fine-grained black leather with gold Australian crest (kangaroo and emu, motto below) stamped on top of lid, opens by leather hinge along back, lined in soft wood-grained brown vinyl (?) inside lid and box, inner lip 0.5 cm, stamped …
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Title
Trinket Box
Date
1950 – 1970
Material
skin, kangaroo; plastic
Dimensions
4.5 x 10.6 x 12.2 cm
Description
Black box, "Compliments Prime Minister Australia", nearly square, fine-grained black leather with gold Australian crest (kangaroo and emu, motto below) stamped on top of lid, opens by leather hinge along back, lined in soft wood-grained brown vinyl (?) inside lid and box, inner lip 0.5 cm, stamped in gold on base "Hickok/genuine kangaroo"
Subject
souvenirs
Australia
Walter Ashdown
Brewster Transport
Credit
Gift of Walter Ashdown, 1975
Catalogue Number
102.04.1013
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Date
1976
Material
fibre
Catalogue Number
103.05.1082
Description
Blue, "Sunshine Skinners", chicken body with goat head, ordinary blue t-shirt with black lettering: "Sunshine Skinners", picture of chicken body with goat head standing on tire with large treads, signed "Jan Andrews".
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Title
T-Shirt
Date
1976
Material
fibre
Dimensions
41.0 x 67.0 cm
Description
Blue, "Sunshine Skinners", chicken body with goat head, ordinary blue t-shirt with black lettering: "Sunshine Skinners", picture of chicken body with goat head standing on tire with large treads, signed "Jan Andrews".
Subject
lodges
Sunshine Village
institutions
Brewster Transport
Jan Andrews
Credit
Gift of Kathy Jost, Banff, 1986
Catalogue Number
103.05.1082
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1916 – 1966
Medium
graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.751
Description
A quick sketch - has a cartoon quality to it - of performers doing their act on stage, with a orchestra playing music in the orchestra pit. Above the performers there are three small drawings referencing activities to do in Banff: near the TLC of drawing is one about the theatre “LUX THEATRE”, in t…
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
1916 – 1966
Medium
graphite on paper
Dimensions
21.0 x 23.3 cm
Description
A quick sketch - has a cartoon quality to it - of performers doing their act on stage, with a orchestra playing music in the orchestra pit. Above the performers there are three small drawings referencing activities to do in Banff: near the TLC of drawing is one about the theatre “LUX THEATRE”, in the middle near the top edge of drawing a boat with people “TO ENJOY BANFF GO ON THE RIVER,” and near the TRC of the drawing a vehicle “BREWSTER TRANSPORT.”
Subject
Lux theatre
Banff
Bow River
Brewster Transport
dancing
ballerina
acrobatics
comedy
actors
acting
music
orchestra
orchestra pit
boat
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.751
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