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- Date
- 1950 – 1980
- Material
- wood; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.1072 a,b
- Description
- Two wooden hangers with metal hook at top: a) “Kelly & Key. Men’s & Boy’s Wear Cleaning & Pressing. Banff, Alta. b) label reads: “The House of Hobberlin. Angus Farris. Brewster Industries Bldg. Banff, Alberta”.
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- Title
- Coathanger
- Date
- 1950 – 1980
- Material
- wood; metal
- Description
- Two wooden hangers with metal hook at top: a) “Kelly & Key. Men’s & Boy’s Wear Cleaning & Pressing. Banff, Alta. b) label reads: “The House of Hobberlin. Angus Farris. Brewster Industries Bldg. Banff, Alberta”.
- Subject
- households
- businesses
- Banff
- Credit
- Purchased from Phyllis Cain, Banff, 1988
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.1072 a,b
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Household, Fahrenheit Thermometer
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- Date
- n.d.
- Material
- wood; paper; paint; ink; mercury
- Catalogue Number
- 104.30.1007
- Description
- A room temperature, Fahrenheit thermometer attached to a piece of wood, which is covered in blue paper with black scale readings on a yellowed white background. The scale on the viewer’s right begins -20 , going up by increments of ten from left to right until it reaches 120 F. From the top printe…
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- Title
- Household, Fahrenheit Thermometer
- Date
- n.d.
- Material
- wood; paper; paint; ink; mercury
- Dimensions
- 23.0 x 4.5 cm
- Description
- A room temperature, Fahrenheit thermometer attached to a piece of wood, which is covered in blue paper with black scale readings on a yellowed white background. The scale on the viewer’s right begins -20 , going up by increments of ten from left to right until it reaches 120 F. From the top printed in black “CANADA’S BEST”, underneath, a white flour sack with blue and red writing “OGILWE’S ROYAL HOUSEHOLD FLOUR”. Under the thermometer in black print, “NATIONAL PARK BAKERY BANFF, ALTA. Phone 45”.
- Subject
- households
- businesses
- Banff
- Credit
- Gift of Robert S. Edwards, Banff, 2012
- Catalogue Number
- 104.30.1007
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- Date
- 1948 – 1987
- Material
- paper;
- Catalogue Number
- 110.01.0284
- Description
- A brown paper grocery bag with a serrated top. Printed on the front in black is an image of men unloading a truck in front of a store that has “ORDERS PROMPTLY FILLED” on the right and “Quality Food” in cursive underneath. Printed below the image is “WHITE GROCETERIA (Jock McCowan, Prop.) GROCERIES…
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- Title
- Paper Bag
- Date
- 1948 – 1987
- Material
- paper;
- Dimensions
- 39.5 x 13.0 x 20.5 cm
- Description
- A brown paper grocery bag with a serrated top. Printed on the front in black is an image of men unloading a truck in front of a store that has “ORDERS PROMPTLY FILLED” on the right and “Quality Food” in cursive underneath. Printed below the image is “WHITE GROCETERIA (Jock McCowan, Prop.) GROCERIES FRUITS VEGETABLES PHONE 68 BANFF, ALTA.” White Groceteria opened in October 1948 and closed ca. 1986-1987. It was located on Banff Avenue in the Dave White Block until a new building was constructed across the street from the Whyte Museum on Bear Street in the mid-1980s, at which point the grocery was moved and renamed Keller’s.
- Credit
- Gift of Robert Crosby Family, Banff, 1998
- Catalogue Number
- 110.01.0284
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- Date
- 1970 – 1990
- Material
- wood; metal; crafts; woodworking; carpentry
- Catalogue Number
- 105.01.1012 a-e
- Description
- Five signs: three silver-coloured metal signs - (a) (b) both have “The Quest DOWNSTAIRS” and a directional arrow in red; (c) one with “The Quest for handcrafts ltd.” in red and “BANFF ALTA. & VICTORIA B.C.”(d) joined wooden boards with chipped sides mounted on a large stake “ANY WORDING WHILE Y…
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- Title
- Sign
- Date
- 1970 – 1990
- Material
- wood; metal; crafts; woodworking; carpentry
- Description
- Five signs: three silver-coloured metal signs - (a) (b) both have “The Quest DOWNSTAIRS” and a directional arrow in red; (c) one with “The Quest for handcrafts ltd.” in red and “BANFF ALTA. & VICTORIA B.C.”(d) joined wooden boards with chipped sides mounted on a large stake “ANY WORDING WHILE YOU WAIT” engraved and painted yellow. (e) Joined wooden boards with chipped sides with two hanging screws attached at the top “RUSTIC COTTAGE SIGNS NAMES NUMBERS” engraved and painted yellow; , along with a stylized eye inside of a rounded rectangle in black.
- Subject
- The Quest
- businesses
- Banff
- Credit
- Gift of Sam Plunkett, Banff, 1994
- Catalogue Number
- 105.01.1012 a-e
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- Date
- 1940 – 1970
- Material
- wood; glass
- Catalogue Number
- 105.01.1021
- Description
- Sign reading “APPROVED ACCOMMODATION CABINS NATIONAL PARKS OF CANADA” under glass in a black wooden frame.
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- Title
- Sign
- Date
- 1940 – 1970
- Material
- wood; glass
- Description
- Sign reading “APPROVED ACCOMMODATION CABINS NATIONAL PARKS OF CANADA” under glass in a black wooden frame.
- Subject
- businesses
- tourism
- Credit
- Purchased from Phyllis Cain, Banff, 1988
- Catalogue Number
- 105.01.1021
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- Date
- 1950 – 1980
- Material
- wood
- Catalogue Number
- 105.01.1018 a-c
- Description
- Three dark brown wooden signs with cut-out letters “NO VACANCY,” “ROOMS” and “CABINS.”
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- Title
- Trade Sign
- Date
- 1950 – 1980
- Material
- wood
- Description
- Three dark brown wooden signs with cut-out letters “NO VACANCY,” “ROOMS” and “CABINS.”
- Subject
- businesses
- tourism
- crafts
- woodworking
- carpentry
- Credit
- Gift of Bertha Verkuil Davis, Calgary, 1991
- Catalogue Number
- 105.01.1018 a-c
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- Date
- 1950 – 1970
- Material
- metal; paper
- Catalogue Number
- 105.01.1019 a-c
- Description
- Two metal signs: “CABINS ROOMS” black letters on white background, and “ROOMS” blue letters on a cream background. One heavy paper stencil with “GARBAGE” cut out and cream-coloured paint around the letters.
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- Title
- Trade Sign
- Date
- 1950 – 1970
- Material
- metal; paper
- Description
- Two metal signs: “CABINS ROOMS” black letters on white background, and “ROOMS” blue letters on a cream background. One heavy paper stencil with “GARBAGE” cut out and cream-coloured paint around the letters.
- Subject
- businesses
- tourism
- Credit
- Gift of Bertha Verkuil Davis, Calgary, 1991
- Catalogue Number
- 105.01.1019 a-c
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- Date
- 1950 – 1980
- Material
- wood
- Catalogue Number
- 105.01.1020
- Description
- Sign made in the shape of a house. The roof has red hexagonal shingles and the sides are painted white from the base to the middle. There are cut-out letters on the sides of the house “MODERN CABINS ROOMS” and “346 BANFF AVENUE.” Inside are shingles that have fallen off and a lightbulb with wire …
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- Title
- Trade Sign
- Date
- 1950 – 1980
- Material
- wood
- Description
- Sign made in the shape of a house. The roof has red hexagonal shingles and the sides are painted white from the base to the middle. There are cut-out letters on the sides of the house “MODERN CABINS ROOMS” and “346 BANFF AVENUE.” Inside are shingles that have fallen off and a lightbulb with wire and plug. Half of roof fallen off and placed inside.
- Subject
- businesses
- Banff
- tourism
- crafts
- woodworking
- carpentry
- Credit
- Gift of Bertha Verkuil Davis, Calgary, 1991
- Catalogue Number
- 105.01.1020
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