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Box Grand Piano
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact104.34.1002
- Date
- 1860 – 1865
- Material
- wood; ivory; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 104.34.1002
- Description
- A box grand piano with ornately carved spiral legs. A hinged lid covers the keyboard and the upright box holds the hammers and wires. “Henry F. Miller Boston” is written in gold lettering on the folding lid. There is carved lattice piece that screws on to hold sheet music. The serial number “13270”…
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- Title
- Box Grand Piano
- Date
- 1860 – 1865
- Material
- wood; ivory; metal
- Dimensions
- 98. x 195. cm
- Description
- A box grand piano with ornately carved spiral legs. A hinged lid covers the keyboard and the upright box holds the hammers and wires. “Henry F. Miller Boston” is written in gold lettering on the folding lid. There is carved lattice piece that screws on to hold sheet music. The serial number “13270” is printed in black on the inside. The pedals fold for storage underneath the piano body.
- Credit
- Gift of Iva (Mrs. Len) Smith, 1970
- Catalogue Number
- 104.34.1002
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Escape The Teeming World
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifacttuj.03.11
- Date
- n.d.
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Catalogue Number
- TuJ.03.11
- Description
- Line drawing consisting of two separate drawings separated by a crease and a wavy line. At left, drawing similar to TuJ.03.10 (Lonesome Pine Cabins) with one cabin at centre. Below “LONESOME PINE CABINS RATES UNREASONABLE EVEN IF WE HAVE THEM FREE, IT WOULD BE TOO MUCH” is written in block letters …
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- Title
- Escape The Teeming World
- Date
- n.d.
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- 31.5 x 57.0 cm
- Description
- Line drawing consisting of two separate drawings separated by a crease and a wavy line. At left, drawing similar to TuJ.03.10 (Lonesome Pine Cabins) with one cabin at centre. Below “LONESOME PINE CABINS RATES UNREASONABLE EVEN IF WE HAVE THEM FREE, IT WOULD BE TOO MUCH” is written in block letters in pencil. At right is streetscape of an intersection full of people on foot, horseback, and in cars. Building signs include “SKILINE TOURS”, “INDIAN CURIOS,” “MT. ROYAL HOTEL,” “ESSO”, “GARAGE”. Mountains can be seen in the background. Above “ESCAPE THE TEEMING WORLD! COME TO THIS QUIET MOUNTAIN RESORT FOR YOUR HOLIDAYS” is written in block letters in pencil.
- Credit
- Gift of John Davenall Turner (Estate), 2020
- Catalogue Number
- TuJ.03.11
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- Date
- prior to 1955
- Material
- wood; rubber
- Catalogue Number
- 105.06.1036
- Description
- Typical office rubber stamp, reads: "Kelly's Cabins Banff". Handle reads “Calgary Stamo & Stencil Works” Black scratchy staining on sides
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- Title
- Rubber Stamp
- Date
- prior to 1955
- Material
- wood; rubber
- Dimensions
- 8.5 x 8.0 cm
- Description
- Typical office rubber stamp, reads: "Kelly's Cabins Banff". Handle reads “Calgary Stamo & Stencil Works” Black scratchy staining on sides
- Credit
- Gift of Rusty D. Kirby, Banff, 1997
- Catalogue Number
- 105.06.1036
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Silver City and Castle Mountain, B.C., 1887
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactfic.05.03
- Artist
- C. Firth
- Date
- 1887
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- FiC.05.03
- Description
- Collection of low log buildings in an open field with A large mountain [Castle Mountain] rising up in the distance. Mountain appears hazy, almost unfinished.
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- Artist
- C. Firth
- Title
- Silver City and Castle Mountain, B.C., 1887
- Date
- 1887
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 12.0 x 16.0 cm
- Description
- Collection of low log buildings in an open field with A large mountain [Castle Mountain] rising up in the distance. Mountain appears hazy, almost unfinished.
- Subject
- mountains
- castle mountain
- log cabins
- town
- Credit
- Gift of Dorothy and Jim McLeod, Calgary, 2021
- Catalogue Number
- FiC.05.03
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- Date
- 1920 – 1950
- Medium
- pencil; water colour; on paper;
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.09.22
- Description
- Pressed paper flip-book style sketchbook with laminated light brown cover - “CO-MO SKETCH BOOK” and figure study sketch printed in black. “55¢” handwritten in black ink in top left corner. Sketch book contains two sketches: an unidentified Indigenous man with hair braided and tied with green wearin…
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1920 – 1950
- Medium
- pencil; water colour; on paper;
- Dimensions
- 30.5 x 22.2 cm
- Description
- Pressed paper flip-book style sketchbook with laminated light brown cover - “CO-MO SKETCH BOOK” and figure study sketch printed in black. “55¢” handwritten in black ink in top left corner. Sketch book contains two sketches: an unidentified Indigenous man with hair braided and tied with green wearing a red shirt with green accents around the neck, and a log building with trees along the left-hand side, a fence dissapearing off to the right, and moose antlers at the apex of the roof.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.09.22
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