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- Date
- 1910 – 1920
- Material
- wood; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 108.05.0310
- Description
- A small toy boat made from scraps of wood nailed together, representational of a motor boat with hull shaped from 2.0 cm thick piece of softwood cut with very pointed bow, reverse stern and hard chine with flat bottom. Stepped cabin shaped from another piece of wood nailed to the hull through each…
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- Title
- Boat Toy
- Date
- 1910 – 1920
- Material
- wood; metal
- Dimensions
- 3.4 x 3.0 x 13.5 cm
- Description
- A small toy boat made from scraps of wood nailed together, representational of a motor boat with hull shaped from 2.0 cm thick piece of softwood cut with very pointed bow, reverse stern and hard chine with flat bottom. Stepped cabin shaped from another piece of wood nailed to the hull through each level of the top, and once from the bottom of the hull, small cone shaped holed drilled in stern (for motor?) surrounded by four conscientiously placed nails.
- Subject
- households
- toys
- children
- Edmee Moore
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 108.05.0310
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Child's Bracelet
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact103.01.0112
- Date
- 1910 – 1920
- Material
- metal; pearl
- Catalogue Number
- 103.01.0112
- Description
- A small, adjustable, gold wire bracelet with a small gold heart at the front set with a tiny seed pearl. Ends of wire have small wire loops around each other which slide along bracelet to adjust size. Small gold heart soldered to the front of the wire hoop is inset with tiny seed pearl and engraved…
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- Title
- Child's Bracelet
- Date
- 1910 – 1920
- Material
- metal; pearl
- Dimensions
- 0.8 x 4.5 x 5.3 cm
- Description
- A small, adjustable, gold wire bracelet with a small gold heart at the front set with a tiny seed pearl. Ends of wire have small wire loops around each other which slide along bracelet to adjust size. Small gold heart soldered to the front of the wire hoop is inset with tiny seed pearl and engraved around setting with pentagram shape, 14 karat gold.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.01.0112
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Cross Stitch Sampler
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact107.02.0024
- Date
- 1913
- Material
- hair; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 107.02.0024
- Description
- A rectangular piece of commercially woven needlepoint canvas with sampler design worked in wool slightly off centre and closer to the top. Background fabric natural ecru colour with rectangular sampler bordered in blue with light blue fret pattern edging. Alphabet of capital letters worked at the t…
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- Title
- Cross Stitch Sampler
- Date
- 1913
- Material
- hair; fibre
- Dimensions
- 23.0 x 30.4 cm
- Description
- A rectangular piece of commercially woven needlepoint canvas with sampler design worked in wool slightly off centre and closer to the top. Background fabric natural ecru colour with rectangular sampler bordered in blue with light blue fret pattern edging. Alphabet of capital letters worked at the top in tan colour with cross stitch, with a cross stitched dog filling the space left at the end of the alphabet, then a row of blue cross stitching divides the numerals from 1 through 9 to 0 in light green, ending with the date "1913", then a blue line followed by "Catharine Robb", in pink, "her sampler, aged 7", in light green. Followed by a blue line with a small looped garland of pink flowers hanging from it, and a picture below carefully worked in needlepoint of a basket of flowers at the centre and a tree in pink flowerpot on either side.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 107.02.0024
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- Date
- 1910 – 1920
- Material
- skin; fibre; paper; glass; moss
- Catalogue Number
- 108.05.0001 a,b
- Description
- A very soft white (buckskin?) mossbag (a) with a small buckskin doll inside (b). a) A mossbag that laces down the entire front with a flap at the back. The bag is decorated with three diagonal stripes of orange, blue and purple beads on each side. The bag is lined with paper and fabric and filled…
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- Title
- Doll
- Date
- 1910 – 1920
- Material
- skin; fibre; paper; glass; moss
- Dimensions
- 60.0 (a); 24.0 (b) x 14.0 (a); 6.1 (b) x 15.0 (a); 0.5 (b) cm
- Description
- A very soft white (buckskin?) mossbag (a) with a small buckskin doll inside (b). a) A mossbag that laces down the entire front with a flap at the back. The bag is decorated with three diagonal stripes of orange, blue and purple beads on each side. The bag is lined with paper and fabric and filled with dried moss.b) A small stuffed doll of buckskin with a bonnet on its head. The bonnet trim and simple facial features are beaded with blue and black beads.
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 108.05.0001 a,b
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Photographic Print
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact105.02.0001
- Date
- 1880 – 1910
- Material
- paper
- Catalogue Number
- 105.02.0001
- Description
- A black and white oval shaped photograph of a man, in shirtsleeves, holding a baby [Edmee Moore] in the doorway of a log cabin.
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- Title
- Photographic Print
- Date
- 1880 – 1910
- Material
- paper
- Dimensions
- 5.5 (image) x 7.5 (image) cm
- Description
- A black and white oval shaped photograph of a man, in shirtsleeves, holding a baby [Edmee Moore] in the doorway of a log cabin.
- Subject
- households
- family
- children
- photography
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 105.02.0001
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Portable; Chautauqua Desk
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact102.03.1018%20a-d
- Date
- 1913
- Material
- wood; paper; metal; stone
- Catalogue Number
- 102.03.1018 a-d
- Description
- A folding, portable wooden desk. "The Chautauqua Industral Art Desk a plan to promote the culture of work and play among children in the home". A map of the United States on the back of the upright. A paper scroll 49.0 cm wide rolls up and down to display various learning devices - geometric sha…
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- Title
- Portable; Chautauqua Desk
- Date
- 1913
- Material
- wood; paper; metal; stone
- Description
- A folding, portable wooden desk. "The Chautauqua Industral Art Desk a plan to promote the culture of work and play among children in the home". A map of the United States on the back of the upright. A paper scroll 49.0 cm wide rolls up and down to display various learning devices - geometric shapes, animal shapes, flowers, people, music, writing, telegrahic codes, shorthand, business forms, perspective, electrical symbols, trains, illustration, colours, flags, etc. Base is a chalkboard. Two lesson books accompany the desk along with a box of white chalk.
- Subject
- households
- children
- schooling
- Chautauqua
- Credit
- Purchased from Phyllis Cain, Banff, 1988
- Catalogue Number
- 102.03.1018 a-d
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Wooden Soldier Figure, Toy
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact108.05.1004
- Date
- 1915 – 1920
- Material
- wood
- Catalogue Number
- 108.05.1004
- Description
- Peter Whyte's cutout wooden soldier, features in pencil. Flat slat of wood cut in outline of side view of soldier standing at attention, wearing tall, pointed helmet. Details of uniform and features of face sketched on by pencil include large moustache, chin strap, buttons, billy club, belt, chev…
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- Title
- Wooden Soldier Figure, Toy
- Date
- 1915 – 1920
- Material
- wood
- Dimensions
- 22.2 x 3.5 cm
- Description
- Peter Whyte's cutout wooden soldier, features in pencil. Flat slat of wood cut in outline of side view of soldier standing at attention, wearing tall, pointed helmet. Details of uniform and features of face sketched on by pencil include large moustache, chin strap, buttons, billy club, belt, chevron stripes on arm, and side stripes down leg.
- Subject
- households
- children
- playthings
- Peter Whyte
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
- Catalogue Number
- 108.05.1004
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