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Date
1945 – 1950
Material
wood; metal; paper
Catalogue Number
104.43.0002
Description
A wooden block with a metal (zinc?) printing plate depicting the Moore log cabin from the front and side on its original site at Banff Avenue and Fox Street in the snow with tall spruce trees and two deer in the yard. The block has a paper covered back marked with “Col Moore House” handwritten in …
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Title
Engraving Plate
Date
1945 – 1950
Material
wood; metal; paper
Dimensions
2.3 x 7.8 x 10.5 cm
Description
A wooden block with a metal (zinc?) printing plate depicting the Moore log cabin from the front and side on its original site at Banff Avenue and Fox Street in the snow with tall spruce trees and two deer in the yard. The block has a paper covered back marked with “Col Moore House” handwritten in pencil, and is wrapped in brown paper with a note “Christams card cut, Col. P.A. Moore”.
Subject
households
crafts
printing
drawing
Charlie Beil
Philip Moore
holidays
Christmas
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
104.43.0002
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Date
1878
Material
paper
Catalogue Number
105.02.0124 a-j
Description
Japanese, different coloured scenes. Delicately printed colour scenes, mostly left corner. One inscribed: "To Miss Edith Morse, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. Tatsu Kikuchi."
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Title
Calling Card
Date
1878
Material
paper
Dimensions
5.8 x 9.0 cm
Description
Japanese, different coloured scenes. Delicately printed colour scenes, mostly left corner. One inscribed: "To Miss Edith Morse, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. Tatsu Kikuchi."
Subject
households
Christmas
Edith Morse Robb
Tatsu Kikuchi
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
105.02.0124 a-j
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Date
1890 – 1900
Material
glass; paper
Catalogue Number
105.06.0033
Description
A small, round, domed, clear glass paperweight. Under the thick glass is a picture of a robin standing on a holly branch with a ribbon banner around reading "A Happy New Year to all." in Gothic lettering brown paper backing covers base of weight, with remnants of paper sticker which has been remove…
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Title
Paperweight
Date
1890 – 1900
Material
glass; paper
Dimensions
2.4 x 6.4 cm
Description
A small, round, domed, clear glass paperweight. Under the thick glass is a picture of a robin standing on a holly branch with a ribbon banner around reading "A Happy New Year to all." in Gothic lettering brown paper backing covers base of weight, with remnants of paper sticker which has been removed.
Subject
households
office
hobbies
Christmas
animal
bird
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
105.06.0033
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Date
1945 – 1950
Material
glass
Catalogue Number
105.06.0034
Description
Tall domed, hand blown paperweight of tinted green glass, very rough on bottom with smooth depression at centre where broken from punty rod. Inside glass is flowerpot with two large five petalled blossoms, one above the other, formed in a crude, but delicate, manner from a myriad of tiny bubbles. S…
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Title
Paperweight
Date
1945 – 1950
Material
glass
Dimensions
9.5 cm
Description
Tall domed, hand blown paperweight of tinted green glass, very rough on bottom with smooth depression at centre where broken from punty rod. Inside glass is flowerpot with two large five petalled blossoms, one above the other, formed in a crude, but delicate, manner from a myriad of tiny bubbles. Seems to have been blown in three stages, the first containing the pot and lower blossom, the second including the upper blossom and encompassing the first, the third forming the outer globe enclosing the whole.
Subject
households
office
hobbies
Christmas
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
105.06.0034
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Date
1949 – 1951
Material
metal
Catalogue Number
107.01.0109
Description
Stick figure of painter with palette, standing and facing easel. Both on coiled, circular carpet like base. Made from multi coloured pieces of telephone cable wire, formed and glued.
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Title
Artist Figurine
Date
1949 – 1951
Material
metal
Dimensions
6.0 x 6.0 x 6.4 cm
Description
Stick figure of painter with palette, standing and facing easel. Both on coiled, circular carpet like base. Made from multi coloured pieces of telephone cable wire, formed and glued.
Subject
households
decorative
miniatures
craft
Christmas
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
107.01.0109
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Date
1945 – 1955
Material
wood
Catalogue Number
107.01.0161
Description
A bright red, painted, wooden sleigh, side pieces cut out in silhouette of sleigh from .6 cm wood, and glued and nailed to front and back arched pieces, forming a box-like sleigh. Bottom is 1.2 cm thick. Sleigh is painted bright red and rests on its runners.
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Title
Miniature Sleigh
Date
1945 – 1955
Material
wood
Dimensions
16.0 x 14.0 x 28.0 cm
Description
A bright red, painted, wooden sleigh, side pieces cut out in silhouette of sleigh from .6 cm wood, and glued and nailed to front and back arched pieces, forming a box-like sleigh. Bottom is 1.2 cm thick. Sleigh is painted bright red and rests on its runners.
Subject
households
decorative
miniatures
Christmas
A.G. Allen
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
107.01.0161
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Date
1945 – 1955
Material
fibre; paper; wood; plastic
Catalogue Number
107.01.0163 a-l
Description
A set of twelve pipe cleaner figures representing Christmas carolers. All except one on round cardboard disc bases, dressed for winter, and playing various musical instruments, singing, or playing. Heads of wooden beads. (a) male caroler, holding grey book. (b) female caroler, with green coat hol…
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Title
Christmas Figurine Set
Date
1945 – 1955
Material
fibre; paper; wood; plastic
Dimensions
23.0 x 5.0 cm
Description
A set of twelve pipe cleaner figures representing Christmas carolers. All except one on round cardboard disc bases, dressed for winter, and playing various musical instruments, singing, or playing. Heads of wooden beads. (a) male caroler, holding grey book. (b) female caroler, with green coat holding red book. (c) conductor, standing on log wielding baton. (d) bass fiddle player, dressed in red. (e) violinist, dressed in green. (f) flutist, dressed in white sweater. (g) clarinetist, dressed in yellow sweater. (h) female bystander, in red coat with white muff. (i) same as (h). (j) boy carrying Christmas tree. (k)bystander leaning on lamp post, dressed in red. (l) boy pulling red sled, on rectangular cardboard base.
Subject
households
decorative
miniatures
Christmas
Heddie's Little People
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
107.01.0163 a-l
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Christmas Tree Ornament

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Date
1943
Material
paper; fibre
Catalogue Number
107.01.0172
Description
In gummed star box, many small, 1.5 cm. coloured gummed stars, red gold, yellow, green, blue, silver, stuck back to back with a short loop of black thread between, and one large, 3.5 cm gold star with thread loop stuck to back with small strip of paper. Contained in small, flat, square cardboard bo…
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Title
Christmas Tree Ornament
Date
1943
Material
paper; fibre
Dimensions
1.1 x 4.9 x 5.5 cm
Description
In gummed star box, many small, 1.5 cm. coloured gummed stars, red gold, yellow, green, blue, silver, stuck back to back with a short loop of black thread between, and one large, 3.5 cm gold star with thread loop stuck to back with small strip of paper. Contained in small, flat, square cardboard box with blue lid, "Dennison's Gummed Stars 100 No.2" with small gold star glued to centre of lid.
Subject
households
decorative
Christmas
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
107.01.0172
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Artist
Alistair Macready Bell (1913 – 1997, Canadian)
Date
1946
Medium
wood engraving on paper
Catalogue Number
BeA.04.01
Description
BeA.04.01 1945 (Red/Green Flower) linoblock print.
Artist
Alistair Macready Bell (1913 – 1997, Canadian)
Title
Print Collection
Date
1946
Medium
wood engraving on paper
Dimensions
rev. x rev. cm
Description
BeA.04.01 1945 (Red/Green Flower) linoblock print.
Subject
Christmas
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
BeA.04.01
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Artist
Alistair Macready Bell (1913 – 1997, Canadian)
Date
1946
Medium
wood engraving on paper
Catalogue Number
BeA.04.02
Description
BeA.04.02 1946 (Red/Green Flower) linoblock print.
Artist
Alistair Macready Bell (1913 – 1997, Canadian)
Title
Print Collection
Date
1946
Medium
wood engraving on paper
Dimensions
rev. x rev. cm
Description
BeA.04.02 1946 (Red/Green Flower) linoblock print.
Subject
Christmas
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
BeA.04.02
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