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- Date
- 1950 – 1960
- Material
- fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 103.02.0050
- Description
- A white Christmas hand towel with five red poinsettias and "Season's Greetings" printed on one side. A 0.2 cm. fringe on top and bottom.
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- Title
- Hand Towel
- Date
- 1950 – 1960
- Material
- fibre
- Dimensions
- 30.5 x 14.5 cm
- Description
- A white Christmas hand towel with five red poinsettias and "Season's Greetings" printed on one side. A 0.2 cm. fringe on top and bottom.
- Subject
- households
- Christmas
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.02.0050
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Engraving Plate
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact104.43.0002
- 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”.
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.43.0002
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Advent Calendar
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact105.02.0097
- Date
- 1950 – 1979
- Material
- paper
- Catalogue Number
- 105.02.0097
- Description
- A child's Advent calendar, a single sheet of paper with brightly coloured scene. Nine rosy cheeked pudgy children engaged in various activities, playing, carrying, and sorting mail, etc. The major figure, presumably Santa Claus, sits at desk writing and talking on the telephone. Dispersed througho…
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- Title
- Advent Calendar
- Date
- 1950 – 1979
- Material
- paper
- Dimensions
- 30.2 x 30.2 cm
- Description
- A child's Advent calendar, a single sheet of paper with brightly coloured scene. Nine rosy cheeked pudgy children engaged in various activities, playing, carrying, and sorting mail, etc. The major figure, presumably Santa Claus, sits at desk writing and talking on the telephone. Dispersed throughout the scene are twenty four little doors numbered from 1 - 24. Each door opens to reveal a picture printed on a luminous sheet of paper glued to the calendar. The calendar has not been used and is contained in its original envelope for mailing. Marks, printed in Western Germany.
- Subject
- households
- children
- Christmas
- Advent
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 105.02.0097
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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."
- 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.
- 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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Artist Figurine
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact107.01.0109
- 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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Miniature Sleigh
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact107.01.0161
- 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.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 107.01.0161
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Christmas Figurine Set
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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.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 107.01.0163 a-l
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Christmas Figurine Group
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact107.01.0168
- Date
- 1955 – 1965
- Material
- paper; fibre; metal; cone
- Catalogue Number
- 107.01.0168
- Description
- Five identical Santas with pine cone bodies, lined up in a row. Each Santa stands on a white cardboard disc placed side by side on a rectangular green cardboard base. Each figure has black pipe cleaner feet, red pipe cleaner hands, a red felt toque with gold loop for hanging attached, white pipe cl…
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- Title
- Christmas Figurine Group
- Date
- 1955 – 1965
- Material
- paper; fibre; metal; cone
- Dimensions
- 7.2 x 4.2 x 20.9 cm
- Description
- Five identical Santas with pine cone bodies, lined up in a row. Each Santa stands on a white cardboard disc placed side by side on a rectangular green cardboard base. Each figure has black pipe cleaner feet, red pipe cleaner hands, a red felt toque with gold loop for hanging attached, white pipe cleaner beard, and each carries a little green Christmas tree. The noses are of red tear drop shaped plastic and the eyes are drawn in black ink.
- Subject
- households
- decorative
- miniatures
- Christmas
- figure
- male
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 107.01.0168
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