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- Date
- n.d.
- Material
- felt; plastic; fibre; paint; paper; ink
- Catalogue Number
- 103.04.1076 a-c
- Description
- (a) A ladies’ felt hat inside a brown cardboard (b) hatbox. The light green hat is cloche-styled with a cut-out rosette, badge-style, decoration appliqued on, viewer’s right. The rosette has a simulated pearl and plastic flower stitched on the circular part and rhinestones glued on the outside flap…
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- Title
- Hat
- Date
- n.d.
- Material
- felt; plastic; fibre; paint; paper; ink
- Dimensions
- 11.0 x 25.0 cm
- Description
- (a) A ladies’ felt hat inside a brown cardboard (b) hatbox. The light green hat is cloche-styled with a cut-out rosette, badge-style, decoration appliqued on, viewer’s right. The rosette has a simulated pearl and plastic flower stitched on the circular part and rhinestones glued on the outside flap above. On the inside crown there is a circular stamp in white, where the outside circle lettering reads “100% WOOL”, a printed star, and then, TERRY SALES CORP N.Y.”, and then another star; the inside circle in script ”Glamour Felts”.(b) A brown cardboard box with greenish-blue flowers and stems and a bee, and the simulated motion of the bee flying away from the flower, on the top of the cover; also on the side of the cover, “995FM B COUNT”. On the inside top printed “995FM B COUNT”, a cross and “A” and “J” printed on opposite corners. There are two slits in the bottom of the box with a piece of grey cotton cord threaded through for carrying the hatbox.(c) A yellowed receipt for the hat “OCT 27 2 4 5 409 k-- 13.34 Date Serial No Reg. (Clerk ( ) Amount” , serated holes to tear off, and underneath “PLEASE KEEP THIS CHECK IT” indecipherable lettering, and then continued “ON AN EXCHANGE OR ADJUSTMENT OCT 27 2 4 5 409 K - - 13.34 BLOOMINGDALES LEXINGTON AT 59TH NEW YORK”.
- Subject
- households
- outdoor
- Crosby family
- Credit
- Gift of Robert Crosby Family, Banff, 1998
- Catalogue Number
- 103.04.1076 a-c
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- Date
- n.d.
- Material
- straw; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 103.04.1077
- Description
- A women’s straw hat, with a turned up brim and a rounded crown. There are three ribbons, red, white and blue, sewn down making a hatband. They are secured by a machine-made applique of two red cherries with green leaves. The inside of the hat has a white grosgrain ribbon stitched on as a sweatband,…
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- Title
- Straw Hat
- Date
- n.d.
- Material
- straw; fibre
- Dimensions
- 16.5 x 26.0 x 25.5 cm
- Description
- A women’s straw hat, with a turned up brim and a rounded crown. There are three ribbons, red, white and blue, sewn down making a hatband. They are secured by a machine-made applique of two red cherries with green leaves. The inside of the hat has a white grosgrain ribbon stitched on as a sweatband, with corresponding red, white and blue thread to secure the ribbons sewn on as the hatband on the other side. There is a red and white fabric label sewn onto the sweatband and in black lettering on the white part, “CANADIAN HAT MONTREAL CANADA”.
- Subject
- households
- outdoor
- Crosby family
- Credit
- Gift of Robert Crosby Family, Banff, 1998
- Catalogue Number
- 103.04.1077
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Woven Palm Hat
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact103.04.1078
- Date
- n.d.
- Material
- plant fibre; plastic; paint
- Catalogue Number
- 103.04.1078
- Description
- A man’s woven, natural palm fibre hat, with turned up sides and back, fedora-stye, and a braided palm hat band with a simulated feather made out of brown plastic. The inside has a taupe-coloured sweatband and on viewer’s left these words in script “Hand Made in Italy”.
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- Title
- Woven Palm Hat
- Date
- n.d.
- Material
- plant fibre; plastic; paint
- Dimensions
- 17.0 x 28.0 x 27.0 cm
- Description
- A man’s woven, natural palm fibre hat, with turned up sides and back, fedora-stye, and a braided palm hat band with a simulated feather made out of brown plastic. The inside has a taupe-coloured sweatband and on viewer’s left these words in script “Hand Made in Italy”.
- Subject
- households
- outdoor
- Crosby family
- Credit
- Gift of Robert Crosby Family, Banff, 1998
- Catalogue Number
- 103.04.1078
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- Date
- n.d.
- Catalogue Number
- 103.04.1079
- Description
- A black bowler hat that is low-crowned and close-fitting, the sides of the brim upturned. There is a grosgrain hatband with a bow, viewer’s right, and the brim is edged in black grosgrain as well. The sweatband is light brown with a silk ribbon bow at the top of the back seam and above that a white…
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- Title
- Bowler Hat
- Date
- n.d.
- Dimensions
- 15.0 x 24.0 x 29.0 cm
- Description
- A black bowler hat that is low-crowned and close-fitting, the sides of the brim upturned. There is a grosgrain hatband with a bow, viewer’s right, and the brim is edged in black grosgrain as well. The sweatband is light brown with a silk ribbon bow at the top of the back seam and above that a white paper hat size sticker with black lettering “Qualy (sic) 429 Shape Size 6 3/4”. There is a teal blue seal stamp on the forehead part of the sweatband “JESS APPLEGATH”, a lion logo, MEN’S HATS ONLY” and a also midway, viewer’s left, a crown on top, “JESS APPLEGATH, a lion between two flags logo, and underneath “85. YONGE NEAR KING ST. TORONTO 473. ST. CATHERINE ST. WEST NEAR PEEL ST. MONTREAL , MEN’S HATS ONLY REGISTERED”. Stamped in gold on the inside crown a crown on top, “JESS APPLEGATH”, a lion between two flags logo, and underneath “85. YONGE NEAR KING ST. TORONTO 473. ST. CATHERINE ST. WEST NEAR PEEL ST. MONTREAL, MEN’S HATS ONLY REGISTERED”.
- Subject
- households
- outdoor
- Crosby family
- Credit
- Gift of Robert Crosby Family, Banff, 1998
- Catalogue Number
- 103.04.1079
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- Date
- n.d.
- Material
- paper; paint; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.1147
- Description
- A sturdy, oval, cardboard hatbox with a cover in gold with black flecks, and red printing around the rim ”Dobbs Fifth Avenue New York”, the first letter in each word is in red and the rest of the word is in black. The box has a Fifth Avenue street scene with shops in the background, one of which is…
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- Title
- Hatbox
- Date
- n.d.
- Material
- paper; paint; metal
- Dimensions
- 18.0 w/cover x 33.0 x 39.0 cm
- Description
- A sturdy, oval, cardboard hatbox with a cover in gold with black flecks, and red printing around the rim ”Dobbs Fifth Avenue New York”, the first letter in each word is in red and the rest of the word is in black. The box has a Fifth Avenue street scene with shops in the background, one of which is “FIFTH AVENUE STYLES Dobbs & Co, Dobbs & Co. Inside there is a cardboard hat form and white and red paper sticker “PACKED BY”.
- Credit
- Gift of Robert Crosby Family, Banff, 1998
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.1147
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- Date
- 1817 – 1865
- Material
- wood
- Catalogue Number
- 104.47.1010
- Description
- Brown, wood metronome from Crosby House,made by manufacture Seth Thomas. Bottom is stamped in ink “5705 METRONOME #7” and in child’s writing, black pen “BARK” Missing front lid
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- Title
- Metronome
- Date
- 1817 – 1865
- Material
- wood
- Dimensions
- 23.5 x 12 cm
- Description
- Brown, wood metronome from Crosby House,made by manufacture Seth Thomas. Bottom is stamped in ink “5705 METRONOME #7” and in child’s writing, black pen “BARK” Missing front lid
- Subject
- timekeeping
- music
- Crosby Family
- Credit
- Gift of Robert Crosby Family, Banff, 1998
- Catalogue Number
- 104.47.1010
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Badminton Shuttlecocks
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact108.04.0048
- Date
- 1928 – 1950
- Material
- cardboard; plastic; rubber; feathers;
- Catalogue Number
- 108.04.0048
- Description
- Orange, black, and grey cardboard tube with four shuttlecocks inside - all four are predominantly white, two have red accents and two have purple. All appear used.
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- Title
- Badminton Shuttlecocks
- Date
- 1928 – 1950
- Material
- cardboard; plastic; rubber; feathers;
- Dimensions
- 15.5 cm
- Description
- Orange, black, and grey cardboard tube with four shuttlecocks inside - all four are predominantly white, two have red accents and two have purple. All appear used.
- Subject
- Crosby family
- Abegweit
- sports equipment
- sports;
- Credit
- Gift of Robert Crosby Family, Banff, 1998
- Catalogue Number
- 108.04.0048
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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
- 1910 – 1960
- Material
- leather; glass; beads;
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.0326 a,b
- Description
- Pair of beaded and fringed leather gauntlets with a beaded red, white, and green flower on the back of each hand. The gauntlet part of the gloves that cover the forearms are beaded with red, brown, white, and green beads in the pattern of a horse standing on a white background with leaves ringed ar…
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- Title
- Leather Gloves
- Date
- 1910 – 1960
- Material
- leather; glass; beads;
- Dimensions
- 7.0 x 22.1 x 36.1 cm
- Description
- Pair of beaded and fringed leather gauntlets with a beaded red, white, and green flower on the back of each hand. The gauntlet part of the gloves that cover the forearms are beaded with red, brown, white, and green beads in the pattern of a horse standing on a white background with leaves ringed around. The gloves are unlined.
- Credit
- Gift of Robert Crosby Family, Banff, 1998
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.0326 a,b
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- Date
- 1910 – 1960
- Material
- leather; beads; metal;
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.0327
- Description
- Short thin beaded leather belt decorated in a geometric repeating pattern done in red, green, and blue beads on a white background. The metal buckle is lightly decorated. Also includes a small blue elastic fabric band with an unknown purpose.
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- Title
- Beaded Belt
- Date
- 1910 – 1960
- Material
- leather; beads; metal;
- Dimensions
- 0.3 x 6.1 x 74.4 cm
- Description
- Short thin beaded leather belt decorated in a geometric repeating pattern done in red, green, and blue beads on a white background. The metal buckle is lightly decorated. Also includes a small blue elastic fabric band with an unknown purpose.
- Credit
- Gift of Robert Crosby Family, Banff, 1998
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.0327
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