topic:"Dave White and Sons" found 23 records - Research Collections

Banff Indian Days operations

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of records pertaining to operations, including: pass, patron and subscription lists; letters, reports and notes; newspaper clipping; draft letter to the Board of Trade, outlines Luxton's suggestions for Indian Days.

Date Range: 1916; 1922; 1938; 1939; 1940; 1950; [1952]

Reference Code: LUX / I / D3a / 4

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Private record; Textual record; Newspaper clipping

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: LUX

Series: I.D.3. Personal and professional : Organizations

Sous-Fonds: I. Norman Luxton sous-fonds

Accession Number: LUX

Reference Code: LUX / I / D3a / 4

GMD: Private record; Textual record; Newspaper clipping

Date Range: 1916; 1922; 1938; 1939; 1940; 1950; [1952]

Physical Description: 2 cm of textual records : 16 texts ; 21.3cm x 35.3cm or smaller

Scope & Content: File consists of records pertaining to operations, including: pass, patron and subscription lists; letters, reports and notes; newspaper clipping; draft letter to the Board of Trade, outlines Luxton's suggestions for Indian Days.

Notes: Original drawing in newspaper clipping LUX / I / D3a / 4 / 9 may be found as LUX / I / D3 / 02

Name Access: Eaton, Earle Hooker; Brewster, Jim; Luxton, Norman; Twoyoungmen, Jacob; Bearspaw, David; Powderface, Johnny; Rollinmud, Isaac; Rider, Jonas; Jimmy John, Moses; Hunter, Judas; Round, William E. (Bill), Sr.; Crawler, George; Brigham, Edward M., Jr.

Subject Access: Banff Indian Days; Homestead Hotel; Union Milk Company Limited; Crag and Canyon newspaper; Dave White and Sons Ltd.; Lux Theatre; Dominion Cafe; Hudson's Bay Company

Geographic Access: Banff; Banff National Park; Alberta

Language: English

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Bank Guarantee P.W

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Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Scope & Content: Letters regarding Dave White estate and Dave White and Sons Ltd.

Date Range: 1941-1943

Reference Code: M36 / I / A / 3 / a / iv / 792

Description Level: 5 / File

Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M36 / V683 / S37

Series: I.A.3. Catharine Robb Whyte papers / photographs

Reference Code: M36 / I / A / 3 / a / iv / 792

Date Range: 1941-1943

Physical Description: 1 file of textual records

Scope & Content: Letters regarding Dave White estate and Dave White and Sons Ltd.

Subject Access: WHITE, DAVE SR.; WHITE FAMILY; Dave White and Sons Ltd.

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Calendars for 1912 and 1933

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of two monthly wall calendars. Includes a 1912 "Bow River Boat House" calendar with black and white copy of a painting titled "Fond Memories" depicting a woman canoeing on the Bow River, with tear-away monthly calendar pages at the bottom; and a 1933 calendar depicting a different ima…

Date Range: 1912; 1933

Reference Code: LUX / II / F1 / 53 & 54 (O.S.)

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Textual record; Published record; Calendar

Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: LUX

Series: LUX / II / F : Collected material

Sous-Fonds: LUX / II : Eleanor Luxton sous-fonds

Sub-Series: LUX / II / F1 : Textual

Accession Number: LUX

Reference Code: LUX / II / F1 / 53 & 54 (O.S.)

GMD: Textual record; Published record; Calendar

Responsibility: Painting "Fond Memories" produced by James Arthur

Date Range: 1912; 1933

Physical Description: 0.5 cm of textual records (2 calendars ; 37.5 x 50 cm and 23 x 48 cm)

Scope & Content: File consists of two monthly wall calendars. Includes a 1912 "Bow River Boat House" calendar with black and white copy of a painting titled "Fond Memories" depicting a woman canoeing on the Bow River, with tear-away monthly calendar pages at the bottom; and a 1933 calendar depicting a different image for each month pertaining to rural life, families, children, dogs and related subjects. 1933 calendar has an advertisement for "Dave White and Sons Ltd." company attached to the bottom.

Name Access: White, David Mackintosh (Dave); Arthur, James

Subject Access: Art; Artist; Businesses; Farmland; Agriculture; Animals; Dave White and Sons Ltd.; Dogs; Family and personal life; Children; Sports; Recreation; Canoes and canoeing; Painting

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; Banff; Bow River

Language: English

Conservation: 1933 calendar has metal part attaching pages, keep away from other materials

Category: Arts; Commerce and industry; Sports, recreation and leisure; Family and personal life

Title Source: Title based on contents in file

Processing Status: Processed

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Cigarette acknowledgements.

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Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Scope & Content: Letters of ackowledgement to Jack White for cigarettes sent to Banff residents who were overseas during World War II.

Date Range: 1943-1945

Reference Code: M36 / III / C / 4 / 2143

Description Level: 5 / File

Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M36 / V683 / S37

Series: III.C. Dave (Jack) White papers

Reference Code: M36 / III / C / 4 / 2143

Date Range: 1943-1945

Physical Description: 1 file of textual records

Scope & Content: Letters of ackowledgement to Jack White for cigarettes sent to Banff residents who were overseas during World War II.

Subject Access: White, Jack; Dave White and Sons Ltd.; World War II, 1939-1945; Trono, Louis; Oakander, Carl; MacAulay, Ted; Pike, Dolly; Millar, Chuck; Langridge, Ted; Campbell, Kenneth

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Cuckoo Clock

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Date: 1850 – 1925

Material: wood; metal; paper; glass

Catalogue Number: 104.47.0011 a-c

Description: A cuckoo clock in dark, varnished case with pointed roof and hand painted flowers on dial around face. Large square glass door on front protects face, and latches with small brass hook on left. Rests on 3.0 cm base decorated across front with horizontal finger grooves flanked by vertical finger gro…

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Title: Cuckoo Clock

Date: 1850 – 1925

Material: wood; metal; paper; glass

Dimensions: 21.0 x 14.3 x 19.8 cm

Description: A cuckoo clock in dark, varnished case with pointed roof and hand painted flowers on dial around face. Large square glass door on front protects face, and latches with small brass hook on left. Rests on 3.0 cm base decorated across front with horizontal finger grooves flanked by vertical finger grooves. Sides plain with small, 8.5 x 3.5 cm, hinged doors with vertical grooved texture and small heart shaped brass latch, one on each side, and small 3.3 x 2.5 window set above with horizontal slit through wood showing behind. Round white dial with Roman numerals is surrounded with a hand painted flower in each corner and gold vines on a dark blue background, surrounded by narrow gilt frame moulding, thin metal hands. Long, floor length brass chain hangs from holes in bottom of clock, with smaller, broken chain through two other holes. Facade in front of pointed roof contains small arched window for cuckoo bird to pop through. Plain wooden back fits into groove across bottom clock, with two metal flanges sliding into slits cut into the roof, where they are locked in place with small wire hooks through holes in the flanges. Round hanging hole cut through back near top. Attached to inside of back is circular, spiral wire sounding gong. Clockworks exposed include several gear wheels connected by wires, behind a pallisade within the clock, and flanked on either side by a pillar covered with marbelized and floral patterned paper. On a platform above in the gable sits a carved wooden cuckoo bird on a perch waiting to pop out the window, on either side of this shelf is a small square bellows.( b) pendulum, 36.0 long, brass disk hanging at bottom of brass flat rod connected to long wire hook at top. (c) weight, 2.5 x 2.0, heavy square piece of lead with multi-strand wire twisted through hole in top. Marks: paper label stuck to backing, "For Marian S. Campbell from Mom's 1955" to backing, "Never turn the hands backwards as this will damage the cuckoo striking mechanism" (tape removed and note set in front behind door). Note found with pendulum, "lift weight when winding clock to floor chain & then don't need to wind more than 1 a day, drawing of cylinder noting" 4 1/2 lbs. lead" . Note: clock needs extensive repair: surface veneer cracked and peeling on sides, painted dial plate peeling and flaking at bottom, chains seem to be stuck, hands rusting, piece of wood loose inside.