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- Date
- 1920 – 1930
- Material
- metal, steel; shell, tortoise
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0169
- Description
- A very small knife with a two-piece tortoise shell handle that is hinged with a rivet at either side of the blade. The blade fits between the handle pieces when not in use. The pressure of the user’s hand on the handle holds the blade in place when using the knife. The blade is sharpened on one …
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- Title
- Pocket Knife
- Date
- 1920 – 1930
- Material
- metal, steel; shell, tortoise
- Dimensions
- 0.3 x 1.0 x 5.6 (closed); 9.1 (open) cm
- Description
- A very small knife with a two-piece tortoise shell handle that is hinged with a rivet at either side of the blade. The blade fits between the handle pieces when not in use. The pressure of the user’s hand on the handle holds the blade in place when using the knife. The blade is sharpened on one side and pointed at the end. The blade is marked with “INNON LIFFE”.
- Subject
- households
- Edmee Moore
- art
- tools
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0169
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- Date
- 1920 – 1930
- Material
- paper; skin
- Catalogue Number
- 104.39.0004 a-d
- Description
- A collection of four stumps used to smudge charcoal drawings. Each stump has a tightly rolled cigar shape with a blunt point at each end. Three stumps (a-c) are made of soft grey paper and one (d) is made of soft leather with a red paper wrapping at the middle.
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- Title
- Stump
- Date
- 1920 – 1930
- Material
- paper; skin
- Dimensions
- 15.7 (a); 13.3 (b); 12.3 (c); 12.5 (d) cm
- Description
- A collection of four stumps used to smudge charcoal drawings. Each stump has a tightly rolled cigar shape with a blunt point at each end. Three stumps (a-c) are made of soft grey paper and one (d) is made of soft leather with a red paper wrapping at the middle.
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.39.0004 a-d
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- Date
- 1920 – 1930
- Material
- metal, brass
- Catalogue Number
- 104.39.0006 a-c
- Description
- Three brass holders for drawing crayons (charcoal, conti, chalk, etc.). Each holder is a set of hollow tubes split into long jaws at each end to hold the crayon. The jaws tighten with sliding rings at the middle of the tube. There are also nine pieces of squared black Conti crayon and a squared p…
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- Title
- Crayon Holder
- Date
- 1920 – 1930
- Material
- metal, brass
- Dimensions
- 1.0 x 0.7 x 13.0 cm
- Description
- Three brass holders for drawing crayons (charcoal, conti, chalk, etc.). Each holder is a set of hollow tubes split into long jaws at each end to hold the crayon. The jaws tighten with sliding rings at the middle of the tube. There are also nine pieces of squared black Conti crayon and a squared piece of white chalk with the holders.
- Subject
- households
- crafts
- drawing
- sketching
- Edmee Moore
- hobbies
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.39.0006 a-c
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- Date
- 1920 – 1930
- Material
- metal; paper
- Catalogue Number
- 110.01.0009
- Description
- A flat black cardboard box of “M.K. Dunne Pastel Colors.” The interior of the box is red with gold printing on the lid listing the contents. The box contains various sizes of metal tubes of paint with screw caps and paper labels.
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- Title
- Paint Box
- Date
- 1920 – 1930
- Material
- metal; paper
- Dimensions
- 2.0 x 8.0 x 20.0 cm
- Description
- A flat black cardboard box of “M.K. Dunne Pastel Colors.” The interior of the box is red with gold printing on the lid listing the contents. The box contains various sizes of metal tubes of paint with screw caps and paper labels.
- Subject
- households
- painting
- art
- Edmee Moore
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 110.01.0009
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- Date
- 1910 – 1930
- Material
- glass; cork; metal; hair; paper
- Catalogue Number
- 110.01.0010 a-f
- Description
- A flat blue cardboard box (a), for “Imperial German Gold Enamel,” with a black label with gold printing and a trademark on the lid. The inside of box has compartments to hold a small round faceted bottle of gold powder (b) with a cork stopper, a squared bottle of liquid (c) with a cork stopper, a …
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- Title
- Paint Box
- Date
- 1910 – 1930
- Material
- glass; cork; metal; hair; paper
- Dimensions
- 2.5 x 6.5 x 11.0 cm
- Description
- A flat blue cardboard box (a), for “Imperial German Gold Enamel,” with a black label with gold printing and a trademark on the lid. The inside of box has compartments to hold a small round faceted bottle of gold powder (b) with a cork stopper, a squared bottle of liquid (c) with a cork stopper, a small oval shaped metal dish (d), a brush with short metal handle (e), and the instructions for use on a folded piece of white paper (f).
- Subject
- households
- painting
- art
- Edmee Moore
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 110.01.0010 a-f
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- Date
- 1910 – 1930
- Material
- glass; wax; paper
- Catalogue Number
- 110.01.0011
- Description
- A collection of 61 bottles of “Dunne's,” “Elmendorf's,” and “Cobden” pastel colours. The bottles are glass tubes with wax stoppers and paper labels indicating the brand and colour. The bottles were found in a paper covered box.
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- Title
- Paint Bottle
- Date
- 1910 – 1930
- Material
- glass; wax; paper
- Dimensions
- 6.0 (average) x 1.5 (average) x 1.5 (average) cm
- Description
- A collection of 61 bottles of “Dunne's,” “Elmendorf's,” and “Cobden” pastel colours. The bottles are glass tubes with wax stoppers and paper labels indicating the brand and colour. The bottles were found in a paper covered box.
- Subject
- households
- painting
- art
- Edmee Moore
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 110.01.0011
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- Date
- 1910 – 1930
- Material
- glass; cork; paper
- Catalogue Number
- 110.01.0014
- Description
- A square stamped glass bottle with a cork stopper containing “Limpid Extract of Gall” with a light green paper label on the front with black lettering.
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- Title
- Bottle
- Date
- 1910 – 1930
- Material
- glass; cork; paper
- Dimensions
- 6.0 x 2.3 x 2.3 cm
- Description
- A square stamped glass bottle with a cork stopper containing “Limpid Extract of Gall” with a light green paper label on the front with black lettering.
- Subject
- households
- art
- Edmee Moore
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 110.01.0014
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- Date
- 1900 – 1930
- Material
- wood; paper; metal, brass
- Catalogue Number
- 110.01.0015
- Description
- A wooden “W.E. Thayer's ‘Interchangeable’ Screw Driver and Bit Holder” box with a hinged lid and brass latch. The box has dovetailed corner joints. A light blue paper label inside the lid shows a picture of a screwdriver and bits.
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- Title
- Tool Box
- Date
- 1900 – 1930
- Material
- wood; paper; metal, brass
- Dimensions
- 4.7 x 8.1 x 14.5 cm
- Description
- A wooden “W.E. Thayer's ‘Interchangeable’ Screw Driver and Bit Holder” box with a hinged lid and brass latch. The box has dovetailed corner joints. A light blue paper label inside the lid shows a picture of a screwdriver and bits.
- Subject
- households
- art
- Edmee Moore
- drawing
- painting
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 110.01.0015
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- Date
- 1925 – 1930
- Material
- wood; wood, bamboo; metal, lead; metal; ivory; mineral, graphite
- Catalogue Number
- 104.39.0005 a-o
- Description
- A collection of eight drawing pencils and seven containers of pencil leads:a) one unsharpened black wooden pencil with a square lead (7.5 x 0.8 cm) and labelled "No. 2 Perry 728 Arch St."b-c) two pencils (l0.8 x 0.6 cm) each with a very thick sharply pointed lead in a bamboo sheath d) one automatic…
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- Title
- Pencil
- Date
- 1925 – 1930
- Material
- wood; wood, bamboo; metal, lead; metal; ivory; mineral, graphite
- Description
- A collection of eight drawing pencils and seven containers of pencil leads:a) one unsharpened black wooden pencil with a square lead (7.5 x 0.8 cm) and labelled "No. 2 Perry 728 Arch St."b-c) two pencils (l0.8 x 0.6 cm) each with a very thick sharply pointed lead in a bamboo sheath d) one automatic pencil (11.9 x 0.7 cm) that is black and metal covered at each end; lead is placed in jaws at the point which open by pressing a metal button at the end; labelled “Eagle Automatic 286 (Pat. Jun 26/77)”; e) one automatic pencil (9.0 x 0.6 cm) with a black plastic sheath with piece at the end which turns to adjust the length of lead through a small hole in molded plastic point; marked “Pat Aug 10, 1853, A Days”; f) one automatic pencil (14.5 X 0.6) with a very plain bone handle with metal tip with hole at the end; tip unscrews to reveal jaws which hold pencil lead; g) one silverpoint pencil (?) (10.0 x 0.5 cm) with a sharp thick point of silver or lead attached to a long dark brown wood handle with a knob carved at the end; h) one silverpoint (?) pencil (6.7 x 0.5 cm) with a thick sharp silver or lead point attached to a short ivory handle with a smallknob carved at the end and eight lines incised around;i-o) seven wooden tubes with lids containing various sizes of pencil lead: one tube (5.5 x 0.9 cm) with a flat top; one tube (4.5 x 0.8 cm) with a flat top; one tube (4.0 x 0.9 cm) with a flat top; one tube (3.5 x 0.1 cm) with a round top; one tube (6.1 x 0.9 cm) with a round top and a paper label reading "Henry Cohen, Phila, Half Dozen Cumberland Leads #12” and handwriting on the side "Gold, Pocket"; one tube (3.5 x 0.9 cm) with a round top and a paper label "Henry Cohen, Phila, #4 Everpoint Leads"; one tube (3.6 x 0.9 cm) with a flat top and a paper label "Henry Cohen, Phila, #4 Everpoint Leads"; one brass tube (4.8 x 0.7 cm) with a screw-on lid containing pencil leads
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.39.0005 a-o
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- Date
- 1900 – 1960
- Material
- glass
- Catalogue Number
- 111.02.0004
- Description
- A solid glass rod with a sharply pointed blue glass flame shape at one end, and a sharply pointed clear glass flame shape at the other.
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- Title
- Problematical
- Date
- 1900 – 1960
- Material
- glass
- Dimensions
- 0.8 x 0.8 x 14.9 cm
- Description
- A solid glass rod with a sharply pointed blue glass flame shape at one end, and a sharply pointed clear glass flame shape at the other.
- Subject
- hosueholds
- art
- painting
- Edmee Moore
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 111.02.0004
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