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Part Of
Charles Reid fonds
Scope & Content
File consists of one photograph album, comprising 183 photographs, H12 x W17.5 cm or smaller. Photographs pertain to Charlie Reid and his family and friends during, predominantly, the 1920's. The first photograph is of a child and man; the child looks like it could be Charlie Reid at around 4 to 5 …
Date Range
ca.1909 - ca.1929
1922
1923
1924
1925
1926
1927
Reference Code
V487 / I / PD - 1
Description Level
5 / File
GMD
Album
Photograph
Photograph print
Private record
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Part Of
Charles Reid fonds
Description Level
5 / File
Fonds Number
M413 / V487
Series
V487 / I : Albums
Sous-Fonds
V487
Accession Number
5248
Reference Code
V487 / I / PD - 1
GMD
Album
Photograph
Photograph print
Private record
Date Range
ca.1909 - ca.1929
1922
1923
1924
1925
1926
1927
Physical Description
1 album (183 photographs : b&w ; 17.5 x 12 cm or smaller)
Scope & Content
File consists of one photograph album, comprising 183 photographs, H12 x W17.5 cm or smaller.
Photographs pertain to Charlie Reid and his family and friends during, predominantly, the 1920's. The first photograph is of a child and man; the child looks like it could be Charlie Reid at around 4 to 5 years old.
Photographs document sports and recreation (races, sledding, skiing, snowshoeing, track, canoeing, golf, camping, horseback riding, fishing), events at the Banff Springs Hotel, Banff Indian Days, Banff Winter Carnival (Festival), Highland gathering, Herald road race, and various activities in and around Banff.
Locations include: Banff, Medicine Hat, University of Alberta (Edmonton), and Lake Louise.
Notes
One of the photographs is a cut-out quote, "a canoo in foolish hands is probably the nation's greatest tipping well"
Album is bound in brown leather with "photographs" written on the cover. Some of the photographs have captions. Not every page is filled.
Name Access
Reid, Charles
Subject Access
Banff
Banff Indian Days
Banff National Park
Banff Winter Carnival
Banff Winter Festival
Bow River Bridge
Camping
Canoes and canoeing
Children
Cross-country skiing
Dogs
Fairmont Banff Springs Hotel
Fishing
Golfing
Hiking
Hockey
Horseback riding
Ice sculpture
Indigenous Peoples
Leisure
Personal and Family Life
Photography
Public events
Recreation
Skating
Snowshoes and snowshoeing
Sports and recreation
Sulphur Mountain lookout
Swimming
Winter sports
Wildlife
Geographic Access
Alberta
Banff
Banff National Park
Canada
Lake Louise
Medicine Hat
Language
English
Category
Family and personal life
Exploration, discovery and travel
Sports, recreation and leisure
Title Source
Title based on contents of file
Processing Status
Processed
Electronic Resources
Images
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Date
1900 – 1935
Material
ivory; wood; metal
Catalogue Number
104.45.0023 a-l
Description
A collection of netting supplies including four shuttles, three netting needles, two awls, eight mesh gauges, and a needle in cork. (a) shuttle (10.7 x .7 x 1.8) wooden, carved from one piece. Sides flat boat shapes joined by solid piece between allowing a lip inside the shuttle to accommodate th…
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Title
Netting Collection
Date
1900 – 1935
Material
ivory; wood; metal
Description
A collection of netting supplies including four shuttles, three netting needles, two awls, eight mesh gauges, and a needle in cork. (a) shuttle (10.7 x .7 x 1.8) wooden, carved from one piece. Sides flat boat shapes joined by solid piece between allowing a lip inside the shuttle to accommodate the thread when wrapped around. On one side carved initials "S.K." Note: surfaces and edges slightly scratched, gouged and nicked. (b) shuttle (8.0 x .9 x 2.2) black ebony, similar to (a) but separate block of wood post between riveted through sides with small brass pins, and points curved toward each other so as to almost touch. Small hole drilled through central post, wrapped with a long length of shiny, twisted silk or mercerized cotton cord. (c) shuttle (6.2 x .6 x 1.5) ivory, shaped as (a) but smaller. Two central posts fastened through each side with steel pins separate sides.(d) shuttle (7.2 x .1 x 1.1) flat, carved ivory with curved notch at end and rounded point at other. Cut out window at top with carved spike to hold thread when wound around spike, then down to notch at bottom and back up around spike. (e) netting needles (13.2 x .1 x .2) two fine, long, stainless steel needles, flattened at each end with a long slit eye which is split at the point, one end has additional small hole drilled through just below eye. (f) netting needle (17.3 x .3 x .8) as (e), but brass and larger, cruder split eyes at ends barely touch at tips. (g) awl (12.7 x .5 x .8) hardwood, smoothly shaped oval stick, tapering about halfway to very sharp, long point. character ? carved into end. Faintly handwritten along one side, "July 28 ? , 1849 ? ". (h) awl (7.1 x 1.0 diam) carved ivory. Knob at top carved with crosshatched notches at end, deeply carved rings and ferrules below, with long teardrop shaped shaft ending in blunt point. (i) mesh stick (11.3 x .3 diam) small ivory rod with blunt points each end. (ii) mesh stick (12.5 x .4 diam) as (i) but barely tapered one end, and large chip broken diagonally from other. (iii) mesh stick (17.0 x .25 diam) as (i) but pointed one end and barely at other. (iiii) mesh stick (11.4 x .3 diam) as (i) pointed one end and flat at other. (j) mesh stick (20.2 x .3 diam) long, flexible, black plastic ? rod, pointed at one end, and flat at other. (jj) mesh stick (16.3 x .5) ebony, as (i) but pointed both ends. (jjj) mesh stick (10.8 x .5) ebony as (jj) but barely rounded one end, and flat at other with small depression drilled in.(k) mesh stick (21.7 x .5) varnished wood, pointed one end, carved barely round at other. (l) needle in cork (7.4 x 2.4 diam) stainless steel needle (5.1 cm) with blunt point and small eye, stuck into bottle cork inn shape of truncated cone.
Subject
sports
fishing
craft
netting
Russell Robb
tatting
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
104.45.0023 a-l
Images
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