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- Date
- 1956
- Material
- fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 110.01.1059 a-c
- Description
- Three rectangular unbleached canvas bags (a,b,c) used as warden diary/mail sacks.The largest bag (a) consists of of heavy canvas material (a) 28.50x18cm wide, is folded over and sewn down creating a hem on the open end; the sides of the bag are both sewn together with beige thread creating a seam. …
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- Title
- Mail; Diary Bag
- Date
- 1956
- Material
- fibre
- Dimensions
- 18.0 x 28.50 cm
- Description
- Three rectangular unbleached canvas bags (a,b,c) used as warden diary/mail sacks.The largest bag (a) consists of of heavy canvas material (a) 28.50x18cm wide, is folded over and sewn down creating a hem on the open end; the sides of the bag are both sewn together with beige thread creating a seam. On the back of the bag, the seam on the viewer’s left has a line of stitching in black, probably used to align the fabric, similar to the markings on a pattern. The black stitching is aligned and fully visible down the back of the bag, 0.50cm away from the seam, but on the front of the bag on the viewer’s front right, the black stitching is only partially visible at the top for 1.50cm, then sewn into the bag seam, reappearing 10.0cm from the top, veering down, becoming wider as it nears the the bottom of the bag, ending at 0.50cm for the last 9.0cm. On the front of the bag the words “WARDENS” (4.0x21.0cm wide), in an arc, and under it “BNP” (4.0x9.0cm wide), in an inverted arc, are stencilled in red ink.Bag (b) 26.0cmx17.2cm wide, is one piece of light cotton canvas material folded and sewn together on the bottom and side to create a bag. It is folded over and sewn down creating a hem of 0.50cm around the opening.Bag (c) 25.5cmx17.5cm wide, is one piece of canvas material folded and sewn together on the bottom and side to create a bag. It is folded over and sewn down creating a hem of 0.50cm around the opening.
- Subject
- Banff National Park
- Warden
- correspondence
- Credit
- Gift of O. J. Schaurte, Red Deer, 2007
- Catalogue Number
- 110.01.1059 a-c
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- Date
- n.d.
- Material
- metal; plastic; rubber
- Catalogue Number
- 105.06.0071
- Description
- A rubber stamp in a white and green plastic case. The stamp marks “AIR MAIL” in block letters and this is printed on top fo the plastic casing. Stamped in gold on one side of the case is “THE JIFFY PEOPLE, VANCOUVER CANADA” and on the other is “Shachihata Xstamper Reg. Pat. Japan”
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- Title
- Rubber Stamp
- Date
- n.d.
- Material
- metal; plastic; rubber
- Dimensions
- 6.0 x 5.0 cm
- Description
- A rubber stamp in a white and green plastic case. The stamp marks “AIR MAIL” in block letters and this is printed on top fo the plastic casing. Stamped in gold on one side of the case is “THE JIFFY PEOPLE, VANCOUVER CANADA” and on the other is “Shachihata Xstamper Reg. Pat. Japan”
- Subject
- Whyte home
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 105.06.0071
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- Date
- 1934
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.833
- Description
- There is a drawing of a man, which appears to be Peter based on inscriptions on the drawing. He is sitting at a desk rubbing his head with his right hand. There is a bubble with an arrow pointing at his head, and in the bubble there is two sketches: one of a person being pulled in a rickshaw, and t…
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1934
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 12.8 x 20.0 cm
- Description
- There is a drawing of a man, which appears to be Peter based on inscriptions on the drawing. He is sitting at a desk rubbing his head with his right hand. There is a bubble with an arrow pointing at his head, and in the bubble there is two sketches: one of a person being pulled in a rickshaw, and the second two woman carrying traditional Japanese parasols and there is a child beside them. Written to the left of Peter there it says “MAIL HEADED UP” with an arrow pointing to the desk. Below the thought bubble it says “TRYING to ANSWER MY CORRESPONDENCE”, and near the BRC it says “To Aunt Nela From Peter xxxxxxx”. Faded along the right edge it appears to says “Imperial Hotel Tokyo”.verso: printed in ink “Imperial Hotel Tokyo” and “TELEGRAPHIC ADDRESS “IMPHO TOKYO”” and in pencil ““MAIL HEADED UP””.
- Subject
- desk
- person
- man
- writing
- correspondence
- umbrella
- parasol
- rickshaw
- travelling
- Tokyo: Imperial Hotel
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.833
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