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Automobile Licence Plates
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact106.06.0056%20a-gg
- Date
- 1918 – 1969
- Material
- metal
- Catalogue Number
- 106.06.0056 a-gg
- Description
- 33 licence plates (1918-69) 2 accessories. Accessories, oval cut out "AAA" with black letters "United States of America", long narrow black hand painted "BANFF, ALBERTA, CANADA". Licence plates, Alberta (22) 1918-69, (2) 1918 (32x12), (7) 1939-46 (30x14), (11) 1963-69 (30.5x15.5). British Col…
- Title
- Automobile Licence Plates
- Date
- 1918 – 1969
- Material
- metal
- Description
- 33 licence plates (1918-69) 2 accessories. Accessories, oval cut out "AAA" with black letters "United States of America", long narrow black hand painted "BANFF, ALBERTA, CANADA". Licence plates, Alberta (22) 1918-69, (2) 1918 (32x12), (7) 1939-46 (30x14), (11) 1963-69 (30.5x15.5). British Columbia (2) 1943-44. Ontario (2) 1940 yellow. Massachusetts (2) 1930-31. (2) Rocky Mountain Park "RMP 15 1918".
- Subject
- transportation
- Banff
- RCAF
- Rocky Mountain Park
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 106.06.0056 a-gg
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Decorative Ashtray
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact102.04.1024%20a%2cb
- Date
- 1920 – 1940
- Material
- metal; ceramic
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.1024 a,b
- Description
- Two decorative souvenir ashtrays. (a) porcelain dish 7.5x10.0x2.0 deep. Gold on edge, picture in bottom is of Mount Rundle, Bow River and trees on each side. In gold under the picture is: "Mt Rundle Banff Canada" and below that in script: "A Present from Victoria". On bottom "Made in England".…
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- Title
- Decorative Ashtray
- Date
- 1920 – 1940
- Material
- metal; ceramic
- Description
- Two decorative souvenir ashtrays. (a) porcelain dish 7.5x10.0x2.0 deep. Gold on edge, picture in bottom is of Mount Rundle, Bow River and trees on each side. In gold under the picture is: "Mt Rundle Banff Canada" and below that in script: "A Present from Victoria". On bottom "Made in England". (b) pressed metal, 2 heartshapes with scenes embossed in each, Banff Avenue and Cascade Mountain left side, other has Mount Rundle, bears and Lake Louise. An open bar across top "Banff Alberta Canada". On bottom: "Made in Japan"
- Credit
- Purchased from Alan McClelland, Banff, 1985
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.1024 a,b
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Decorative Plaque
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- Date
- prior to 1984
- Material
- plastic; wood
- Catalogue Number
- 107.01.1005
- Description
- Round (14.0 dia) plastic picture of the CPR station in Banff, Cascade Mountain in background and printed around the rim is "The Wild Rose Country Banff CPR Station". This is on a dark purple background in a brown wood frame.
- Title
- Decorative Plaque
- Date
- prior to 1984
- Material
- plastic; wood
- Dimensions
- 19.0 x 19.0 cm
- Description
- Round (14.0 dia) plastic picture of the CPR station in Banff, Cascade Mountain in background and printed around the rim is "The Wild Rose Country Banff CPR Station". This is on a dark purple background in a brown wood frame.
- Credit
- Gift of David Mutton, Banff, 1984
- Catalogue Number
- 107.01.1005
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Decorative Tray
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact102.04.0604
- Date
- later than 1959
- Material
- wood; cedar
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0604
- Description
- a circular tray made of cedar. Printed on the front of the tray is a painted image of two red gondola cabins over the town of Banff. Cascade mountain and Tunnel Mountain are in background. On the reverse are two paragraphs in black printed writing about the Sulphur Mountain Gondola as well as a go…
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- Title
- Decorative Tray
- Date
- later than 1959
- Material
- wood; cedar
- Dimensions
- 35.5 x 35.5 cm
- Description
- a circular tray made of cedar. Printed on the front of the tray is a painted image of two red gondola cabins over the town of Banff. Cascade mountain and Tunnel Mountain are in background. On the reverse are two paragraphs in black printed writing about the Sulphur Mountain Gondola as well as a gold sticker that reads “HANDCRAFTED BY PANORAMA MADE IN CANADA”. There is a brass ring to hang it.
- Subject
- Banff
- tourism
- Sulphur Mountain
- souvenir
- Credit
- Gift of Juanita Rose Violini, Banff, 2014
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0604
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- Date
- 1950 – 1960
- Material
- wood; paper
- Catalogue Number
- 105.02.1090
- Description
- Banff Avenue postcard on wood. Crosscut piece of wood, 1.0 wide, bark intact. Postcard of Cascade Mountain and Banff Avenue pasted on face, sides and top painted in, trees and clouds, tlc "Cascade Mtn. and Banff Ave. Banff"
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- Title
- Picture
- Date
- 1950 – 1960
- Material
- wood; paper
- Description
- Banff Avenue postcard on wood. Crosscut piece of wood, 1.0 wide, bark intact. Postcard of Cascade Mountain and Banff Avenue pasted on face, sides and top painted in, trees and clouds, tlc "Cascade Mtn. and Banff Ave. Banff"
- Subject
- souvenirs
- institutions
- Banff
- Cascade Mountain
- Credit
- Purchased from Alan McClelland, Banff, 1985
- Catalogue Number
- 105.02.1090
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- Date
- 1988
- Material
- plastic; paper; cellophane
- Catalogue Number
- 108.01.1009 a,b
- Description
- Two plastic boxes containing playing cards, new, still in cellophane wrappers. One scene is of the Sulphur Mountain Gondola and one scene is of the Banff Springs Hotel.
- Title
- Playing Cards
- Date
- 1988
- Material
- plastic; paper; cellophane
- Dimensions
- 6.5 x 9.5 cm
- Description
- Two plastic boxes containing playing cards, new, still in cellophane wrappers. One scene is of the Sulphur Mountain Gondola and one scene is of the Banff Springs Hotel.
- Credit
- Purchased from Jon Whyte, Banff, 1986
- Catalogue Number
- 108.01.1009 a,b
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Topographical Map
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact105.02.1045
- Date
- 1984
- Material
- plastic
- Catalogue Number
- 105.02.1045
- Description
- Molded plastic map of Banff area. Mountains, lakes and rivers represented quite realistically, showing roads, trails, railway track, townsite, etc. Black lettering naming locations, peaks, etc. Top left corner 9.0 x 6.1 yellow flat surface with legend, top right corner 9.9 x 6.8, yellow flat surfa…
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- Title
- Topographical Map
- Date
- 1984
- Material
- plastic
- Dimensions
- 22.0 x 30.0 cm
- Description
- Molded plastic map of Banff area. Mountains, lakes and rivers represented quite realistically, showing roads, trails, railway track, townsite, etc. Black lettering naming locations, peaks, etc. Top left corner 9.0 x 6.1 yellow flat surface with legend, top right corner 9.9 x 6.8, yellow flat surface with "Banff in the heart of the Canadian Rockies Sulphur Mountain Gondola Lift Skyway to Banff's Top View" with drawings of 2 gondolas.
- Credit
- Gift of Jon Whyte, Banff, 1984
- Catalogue Number
- 105.02.1045
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Topographical Map
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact105.02.1181
- Date
- n.d.
- Material
- plastic; paint;
- Catalogue Number
- 105.02.1181
- Description
- The topographical relief map details in colour Banff and the surrounding area, including all waterways, mountain ranges and individual mountains. On the top viewer left corner there is a yellow legend that reads “LEGEND” (underlined); “CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY”; “HIGHWAYS PUBLIC ROADS”; “FIRE ROADS…
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- Title
- Topographical Map
- Date
- n.d.
- Material
- plastic; paint;
- Dimensions
- 2.0 x 22.0 x 30.0 cm
- Description
- The topographical relief map details in colour Banff and the surrounding area, including all waterways, mountain ranges and individual mountains. On the top viewer left corner there is a yellow legend that reads “LEGEND” (underlined); “CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY”; “HIGHWAYS PUBLIC ROADS”; “FIRE ROADS NOT OPEN TO PUBLIC”; “TRAILS” (with a compass next to it); “ELEVATION IN FEET ABOVE SEA LEVEL”; “GONDOLA LIFT”; and “SCALE: 1 Inch to 3 Miles” (underneath this there is a bar scale). To the viewer left of each of the traits is the corresponding symbol indicated on the map. Perpendicular to the legend (on the viewer left) the words, “COPYRIGHT RICO FIRENZE MADE IN ITALY BREVETTO No 558142”. On the top viewer right there is another yellow box of information that reads, “BANFF”; “IN THE HEART OF THE CANADIAN ROCKIES”; a line break separates the following information: “SULPHUR MOUNTAIN” “GONDOLA LIFT” “SKYWAY TO BANFF’S TOP VIEW”. There is also a pictographic depiction of the gondola at Sulphur Mountain.
- Credit
- Gift of Nicholas Morant, Banff, 2006
- Catalogue Number
- 105.02.1181
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- Date
- 1880 – 1940
- Material
- wood; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 110.01.1072
- Description
- The barrel is made of wooden staves held together by six metal hoops, stands straight upright, has two metal handles and a 10 cm circular hole in the top. Branded on one side “CPR”. Does not include lid top .
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- Title
- Water Barrel
- Date
- 1880 – 1940
- Material
- wood; metal
- Dimensions
- 45.0 x 31.0 cm
- Description
- The barrel is made of wooden staves held together by six metal hoops, stands straight upright, has two metal handles and a 10 cm circular hole in the top. Branded on one side “CPR”. Does not include lid top .
- Credit
- Gift of Donna Spear, Chase, 2017
- Catalogue Number
- 110.01.1072
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