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Gramophone Needles
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact105.03.0036
- Date
- 1898 – 1924
- Material
- tin; metal; paper;
- Catalogue Number
- 105.03.0036
- Description
- Small red and gold tin box with a hinged lid containing spare gramophone needles, some of which are held by a small piece of cardboard. Printed on the red lid in gold is a dog looking into the bell of a gramophone with “FULL TONE NEEDLES 300” is printed above and “HIS MASTERS VOICE” below. Manufact…
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- Title
- Gramophone Needles
- Date
- 1898 – 1924
- Material
- tin; metal; paper;
- Dimensions
- 1.2 x 4.7 x 3.5 cm
- Description
- Small red and gold tin box with a hinged lid containing spare gramophone needles, some of which are held by a small piece of cardboard. Printed on the red lid in gold is a dog looking into the bell of a gramophone with “FULL TONE NEEDLES 300” is printed above and “HIS MASTERS VOICE” below. Manufacturer details printed on the bottom of the box, as well as the instruction to only use each needle once. Berliner Gram-O-Phone Co. is the Canadian branch of the of German-based company Deutsche Grammophon, founded by gramophone inventor Emile Berliner and his brother Joseph in Montreal in 1898. Over the next 10 years, Berliner Gram-O-Phone Co. would record and press records, as well as distribute various kinds of gramophones, in Montreal until it was sold in 1924 to the Victor Talking Machine Co.
- Subject
- music
- music equipment
- Credit
- Gift of Bill Mather, Edmonton, 1991
- Catalogue Number
- 105.03.0036
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Player Piano Roll
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact104.34.1005%20a-c
- Date
- 1900 – 1920
- Material
- paper
- Catalogue Number
- 104.34.1005 a-c
- Description
- Three player piano rolls and original boxes. The songs on the rolls are “HITS OF 1909,” “THE LAST FAREWELL” and “EVER THINE.”
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- Title
- Player Piano Roll
- Date
- 1900 – 1920
- Material
- paper
- Description
- Three player piano rolls and original boxes. The songs on the rolls are “HITS OF 1909,” “THE LAST FAREWELL” and “EVER THINE.”
- Subject
- households
- entertainment
- music
- Credit
- Gift of William Wolodarsky, Banff, 1980
- Catalogue Number
- 104.34.1005 a-c
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- Date
- 1910 – 1960
- Material
- metal
- Catalogue Number
- 104.35.1001
- Description
- A commercially made tin flute-like whistle. The whistle is a metal tube with holes cut out along the top. The tube has a mouthpiece at one end and is open at the other.
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- Title
- Flageolet
- Date
- 1910 – 1960
- Material
- metal
- Description
- A commercially made tin flute-like whistle. The whistle is a metal tube with holes cut out along the top. The tube has a mouthpiece at one end and is open at the other.
- Subject
- music
- entertainment
- Sam Ward
- Credit
- Gift of Sam Ward, Banff, 1973
- Catalogue Number
- 104.35.1001
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- Date
- 1900 – 1920
- Material
- wood; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 104.36.1002
- Description
- Remains of a harmonica that was made from wooden reeds attached together between two thin rectangles of metal.
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- Title
- Harmonica
- Date
- 1900 – 1920
- Material
- wood; metal
- Description
- Remains of a harmonica that was made from wooden reeds attached together between two thin rectangles of metal.
- Subject
- Bankhead
- enterainment
- music
- Credit
- Gift of Jodi Wilson, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.36.1002
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Phonograph Record
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- Date
- 1900 – 1940
- Material
- plastic; paper
- Catalogue Number
- 105.03.1005
- Description
- Collection of old records, most with paper sleeves.
- Title
- Phonograph Record
- Date
- 1900 – 1940
- Material
- plastic; paper
- Description
- Collection of old records, most with paper sleeves.
- Subject
- entertainment
- Simpson family
- music
- Credit
- Gift of James (Sr.) Simpson, 1968
- Catalogue Number
- 105.03.1005
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- Date
- 1870 – 1972
- Material
- metal; sinew
- Catalogue Number
- 104.35.3002
- Description
- Metal tube with six round holes down the length and rectangular opening near mouthpiece wrapped with sinew. Orange “ALBERTA STONEY INDIAN HAND CRAFTS MORLEY - ALBERTA” tag with CRW’s writing on reverse: “Born 1876 about Edwin Dixon died June 15 ‘72 The flute given moon on geese Mar 1st 1876 Old …
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- Title
- Flute
- Date
- 1870 – 1972
- Material
- metal; sinew
- Dimensions
- 1.4 x 1.4 x 30.8 cm
- Description
- Metal tube with six round holes down the length and rectangular opening near mouthpiece wrapped with sinew. Orange “ALBERTA STONEY INDIAN HAND CRAFTS MORLEY - ALBERTA” tag with CRW’s writing on reverse: “Born 1876 about Edwin Dixon died June 15 ‘72 The flute given moon on geese Mar 1st 1876 Old flute given by Hudson Bay Maria Lefthand.”
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.35.3002
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- Date
- prior to 1970
- Material
- bone
- Catalogue Number
- 112.01.3002
- Description
- Length of hollow bone, possibly a whistle.
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- Title
- Bone
- Date
- prior to 1970
- Material
- bone
- Dimensions
- 1.6 x 1.1 x 10.6 cm
- Description
- Length of hollow bone, possibly a whistle.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- music
- animals
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 112.01.3002
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- Date
- 1936
- Medium
- gouache on card
- Catalogue Number
- GyH.07.02
- Description
- Four cowboys are gathered around a teepee, the top of which is not visible, as it runs of the paper. A man at the far right sits on a boulder and plays the guitar. The next man’s back faces the viewer. The third man sits on a second boulder and appears to be playing the harmonica. The fourth ma…
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- Title
- Four Cowboys
- Date
- 1936
- Medium
- gouache on card
- Dimensions
- 26 x 35.8 cm
- Description
- Four cowboys are gathered around a teepee, the top of which is not visible, as it runs of the paper. A man at the far right sits on a boulder and plays the guitar. The next man’s back faces the viewer. The third man sits on a second boulder and appears to be playing the harmonica. The fourth man stands with his leg on the same boulder, his hand resting on his leg. A tree trunk is visible behind the man on the far right. Mountains and a stormy-looking sky are seen beyond the camp setting. All of the men are wearing cowboy hats.
- Subject
- figure
- male
- cowboy
- landscape
- Canadian Rockies
- architecture
- teepee
- activity
- music
- guitar
- harmonica
- Credit
- Gift of Henry George Glyde, Victoria, 1997
- Catalogue Number
- GyH.07.02
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Printing Block
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact104.43.0019
- Date
- n.d.
- Material
- wood; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 104.43.0019
- Description
- A wooden block with a metal plate affixed to it. The plate is engraved in reverse with a group of children signing together in a background while a woman plays a grand piano in the foreground. There are lines extending from the piano to emphasis music being played, and these lines direct the viewer…
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- Title
- Printing Block
- Date
- n.d.
- Material
- wood; metal
- Dimensions
- 9.0 x 13.0 cm
- Description
- A wooden block with a metal plate affixed to it. The plate is engraved in reverse with a group of children signing together in a background while a woman plays a grand piano in the foreground. There are lines extending from the piano to emphasis music being played, and these lines direct the viewers attention to a little stick figure dancing on the ground to the right of the piano. Signature: “Peter Whyte” in the bottom left corner. “#1” is written in pencil on the back. Corresponds with ink and watercolour WyP.03.731.
- Subject
- Whyte home
- art
- Peter Whyte
- music
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.43.0019
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Player Piano Roll
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- Date
- n.d.
- Catalogue Number
- 104.34.0010 a,b
- Description
- Two piano rolls with boxes. The songs on the rolls do not match the box labels. Roll a) reads “2030 9 Stars and Stripes Forever! March Sousa Manufactured by Kohler & Campbe??? New York” and is placed in a box with a label that reads “5136 1.75 TRADE VIRTUOSO MARK Wedding of the Winds WALTZES JOHN T…
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- Title
- Player Piano Roll
- Date
- n.d.
- Dimensions
- 4.8 x 4.8 x 32.3 cm
- Description
- Two piano rolls with boxes. The songs on the rolls do not match the box labels. Roll a) reads “2030 9 Stars and Stripes Forever! March Sousa Manufactured by Kohler & Campbe??? New York” and is placed in a box with a label that reads “5136 1.75 TRADE VIRTUOSO MARK Wedding of the Winds WALTZES JOHN T. HALL 30 D 401 GENERAL MUSIC SUPPLY CO. NEW YORK, U.S.A.”Roll b) reads “72965 TITLE Time, the Place, and the Girl. Selection. J.E. Howard. Introducing: Uncle Sam’s Best; It’s Lonesome To-night; Dixie; I Love You; Waning Honeymoon; Thursday Always Was My Jonah Day; Blow the Smoke Away; Don’t You Tell; Opening Chorus, Act. I.; I Don’t Like Your Family. Arranged by Hilding Anderson.” The label on the box reads, “68 4498 1.75 (STANDARD) Il Trovatore Potpourri. Arr. for 4 hands, by G.W. Marks. Verdi. Manufactured by THE AUTOPIANO COMPANY New York”. The dimensions of roll b) 4.6 x 4.6 x 33.0 cm.
- Subject
- households
- entertainment
- music
- piano
- player piano
- Credit
- Gift of Frank Gourlay, Banff, 1991
- Catalogue Number
- 104.34.0010 a,b
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