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- Date
- n.d.
- Material
- metal; leather; plastic
- Catalogue Number
- 105.06.0067 a,b
- Description
- A letter opener (a) with a brass blade and a blue plastic handle. Stamped on the blade is “MADE IN GERMANY”. Housed in a blue leather sheath (b) that also has another slot for a larger knife or tool. The sheath has a brass tip. Stamped on the leather is “HARNESS CO LONDON BOSTON”.
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- Title
- Letter Opener
- Date
- n.d.
- Material
- metal; leather; plastic
- Dimensions
- 1.7 x 22.0 cm
- Description
- A letter opener (a) with a brass blade and a blue plastic handle. Stamped on the blade is “MADE IN GERMANY”. Housed in a blue leather sheath (b) that also has another slot for a larger knife or tool. The sheath has a brass tip. Stamped on the leather is “HARNESS CO LONDON BOSTON”.
- Subject
- Whyte home
- writing
- desk accessories
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 105.06.0067 a,b
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- Date
- n.d.
- Material
- metal; glass
- Catalogue Number
- 105.06.0069
- Description
- A combination letter opener and magnifying glass. Made of sterling silver that has been pressed to form a flat blade with a pointed tip and a circle of metal around a convex piece of glass. the blade is stamped with “STERLING” and other illegible hallmarks.
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- Title
- Letter Opener
- Date
- n.d.
- Material
- metal; glass
- Dimensions
- 6.5 x 22.5 cm
- Description
- A combination letter opener and magnifying glass. Made of sterling silver that has been pressed to form a flat blade with a pointed tip and a circle of metal around a convex piece of glass. the blade is stamped with “STERLING” and other illegible hallmarks.
- Subject
- Whyte home
- writing
- desk accessories
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 105.06.0069
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- Date
- n.d.
- Material
- metal; paper
- Catalogue Number
- 105.06.0083
- Description
- A notepad that flips open at the top. Has an ornate metal cover that is embossed with a large ship, coats of arms in the upper corners, and a crest at the bottom middle. “ROTTERDAM” is in the upper left, “BATVAIA” in the upper right, “NEDERLAND NED-INDIE” at bottom. Stamped on blue leather on insid…
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- Title
- Notepad
- Date
- n.d.
- Material
- metal; paper
- Dimensions
- 20.0 x 11.0 cm
- Description
- A notepad that flips open at the top. Has an ornate metal cover that is embossed with a large ship, coats of arms in the upper corners, and a crest at the bottom middle. “ROTTERDAM” is in the upper left, “BATVAIA” in the upper right, “NEDERLAND NED-INDIE” at bottom. Stamped on blue leather on inside cover is “Aaugeboden door de N.V. Rotterdamsche Lloyd Rotterdam.” A pad of white paper is inside - the first four pages have handwritten notes.
- Subject
- Whyte home
- desk accessories
- writing
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 105.06.0083
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- Date
- n.d.
- Material
- wood; graphite
- Catalogue Number
- 105.06.0078
- Description
- A wooden pencil, unused. Shaft engraved with “John Thoreau”. Red and white sticker at one end reads “Pencil made by Thoreau”.
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- Title
- Pencil
- Date
- n.d.
- Material
- wood; graphite
- Dimensions
- 0.6 x 16.5 cm
- Description
- A wooden pencil, unused. Shaft engraved with “John Thoreau”. Red and white sticker at one end reads “Pencil made by Thoreau”.
- Subject
- Whyte home
- writing
- desk accessories
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 105.06.0078
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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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