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Date
1910 – 1930
Material
plastic; glass; metal; fibre
Catalogue Number
103.08.0218
Description
A pair of wind goggles with thick black plastic (?) eye cups with small oval glass lenses. Brass loops attach the eye cups to the nose piece and headband. A piece of green cord ties the lenses together at the nose, and pieces of a plastic head strap, now broken off, are attached at the outside of…
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Title
Goggles
Date
1910 – 1930
Material
plastic; glass; metal; fibre
Dimensions
4.5 (lens) x 12.0 (approximately) cm
Description
A pair of wind goggles with thick black plastic (?) eye cups with small oval glass lenses. Brass loops attach the eye cups to the nose piece and headband. A piece of green cord ties the lenses together at the nose, and pieces of a plastic head strap, now broken off, are attached at the outside of each eye cup.
Subject
sports
equipment
flying
driving
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
103.08.0218
Images
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1925 – 1966
Medium
graphite; ink on monogram board
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.884
Description
A man wearing a golfing hat has a set of wings attached to his back and has swooped up above a car that is driving below him. There are two people in the vehicle, the one in the passenger seat is looking up at the guy. Above the image it says “THAT HE WILL EVER BECOME A MECHANICAL BIRD AND FLY OVER…
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
1925 – 1966
Medium
graphite; ink on monogram board
Dimensions
39.0 x 26.3 cm
Description
A man wearing a golfing hat has a set of wings attached to his back and has swooped up above a car that is driving below him. There are two people in the vehicle, the one in the passenger seat is looking up at the guy. Above the image it says “THAT HE WILL EVER BECOME A MECHANICAL BIRD AND FLY OVER IS OUT OF THE QUESTION -----------”, and below the drawing it is signed “Peter Whyte”
Subject
car
vehicle
driving
man
people
person
flying
clothing
golf hat
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.884
Images
Less detail
This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and potentially offensive content. Read more.
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