Narrow Results By
- Date
- 1920 – 1930
- Material
- fibre, silk; glass
- Catalogue Number
- 103.05.1163
- Description
- Black silk dress that hangs straight through the body from the shoulders (chemise) with cap sleeves. The dress is heavily decorated with beadwork - coloured circles and black geometric shapes. A white tag at the back of the neck is marked “16” in red.
1 image
- Title
- Beaded Dress
- Date
- 1920 – 1930
- Material
- fibre, silk; glass
- Dimensions
- 71.2 x 126.8 cm
- Description
- Black silk dress that hangs straight through the body from the shoulders (chemise) with cap sleeves. The dress is heavily decorated with beadwork - coloured circles and black geometric shapes. A white tag at the back of the neck is marked “16” in red.
- Subject
- households
- fashion
- Mary McCowan
- Credit
- Gift of Barbara Phillips, Kamloops, 2003
- Catalogue Number
- 103.05.1163
Images
This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and
potentially offensive content.
Read more.
- Date
- n.d.
- Material
- leather, metal
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.0311
- Description
- Light-brown leather belt with silver metal buckle and ten holes. Exterior features embossed flowers and leaves.
1 image
- Title
- Belt
- Date
- n.d.
- Material
- leather, metal
- Dimensions
- 2.7 x 103.0 cm
- Description
- Light-brown leather belt with silver metal buckle and ten holes. Exterior features embossed flowers and leaves.
- Subject
- whyte home, fashion
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.0311
Images
This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and
potentially offensive content.
Read more.
- Date
- n.d.
- Material
- leather, metal
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.0312
- Description
- Dark-brown stiff leather belt with square silver metal buckle and ten holes. Exterior features embossed swirling leaves and flowers, and curved lace-like pattern.
1 image
- Title
- Belt
- Date
- n.d.
- Material
- leather, metal
- Dimensions
- 3.1 x 97.0 cm
- Description
- Dark-brown stiff leather belt with square silver metal buckle and ten holes. Exterior features embossed swirling leaves and flowers, and curved lace-like pattern.
- Subject
- whyte home, fashion
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.0312
Images
This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and
potentially offensive content.
Read more.
- Date
- n.d.
- Material
- plastic, cardboard, metal
- Catalogue Number
- 103.01.0346
- Description
- Rectangular pink and white plastic bobby pin package. Front reads: “WITCH; HEAVY HA...Whitecroft; MADE IN ENGLAND”. Back reads: “‘WITCH’ Hair Pins; ‘STAY PUT’ ...Their shape is the secret, the FOUR POINT GRIP holds them firmly in place”.
1 image
- Title
- Bobby Pin
- Date
- n.d.
- Material
- plastic, cardboard, metal
- Dimensions
- 10.1 x 4.9 cm
- Description
- Rectangular pink and white plastic bobby pin package. Front reads: “WITCH; HEAVY HA...Whitecroft; MADE IN ENGLAND”. Back reads: “‘WITCH’ Hair Pins; ‘STAY PUT’ ...Their shape is the secret, the FOUR POINT GRIP holds them firmly in place”.
- Subject
- whyte home, hair, fashion
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.01.0346
Images
This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and
potentially offensive content.
Read more.
- Date
- n.d.
- Material
- metal, cardboard
- Catalogue Number
- 103.01.0347
- Description
- Yellow, red, and blue flat rectangular cardboard package of bobby pins. Front text reads: “CUSHION TIPPED VASSAR BOB PINS”.
1 image
- Title
- Bobby Pin
- Date
- n.d.
- Material
- metal, cardboard
- Dimensions
- 7.6 x 14.0 cm
- Description
- Yellow, red, and blue flat rectangular cardboard package of bobby pins. Front text reads: “CUSHION TIPPED VASSAR BOB PINS”.
- Subject
- whyte home, hair, style, fashion
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.01.0347
Images
This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and
potentially offensive content.
Read more.
- Date
- n.d.
- Material
- metal
- Catalogue Number
- 103.01.0348 a-l
- Description
- Hairpin set consisting of: a-k — Eleven rectangular metal hairpins with rectangular square clamp head featuring circular cut-out, and rectangular ridges on legs. Back text reads: “JAPAN”.l —Rectangular metal hairpin with square clamp head and ovular cut-outs on legs. Back text reads: “PAT. #2687737…
1 image
- Title
- Set Hairpin
- Date
- n.d.
- Material
- metal
- Dimensions
- 1.0 x 1.1 cm
- Description
- Hairpin set consisting of: a-k — Eleven rectangular metal hairpins with rectangular square clamp head featuring circular cut-out, and rectangular ridges on legs. Back text reads: “JAPAN”.l —Rectangular metal hairpin with square clamp head and ovular cut-outs on legs. Back text reads: “PAT. #2687737; VILON”.(h: 0.6 cm x w: 1.3 cm x d: 5.1 cm).
- Subject
- whyte home, hair, style, fashion
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.01.0348 a-l
Images
This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and
potentially offensive content.
Read more.
- Date
- n.d.
- Material
- paper, human hair
- Catalogue Number
- 103.01.0349
- Description
- White and yellow thin rectangular envelope with brown hairnet inside. Envelope front features a woman’s side-profile with text that reads: “SINGLE MESH; FOR BOBBED HAIR...MID BROWN P13; PRINCESS PAT; Real Human Hair Net; BEST QUALITY; FINEST MESH; Invisible”. Back text reads: “...Princess Pat Produ…
1 image
- Title
- Hair Net
- Date
- n.d.
- Material
- paper, human hair
- Dimensions
- 9.5 x 17.0 cm
- Description
- White and yellow thin rectangular envelope with brown hairnet inside. Envelope front features a woman’s side-profile with text that reads: “SINGLE MESH; FOR BOBBED HAIR...MID BROWN P13; PRINCESS PAT; Real Human Hair Net; BEST QUALITY; FINEST MESH; Invisible”. Back text reads: “...Princess Pat Products Limited 88 Orfus Road, Toronto”.
- Subject
- whyte home, hair, style, fashion
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.01.0349
Images
This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and
potentially offensive content.
Read more.
- Date
- n.d.
- Material
- cardboard, plastic
- Catalogue Number
- 110.01.0253
- Description
- Short pink patterned box with clear plastic lid. Exterior text reads: “12 distinctive notes by Austin-Marshall; Made in Canada by Austin Marshall Limited; 200 Bedford Road; Toronto”. Inside box are loose brown curvy hairpins, and two unopened red and white hairpin packages. Top package reads: “‘Per…
1 image
- Title
- Box
- Date
- n.d.
- Material
- cardboard, plastic
- Dimensions
- 2.5 x 15.3 cm
- Description
- Short pink patterned box with clear plastic lid. Exterior text reads: “12 distinctive notes by Austin-Marshall; Made in Canada by Austin Marshall Limited; 200 Bedford Road; Toronto”. Inside box are loose brown curvy hairpins, and two unopened red and white hairpin packages. Top package reads: “‘Perfecto’ HAIR P...NON FLAMMABLE; MADE IN CANADA”. White sticker obscuring text reads: “the Bay 5J7...”.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 110.01.0253
Images
This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and
potentially offensive content.
Read more.
- Date
- n.d.
- Material
- fabric
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.0320
- Description
- A square green fabric kerchief/scarf. Polyester/rayon with printed on red and yellow flowers and multicoloured geometric strips. Small white and gold tag at one edge. Found in cardboard envelope with red and white geometric patterns.
1 image
- Title
- Neckerchief
- Date
- n.d.
- Material
- fabric
- Dimensions
- 44.0 x 44.0 cm
- Description
- A square green fabric kerchief/scarf. Polyester/rayon with printed on red and yellow flowers and multicoloured geometric strips. Small white and gold tag at one edge. Found in cardboard envelope with red and white geometric patterns.
- Subject
- Whyte home
- accessories
- fashion
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.0320
Images
This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and
potentially offensive content.
Read more.
- Date
- n.d.
- Material
- fabric
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0529
- Description
- Square handkerchief with a white centre, and a grey, red, and teal plaid-like pattern around the borders.
1 image
- Title
- Handkerchief
- Date
- n.d.
- Material
- fabric
- Dimensions
- 42.6 x 43.5 cm
- Description
- Square handkerchief with a white centre, and a grey, red, and teal plaid-like pattern around the borders.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0529
Images
This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and
potentially offensive content.
Read more.