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Air Meter

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Date: 1900 – 1930

Material: metal; glass; wood

Catalogue Number: 104.30.0006

Description: Air meter enclosed in circular shallow brass case covered with glass, and standing on three brass legs (3.5 cm) attached to a solid brass disk stand of the same size. Brass ring attached perpendicular to side of the meter case by two thin metal arms, contains wind vane with eight small square sails…

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Title: Air Meter

Date: 1900 – 1930

Material: metal; glass; wood

Dimensions: 7.1 x 7.8 x 8.5 cm

Description: Air meter enclosed in circular shallow brass case covered with glass, and standing on three brass legs (3.5 cm) attached to a solid brass disk stand of the same size. Brass ring attached perpendicular to side of the meter case by two thin metal arms, contains wind vane with eight small square sails attached to centre by small metal arms. Face dial measured around perimeter with numbers from 0-90 has small circular dial at top with numbers from 0-9 and the letters "HDS" just above central pivot of small thin needle. Dial reads "Air meter to 1000 feet/No 508". Bottom of solid brass base has screw hole at centre to hold screw mount which is brass finger screw with black painted brass tube attached to top. Lever on side of meter halts needle. Box, plain square wooden box with brass hinges for lid is fitted with small blocks of wood to hold air meter securely in place. Mounting screw slips over arm of piece of wood fastened to lid. Paper label inside lid reads, "Correction for Air Meter No. 508/. Add 30 per minute to the observed reading of the Air Meter. Note. Each instrument is now regulated so as to reduce the correction to a constant quantity per minute, which must be added as in the example given.". Small brass latch hook closes lid.

Subject: households; industry; surveying; Russell Robb

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: 104.30.0006

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Alberta Energy

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Artist: George Weber (1907 – 2002, Canadian)

Date: 1981

Medium: ink on paper

Catalogue Number: WbG.04.031

Description: Oilfield at dawn.

Artist: George Weber (1907 – 2002, Canadian)

Title: Alberta Energy

Date: 1981

Medium: ink on paper

Dimensions: 20.1 x 28.1 cm

Description: Oilfield at dawn.

Subject: landscape; rural; industry; oilfield

Credit: Gift of Donna Tingley, Edmonton, 2004

Catalogue Number: WbG.04.031

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American trade, industry and politics scrapbook [1939]

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: Scrapbook is hand-made from coloured construction paper and consists of newspaper clippings from The Christian Science Monitor's Fireside Series [ca. 1939]. Newspaper clippings pertain to various problems and policies in the United States at the beginning of World War II, including foreign trade, i…

Date Range: [1939]

Reference Code: LUX / III / B4 - 21

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Textual record; Scrapbook

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: LUX

Series: III.B.4. Georgina Luxton : Collected Material : Textual Records

Sous-Fonds: III. Luxton Family sous-fonds

Accession Number: LUX

Reference Code: LUX / III / B4 - 21

GMD: Textual record; Scrapbook

Date Range: [1939]

Physical Description: 2 cm of textual records

Scope & Content: Scrapbook is hand-made from coloured construction paper and consists of newspaper clippings from The Christian Science Monitor's Fireside Series [ca. 1939]. Newspaper clippings pertain to various problems and policies in the United States at the beginning of World War II, including foreign trade, industry, wages and employment, and federal taxes.

Subject Access: Businesses; Commerce; Industry; Communications; Finances; Government; Labour; Laws and legislation; Military; Politics; Science and technology; War; World War II

Geographic Access: United States of America

Language: English

Category: Commerce and industry; Communications; Government; Labour; Law and justice; Military; Politics; Science and technology

Title Source: Title based on contents of item

Processing Status: Processed

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Aneroid Barometer

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Date: 1870 – 1910

Material: glass; metal

Catalogue Number: 104.30.0008

Description: Wall type aneroid barometer in a brass casing with three brackets for screw mounting, its range is 710 to 790 millimeters. It’s manufactured for the Phillipine Islands and all the surface information is in Spanish. The longer of the two brass needles under the glass is the pressure indicatior and …

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Title: Aneroid Barometer

Date: 1870 – 1910

Material: glass; metal

Dimensions: 5.8 x 19.1 cm

Description: Wall type aneroid barometer in a brass casing with three brackets for screw mounting, its range is 710 to 790 millimeters. It’s manufactured for the Phillipine Islands and all the surface information is in Spanish. The longer of the two brass needles under the glass is the pressure indicatior and the shorter of the needles is the setting which can be varied manually for purposes of comparison.

Subject: households; industry; weather; Russell Robb

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: 104.30.0008

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Bankhead Collliers, N.W.T. ca. 1904

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Part Of: Walter H. Aldridge fonds

Scope & Content: Image of a street lined with houses in Bankhead

Date Range: ca. 1904

Reference Code: v694 / 2 / na66 - 166

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph; Negative, copy

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Part Of: Walter H. Aldridge fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: V694

Reference Code: v694 / 2 / na66 - 166

GMD: Photograph; Negative, copy

Date Range: ca. 1904

Physical Description: 1 photograph : negative : copy negative

Scope & Content: Image of a street lined with houses in Bankhead

Subject Access: Buildings and memorials; Commerce; Discovery and Exploration; Immigration and homesteading; Industry; Labour; Railways; Transportation

Geographic Access: Alberta; British Columbia

Creator: Walter Hull Aldridge, photographer

Title Source: copy negative envelope

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[Bankhead Mines]

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Part Of: Wheatley family fonds

Scope & Content: Image of infrastructure at the Bankhead mine.

Date Range: ca. 1905

Reference Code: v679 / 3 / b / na66 - 1799

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph; Negative, copy

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Part Of: Wheatley family fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: V679

Reference Code: v679 / 3 / b / na66 - 1799

GMD: Photograph; Negative, copy

Date Range: ca. 1905

Physical Description: 1 photograph : negative : copy negative

Scope & Content: Image of infrastructure at the Bankhead mine.

Subject Access: Buildings and memorials; Commerce; Immigration and homesteading; Industry; Labour; Railways; Science and technology; Transportation

Geographic Access: Alberta; British Columbia

Title Source: copy negative envelope

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Beer Room, Canmore

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Artist: Kathleen Frances Daly Pepper (1898 – 1994, Canadian)

Date: 1944

Medium: wax crayon on paper

Catalogue Number: DaK.03.25

Description: A couple, man with hat and a woman is sitting at a table on which are glasses. The table is centre bottom, half round. The couple is in conversation, other people in the background.

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Artist: Kathleen Frances Daly Pepper (1898 – 1994, Canadian)

Title: Beer Room, Canmore

Date: 1944

Medium: wax crayon on paper

Dimensions: 29.2 x 36.7 cm

Description: A couple, man with hat and a woman is sitting at a table on which are glasses. The table is centre bottom, half round. The couple is in conversation, other people in the background.

Subject: figure, group; industry; coal mining

Credit: Purchased from Kathleen Frances Daly Pepper, 1989

Catalogue Number: DaK.03.25

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Between Shifts

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Artist: Kathleen Frances Daly Pepper (1898 – 1994, Canadian)

Date: 1944

Medium: wax crayon on paper

Catalogue Number: DaK.03.14

Description: The right side of the picture is dominated by on man sitting at a table with hat and coat, with a glass to his lips. A table is to centre left, glass on it, other men in background.

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Artist: Kathleen Frances Daly Pepper (1898 – 1994, Canadian)

Title: Between Shifts

Date: 1944

Medium: wax crayon on paper

Dimensions: 29.2 x 36.8 cm

Description: The right side of the picture is dominated by on man sitting at a table with hat and coat, with a glass to his lips. A table is to centre left, glass on it, other men in background.