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- Date
- 1920 – 1950
- Material
- metal; metal, brass; glass
- Catalogue Number
- 104.27.0004
- Description
- An atomizer with two long thin silver-coloured tubular horizontal arms that pass through a round button and emerge at the other end as a single nozzle. The button is threaded at the bottom to screw onto a bottle, and holds a short glass tube perpendicular to the arms. The arms are clamped togethe…
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- Title
- Atomizer
- Date
- 1920 – 1950
- Material
- metal; metal, brass; glass
- Dimensions
- 5.4 x 1.6 x 14.3 cm
- Description
- An atomizer with two long thin silver-coloured tubular horizontal arms that pass through a round button and emerge at the other end as a single nozzle. The button is threaded at the bottom to screw onto a bottle, and holds a short glass tube perpendicular to the arms. The arms are clamped together with metal a clip and have a hollow oval mouthpiece which slips over a brass nipple at the end of the arms. The button of the atomizer is marked “DeVilbiss 15 Toledo, O. U.S.A.” and the brass nipple is marked “UP”.
- Subject
- households
- grooming
- medicinal
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.27.0004
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- Date
- 1914 – 1945
- Material
- fibre, cotton
- Catalogue Number
- 104.27.0002 a-c
- Description
- Three cotton bandages.a) A square bandage of unbleached cotton fabric stamped all over with black letters “O.B.S.T.”. One side of the bandage has a narrow strip of the same material joined with a flat-felled seam. The edges are unfinished (torn from a larger piece?). b) A torn square of unbleache…
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- Title
- Bandage
- Date
- 1914 – 1945
- Material
- fibre, cotton
- Dimensions
- 43.0 (a); 18.5 (b); 17.7 (c) x 50.0 (a); 18.5 (b); 17.7 (c) cm
- Description
- Three cotton bandages.a) A square bandage of unbleached cotton fabric stamped all over with black letters “O.B.S.T.”. One side of the bandage has a narrow strip of the same material joined with a flat-felled seam. The edges are unfinished (torn from a larger piece?). b) A torn square of unbleached cotton fabric with “C.R.W.” stencilled in two places on both sides. This bandage is wrapped around a wad of cotton batting and secured with two straight pins. c) A torn square of unbleached cotton fabric with “W Compress Gauze” written in black at the centre. This bandage is wrapped around a wad of cotton batting and a small piece of cotton gauze.
- Subject
- households
- health
- medicinal
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.27.0002 a-c
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- Date
- prior to 1950
- Material
- glass; metal; ceramic
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.1074
- Description
- A glass bottle with a ceramic stopper and metal hinge. The writing on the front says: "solution citrate magnesia dose-adults one half to one bottle as desired children in proportion to age"
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- Title
- Bottle
- Date
- prior to 1950
- Material
- glass; metal; ceramic
- Dimensions
- 21.5 x 22.0 cm
- Description
- A glass bottle with a ceramic stopper and metal hinge. The writing on the front says: "solution citrate magnesia dose-adults one half to one bottle as desired children in proportion to age"
- Subject
- households
- medicinal
- Credit
- Gift of E (Mrs.) Von Kuska, Banff, 1966
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.1074
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- Date
- 1910 – 1914
- Material
- glass
- Catalogue Number
- 103.02.0013
- Description
- A blue glass eyecup with the word “Wyeth” on each side.
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- Title
- Eyecup
- Date
- 1910 – 1914
- Material
- glass
- Dimensions
- 4.0 x 3.5 x 4.1 cm
- Description
- A blue glass eyecup with the word “Wyeth” on each side.
- Subject
- households
- grooming
- medicinal
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.02.0013
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- Date
- 1920 – 1940
- Material
- fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 103.02.0027
- Description
- A homemade pomander made of herbs placed inside a 'Windsor Table Salt' bag that is tied closed at top.
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- Title
- Pomander
- Date
- 1920 – 1940
- Material
- fibre
- Dimensions
- 21.0 x 2.0 x 9.0 cm
- Description
- A homemade pomander made of herbs placed inside a 'Windsor Table Salt' bag that is tied closed at top.
- Subject
- households
- medicinal
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.02.0027
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- Date
- 1910 – 1940
- Material
- metal, brass
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.0464 a,b
- Description
- Two metal drinking straws that are hollow tubes with a slightly flattened mouthpiece at one end and a small hollow bulb pierced with holes at the other. The bulb unscrews for cleaning. a) A straw with three decorative twists in the stem. This straw is marked with the number “54535 008”.b) A stra…
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- Title
- Strainer Straw
- Date
- 1910 – 1940
- Material
- metal, brass
- Dimensions
- 0.8 (a); 1.2 (b) x 1.7 (a); 1.5 (b) x 14.5 (a); 15.2 (b) cm
- Description
- Two metal drinking straws that are hollow tubes with a slightly flattened mouthpiece at one end and a small hollow bulb pierced with holes at the other. The bulb unscrews for cleaning. a) A straw with three decorative twists in the stem. This straw is marked with the number “54535 008”.b) A straw with floral relief at the end of the stem with three brass coloured flowers. This straw is marked with the number “54535 ---”.
- Subject
- households
- social customs
- medicinal
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.0464 a,b
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- Date
- 1940 – 1955
- Material
- glass; metal, mercury; plastic
- Catalogue Number
- 104.27.0001 a,b
- Description
- A thermometer (a) in a platstic case (b).a) An glass oral fever thermometer with a triangular shaped stem and a long thin bulb for mercury at the bottom. A scale is marked on the side with gradations from 94o to 110o and a red arrow at 98.6o (normal human body temperature) Farenheit. The thermome…
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- Title
- Thermometer
- Date
- 1940 – 1955
- Material
- glass; metal, mercury; plastic
- Dimensions
- 0.3 (a) x 0.2 (a) x 10.3 (a); 11.3 (b) cm
- Description
- A thermometer (a) in a platstic case (b).a) An glass oral fever thermometer with a triangular shaped stem and a long thin bulb for mercury at the bottom. A scale is marked on the side with gradations from 94o to 110o and a red arrow at 98.6o (normal human body temperature) Farenheit. The thermometer is marked “Tycos 6 TB 1”.b) The case is a tube of black plastic with a screw-on lid. There is a flattened fingerhold just below lid.
- Subject
- households
- health
- medicinal
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.27.0001 a,b
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