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Plaque

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Date: 1920 – 1920

Material: wax; metal; fibre

Catalogue Number: 107.01.0077

Description: A molded frame of a wax compound with a deep relief of a cathedral aisle lined with columns and arches from a floor to a high ceiling. There is a partition and doors at the end of a tall arched wall with a plaque and wreath on a tiled floor in front. The plaque is a yellowed ivory colour with blac…

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Title: Plaque

Date: 1920 – 1920

Material: wax; metal; fibre

Dimensions: 8.5 x 15.0 cm

Description: A molded frame of a wax compound with a deep relief of a cathedral aisle lined with columns and arches from a floor to a high ceiling. There is a partition and doors at the end of a tall arched wall with a plaque and wreath on a tiled floor in front. The plaque is a yellowed ivory colour with black and brown staining to enhance details. The plaque hangs from a doubled brown twisted cord through small holes molded through each of the top corners. Carved below the relief is “The Grave of the Unknown Warrior in Westminster Abbey Nov 11 1920.” The back is stamped “Ivorex copyright in all countries Arthur Osborne, made in England.”

Subject: households; souvenirs; military; memorials; symbols; collectables

Credit: Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: 107.01.0077

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E.C. Richmond[?]

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Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Scope & Content: Image of E.C. Richmond[?] posed in a studio portrait dressed in an RCMP uniform - the photograph is signed and dated in the bottom right corner

Date Range: 1927

Reference Code: V683 / III / A / 15 / PA - 742

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph

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Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: M36 / V683 / S37

Series: V683 / III / A / 15 : Peter and Catharine Whyte: Collected Photographs

Sous-Fonds: V683

Accession Number: .

Reference Code: V683 / III / A / 15 / PA - 742

GMD: Photograph

Date Range: 1927

Physical Description: Photograph: 1 print; b&w.

Scope & Content: Image of E.C. Richmond[?] posed in a studio portrait dressed in an RCMP uniform - the photograph is signed and dated in the bottom right corner

Subject Access: Military; Portrait; Royal Canadian Mounted Police

Geographic Access: Banff; Banff National Park

Language: English

Title Source: Title based on item

Processing Status: Processed

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Medal

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Date: 1927

Material: fibre

Catalogue Number: 103.09.0026 a-f

Description: (a) a round silver medallion that hangs from a blue ribbon. The ribbon has a bar at the top that reads “Past President” and this top bar has an enamelled hanging bar that reads ”Branch”. The medal is round with a bronze maple leaf at the centre on an enamelled Union Jack. There is a wreath of bronz…

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Title: Medal

Date: 1927

Material: fibre

Description: (a) a round silver medallion that hangs from a blue ribbon. The ribbon has a bar at the top that reads “Past President” and this top bar has an enamelled hanging bar that reads ”Branch”. The medal is round with a bronze maple leaf at the centre on an enamelled Union Jack. There is a wreath of bronze maple leaves around the outer edge of the medal. A band around the edge of the Union Jack reads “British Empire Service League” with a banner at the bottom that reads “Canadian Legion”. The medal is engraved on the back “Frederick Brewster, Jasper Alta no. 31 Branch 1927.(b) circular bronze pin from the Canadian Legion. The outside band is marked “British Empire Service League”. The centre of the pin has a bronze maple leaf on on an enamelled Union Jack pattern with a banner beneath that is marked “Canadian Legion”. Pin has screw-on stud back.(c) pin measuring 1.6cm wide x2.1cm, cut out in the shape of a shield with an enamelled Union Jack under a white maple leaf at the centre containing the letter “G.W.V.”. (Great War Veterans). Pin is surmounted by a silver-coloured crown.(d) pin measuring 2.3cm in diameter with a round bronze-coloured back and the words “For Service at the Front” around the edge border. The centre features an enamelled shield-shaped Union Jack with “C.E.F.” (Canadian Expeditionary Force) above the shield.(e) four brass-coloured metal pips.(f) one very simple gold-coloured round disk pin, maesuring 2.5cm in diameter with the word “Canadian Division, Lest We Forget” around the edge.

Subject: club; Canadian Legion; Canadian Expeditionary Forces; military

Credit: Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: 103.09.0026 a-f

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Current Events [January - March 1940]

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: Scrapbook is handmade from coloured construction paper. Scrapbook has annotated title page which reads "Current Events January February March". Scrapbook contains newspaper clippings relating to media coverage of World War II from early 1940.

Date Range: 1940

Reference Code: LUX / III / B4 - 25

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Textual record; Scrapbook; Newspaper clipping

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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 - 25

GMD: Textual record; Scrapbook; Newspaper clipping

Date Range: 1940

Physical Description: 1.5 cm of textual records

Scope & Content: Scrapbook is handmade from coloured construction paper. Scrapbook has annotated title page which reads "Current Events January February March". Scrapbook contains newspaper clippings relating to media coverage of World War II from early 1940.

Notes: Some pages are annotated in pen with dates [presumably the month and year of publication of each page's respective articles].

Name Access: Churchill, Winston

Subject Access: Commerce and industry; Finances; Geography; Government; History; Labour; Laws and legislation; Military; Newspaper; Politics; Public events; Public Speaking; Royalty; War; World War II

Geographic Access: Canada; Russia; Japan; Germany; United States of America; England; Finland; Italy; India; Brazil; Argentina

Access Restrictions: Restrictions may apply

Reproduction Restrictions: Restrictions may apply

Language: English

Conservation: Several metal paperclips have been removed and replaced with plastic clips due to visible rust damage and risk of contaminating other materials in scrapbook; Metal bindings of scrapbook have been replaced with unbleached string for preservation reasons.

Related Material: Scrapbook LUX/III/B4/25 is part of collection of related scrapbooks [LUX / III / B4 / 24 to 28] covering global current events, commerce and political news from 1938-1940.

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

Title Source: Title based on contents of item

Processing Status: Processed

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Belt

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Date: 1940

Material: skin, deer; metal, brass

Catalogue Number: 103.07.0015

Description: A soft buckskin belt with fringe (11.0 cm long) along the bottom edge. The belt fastens with a brass button from the U.S. Military (same as #103.07.0060m CC).

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Title: Belt

Date: 1940

Material: skin, deer; metal, brass

Dimensions: 4.7 x 76.0 cm

Description: A soft buckskin belt with fringe (11.0 cm long) along the bottom edge. The belt fastens with a brass button from the U.S. Military (same as #103.07.0060m CC).

Subject: Indigenous; clothing; decorative; uniform; United States; military; insignia

Credit: Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: 103.07.0015

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Unidentified couple

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Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Scope & Content: Image of an unidentified couple on their wedding day, he is wearing a Royal Air Force uniform - "A happy day. June 4th 1941. Leeds, England" written on the back in black ink

Date Range: 1941

Reference Code: V683 / III / A / 15 / PA - 584

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph

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Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: M36 / V683 / S37

Series: V683 / III / A / 15 : Peter and Catharine Whyte: Collected Photographs

Sous-Fonds: V683

Accession Number: .

Reference Code: V683 / III / A / 15 / PA - 584

GMD: Photograph

Date Range: 1941

Physical Description: Photograph: 1 print (front and insert); b&w.

Scope & Content: Image of an unidentified couple on their wedding day, he is wearing a Royal Air Force uniform - "A happy day. June 4th 1941. Leeds, England" written on the back in black ink

Subject Access: Marriage; Military; Portrait; Weddings

Geographic Access: England

Language: English

Title Source: Title based on item

Processing Status: Processed

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Book

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Date: 1942

Material: paper

Catalogue Number: 105.02.1159 a,b

Description: Thin blue book with RCAF logo entitled “CANADA’S Air HERITAGE” and an invitation card with three airplanes and “Course 61 requests the pleasure of your company at their Wings Banquet and Stag on Wednesday, November 18th. 20.00 hrs. 1942.”

Title: Book

Date: 1942

Material: paper

Description: Thin blue book with RCAF logo entitled “CANADA’S Air HERITAGE” and an invitation card with three airplanes and “Course 61 requests the pleasure of your company at their Wings Banquet and Stag on Wednesday, November 18th. 20.00 hrs. 1942.”