- Date
- 1995 – 2000
- Material
- metal
- Catalogue Number
- 103.09.1299 a-q
- Description
- collection of 17 Banff Hard Rock Cafe pins:a) stand alone logo pin stamped “SHILO’95” in the back; “Hard Rock CAFE” coloured in yellow with golden rim, each word underlined twice, contrasting against a blue disk and a white background; “BANFF” written in black with golden rim at the bottom b) guita…
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- Title
- Pin Collection
- Date
- 1995 – 2000
- Material
- metal
- Dimensions
- 6.5 cm
- Description
- collection of 17 Banff Hard Rock Cafe pins:a) stand alone logo pin stamped “SHILO’95” in the back; “Hard Rock CAFE” coloured in yellow with golden rim, each word underlined twice, contrasting against a blue disk and a white background; “BANFF” written in black with golden rim at the bottom b) guitar-shaped pin with “BANFF” written on the neck and “Hard Rock CAFE” logo on the body with the yellow disk of the logo superposed over the instrument sound hole; front view of ski jumper in V-style flight; five mountain peaks depicted at the base of the guitar body(a,b) were received placed in the same plastic ziploc bag, taped to the back of the cardboard envelope with the dates “1995-1997 Pre-unification” written above in blue ballpoint pen inkc) guitar-shaped pin with logo on the body; “BANFF” written in gold on the neck; yellow, red and blue musical notes and paper streamers radiating from the logo; “OCT 1996 / 1ST ANNIVERSARY” written in gold against a white backgroundd) large disk, yellow circle inside, white ring on the outside, with “Hard Rock / CAFE” logo centered; inscription at the bottom of the white ring: “ALL IS ONE / BANFF”; United States and Canada flags above the logo placed so as to form an inverted V shape; when donation received, there was a handwritten blue ink inscription label on the cardboard above where the pin’s ziploc bag was taped reading: “1998 Unification Pin” (e, f) two identical pins featuring “Hard Rock” logo written in blue with golden rim above “CAFE” written in gold contrasting against a white disk and yellow ring with “HALLOWEEN ‘98 / BANFF” written in gold; black bat with golden rim hanging upside down at the bottom of the disk; the back of the pin is serially stamped with the cafe logo and trademark information: “Hard Rock Cafe R / Made in China / Fabrique en Chine”g) “Hard Rock / CAFE / BANFF” classic logo pin (red-golden-yellow)h) guitar-shaped pin with design similar to (b) with slightly different colours: golden body of the guitar textured with spirals; “Hard Rock” logo in bluei) red with golden rims Santa Claus’ sleigh-shaped pin with “Hard Rock / CAFE / 1998 / BANFF” logo in green print centered over a white disk; yellow, green, blue, and red presents placed in sleighj) golden round pin with “Hard Rock/ CAFE / BANFF” logo in red print centered; embossed inscription on the outer ring: “4th ANNIVERSARY / OCTOBER 20, 1999”k) blue, black and white with golden rim guitar-shaped pin; “LIMITED EDITION” written on the neck of the guitar; “Hard Rock / CAFE / BANFF” logo stamped on the lower part of the guitar bodyl) green flying V guitar-shaped pin commemorating “ST PATRICK”S DAY” with inscription on the guitar neck; “2000” written on a green top hat perched on the guitar headstock; two clover leaves attached to the guitar neck; “Hard Rock / CAFE” logo in red, blue and gold, figuring at the centre of the body; “BANFF” written in gold at the bottom of the guitar body(m, n) were presented under the handwritten headline “Dead Guitarist Pins” written on the back of the envelope where their ziploc bag was tapedm) guitar-shaped pin with golden rim and red translucent body showing a spiral textured background; “BANFF” written on black strap curled around the guitar neck; “Hard Rock / CAFE” red, yellow, golden classic logo on the body of the guitar; a white sticker attached to the ziploc bag containing the pin was labelled “Eddie Cochran”n) golden, yellow and black guitar-shaped pin; the guitar is a tribute to Buddy Holly’s Gibson J-45 with its custom made tooled leather covering featuring flowers; a white sticker attached to the ziploc bag containing the pin was labelled “Buddy Holly”o) earth-shaped pin with “EARTH DAY” label on top; “SAVE THE PLANET / 2000 / BANFF” written in the middle over a planetary ring; “Hard Rock / CAFE” appearing at the bottomp) red, blue, yellow, and white guitar-shaped pin with golden rim; number “2000” written vertically to replace the neck; shooting stars forming the headstock; “Hard Rock / CAFE / BANFF” logo in the middle of the guitar body; inscription at the bottom of the body: “EVERY 1000 YEARS / WE ROCK HARD!”q) broken in two heart-shaped pin with lace trim; “Hard Rock / CAFE” classic logo in the middle; “VALENTINE’S DAY” written in gold along the heart’s left side outline; “BANFF 2000” written in gold along the heart’s right side outline
- Credit
- Gift of Kerry Guenter, 2019
- Catalogue Number
- 103.09.1299 a-q
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