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Date
1890 – 1925
Material
wood; glass; metal, brass; metal, mercury
Catalogue Number
104.30.0003
Description
A field thermometer in a long narrow wooden box case with a brass ring at the top for hanging, and a small brass latch hook to secure the thermometer which slides into the box forming the lid when closed in place. The sliding piece can be reversed to display a glass tube mercury-filled thermometer…
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Title
Thermometer
Date
1890 – 1925
Material
wood; glass; metal, brass; metal, mercury
Dimensions
1.6 x 2.9 x 13.5 cm
Description
A field thermometer in a long narrow wooden box case with a brass ring at the top for hanging, and a small brass latch hook to secure the thermometer which slides into the box forming the lid when closed in place. The sliding piece can be reversed to display a glass tube mercury-filled thermometer attached to a brass plaque scaled from 10o to 120o (Fahrenheit). The inside of the case is marked “183” in pencil and there is a brass plaque on the box labelled “Charles Wilder Co. N.Y.” and “Williams, Brown and Earle Phila”.
Subject
households
weather
seasons
sports
hiking
skiing
camping
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
104.30.0003
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1951 – 1966
Medium
graphite; watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.419
Description
One of Peter and Catharine’s printed greeting cards has been used as a support for two drawings.Blue, green and orange dabs and streaks of watercolour cover the entire inside of the card. On the space above the fold (below is the printed greeting) is the beginning of a drawing of a horse in pencil.…
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
1951 – 1966
Medium
graphite; watercolour on paper
Dimensions
21.2 x 16.5 cm
Description
One of Peter and Catharine’s printed greeting cards has been used as a support for two drawings.Blue, green and orange dabs and streaks of watercolour cover the entire inside of the card. On the space above the fold (below is the printed greeting) is the beginning of a drawing of a horse in pencil. Printed portion: [mountain wildlife scene with artists painting from the back of a red car, dated 1951 Peter Whyte in cursive]
Subject
paint tests
horse
Seasons Greetings
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.419
Images
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