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Mysterious Canada : strange sights, extraordinary events, and peculiar places

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
c1988
Author
Colombo, John Robert
Publisher
Toronto : Doubleday
Call Number
R 08.1 C71
Author
Colombo, John Robert
Publisher
Toronto : Doubleday
Published Date
c1988
Physical Description
xii, 436p. : ill., ports., map
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Banff Springs Hotel
Big Horn Storage and Power Development
Canmore Opera House
Ghosts
Lost Lemon Mine
Stoney Indians
Notes
Bibliography and index
ISBN
0385251505
Accession Number
23500
Call Number
R 08.1 C71
Collection
Archives Library
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Date
1900 – 1935
Material
wood; paper; fibre; metal
Catalogue Number
110.02.0011
Description
A square, nicely constructed, little wood box filled with party favors of metal charms in the shape of card suits; box of lightweight wood with short, black woven tape handles through slits horizontally in two opposite sides of the box; one other side of box has paper label pasted across and around…
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Title
Box
Date
1900 – 1935
Material
wood; paper; fibre; metal
Dimensions
5.0 x 7.3 x 7.3 cm
Description
A square, nicely constructed, little wood box filled with party favors of metal charms in the shape of card suits; box of lightweight wood with short, black woven tape handles through slits horizontally in two opposite sides of the box; one other side of box has paper label pasted across and around one corner with Japanese writing; bottom has round stamped mark in one corner along with brushed Japanese characters; small squares of paper cover tape handle-ends on inside; contains twenty-four sets of card suits (hearts, diamonds, clubs, spades) cut out of aluminum (2.0 cm) with a metal ring through the end of each, twisted together in groups of four with a piece of fabric covered wire.
Subject
Whyte home
collectable, entertainment, travel
souvenir
Japan
Storage
Decor
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
110.02.0011
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