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Field Telephone
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact105.04.0007
- Date
- 1960 – 1979
- Material
- metal; plastic; fabric
- Catalogue Number
- 105.04.0007
- Description
- Northern Electric Field Telephone in metal container. The telephone handle, power cords, and rolled-up carry strap all housed inside the container. Adhered to the inside of the lid is a paper label demonstrating the electrical circuitry and stencilled on the top of the lid is “SS 2734” in black pai…
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- Title
- Field Telephone
- Date
- 1960 – 1979
- Material
- metal; plastic; fabric
- Dimensions
- 23.7 x 13.1 x 18.2 cm
- Description
- Northern Electric Field Telephone in metal container. The telephone handle, power cords, and rolled-up carry strap all housed inside the container. Adhered to the inside of the lid is a paper label demonstrating the electrical circuitry and stencilled on the top of the lid is “SS 2734” in black paint. There are thin metal brackets on both short sides to feed the fabric strap through. The hinged lid opens by pressing a black rubber button on one short side. This model telephone often used by Canadian Pacific Railway when all other forms of communication failed.
- Credit
- Gift of Nicholas Morant, Banff, 2006
- Catalogue Number
- 105.04.0007
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Insulator Peg; Post
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact104.42.1003
- Date
- n.d.
- Material
- wood
- Catalogue Number
- 104.42.1003
- Description
- A grey, weathered, wooden peg (pin, post) used for a wire insulator. One end is carved to a point and the other is turned/threaded (5.5cm). There is also a turned/threaded deep depression (0.80x4.5wide) 6.0cm from the pointed end.
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- Title
- Insulator Peg; Post
- Date
- n.d.
- Material
- wood
- Dimensions
- 30.0 x 5.0 cm
- Description
- A grey, weathered, wooden peg (pin, post) used for a wire insulator. One end is carved to a point and the other is turned/threaded (5.5cm). There is also a turned/threaded deep depression (0.80x4.5wide) 6.0cm from the pointed end.
- Subject
- telephone
- Warden cabin;
- Credit
- Gift of Graeme Pole, Field, 2012
- Catalogue Number
- 104.42.1003
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- Date
- 1915 – 1925
- Medium
- graphite; ink on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.898
- Description
- On a telephone pole and wire there is a group of six black birds. The two on the far right are flying in and landing. Three are sitting looking in different directions, and the the last one that is closest to the pole is singing. There are musical notes around his beak.
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1915 – 1925
- Medium
- graphite; ink on paper
- Dimensions
- 21.6 x 27.9 cm
- Description
- On a telephone pole and wire there is a group of six black birds. The two on the far right are flying in and landing. Three are sitting looking in different directions, and the the last one that is closest to the pole is singing. There are musical notes around his beak.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.898
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Untitled [Prairie Sky and Telephone Lines]
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactwbg.05.01
- Date
- 1940
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WbG.05.01
- Description
- Pink prairie sky, small town viewed from above. Telephone lines and barbed wire fence cut across the image.
- Title
- Untitled [Prairie Sky and Telephone Lines]
- Date
- 1940
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 37.4 x 54.4 cm
- Description
- Pink prairie sky, small town viewed from above. Telephone lines and barbed wire fence cut across the image.
- Subject
- landscape
- prairie
- winter
- telephone lines
- Credit
- Gift of Donna Tingley, Edmonton, 2004
- Catalogue Number
- WbG.05.01
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