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Fireplace Shovel
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- Date
- n.d.
- Material
- metal; wood
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0462
- Description
- A small, cast iron shovel with a wooden handle. Wooden handle has been painted black.
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- Title
- Fireplace Shovel
- Date
- n.d.
- Material
- metal; wood
- Dimensions
- 79.0 x 11.5 cm
- Description
- A small, cast iron shovel with a wooden handle. Wooden handle has been painted black.
- Subject
- Whyte home
- fireplace
- heating
- accessories
- tools
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0462
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- Date
- n.d.
- Material
- metal; wood
- Catalogue Number
- 102.05.0096
- Description
- Candlesnuffer with long wooden handle, thicker at one end with a ball on that end, and a cone snapped snuffer. Stamped with “D&F” and other symbols.
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- Title
- Candlesnuffer
- Date
- n.d.
- Material
- metal; wood
- Dimensions
- 7.3 x 35.3 cm
- Description
- Candlesnuffer with long wooden handle, thicker at one end with a ball on that end, and a cone snapped snuffer. Stamped with “D&F” and other symbols.
- Subject
- Moore
- household tools
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.05.0096
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Strike-A-Light
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- Date
- prior to 1900
- Material
- metal
- Catalogue Number
- 102.07.3001
- Description
- A flat piece of steel 1.0 x 0.4 cm is bent into an oval shape with the points welded together and coming to a sharp point 0.8 cm wide. A chain 31.0 long is attached to loop as a wrist strap. Stamped on one side is the outline of a tiger and below that stamped "Tiger" and two other illegible word…
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- Title
- Strike-A-Light
- Date
- prior to 1900
- Material
- metal
- Dimensions
- 4.0 x 9.0 cm
- Description
- A flat piece of steel 1.0 x 0.4 cm is bent into an oval shape with the points welded together and coming to a sharp point 0.8 cm wide. A chain 31.0 long is attached to loop as a wrist strap. Stamped on one side is the outline of a tiger and below that stamped "Tiger" and two other illegible words. Tag in CRW's writing: "Helen Scalplock Oct 24 1971."
- Subject
- households
- Indigenous
- Stoney
- Helen Scalplock
- tools
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.07.3001
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- Date
- 1920 – 1940
- Material
- metal; aluminum;
- Catalogue Number
- 103.01.0351 a-k
- Description
- Eleven aluminum Goody hair clips in two styles: six are wave clips - slightly curved with two rows of interlocking teeth designed to pinch ridges of hair into finger waves. The other five are dry-fast end curlers - hollow round clips with holes throughout and an overlapping wire designed to be roll…
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- Title
- Hair Clip
- Date
- 1920 – 1940
- Material
- metal; aluminum;
- Dimensions
- 1.4 x 2.3 x 12.2 cm
- Description
- Eleven aluminum Goody hair clips in two styles: six are wave clips - slightly curved with two rows of interlocking teeth designed to pinch ridges of hair into finger waves. The other five are dry-fast end curlers - hollow round clips with holes throughout and an overlapping wire designed to be rolled into a lock of hair that is held in place by the wire, the hollow design allows air to access the inside of the rolled hair so it dries faster. Finger waves and tightly curled short hair was an extremely popular style during the 1920s and into the 1930s, prior to the Great Depression. Hair would usually be treated with a curling chemical agent beforehand so that the style would hold once the clips were removed, as hairspray hadn’t been invented yet. A hallmark feature of finger waves is that the style is achieved without the use of heated curling irons.
- Credit
- Gift of Bill Mather, Edmonton, 1991
- Catalogue Number
- 103.01.0351 a-k
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- Date
- 1920 – 1930
- Material
- wood; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 103.02.0039
- Description
- A comb of wooden tines which radiate like the spokes of a wheel, through a section of arc from an extended handle. They are made of bamboo. At the focus they are bound in wire. Either side of the wedge of tines is encased in a darker wooden carved face plate which extends up to face the handle as w…
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- Title
- Comb
- Date
- 1920 – 1930
- Material
- wood; metal
- Dimensions
- 0.9 x 11.0 x 24.5 cm
- Description
- A comb of wooden tines which radiate like the spokes of a wheel, through a section of arc from an extended handle. They are made of bamboo. At the focus they are bound in wire. Either side of the wedge of tines is encased in a darker wooden carved face plate which extends up to face the handle as well and the face plates are held to the extensions of the struts by fine brass wire, a shaft of wire running through the tines between the face plates and curled at its ends. A lace of fine brass wire separates as it binds the tines below the face plates. The face plates are carved with small stroke designs.
- Subject
- Whyte home
- accessories
- equipment
- tools
- households
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.02.0039
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- Date
- 1904 – 1915
- Material
- skin
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0114
- Description
- A small rectangular leather case with a flap and a snap.
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- Title
- Case
- Date
- 1904 – 1915
- Material
- skin
- Dimensions
- 4.5 x 11.0 cm
- Description
- A small rectangular leather case with a flap and a snap.
- Subject
- households
- tools
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0114
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- Date
- 1920 – 1930
- Material
- metal, steel; shell, tortoise
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0169
- Description
- A very small knife with a two-piece tortoise shell handle that is hinged with a rivet at either side of the blade. The blade fits between the handle pieces when not in use. The pressure of the user’s hand on the handle holds the blade in place when using the knife. The blade is sharpened on one …
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- Title
- Pocket Knife
- Date
- 1920 – 1930
- Material
- metal, steel; shell, tortoise
- Dimensions
- 0.3 x 1.0 x 5.6 (closed); 9.1 (open) cm
- Description
- A very small knife with a two-piece tortoise shell handle that is hinged with a rivet at either side of the blade. The blade fits between the handle pieces when not in use. The pressure of the user’s hand on the handle holds the blade in place when using the knife. The blade is sharpened on one side and pointed at the end. The blade is marked with “INNON LIFFE”.
- Subject
- households
- Edmee Moore
- art
- tools
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0169
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- Date
- 1900 – 1940
- Material
- metal; shell; ivory
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0395 a,b
- Description
- Two, small, pocket jackknives, each with two blades of steel. Sides riveted to body of knives with three brass rivets. (a) ivory, shaped with slight curve to fit hand, steel caps at each end, two blade fold out at same end from double compartments with brass dividers, one smaller, 4.4, and one la…
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- Title
- Pocket Knife
- Date
- 1900 – 1940
- Material
- metal; shell; ivory
- Dimensions
- 1.1 x 1.2 x 8.5 cm
- Description
- Two, small, pocket jackknives, each with two blades of steel. Sides riveted to body of knives with three brass rivets. (a) ivory, shaped with slight curve to fit hand, steel caps at each end, two blade fold out at same end from double compartments with brass dividers, one smaller, 4.4, and one large, 6.0, blade with finger nicks in opposite sides. (b) mother of pearl, thinner knife with blades folding out from opposite ends. Brass caps at each end, and single compartment in body for blades is lined with brass. Small blade, 3.8, and long blade, 4.8 have finger nicks.
- Subject
- Whyte home
- tools
- travel
- sport
- households
- hunting
- camping
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0395 a,b
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- Date
- n.d.
- Material
- wood; bristle
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0461 a,b
- Description
- A pair of shoe brushes with wooden handles and boar bristles. Brushes are rectangular with a slight groove on each side and bristles underneath. The top of each is stamped with “NUGGET BOOT POLISH MADE IN ENGLAND - PURE BRISTLE”. Bristles are a) black b) brown
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- Title
- Shoe Brush
- Date
- n.d.
- Material
- wood; bristle
- Dimensions
- 3.5 x 4.5 x 13.5 cm
- Description
- A pair of shoe brushes with wooden handles and boar bristles. Brushes are rectangular with a slight groove on each side and bristles underneath. The top of each is stamped with “NUGGET BOOT POLISH MADE IN ENGLAND - PURE BRISTLE”. Bristles are a) black b) brown
- Subject
- Whyte home
- footwear
- tools
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0461 a,b
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- Material
- wood; bristle
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0462 a,b
- Description
- A pair of boar bristle brushes with rectangular wooden handles. Handles have slight groove at each side and bristles attached underneath. “BOECKH MADE IN CANADA SINCE 1856” is engraved on each above and below an engraving of a boar. “1942” is engraved below this.
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- Title
- Shoe Brush
- Material
- wood; bristle
- Dimensions
- 4.5 x 4.5 x 12.0 cm
- Description
- A pair of boar bristle brushes with rectangular wooden handles. Handles have slight groove at each side and bristles attached underneath. “BOECKH MADE IN CANADA SINCE 1856” is engraved on each above and below an engraving of a boar. “1942” is engraved below this.
- Subject
- Whyte home
- footwear
- tools
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0462 a,b
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