- Date
- 1950 – 1980
- Material
- wood
- Catalogue Number
- 105.01.1018 a-c
- Description
- Three dark brown wooden signs with cut-out letters “NO VACANCY,” “ROOMS” and “CABINS.”
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- Title
- Trade Sign
- Date
- 1950 – 1980
- Material
- wood
- Description
- Three dark brown wooden signs with cut-out letters “NO VACANCY,” “ROOMS” and “CABINS.”
- Subject
- businesses
- tourism
- crafts
- woodworking
- carpentry
- Credit
- Gift of Bertha Verkuil Davis, Calgary, 1991
- Catalogue Number
- 105.01.1018 a-c
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- Date
- 1950 – 1980
- Material
- wood
- Catalogue Number
- 105.01.1020
- Description
- Sign made in the shape of a house. The roof has red hexagonal shingles and the sides are painted white from the base to the middle. There are cut-out letters on the sides of the house “MODERN CABINS ROOMS” and “346 BANFF AVENUE.” Inside are shingles that have fallen off and a lightbulb with wire …
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- Title
- Trade Sign
- Date
- 1950 – 1980
- Material
- wood
- Description
- Sign made in the shape of a house. The roof has red hexagonal shingles and the sides are painted white from the base to the middle. There are cut-out letters on the sides of the house “MODERN CABINS ROOMS” and “346 BANFF AVENUE.” Inside are shingles that have fallen off and a lightbulb with wire and plug. Half of roof fallen off and placed inside.
- Subject
- businesses
- Banff
- tourism
- crafts
- woodworking
- carpentry
- Credit
- Gift of Bertha Verkuil Davis, Calgary, 1991
- Catalogue Number
- 105.01.1020
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Universal Plane
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- Date
- 1950 – 1965
- Material
- metal; wood
- Catalogue Number
- 104.49.0010
- Description
- Very complex looking tool with wooden saw like handle and a multitude of various adjustment screws, removable arms and moveable pieces. Main body of the plane extends from wooden handle and holds a flange of steel plate shaped like a sleigh runner which is the sole, with a slot to the left to acce…
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- Title
- Universal Plane
- Date
- 1950 – 1965
- Material
- metal; wood
- Dimensions
- 15.8 x 21.5 x 29.0 cm
- Description
- Very complex looking tool with wooden saw like handle and a multitude of various adjustment screws, removable arms and moveable pieces. Main body of the plane extends from wooden handle and holds a flange of steel plate shaped like a sleigh runner which is the sole, with a slot to the left to accept changeable blades, and two holes through holding rods perpendicular to the body. The rods support a second adjustable sole, a depth gauge plate, and a moveable wooden fence, can be used either side of plane. A wooden handle to the side, attached to the fence arms is used to help support the plane when working. All are attached to the body of the plane by various rods and clamps, and are adjustable to the body by various rods and clamps, and are adjustable by thumbscrews, fingerscrews and rods which allow movement in virtually any direction. Blade in plane is straight edged 2.1 cm. wide.
- Subject
- carpentry
- woodworking
- industry
- Sam Ward
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.49.0010
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