BINOCULARS
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- Material Type
- Artifact
- Date Range From
- 1890
- Date Range To
- 1900
- Materials
- STEEL, GLASS, LEATHER
- Catalogue Number
- P19683152000
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Date Range From
- 1890
- Date Range To
- 1900
- Materials
- STEEL, GLASS, LEATHER
- No. Pieces
- 1
- Length
- 15.0
- Width
- 12.4
- Diameter
- 5.7
- Description
- "VENDOME PARIS" ON EACH EYE PIECE CENTRE ADJUSTING; LEATHER BOUND AND HAVE EXTENDING LENS SHADES. METAL BADLY CORRODING; CAUSING LEATHER DETERIORATION.
- Subjects
- OPTICAL T&E
- Historical Association
- LEISURE
- History
- DONOR HAS PROVIDED NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. *UPDATE* IN 2015 COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT JANE EDMUNDSON CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, INCLUDING AN ORGAN DONATED BY MAURICE AND AGNES WENDELBOE, ALSO THE DONORS OF THESE BINOCULARS. THE FOLLOWING BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION ABOUT AGNES WENDELBOE WAS FOUND IN HER LETHBRIDGE HERALD OBITUARY. WENDELBOE WAS BORN IN NORWAY IN 1901, AND MOVED TO CANADA WITH HER FAMILYAS A YOUNG GIRL. SHE MARRIED ROSS WENDELBOE IN 1920 AND THEY FARMED IN THE BARRHILL DISTRICT. WHEN ROSS DIED IN 1966, AGNES MOVED TO LETHBRIDGE, WHERE HER SON MAURICE LIVED. SHE PASSED AWAY IN 1991. SEE PERMANENT FILE FOR HARDCOPY OF OBITUARY.
- Catalogue Number
- P19683152000
- Acquisition Date
- 1968-03
- Collection
- Museum
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