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- Date
- 1950 – 1965
- Material
- paper
- Catalogue Number
- 103.02.1013
- Description
- A small bar of soap encased in a paper wrapper. The wrapper is dark blue with a picture of Mount Rundle and "Welcome to Banff the Beautiful" on other side is a picture of Cascade Mountain and "Mount Royal Hotel Banff, Alta"
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- Title
- Bar Soap
- Date
- 1950 – 1965
- Material
- paper
- Description
- A small bar of soap encased in a paper wrapper. The wrapper is dark blue with a picture of Mount Rundle and "Welcome to Banff the Beautiful" on other side is a picture of Cascade Mountain and "Mount Royal Hotel Banff, Alta"
- Credit
- Gift of Lena Goon, Banff, 1990
- Catalogue Number
- 103.02.1013
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- Date
- 1958 – 1958
- Material
- wood; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0384 a,b
- Description
- A pair of carved bookends of mountain goats standing on blocks of wood. Goats simply carved from 4.5 cm wide block of wide grained (fir?) wood which has had the grain darkened and raised, then shellacked. Both goats are rearing slightly with their front legs on a rock. Base plinth is plain block of…
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- Title
- Bookend
- Date
- 1958 – 1958
- Material
- wood; fibre
- Dimensions
- 20.5 x 12.2 x 18.9 cm
- Description
- A pair of carved bookends of mountain goats standing on blocks of wood. Goats simply carved from 4.5 cm wide block of wide grained (fir?) wood which has had the grain darkened and raised, then shellacked. Both goats are rearing slightly with their front legs on a rock. Base plinth is plain block of wood 4.5 cm high which has been bevelled along the upper edges. Bases covered on bottom with green felt.
- Subject
- households
- decorative
- animal
- mountain goat
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0384 a,b
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Commemorative Plate
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact104.20.1283
- Date
- 1946 – 1979
- Material
- china;
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.1283
- Description
- Decorative commemorative plate depicting an image of Mt. Eisenhower [Castle Mountain] with trees and the Bow River in the foreground in the depressed center of the plate - pink, purple, yellow, and green flower clusters decorate the rest of the plate and the edge of the plate is lined with gold.Cas…
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- Title
- Commemorative Plate
- Date
- 1946 – 1979
- Material
- china;
- Dimensions
- 2.4 cm
- Description
- Decorative commemorative plate depicting an image of Mt. Eisenhower [Castle Mountain] with trees and the Bow River in the foreground in the depressed center of the plate - pink, purple, yellow, and green flower clusters decorate the rest of the plate and the edge of the plate is lined with gold.Castle Mountain [Miistukskoowa] was renamed Mt. Eisenhower in 1946 by Prime Minister Mackenzie King in honour of General Dwight D. Eisenhower’s involvement in World War II. Some local residents resented the name change and in 1979 it was reverted back to Castle Mountain, with the southeast end kept “Eisenhower Tower.”
- Subject
- Crosby family
- Abegweit
- decorations
- household items
- commemorative items
- Mt. Eisenhower
- Castle Mountain
- Credit
- Gift of Robert Crosby Family, Banff, 1998
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.1283
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Decorative Tray
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact102.04.0604
- Date
- later than 1959
- Material
- wood; cedar
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0604
- Description
- a circular tray made of cedar. Printed on the front of the tray is a painted image of two red gondola cabins over the town of Banff. Cascade mountain and Tunnel Mountain are in background. On the reverse are two paragraphs in black printed writing about the Sulphur Mountain Gondola as well as a go…
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- Title
- Decorative Tray
- Date
- later than 1959
- Material
- wood; cedar
- Dimensions
- 35.5 x 35.5 cm
- Description
- a circular tray made of cedar. Printed on the front of the tray is a painted image of two red gondola cabins over the town of Banff. Cascade mountain and Tunnel Mountain are in background. On the reverse are two paragraphs in black printed writing about the Sulphur Mountain Gondola as well as a gold sticker that reads “HANDCRAFTED BY PANORAMA MADE IN CANADA”. There is a brass ring to hang it.
- Subject
- Banff
- tourism
- Sulphur Mountain
- souvenir
- Credit
- Gift of Juanita Rose Violini, Banff, 2014
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0604
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Gramninger Seat Rescue Equipment
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact106.04.1025%20a-d
- Date
- c. 1960
- Material
- fibre; skin; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 106.04.1025 a-d
- Description
- Gramminger Seat, canvas seat with leather trim, braces, straps. Metal buckles and snaps. Metal cable 51.0 long with loops each end - one loop attached to harness. Three metal brackets. See 106.04.1022 for related equipment.
- Title
- Gramninger Seat Rescue Equipment
- Date
- c. 1960
- Material
- fibre; skin; metal
- Description
- Gramminger Seat, canvas seat with leather trim, braces, straps. Metal buckles and snaps. Metal cable 51.0 long with loops each end - one loop attached to harness. Three metal brackets. See 106.04.1022 for related equipment.
- Credit
- Gift of Hector Elliott, Cremona, 1990
- Catalogue Number
- 106.04.1025 a-d
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Membership Pin
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact103.09.1013
- Date
- 1950 – 1965
- Material
- metal
- Catalogue Number
- 103.09.1013
- Description
- Hexagonal shaped metal pin "Calgary Mountain Club" in silver colour with a silver mountain on a red background. Half of a silver snowflake on a blue background.
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- Title
- Membership Pin
- Date
- 1950 – 1965
- Material
- metal
- Dimensions
- 1.7 cm
- Description
- Hexagonal shaped metal pin "Calgary Mountain Club" in silver colour with a silver mountain on a red background. Half of a silver snowflake on a blue background.
- Credit
- Gift of Rene Goth, 1970
- Catalogue Number
- 103.09.1013
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Mountain Goat Skull
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact112.01.1004%20a%2cb
- Date
- prior to 1970
- Material
- bone; ivory
- Catalogue Number
- 112.01.1004 a,b
- Description
- A mountain goat skull with horns and the jawbone which has broken off.
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- Title
- Mountain Goat Skull
- Date
- prior to 1970
- Material
- bone; ivory
- Description
- A mountain goat skull with horns and the jawbone which has broken off.
- Subject
- animals
- mountain goat
- Credit
- Gift of Marion Watt, 1970
- Catalogue Number
- 112.01.1004 a,b
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Mountain Rescue Stretcher Apparatus
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact106.04.1015%20a-h
- Date
- 1945 – 1960
- Material
- metal; skin; fibre; plastic
- Catalogue Number
- 106.04.1015 a-h
- Description
- Various paraphernalia, mountain rescue equipment (a,b) stretcher: aluminum tubing, mostly 2.5 diameter. Extended length 270.0, 56.6 wide. 2 main body parts hinged together and locked. Adjustable hinged front and back 'handles', adjustable leg positions. Canvas body support strapped onto frame 4…
- Title
- Mountain Rescue Stretcher Apparatus
- Date
- 1945 – 1960
- Material
- metal; skin; fibre; plastic
- Description
- Various paraphernalia, mountain rescue equipment (a,b) stretcher: aluminum tubing, mostly 2.5 diameter. Extended length 270.0, 56.6 wide. 2 main body parts hinged together and locked. Adjustable hinged front and back 'handles', adjustable leg positions. Canvas body support strapped onto frame 4.0 wide straps for body security. (c,d) 2 aluminum wheel supports hook onto frame (e) bicycle wheel: 56.0 diameter, tire is solid. (f) stretcher pad: vinyl covered foam pad, 176.0x50.5x2.5, width tapers 50.5 to 37.0 (g) leg splint: steel rod, 1.0 diameter, continuous line from top, 100.0 inside leg, bent at foot to outside, 15.0 wide, outside of leg is116.5. Leather padded oval 29.0x24.0, tapers from 2.5 to 4.0 at inside of leg (h) Gramminger Seat, canvas seat with leather trim, braces, straps, metal buckles and snaps. Metal cable 51.0 long with loops each end - one loop attached to harness.
- Credit
- Gift of Alpine Club of Canada, Canmore, 1988
- Catalogue Number
- 106.04.1015 a-h
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Mountain Rescue Stretcher Apparatus
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact106.04.1022
- Date
- prior to 1970
- Material
- metal; fibre; rubber
- Catalogue Number
- 106.04.1022
- Description
- Various paraphernalia mountain rescue equipment. Collapsible stretcher, can be used with 3 wheels or as a sled, other pieces of equipment such as wound cable. See also gramninger seat 106.04.1025.
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- Title
- Mountain Rescue Stretcher Apparatus
- Date
- prior to 1970
- Material
- metal; fibre; rubber
- Description
- Various paraphernalia mountain rescue equipment. Collapsible stretcher, can be used with 3 wheels or as a sled, other pieces of equipment such as wound cable. See also gramninger seat 106.04.1025.
- Credit
- Gift of Hector Elliott, Cremona, 1990
- Catalogue Number
- 106.04.1022
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- Date
- 1950 – 1960
- Material
- wood; paper
- Catalogue Number
- 105.02.1090
- Description
- Banff Avenue postcard on wood. Crosscut piece of wood, 1.0 wide, bark intact. Postcard of Cascade Mountain and Banff Avenue pasted on face, sides and top painted in, trees and clouds, tlc "Cascade Mtn. and Banff Ave. Banff"
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- Title
- Picture
- Date
- 1950 – 1960
- Material
- wood; paper
- Description
- Banff Avenue postcard on wood. Crosscut piece of wood, 1.0 wide, bark intact. Postcard of Cascade Mountain and Banff Avenue pasted on face, sides and top painted in, trees and clouds, tlc "Cascade Mtn. and Banff Ave. Banff"
- Subject
- souvenirs
- institutions
- Banff
- Cascade Mountain
- Credit
- Purchased from Alan McClelland, Banff, 1985
- Catalogue Number
- 105.02.1090
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