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Aneroid Barometer
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact104.30.0007
- Date
- 1890 – 1900
- Material
- metal; glass
- Catalogue Number
- 104.30.0007
- Description
- Barometer in brass casing with brass suspension loop at top. "AJL & Co." over "B" (representing Boston) within oval on casing back. Dial shows pressure range of 26 to 31 inches. Indicators such as "stormy rain change fair very dry". Also "Made in England for Andrew J. LLoyd & Co. Boston". "Aneroid…
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- Title
- Aneroid Barometer
- Date
- 1890 – 1900
- Material
- metal; glass
- Dimensions
- 5.7 x 14.1 cm
- Description
- Barometer in brass casing with brass suspension loop at top. "AJL & Co." over "B" (representing Boston) within oval on casing back. Dial shows pressure range of 26 to 31 inches. Indicators such as "stormy rain change fair very dry". Also "Made in England for Andrew J. LLoyd & Co. Boston". "Aneroid barometer". Blue needle fluctuates with pressure and brass needle is manual needle which can be moved daily and compared with following day's reading. Manual needle movable on face. Screw adjustment on back of barometer adjusts blue needle to local conditions.
- Subject
- households
- Russell Robb
- hobbies
- weather
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.30.0007
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Animal Figurine
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact107.01.0014
- Date
- 1890 – 1920
- Material
- metal
- Catalogue Number
- 107.01.0014
- Description
- A painted casting (brass?) of a pug dog with its hind end in the air and shoulders and forelegs on the ground. The dog is grey with a black muzzle and ears, has a curly tail, and is wearing a narrow brown collar.
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- Title
- Animal Figurine
- Date
- 1890 – 1920
- Material
- metal
- Dimensions
- 11.0 (approx.) cm
- Description
- A painted casting (brass?) of a pug dog with its hind end in the air and shoulders and forelegs on the ground. The dog is grey with a black muzzle and ears, has a curly tail, and is wearing a narrow brown collar.
- Subject
- households
- collectables
- animals, dogs
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 107.01.0014
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- Date
- 1890 – 1910
- Material
- skin; metal; glass; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 108.05.0003
- Description
- A very true replica of a Jersey milk cow with tan and white coloured suede stretched over the carved wooden shape of a cow. The cow has wooden hooves and teats on the udder, with glass eyes, and hair at the end of the tail. The cow has a leather collar with a small round cowbell. The cow moos wh…
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- Title
- Animal Toy
- Date
- 1890 – 1910
- Material
- skin; metal; glass; metal
- Dimensions
- 17.5 x 8.0 x 26.0 cm
- Description
- A very true replica of a Jersey milk cow with tan and white coloured suede stretched over the carved wooden shape of a cow. The cow has wooden hooves and teats on the udder, with glass eyes, and hair at the end of the tail. The cow has a leather collar with a small round cowbell. The cow moos when its head is turned.
- Subject
- industries, farming
- toys
- children
- animals, cow
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 108.05.0003
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Annals of Mont Blanc
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue1700
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1898
- Author
- Mathews, Charles Edward
- Publisher
- London : Unwin
- Call Number
- DQ841 M7 M38
- Author
- Mathews, Charles Edward
- Publisher
- London : Unwin
- Published Date
- 1898
- Notes
- Edward C. Porter Mountaineering Library
- Call Number
- DQ841 M7 M38
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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Annapurna : a woman's place
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue421
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1980
- Author
- Blum, Arlene
- Publisher
- San Francisco : Sierra Club
- Call Number
- DS486 A62 B5
- DS486 A62 B5 copy 2 - Duplicate ACC box 2
- Author
- Blum, Arlene
- Responsibility
- foreword by Maurice Herzog
- Publisher
- San Francisco : Sierra Club
- Published Date
- 1980
- Call Number
- DS486 A62 B5
- DS486 A62 B5 copy 2 - Duplicate ACC box 2
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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Annapurna IV : a first winter ascent
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue551
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1982
- Author
- Burgess, Adrian
- Publisher
- Big Bear Creek (CA): Summit
- Call Number
- DS486 A62 B8 Pam
- Author
- Burgess, Adrian
- Publisher
- Big Bear Creek (CA): Summit
- Published Date
- 1982
- Notes
- From Summit, vol.28, no.3, May/June, 1982
- Call Number
- DS486 A62 B8 Pam
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- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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The armchair mountaineer
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue2122
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- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1984
- Author
- Reuther, David (ed)
- Publisher
- New York : Scribner
- Call Number
- G510 A7 R4
- Author
- Reuther, David (ed)
- Publisher
- New York : Scribner
- Published Date
- 1984
- Call Number
- G510 A7 R4
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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Art inspired by the Canadian Rockies, Purcell Mountains and Selkirk Mountains 1809-2012
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue20143
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2012
- Author
- Townshend, Nancy
- Publisher
- Calgary : Bayeux Arts
- Call Number
- N T69 A78
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- Author
- Townshend, Nancy
- Responsibility
- Nancy Townshend
- Publisher
- Calgary : Bayeux Arts
- Published Date
- 2012
- Physical Description
- vi, 136p, 40 plates : ill., maps
- Subjects
- Art
- Artists
- O'Brien, Lucius
- Notman, William & Son
- Thompson, David
- Harmon, Byron
- Harris, Lawren
- MacDonald, J.E.H
- Sargent, John Singer
- Whyte, Peter
- Whyte, Catharine Robb
- Rocky Mountains
- Purcell Mountains
- Selkirk Mountains
- Abstract
- Nancy Townshend's book on art inspired by the Canadian Rockies, Purcell Mountains, and Selkirk Mountains presents these mountains' justifiable prominence in world art. For over two centuries, Canadian artists have admired their magnitude and grandeur, their endlessly changing light and atmospheric conditions, their four distinct seasons, and myriad other aspects. The book is organized chronologically into three eras: traditional (1809 –1899), Modern (1900–1973) and contemporary (1974–2012). From David Thompson's watercolours in the early nineteenth century (c. 1809) of the East Kootenays to Jan Kabatoff's multimedia art of the early twenty-first century that addresses the impact of global warming on glaciers, Townshend's book presents a whole gamut of Canadian art inspired by these great mountains. Featuring three comprehensive overviews and thirteen chapters on both central and western Canadian artists, as well as a chapter on American artist John Singer Sargent, the book offers insights into their art and inspirations. What did two centuries of artistic exploration in the infinitely facetted Canadian Rockies, Purcells and Selkirks yield? How did the resulting works of art serve to build a unique western Canadian identity? How does the West inform Canadians about themselves, about their own place in the world at this critical time in world history? Townshend answers these questions in this significant reference book for decades to come. Over the past two hundred years, a shift from the exploitative view of Canada's mountain West during the traditional era to the contemporary creative genesis of this area has occurred. Because of the contemporary artists' commitment to wildlife conservation and environmental issues, the contemporary era is more outward looking and expansive, concerned about the world's future. Townshend's all-encompassing text and selected stunning images confirm John Ruskin's observation that mountains are "the beginning and end of all natural scenery." That Canada's mountain West is indeed a place to be revered, a place from which we can learn about ourselves now and in the future. (from author's website)
- Contents
- Preface
- Introduction to the Traditional Era (1809-1899):
- Chapter One - Lucius O'Brien (1832-1899)
- Chapter Two - William McFarlane Notman (1857-1913)
- Chapter Three - Frederic Bell-Smith (1846-1923)
- Chapter Four - David Thompson (1770-1857)
- Chapter Five - Richard Henery Trueman (1856-1911)
- Chapter Six - Byron Harmon (1976-1942)
- Introduction to the Modern Era (1900-1971):
- Chapter Seven - Lawren Stewart Harris (1885-1970)
- Chapter Eight - J.E.H. MacDonald (1873-1932)
- Chapter Nine - John Singer Sargent (1856-1925)
- Chapter Ten - Peter Whyte (1905-1966)
- Chapter Eleven - Catharine Robb Whyte (1906-1979)
- Introduction to the Contemporary Era (1972-2012):
- Chapter Twelve - Kent Monkman (1965-)
- Chapter Thirteen - Jin-Me Yoon (1960-)
- Chapter Fourteen - Jan Kabatoff (1948-)
- Conclusion
- Index
- Notes
- Signed by author
- ISBN
- 978-1-897411-37-7
- Accession Number
- AC637
- Call Number
- N T69 A78
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
- URL Notes
- Author's website
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Art of freedom : the life and climbs of Voytek Kurtyka
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue19901
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2017
- Author
- McDonald, Bernadette
- Publisher
- Victoria, British Columbia : Rocky Mountain Books
- Call Number
- G512 M16 A78
- Author
- McDonald, Bernadette
- Responsibility
- Bernadette McDonald
- Publisher
- Victoria, British Columbia : Rocky Mountain Books
- Published Date
- 2017
- Physical Description
- 326 pages : photographs ; 24 cm
- Abstract
- "A profound and moving biography of one of the international climbing world's most respected, complicated and reclusive mountaineers. Voytek Kurtyka remains one of the greatest alpinists of all time. Born in 1947, he was one of the leading lights of the Polish golden age of Himalayan climbing. His visionary approach to climbing resulted in many renowned ascents, such as the complete Broad Peak traverse, the "night naked" speed climbs of Cho Oyu and Shishapangma and, above all, the alpine-style ascent of the West Face of Gasherbrum IV. Dubbed the "climb of the century," his route on G IV, as of 2016, has yet to be repeated. His most frequent climbing partners were alpine legends of their time: Polish Himalayan climber Jerzy Kukuczka, Swiss mountain guide Erhard Loretan and British alpinist Alex MacIntyre. After repeated requests to accept the Piolet d'Or lifetime achievement award (the Academy Award of the climbing world), Kurtyka finally accepted the honour in the spring of 2016. A fiercely private individual, he continues to decline countless invitations for interviews, lectures and festival appearances, but has agreed to co-operate with internationally renowned and award winning Canadian author Bernadette McDonald on this long-awaited biography."-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents
- Introduction
- Rock Animal
- Alpinist in Training
- Hindu Kush - Unleashed
- Troll Wall
- Bandaka - The Mordor Beauty
- Hungry for Hunger
- Dancing in the Moment
- Enfant Terrible
- Line against the Sky
- The Shining Wall
- Fork in the Road
- Trango Tower
- Night Naked
- Dance of the Underclings
- Chinese Maharaja
- Metaphysical Think Tank
- The Crux
- Chronology of Selected Climbs
- Acknowledgements
- Notes
- Sources
- Index
- ISBN
- 9781771602129
- Accession Number
- AC634
- Call Number
- G512 M16 A78
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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The art of Robert Bateman
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue20148
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1981
- Author
- Derry, Ramsay
- Publisher
- Markham, Ontario : Allen Lane / Penguin Books
- Call Number
- N D47 A78 oversize
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- Author
- Derry, Ramsay
- Responsibility
- Ramsay Derry (author), Roger Tory Peterson (introduction)
- Publisher
- Markham, Ontario : Allen Lane / Penguin Books
- Published Date
- 1981
- Physical Description
- 178 p. : ill. (some col.)
- Subjects
- Art
- Wildlife
- Bateman, Robert
- Abstract
- Pertains to the art of Robert Bateman
- Contents
- Introduction
- Profile
- Plates and Commentaries
- Sketchbooks
- Appendix
- Notes
- Signed by Ramsay Derry and Robert Bateman
- ISBN
- 0713914335
- Accession Number
- AC637
- Call Number
- N D47 A78 oversize
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
- URL Notes
- Link to artist website
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As above, so below : a climbing story
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25049
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2018
- Author
- Kalman, Christ (author)
- Muderlak, Craig (illustrator)
- Publisher
- Herndon, VA : Mascot Books
- Call Number
- P A83 K35
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- Publisher
- Herndon, VA : Mascot Books
- Published Date
- 2018
- Physical Description
- vii, 103 pages : illustrations
- Subjects
- Fiction
- Mountaineering
- Patagonia
- Abstract
- As Above, So Below is a 103 page fictional climbing story set in Argentine Patagonia. When something goes wrong high up a mountain, one man is forced to face his inner demons along the way to the summit. This beautiful hardbound book was published in 2018 as a limited edition of 1000 copies. The story was illustrated by the immensely talented Craig Muderlak, and edited and revised at the The Banff Centre’s prestigious Mountain and Wilderness Writing Workshop. As Above, So Below has been described as "Jack London's To Build a Fire for climbing", and reminiscent of James Salter's Solo Faces. In September of 2018, it was nominated for the Mountain Fiction Award at the Banff Mountain Book and Film Festival in Banff, Canada. (from author's website)
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Day One
- Day Two
- Day Three
- Notes
- Banff Mountain Film and Book Festival 2018 finalist for Mountain Fiction
- ISBN
- 9781684019694
- Accession Number
- AC639
- Call Number
- P A83 K35
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
- URL Notes
- Summary on author's website
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Ascent : the mountaineering experience in word and image
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue257
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1989
- Author
- STeck, Allen (ed.)
- Publisher
- San Francisco : Sierra Club
- Call Number
- G510 A8 1989
- Author
- STeck, Allen (ed.)
- Responsibility
- edited by Allen Steck and Steve Roper
- Publisher
- San Francisco : Sierra Club
- Published Date
- 1989
- Call Number
- G510 A8 1989
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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Ascent : the mountaineering experience in word and image
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue2197
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1984
- Author
- Roper, Steve (ed)
- Publisher
- San Francisco : Sierra Club
- Call Number
- G510 A8 1984
- Author
- Roper, Steve (ed)
- Responsibility
- edited by Steve Roper and Allen Stack
- Publisher
- San Francisco : Sierra Club
- Published Date
- 1984
- Call Number
- G510 A8 1984
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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Ascent : the mountaineering experience in word and image
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue2503
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1980
- Author
- Steck, Allen (ed)
- Publisher
- San Francisco : Sierra Club
- Call Number
- G510 A83 1980
- Author
- Steck, Allen (ed)
- Responsibility
- edited by Allen Steck, Steve Roper and David Harris
- Publisher
- San Francisco : Sierra Club
- Published Date
- 1980
- Subjects
- Mountaineering
- Fiction
- Art
- ISBN
- 0-87156-240-5
- Call Number
- G510 A83 1980
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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Ascent : the spiritual and physical quest of Willi Unsoeld
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue1553
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1982
- Author
- Leamer, Laurence
- Publisher
- New York : Simon & Schuster
- Call Number
- G512 U5 L4
- Author
- Leamer, Laurence
- Publisher
- New York : Simon & Schuster
- Published Date
- 1982
- Call Number
- G512 U5 L4
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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Ascent : two lives explored : the autobiographies of Sir Edmund and Peter Hillary
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue1318
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1986
- Author
- Hillary, Sir Edmund
- Publisher
- Garden City (N.Y.): Doubleday
- Call Number
- G512 H5 T8 1986
- Author
- Hillary, Sir Edmund
- Publisher
- Garden City (N.Y.): Doubleday
- Published Date
- 1986
- Call Number
- G512 H5 T8 1986
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- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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- Date
- 1985
- Material
- plastic; plaster
- Catalogue Number
- 107.02.1010 a-e
- Description
- Remnants of an assemblage for the annual "Pumpkin Carving Contest" sponsored by the Banff Park Lodge. They are two plaster cast beavers and a plastic Mountie on a plastic horse. Long gold coloured string was fashioned as harness and reins to pull the pumpkin. The pumpkin is not part of the remnan…
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- Title
- Assemblage
- Date
- 1985
- Material
- plastic; plaster
- Description
- Remnants of an assemblage for the annual "Pumpkin Carving Contest" sponsored by the Banff Park Lodge. They are two plaster cast beavers and a plastic Mountie on a plastic horse. Long gold coloured string was fashioned as harness and reins to pull the pumpkin. The pumpkin is not part of the remnants. See also 103.09.1096.
- Credit
- Purchased from Warner Guiding and Outfitting Ltd., Banff, 1985
- Catalogue Number
- 107.02.1010 a-e
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At home in nature : a life of unknown mountains and deep wilderness
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25052
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2017
- Author
- Wood, Robert Julian
- Publisher
- [Victoria, British Columbia] : Rocky Mountain Books Ltd.
- Call Number
- G512 A84 W66
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- Author
- Wood, Robert Julian
- Publisher
- [Victoria, British Columbia] : Rocky Mountain Books Ltd.
- Published Date
- 2017
- Physical Description
- 284 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color)
- Abstract
- Rob Wood grew up in a village on the edge of the Yorkshire Moors, where he eventually developed a preoccupation with rock climbing. After studying architecture for five years at the Architectural Association School in London, England, he made his way to Montreal and ended up in Calgary. During his time in Calgary, Rob became a pioneer of ice climbing and posted numerous first ascents in the Rockies during the early 1970’s. Eventually, life in corporate Alberta proved unfulfilling and Rob realized that he needed to find a place where he could reconnect with nature, which brought him to the remote reaches of Canada’s West Coast. Settling on Maurelle Island, he and his wife built an off-the-grid homestead and focussed on alternative communities and developing a small house-design practice specializing in organic and wholesome building techniques. At Home in Nature is a gentle and philosophical memoir that focuses on living a life deeply rooted in the natural world, where citizens are connected to the planet and individuals work together to help, enhance and make the world a better — and sustainable — place. (from Rocky Mountain Books website)
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Leaving the old country
- Allegiance to nature
- Settling down
- Cosmic shack
- Back to the land community
- Island schooling
- Domestic animals
- Wild animals
- Fiordland boat
- Mystery mountain
- Deep wilderness
- Cancer
- Aorta attack
- Outer islands community
- Off-grib homestead
- Organic house
- Heavy weather
- Flight of the imagination
- Legend of Kayak Bill
- Whirlpools in the tide
- ISBN
- 9781771602501
- Accession Number
- A639
- Call Number
- G512 A84 W66
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
- URL Notes
- Summary on Rocky Mountain Books
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At the sharp end
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue1940
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- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1988
- Author
- Nunn, Paul
- Publisher
- London : Unwin Hyman
- Call Number
- G510 N84
- Author
- Nunn, Paul
- Publisher
- London : Unwin Hyman
- Published Date
- 1988
- Call Number
- G510 N84
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- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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Athletic Patch
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact103.09.0029
- Date
- 1898 – 1902
- Material
- fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 103.09.0029
- Description
- An orange felt cut-out of the letters "P", "T", and "C".
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- Title
- Athletic Patch
- Date
- 1898 – 1902
- Material
- fibre
- Dimensions
- 11.5 (approximately) x 10.5 (approximately) cm
- Description
- An orange felt cut-out of the letters "P", "T", and "C".
- Subject
- sports
- education
- Princeton University
- insignia
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.09.0029
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