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Date
1890 – 1905
Material
wood; metal
Catalogue Number
102.03.1002
Description
CPR station master's black oak chair, Windsor-style chair, round seat, horseshoe-shaped arms and back supported by baluster turnings (1 missing) and 2 wires at sides, curved horizontal bar 10.0 cm at back above arms supported by short balustrades, tag, "It was originally used by the Station Master …
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Title
Captain Chair
Date
1890 – 1905
Material
wood; metal
Dimensions
73.5 x 51.6 x 50.0 cm
Description
CPR station master's black oak chair, Windsor-style chair, round seat, horseshoe-shaped arms and back supported by baluster turnings (1 missing) and 2 wires at sides, curved horizontal bar 10.0 cm at back above arms supported by short balustrades, tag, "It was originally used by the Station Master when there was a Railway depot at Bankhead. George Noble used it every day in his home ... he passed away (7/26/65) Margaret (Mrs. G) Noble Sept 3 1965"
Subject
CPR
office
furniture
towns
Bankhead
characters
George Noble
Credit
Gift of Unknown, 1968
Catalogue Number
102.03.1002
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Date
1602 – 1750
Material
wood; metal
Catalogue Number
103.08.0256
Description
A sturdy wooden chest with heavy iron hardware, lockable, with key, but key is broken, and the chest cannot be (1979) opened. Design of solar medallions, six of them, on lid, plus date "1602" in steel or iron riveted to lid. Other solar medallions scattered on other surfaces. Most of the edges of t…
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Title
Sea Chest
Date
1602 – 1750
Material
wood; metal
Dimensions
33.0 x 30.5 x 52.0 cm
Description
A sturdy wooden chest with heavy iron hardware, lockable, with key, but key is broken, and the chest cannot be (1979) opened. Design of solar medallions, six of them, on lid, plus date "1602" in steel or iron riveted to lid. Other solar medallions scattered on other surfaces. Most of the edges of the wood are finished with strapping iron. Some wood splitting. Heavy brown colour overall. Label on bottom reads "Mrs. Mackay Plews".
Subject
households
travel
Jasper Kerr
Summit Lake teahouse
CPR
Storm Mountain Lodge
Castle Camp.
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
103.08.0256
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Date
1890 – 1920
Material
metal
Catalogue Number
106.08.1003
Description
Long, iron spike, flattened head. Round iron bar, flat point on end 5.0 long, flattened head 3.3 diameter. A wire is twisted around spike for hanging.
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Title
Spike
Date
1890 – 1920
Material
metal
Dimensions
66.5 cm
Description
Long, iron spike, flattened head. Round iron bar, flat point on end 5.0 long, flattened head 3.3 diameter. A wire is twisted around spike for hanging.
Subject
transportation
railroad
CPR
Canadian Pacific Railway
Credit
Gift of A. Scovil Murray, Calgary, 1966
Catalogue Number
106.08.1003
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Trestles at the Loop

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Artist
Frederic Marlett Bell-Smith, R. C. A. (1846 – 1923, Canadian)
Date
1890
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
BeS.05.04
Description
Kicking Horse Pass. Train trestle bridges wind around bases of mountains in valley.Ross Peak in background.
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Artist
Frederic Marlett Bell-Smith, R. C. A. (1846 – 1923, Canadian)
Title
Trestles at the Loop
Date
1890
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
31.0 x 47.7 cm
Description
Kicking Horse Pass. Train trestle bridges wind around bases of mountains in valley.Ross Peak in background.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
Kicking Horse Pass, transportation
train
CPR
Credit
Purchased from Masters Gallery ltd., Calgary, 2004
Catalogue Number
BeS.05.04
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