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Alaska : images of the country

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 1981

Publisher: San Francisco : Sierra Club

Edition: Deluxe ed

Call Number: F909 A4 Oversize D

Responsibility: photographs and text selection by Galen Rowell; text by John McPhee from Coming into the country

Edition: Deluxe ed

Publisher: San Francisco : Sierra Club

Published Date: 1981

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Call Number: F909 A4 Oversize D

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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Alexander Calhoun

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 1987

Author: Lohnes, Donna

Publisher: Calgary : Calgary Public Library

Call Number: G505 A4 L6

Author: Lohnes, Donna

Publisher: Calgary : Calgary Public Library

Published Date: 1987

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Call Number: G505 A4 L6

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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Alexander Mackenzie's voyage to the Pacific Ocean in 1793

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 1931

Author: Mackenzie, Sir Alexander

Publisher: Chicago : Lakeside Press

Call Number: F1060.7 M3 (missing)

Author: Mackenzie, Sir Alexander

Publisher: Chicago : Lakeside Press

Published Date: 1931

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Notes: Edward C. Porter Mountaineering Library

Call Number: F1060.7 M3 (missing)

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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All 14 eight-thousanders

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 1988

Author: Messner, Reinhold

Publisher: Seattle : Cloudcap

Call Number: DS485 H6 M4

Author: Messner, Reinhold

Publisher: Seattle : Cloudcap

Published Date: 1988

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Call Number: DS485 H6 M4

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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Alpen : da Gefamtgebiet in Bildern

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 1930

Author: Schmithals, Hans

Publisher: Berlin : Ernst Wasmuth

Call Number: DQ823 S35 Ger

Author: Schmithals, Hans

Publisher: Berlin : Ernst Wasmuth

Published Date: 1930

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Call Number: DQ823 S35 Ger

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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Alpenstock

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Date: 1930 – 1935

Material: wood; metal

Catalogue Number: 108.04.0023 a,b

Description: Two long wooden staffs with cast metal crooks painted black at the top, and metal collars, 9.0 cm, with long spikes of metal, 4.0 cm, at the tip. Metal crooks are cast to represent chamois horn, the staffs are of hickory.

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Title: Alpenstock

Date: 1930 – 1935

Material: wood; metal

Dimensions: 2.0 x 10.5 x 160.5 cm

Description: Two long wooden staffs with cast metal crooks painted black at the top, and metal collars, 9.0 cm, with long spikes of metal, 4.0 cm, at the tip. Metal crooks are cast to represent chamois horn, the staffs are of hickory.

Subject: activities; hiking; climbing

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: 108.04.0023 a,b

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Alpenstock

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Date: 1930 – 1940

Material: wood; metal

Catalogue Number: 108.04.1011

Description: Long varnished hickory staff with cast iron crook. Crook is painted black and designed to resemble tip of ibex horn. 8.5 cm metal collar around bottom with 4.0 sturdy spike at end. Stamped into bottom of collar "Geze Hulsenfitze L.P.F."

Title: Alpenstock

Date: 1930 – 1940

Material: wood; metal

Dimensions: 160.0 cm

Description: Long varnished hickory staff with cast iron crook. Crook is painted black and designed to resemble tip of ibex horn. 8.5 cm metal collar around bottom with 4.0 sturdy spike at end. Stamped into bottom of collar "Geze Hulsenfitze L.P.F."

Subject: sports; climbing; George Vaux; Sky Line Trail Hikers

Credit: Gift of George Vaux, Philadelphia, USA, 1972

Catalogue Number: 108.04.1011

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Alpenstock

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Date: 1930 – 1940

Material: wood; metal

Catalogue Number: 108.04.1026 a,b

Description: Long wooden shafts with metal crooks and spikes. (a) Painted black crook, some paint worn off. 2.7 cm wide silver band with emblem of boot and alpenstock and SLTH CR, screwed on to shaft. "Birks Sterling" stamped on bottom edge, round spike. 8.6 wide metal collar, 2 copper nails at top edge. (b…

Title: Alpenstock

Date: 1930 – 1940

Material: wood; metal

Dimensions: 162.0 cm

Description: Long wooden shafts with metal crooks and spikes. (a) Painted black crook, some paint worn off. 2.7 cm wide silver band with emblem of boot and alpenstock and SLTH CR, screwed on to shaft. "Birks Sterling" stamped on bottom edge, round spike. 8.6 wide metal collar, 2 copper nails at top edge. (b) same as (a) but without silver band. "Geze Hulsenfitze C.P.F." stamped on metal spike end.

Subject: sports; climbing; hiking; Sky Line Trail Hikers Canadian Rockies; SLTHCR

Credit: Gift of Joe A. Brewster, Banff, 1980

Catalogue Number: 108.04.1026 a,b

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The alpenstock : or, sketches of Swiss scenery and manners, 1825-1826

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 1829

Author: Latrobe, Charles Joseph

Publisher: London : Seeley & Burnside

Call Number: DQ23 L38

Author: Latrobe, Charles Joseph

Publisher: London : Seeley & Burnside

Published Date: 1829

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: Alps

Notes: Edward C. Porter Mountaineering Library

Call Number: DQ23 L38

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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Le Alpi

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 1934

Author: Sacco, Federico

Publisher: Milano : Touring Club Italiano

Call Number: DQ823 S22

Author: Sacco, Federico

Publisher: Milano : Touring Club Italiano

Published Date: 1934

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Notes: Edward C. Porter Mountaineering Library

Call Number: DQ823 S22

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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Alpi Venoste Passirie Breonie; Giogaia di Tessa - Monti Sarentini dal Passo di Resia al Passo del Brennero

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 1939

Publisher: Roma : Centro Alpinistico Italiano

Call Number: DQ825 A4

Publisher: Roma : Centro Alpinistico Italiano

Published Date: 1939

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: Alps, Italian

Call Number: DQ825 A4

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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Alpine Skis

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Date: 1930 – 1950

Material: wood; metal

Catalogue Number: 108.04.0032 a,b

Description: Heavy, short skis, with metal toe plate and bindings. They become thicker at the beautifully curved tip. Metal edging is screwed on, holes going in through the skis below the bindings. The binding is "ATTENHOFFER'S ALPINA".

Title: Alpine Skis

Date: 1930 – 1950

Material: wood; metal

Dimensions: 9.0 x 135.0 cm

Description: Heavy, short skis, with metal toe plate and bindings. They become thicker at the beautifully curved tip. Metal edging is screwed on, holes going in through the skis below the bindings. The binding is "ATTENHOFFER'S ALPINA".