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Drawers Chest

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Date: 1825 – 1875

Material: wood, mahogany; metal, brass

Catalogue Number: 102.03.0013

Description: A chest of drawers with an inlaid bowed front, this chest has five drawers with brass drawer pulls.

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Title: Drawers Chest

Date: 1825 – 1875

Material: wood, mahogany; metal, brass

Dimensions: 92.0 x 63.0 x 116.0 cm

Description: A chest of drawers with an inlaid bowed front, this chest has five drawers with brass drawer pulls.

Subject: households; furniture

Credit: Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: 102.03.0013

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Embroidery Sampler

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Date: 1820 – 1825

Material: fibre, cotton

Catalogue Number: 107.02.1006 a, b

Description: Two verses centered in picture in tiny brown straight stitch embroidery "How should thee morning of my days Be spent in humble prayer and Praise, To him he save me life and breath And still preserve my soul from death - O may his condescending love Still draw my heart to things above, That I among …

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Title: Embroidery Sampler

Date: 1820 – 1825

Material: fibre, cotton

Dimensions: 44.75 x 51.0 cm

Description: Two verses centered in picture in tiny brown straight stitch embroidery "How should thee morning of my days Be spent in humble prayer and Praise, To him he save me life and breath And still preserve my soul from death - O may his condescending love Still draw my heart to things above, That I among his saints may know The joys of heaven begun below. Deborah Schaffer". Cross stitched large beige flower with blue ribbon is bottom centre from which various coloured flowers and leaves surround the verse. b) Note “Deborah Schaeffer 1540”

Subject: households; furnishings; Deborah Schaffer; Mary Shaffer Warren; needlework; embroidery

Credit: Gift of Charles C. Reid, Banff, Alberta, 1986

Catalogue Number: 107.02.1006 a, b

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Flash Flood

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Artist: Robert William Sinclair (1939 – , Canadian)

Date: 2020

Medium: on arches paper

Catalogue Number: SiR.15.57

Description: “.20 . ” engraved into bottom centre below cut out. “Sinclairs” written on inside with two dots of orange paint. “. FLASH FLOOD .” written at back bottom centre.

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Artist: Robert William Sinclair (1939 – , Canadian)

Title: Flash Flood

Date: 2020

Medium: on arches paper

Dimensions: 9.5 x 15.3 cm

Description: “.20 . ” engraved into bottom centre below cut out. “Sinclairs” written on inside with two dots of orange paint. “. FLASH FLOOD .” written at back bottom centre.

Subject: card; Christmas; cut paper; mountain; landscape; Sinclair

Credit: Gift of Robert William Sinclair, Edmonton, 2014

Catalogue Number: SiR.15.57

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Flower Vase

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Date: 1821 – 1821

Material: glass

Catalogue Number: 102.04.0100

Description: A handblown glass vase with a plain base flaring to a wide rim. The punty mark is visible on the bottom. The vase is etched on the outside with a floral design around the monogram “WEC 1821”.

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Title: Flower Vase

Date: 1821 – 1821

Material: glass

Dimensions: 15.0 x 12.2 x 12.2 cm

Description: A handblown glass vase with a plain base flaring to a wide rim. The punty mark is visible on the bottom. The vase is etched on the outside with a floral design around the monogram “WEC 1821”.

Subject: households; decorative; crafts

Credit: Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: 102.04.0100

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A glance at some of the beauties and sublimities of Switzerland

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

Published Date: 1829

Author: Murray, John

Publisher: London : Longman [et al.]

Call Number: DQ23 M87

Author: Murray, John

Publisher: London : Longman [et al.]

Published Date: 1829

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

Call Number: DQ23 M87

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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Hand Sanitizer Bottle

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Date: later than 2020

Material: glass; paper; rubber

Catalogue Number: 110.01.0311

Description: A small glass bottle with a black lid with rubber stopper. A white label takes up the front of the bottle. The label reads “PARK DISTILLERY HAND SANITIZER -- W.H.O RECOMMENDED HANDRUB FORMULATION NOT FOR CONSUMPTION” with directions for use and barcode below. The bottle is sealed.

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Title: Hand Sanitizer Bottle

Date: later than 2020

Material: glass; paper; rubber

Dimensions: 16.0 x 5.9 x 5.9 cm

Description: A small glass bottle with a black lid with rubber stopper. A white label takes up the front of the bottle. The label reads “PARK DISTILLERY HAND SANITIZER -- W.H.O RECOMMENDED HANDRUB FORMULATION NOT FOR CONSUMPTION” with directions for use and barcode below. The bottle is sealed.

Subject: Banff; Park Distillery; Covid-19

Credit: Gift of Amie Lalonde, 2023

Catalogue Number: 110.01.0311

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Handmade Box

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Date: 1820 – 1830

Material: paper

Catalogue Number: 110.02.1004

Description: Handmade cardboard oval box with lid. Hand stitched and covered with decorated paper, dark beige with black pattern.

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Title: Handmade Box

Date: 1820 – 1830

Material: paper

Dimensions: 10.0 x 12.0 x 19.0 cm

Description: Handmade cardboard oval box with lid. Hand stitched and covered with decorated paper, dark beige with black pattern.

Subject: households; hobbies; Priscilla Morgan Potts; Mary Schaffer

Credit: Gift of Charles C. Reid, Banff, Alberta, 1986

Catalogue Number: 110.02.1004

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Hatchet Ax

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Date: 1825 – 1950

Material: metal; wood; skin; fibre

Catalogue Number: 104.49.0005

Description: A solid brass hatchet head with long narrow blade flaring to curved edge. Small round cast brass bowl, pipe? at other end of blade has small hole drilled through bottom. Handle is straight flattened piece of wood which was once painted green as evidenced by traces of green colour in grain. Handle p…

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Title: Hatchet Ax

Date: 1825 – 1950

Material: metal; wood; skin; fibre

Dimensions: 3.8 x 19.3 x 30.0 cm

Description: A solid brass hatchet head with long narrow blade flaring to curved edge. Small round cast brass bowl, pipe? at other end of blade has small hole drilled through bottom. Handle is straight flattened piece of wood which was once painted green as evidenced by traces of green colour in grain. Handle passes through round opening in hatchet head and is tied on with a thong of buckskin. A strip of flannel material is tied at base of handle with one end hanging loose.

Subject: Indigenous; warfare; hunting; HBC

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

Catalogue Number: 104.49.0005

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Illustrations of the passes of the Alps

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

Published Date: 1828-29

Author: Brockedon, William

Publisher: London : The Author

Call Number: DQ823 B76 1828 I Oversize C

Author: Brockedon, William

Publisher: London : The Author

Published Date: 1828-29

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

Series: Volume 1 of 2

Notes: Edward C. Porter Mountaineering Library

Call Number: DQ823 B76 1828 I Oversize C

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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Illustrations of the passes of the Alps

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

Published Date: 1828-29

Author: Brockedon, William

Publisher: London : The Author

Call Number: DQ823 B76 1828 II Oversize C

Author: Brockedon, William

Publisher: London : The Author

Published Date: 1828-29

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

Series: Volume 2 of 2

Notes: Edward C. Porter Mountaineering Library

Call Number: DQ823 B76 1828 II Oversize C

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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Journal of a tour through part of the snowy range of the Himala mountains

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

Published Date: 1820

Author: Fraser, James Baillie

Publisher: London : Rodwell & Martin

Call Number: DS485 H6 F69 Oversize D

Author: Fraser, James Baillie

Publisher: London : Rodwell & Martin

Published Date: 1820

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

Notes: Edward C. Porter Mountaineering Library

Call Number: DS485 H6 F69 Oversize D

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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Journal of voyages and travels in the interior of North America

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

Published Date: 1820

Author: Harmon, Daniel Williams

Publisher: Andover (U.S.): Flagg & Gould

Call Number: F1060.7 H3

Author: Harmon, Daniel Williams

Publisher: Andover (U.S.): Flagg & Gould

Published Date: 1820

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

Call Number: F1060.7 H3

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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Ladle

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Date: 1728 – 1800

Material: horn; metal

Catalogue Number: 104.20.0553

Description: Oval, almost flat bottomed ladle with short shaft connected to spiralled, bone, silver tipped handle. Coin is inset in base of ladle and is visible from either side. "heads" with portrait, "tails" side of coin, outside ladle, indicated 1728 date and slogans, shields. Engraving on outside of …

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Title: Ladle

Date: 1728 – 1800

Material: horn; metal

Dimensions: 2.7 x 8.0 x 35.5 cm

Description: Oval, almost flat bottomed ladle with short shaft connected to spiralled, bone, silver tipped handle. Coin is inset in base of ladle and is visible from either side. "heads" with portrait, "tails" side of coin, outside ladle, indicated 1728 date and slogans, shields. Engraving on outside of ladle under rim "H/W*S".

Subject: households; Edith Morse Robb

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

Catalogue Number: 104.20.0553

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Mask Up Buttercup

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Artist: Bev Tosh (1948 – , Canadian)

Date: 2020

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: TsB.02.02

Description: Oil on canvas with a central, forward facing, figure in green and pink and wearing a blue surgical mask on face Ear length brown hair. White background bleeds into figure.

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Artist: Bev Tosh (1948 – , Canadian)

Title: Mask Up Buttercup

Date: 2020

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 64.0 x 49.0 cm

Description: Oil on canvas with a central, forward facing, figure in green and pink and wearing a blue surgical mask on face Ear length brown hair. White background bleeds into figure.

Subject: mask; covid-19, Bev Tosh; self portrait

Credit: Purchased from Bev Tosh, 2023

Catalogue Number: TsB.02.02

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Maypop

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Artist: Mary Vaux Walcott (1860 – 1940, American)

Date: 2025

Medium: ink on paper

Catalogue Number: WaM.04.016

Description: Reproduction print from Mary Vaux Wallcott’s North American wildflowers book. Print shows a red stem with large green leaves and purple, anemone like flower at left with closed flowers above and at right. Tendrils curling into spirals are also on the stem. “324 M V W 1925” is printed in blue in low…

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Artist: Mary Vaux Walcott (1860 – 1940, American)

Title: Maypop

Date: 2025

Medium: ink on paper

Dimensions: 31.5 x 23.5 cm

Description: Reproduction print from Mary Vaux Wallcott’s North American wildflowers book. Print shows a red stem with large green leaves and purple, anemone like flower at left with closed flowers above and at right. Tendrils curling into spirals are also on the stem. “324 M V W 1925” is printed in blue in lower left corner.

Subject: botanical; flowers

Credit: Gift of Bobbye Ruth Potter, 2012

Catalogue Number: WaM.04.016

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Military Epaulettes

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Date: 1825 – 1845

Material: metal, silver; fibre

Catalogue Number: 103.09.1040 a-c

Description: Pair of shoulder epaulettes and a breastplate. (c) Breastplate oval shaped 9.0x6.5, convex with "CS" engraved on front; on back 2 studs and one hook, all in silver. (a,b) epaulettes, overlapping metal disks of silver form long narrow band. Bottom widens slightly to half moon shape covered with…

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Title: Military Epaulettes

Date: 1825 – 1845

Material: metal, silver; fibre

Dimensions: 6.0 x 31.0 cm

Description: Pair of shoulder epaulettes and a breastplate. (c) Breastplate oval shaped 9.0x6.5, convex with "CS" engraved on front; on back 2 studs and one hook, all in silver. (a,b) epaulettes, overlapping metal disks of silver form long narrow band. Bottom widens slightly to half moon shape covered with coiled silver wire. From that hangs 15 silver wire coils 7.5 long. Underneath is a row of fine silver coiled wire, 7.5 long and under that is fine coiled thread, sewn onto a shaped pad, lined with silk. Came in a box on which is written: "Silver/Epaulettes/Specs (crossed off)/ Breastplate/ Spectacles (crossed off)/ of Father's C. Schaffer Sr. 1836/ Epaulettes of Chas Schaffer 1st"