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Above the snow line : mountaineering sketches between 1870 and 1880

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

Published Date: 1885

Author: Dent, Clinton Thomas

Publisher: London : Longmans, Green

Call Number: G510 D45

Author: Dent, Clinton Thomas

Publisher: London : Longmans, Green

Published Date: 1885

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

Notes: Edward C. Porter Mountaineering Library

Call Number: G510 D45

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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Account of an embassy to the courts of the Teshoo Lama, in Tibet

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

Published Date: 1800

Author: Turner, Samuel

Publisher: London : Bulmer

Call Number: DS785 T87 Oversize F

Author: Turner, Samuel

Publisher: London : Bulmer

Published Date: 1800

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

Notes: Edward C. Porter Mountaineering Library

Call Number: DS785 T87 Oversize F

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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Achievement Plaque

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Date: 1910

Material: wood; metal

Catalogue Number: 103.09.1031

Description: Silver medals "Banff Regatta" on black wooden shield. Ribbon shape, flat silver with "Banff Regatta" across top. Large molded silver shield shape in centre "Presented by Imperial Bank of Canada 1910". Five shield shape silver medals with names engraved. At bottom circular molded silver 3.5 dia…

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Title: Achievement Plaque

Date: 1910

Material: wood; metal

Dimensions: 25.3 x 33.6 cm

Description: Silver medals "Banff Regatta" on black wooden shield. Ribbon shape, flat silver with "Banff Regatta" across top. Large molded silver shield shape in centre "Presented by Imperial Bank of Canada 1910". Five shield shape silver medals with names engraved. At bottom circular molded silver 3.5 dia. shows 2 people in a canoe, wreath along bottom edge.

Subject: sports; summer; boating; Banff Regatta

Credit: Gift of Iva (Mrs. Len) Smith, 1976

Catalogue Number: 103.09.1031

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Acoustic Guitar

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Date: 1910 – 1930

Material: wood; paper; metal; plastic; steel

Catalogue Number: 104.34.1001 a-d

Description: Martin steel string with case and strings; (a) guitar (96.5 x 34.5 x 10.5); fine hardwood construction, blond face,red/brown body and neck, ebony finger board and bridge base; "French" ivory rim, bridge, string pegs and tuning pegs; small "Mother of Pearl" diamond shaped position marks; silver-co…

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Title: Acoustic Guitar

Date: 1910 – 1930

Material: wood; paper; metal; plastic; steel

Dimensions: 34.5 x 86.5 cm

Description: Martin steel string with case and strings; (a) guitar (96.5 x 34.5 x 10.5); fine hardwood construction, blond face,red/brown body and neck, ebony finger board and bridge base; "French" ivory rim, bridge, string pegs and tuning pegs; small "Mother of Pearl" diamond shaped position marks; silver-coloured plates on side of head with engraving; burned stamp inside of body: "C F Martin & Co Nazarath, PA"; on neck block: "29990"; stamped on head: "Made in USA" plus same as inside body; (b) case: black pressed paper with purple velvet lining; metal fittings; enclosed box in neck area; (c) 3 "Black Diamond String" envelopes; with coiled strings; various used coiled strings (strings removed form guitar) (d) 13 pieces of various musical notations for chords and tunes.

Subject: households; music; Edmee Moore; C.F. Martin

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

Catalogue Number: 104.34.1001 a-d

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Across Patagonia

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

Published Date: 1880

Author: Dixie, Lady Florence Caroline (Douglas)

Publisher: London : Bentley

Call Number: F2936 D5

Author: Dixie, Lady Florence Caroline (Douglas)

Publisher: London : Bentley

Published Date: 1880

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

Call Number: F2936 D5

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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Across the continent : a summer's journey to the Rocky mountains, the Mormons and the Pacific States

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

Published Date: 1865

Author: Bowles, Samuel

Publisher: Springfield (Mass.): Bowles

Call Number: F594 B6

Author: Bowles, Samuel

Publisher: Springfield (Mass.): Bowles

Published Date: 1865

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

Call Number: F594 B6

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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Across the country from Thonon to Trent : rambles and scrambles in Switzerland and the Tyrol

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

Published Date: 1865

Author: Freshfield, Douglas William

Publisher: London : Spottiswoode

Call Number: DQ823 F74

Author: Freshfield, Douglas William

Publisher: London : Spottiswoode

Published Date: 1865

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

Notes: Edward C. Porter Mountaineering Library

Call Number: DQ823 F74

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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Across the roof of the world

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

Published Date: 1911

Author: Etherton, Percy Thomas

Publisher: London : Constable

Call Number: DS8 E84

Author: Etherton, Percy Thomas

Publisher: London : Constable

Published Date: 1911

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

Notes: Edward C. Porter Mountaineering Library

Call Number: DS8 E84

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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Adventures of James Capen Adams, mountaineers and grizzly bear hunter

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

Published Date: 1861

Author: Hittell, Theodore Henry

Publisher: Boston : Crosby, Nichols, Lee

Call Number: F864 A3

Author: Hittell, Theodore Henry

Publisher: Boston : Crosby, Nichols, Lee

Published Date: 1861

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

Subjects: Sierra Nevada Mountains

Call Number: F864 A3

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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Adventures with my alpen-stock and carpet bag

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

Published Date: 1864

Author: Smith, William

Publisher: London : Pitman

Call Number: DQ23 S615

Author: Smith, William

Publisher: London : Pitman

Published Date: 1864

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

Call Number: DQ23 S615

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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Alaska days with John Muir

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

Published Date: 1915

Author: Young, Samuel Hall

Publisher: New York : Chicago : Fleming H. Revell

Call Number: F908 Y6

Author: Young, Samuel Hall

Publisher: New York : Chicago : Fleming H. Revell

Published Date: 1915

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

Notes: Edward C. Porter Mountaineering Library

Call Number: F908 Y6

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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Alaskan glacier studies of the National Geographic Society in the Yakutat Bay, Prince William Sound and lower Copper River regions

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

Published Date: 1914

Author: Tarr, Ralph Stockman

Publisher: Washington : National Geographic Society

Call Number: QE576 T3

Author: Tarr, Ralph Stockman

Publisher: Washington : National Geographic Society

Published Date: 1914

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

Call Number: QE576 T3

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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Alpenstock

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Date: 1919 – 1930

Material: wood; metal

Catalogue Number: 108.04.1013

Description: Long staff silvered with deeply eroded grain showing, 9.8 cm tapering metal collar around end with 3.5 cm long, sturdy, square spike set into bottom of staff.

Title: Alpenstock

Date: 1919 – 1930

Material: wood; metal

Dimensions: 145.0 cm

Description: Long staff silvered with deeply eroded grain showing, 9.8 cm tapering metal collar around end with 3.5 cm long, sturdy, square spike set into bottom of staff.