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- Date
- 1900 – 1913
- Material
- skin; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 103.03.1016
- Description
- Conrad Kain wore on 1913 first ascent Mount Robson, sturdy, thick, leather boot heel, tapering slightly at bottom, studded by 2 rows of .5 cm diameter nailheads around heel edge, layers of leather beginning to separate, bottom layer cracked and shrunken at centre, bent ends of nails flattened again…
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- Title
- Boot Heel
- Date
- 1900 – 1913
- Material
- skin; metal
- Dimensions
- 3.0 x 6.7 x 7.8 cm
- Description
- Conrad Kain wore on 1913 first ascent Mount Robson, sturdy, thick, leather boot heel, tapering slightly at bottom, studded by 2 rows of .5 cm diameter nailheads around heel edge, layers of leather beginning to separate, bottom layer cracked and shrunken at centre, bent ends of nails flattened against top of heel.
- Subject
- sports
- climbing
- Conrad Kain
- Mount Robson
- Credit
- Gift of J. Monroe Thorington, Philadelphia, USA, 1972
- Catalogue Number
- 103.03.1016
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- Date
- 1970 – 1985
- Material
- glass; metal; paper
- Catalogue Number
- 110.01.1014
- Description
- Small flat clear glass bottle containing coloured liquid - a mini bottle of Scotch from Banff, Scotland. The bottle has a yellow label with a black picture and red writing “Brig o’ Banff”, “FINEST SCOTCH WHISKY”, “W.G. PATERSON & SON” and “BANFF.”
- Title
- Bottle
- Date
- 1970 – 1985
- Material
- glass; metal; paper
- Description
- Small flat clear glass bottle containing coloured liquid - a mini bottle of Scotch from Banff, Scotland. The bottle has a yellow label with a black picture and red writing “Brig o’ Banff”, “FINEST SCOTCH WHISKY”, “W.G. PATERSON & SON” and “BANFF.”
- Subject
- households
- social customs
- Banff
- souvenirs
- Credit
- Gift of Edward Cavell, Calgary, 1985
- Catalogue Number
- 110.01.1014
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- Date
- 1900 – 1925
- Material
- glass; paper; plastic
- Catalogue Number
- 110.01.0004
- Description
- A squared clear glass bottle with rounded shoulders and a short neck. A torn paper banner across the front shoulders reads “E....LL.KIRSCH” and the bottle once had a transparent cellophane label completely around the squared bottom with coloured medieval figures (knights, horses, banners). The le…
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- Title
- Brandy Bottle
- Date
- 1900 – 1925
- Material
- glass; paper; plastic
- Dimensions
- 13.5 x 8.5 cm
- Description
- A squared clear glass bottle with rounded shoulders and a short neck. A torn paper banner across the front shoulders reads “E....LL.KIRSCH” and the bottle once had a transparent cellophane label completely around the squared bottom with coloured medieval figures (knights, horses, banners). The lettering on the back of collophane reads “GEORG.FREYHERRVONDER.FLINGER.CHURFURSTT(?).BRANDENB....GENERAL.FELD.MARCHALL.” A torn paper banner on the back shoulder reads “.........enfoilt(?)ca. 0.36 Lts.” The paper baners seem to be handwritten.
- Subject
- households
- social customs
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 110.01.0004
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Cake Knife; Fork
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- Date
- 1900 – 1910
- Material
- metal, silver; antler; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.0060 a-c
- Description
- A cake serving knife (a) and fork (b) set in a green box (c). a) The knife has a broad silver blade with an etched design and an antler handle. The knife is marked with “SBS ARK EP, NS”b) The fork is wide and flat and has five tines. A design is etched in silver at the base of the tines. The f…
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- Title
- Cake Knife; Fork
- Date
- 1900 – 1910
- Material
- metal, silver; antler; fibre
- Dimensions
- 30.5 (a); 25.0 (b) cm
- Description
- A cake serving knife (a) and fork (b) set in a green box (c). a) The knife has a broad silver blade with an etched design and an antler handle. The knife is marked with “SBS ARK EP, NS”b) The fork is wide and flat and has five tines. A design is etched in silver at the base of the tines. The fork also has an antler handle.c) The box is lined with green satin and has a green velvet bed. The box has a hinged lid with a metal clasp. The lid of the box is marked with “hallmarked, silver mounted”.
- Subject
- households
- food
- social customs
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.0060 a-c
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Cake Knife; Fork
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- Date
- 1900 – 1930
- Material
- metal, silver; shell, mother of pearl
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.0083 a,b
- Description
- A cake serving set consisting of a knife (a) and fork (b). Both pieces have simple white mother of pearl handles. The fork and knife are marked “sterling”.a) The knife has a wide curved silver blade which is half open-work filigree and half solid with the filigree pattern continued as engraving.b…
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- Title
- Cake Knife; Fork
- Date
- 1900 – 1930
- Material
- metal, silver; shell, mother of pearl
- Dimensions
- 27.0 (a); 20.0 (b) cm
- Description
- A cake serving set consisting of a knife (a) and fork (b). Both pieces have simple white mother of pearl handles. The fork and knife are marked “sterling”.a) The knife has a wide curved silver blade which is half open-work filigree and half solid with the filigree pattern continued as engraving.b) The fork has a wide blade with five tines and a pierced decoration at the base of the tines.
- Subject
- households
- social customs
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.0083 a,b
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Candle Lantern
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact102.05.1015
- Date
- 1900 – 1940
- Material
- metal; mineral; plastic; wood; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 102.05.1015
- Description
- Folding metal candle lantern with isinglass or mica windows on sides, one replaced with plexiglass. Small manufactuerer’s stamp of wooden shoe with “14” below it. Fits into homemade wooden frame/case and tied with string.
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- Title
- Candle Lantern
- Date
- 1900 – 1940
- Material
- metal; mineral; plastic; wood; fibre
- Dimensions
- 10.5 x 20.0 cm
- Description
- Folding metal candle lantern with isinglass or mica windows on sides, one replaced with plexiglass. Small manufactuerer’s stamp of wooden shoe with “14” below it. Fits into homemade wooden frame/case and tied with string.
- Credit
- Gift of Fred Feuz, Salmon Arm, 1999
- Catalogue Number
- 102.05.1015
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Candle Lantern
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- Date
- 1900 – 1950
- Material
- metal; plastic
- Catalogue Number
- 102.05.1016
- Description
- Folding metal candle lantern with clear plastic windows on sides. “BLITZLANTERNE” embossed on front of lantern.
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- Title
- Candle Lantern
- Date
- 1900 – 1950
- Material
- metal; plastic
- Dimensions
- 16.0 x 8.0 cm
- Description
- Folding metal candle lantern with clear plastic windows on sides. “BLITZLANTERNE” embossed on front of lantern.
- Credit
- Gift of Fred Feuz, Salmon Arm, 1999
- Catalogue Number
- 102.05.1016
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- Date
- 1900 – 1950
- Material
- grass, bamboo; metal,silver
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0096
- Description
- A simple bamboo cane with a metal tip on the bottom. The bamboo shoot is bent at a right angle to form the cane’s handle. There is a silver cap on the end of the handle. The handle of the cane is marked with “Sangster” and silver hallmarks.
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- Title
- Cane
- Date
- 1900 – 1950
- Material
- grass, bamboo; metal,silver
- Dimensions
- 87.0 cm
- Description
- A simple bamboo cane with a metal tip on the bottom. The bamboo shoot is bent at a right angle to form the cane’s handle. There is a silver cap on the end of the handle. The handle of the cane is marked with “Sangster” and silver hallmarks.
- Subject
- assistive device
- social customs
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0096
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- Date
- 1900 – 1940
- Material
- wood; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0099
- Description
- A straight-grained wooden cane with a metal tip. The handle is curved at a right angle to the cane, and has five small metal knobs on each side and a metal spine.
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- Title
- Cane
- Date
- 1900 – 1940
- Material
- wood; metal
- Dimensions
- 11.5 x 88.0 cm
- Description
- A straight-grained wooden cane with a metal tip. The handle is curved at a right angle to the cane, and has five small metal knobs on each side and a metal spine.
- Subject
- assistive device
- social customs
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0099
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- Date
- 1900 – 1940
- Material
- grass, bamboo; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0100
- Description
- A very thin bamboo cane with a curved metal handle.
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- Title
- Cane
- Date
- 1900 – 1940
- Material
- grass, bamboo; metal
- Dimensions
- 92.0 cm
- Description
- A very thin bamboo cane with a curved metal handle.
- Subject
- assistive device
- social customs
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0100
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- Date
- 1900 – 1940
- Material
- wood; bone; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0101
- Description
- A straight wooden walking stick with a cap of bone at the handle.
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- Title
- Cane
- Date
- 1900 – 1940
- Material
- wood; bone; metal
- Dimensions
- 94.0 cm
- Description
- A straight wooden walking stick with a cap of bone at the handle.
- Subject
- assistive device
- social customs
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0101
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- Date
- 1977 – 1978
- Material
- plastic
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0291
- Description
- Vertically ridged, octagonal, white translucent plastic bottle with green screw cap holds in a red plastic stopper which is connected to a neck loop through cap centre."Made in Austria" stamped on bottom. Impressed in plastic "EK" within square, "468" and "750".
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- Title
- Canteen
- Date
- 1977 – 1978
- Material
- plastic
- Dimensions
- 24.0 x 6.6 x 9.0 cm
- Description
- Vertically ridged, octagonal, white translucent plastic bottle with green screw cap holds in a red plastic stopper which is connected to a neck loop through cap centre."Made in Austria" stamped on bottom. Impressed in plastic "EK" within square, "468" and "750".
- Subject
- households
- sports
- hiking
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0291
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- Date
- 1900 – 1906
- Material
- fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 103.04.0033 a-e
- Description
- A collection of five black felt university caps with cotton linings and embroidery work. Each hat bears a different design: 103.04.0033a - the word “Varuna” beneath a “V” behind the face of an old man (Poseidon?) with forks extending diagonally upward from behind his head; 103.04.0033b - the lette…
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- Title
- Cap
- Date
- 1900 – 1906
- Material
- fibre
- Dimensions
- 10.0 cm
- Description
- A collection of five black felt university caps with cotton linings and embroidery work. Each hat bears a different design: 103.04.0033a - the word “Varuna” beneath a “V” behind the face of an old man (Poseidon?) with forks extending diagonally upward from behind his head; 103.04.0033b - the letters “TPT” with the P in the centre larger than the other two letters, and inside “CU Gulick”; 103.04.0033c - the word “Naraka” beneath a bust of a devil with horns and a pointed tail, with forks extending diagonally upward from behind the devil’s body, and inside “CU Gulick & W.B. Salsbury”; 103.04.0033d - the letters “UPT” embroidered like a monogram, with the letters stacked on top of each other; 103.04.0033e - the date “1902”, and on the inside “CU Gulick, Princeton, N.J.”.
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.04.0033 a-e
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- Date
- 1970 – 1990
- Material
- metal
- Catalogue Number
- 108.04.1081 a-d
- Description
- Four aluminum carabiners linked together, a combination of spring latch loaded closure system: (a) a D-ring aluminum carabiner (10.0x4.5cm high) with non-locking gate mechanism on the gate; on one side engraved “H” and then raised in block lettering “BREVETTE S G D G”, and then “G” engraved, on op…
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- Title
- Carabiner
- Date
- 1970 – 1990
- Material
- metal
- Description
- Four aluminum carabiners linked together, a combination of spring latch loaded closure system: (a) a D-ring aluminum carabiner (10.0x4.5cm high) with non-locking gate mechanism on the gate; on one side engraved “H” and then raised in block lettering “BREVETTE S G D G”, and then “G” engraved, on opposite side in raised lettering, “P. ALLAIN” on the opposite side.(b) a D-ring aluminum carabiner (10.5x5.0cm high) with non-locking gate mechanism; on one side engraved “H” and then in raised block lettering “BREVETTE S G D G”, and then “G”, on opposite side in raised lettering, “P. ALLAIN 1600 Kg” on the opposite side.(c) An oval-shaped aluminum carabiner (10.0x5.0cm high) with non-locking gate mechanism; “BEDAYN CALIFORNIA” engraved on side.(d) a D-ring aluminum carabiner (11.5.x6.0cm high) with a screw-locking ring mechanism on the gate; on one side engraved “H G”
- Subject
- sports
- climbing
- mountaineering
- Hans Gmoser
- Credit
- Gift of Hans and Margaret Gmoser, Harvie Heights, 1991
- Catalogue Number
- 108.04.1081 a-d
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- Date
- 1900 – 1925
- Material
- ivory
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0156
- Description
- A very flat ivory card case that is ornately decorated in carved relief. One side of the case bears a cross, and the other side has an oval frame with a pointed scalloped border. The surface around each central design is entirely decorated in relief carving including flowers, figures and houses. …
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- Title
- Card Case
- Date
- 1900 – 1925
- Material
- ivory
- Dimensions
- 0.9 x 7.3 x 11.3 cm
- Description
- A very flat ivory card case that is ornately decorated in carved relief. One side of the case bears a cross, and the other side has an oval frame with a pointed scalloped border. The surface around each central design is entirely decorated in relief carving including flowers, figures and houses. The top quarter of the box lifts off as a lid to reveal a thin inner compartment lip with cut out finger grips to allow the removal of cards or papers. Three cards found inside. The first says “James Deung- 245 Earl St. [Kinly Sloi]. The second says “Sir Robert Borwick, 16. Berkeley Square w, Carlton Club”. The third says “[nAL hat] wishes for a Merry Christmas from Mr. Frederick Byram Hussey, Pittsburgh Club”
- Subject
- social customs
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0156
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Carrying Strap
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- Date
- 1970 – 1973
- Material
- hair
- Catalogue Number
- 106.06.0053
- Description
- Very strong, thick, coarsely woven strap of spun black and white hair (possibly yak? Warp faced black and white checkerboard pattern with a single border line of black running down each side on the white background. Very hairy texture. One end has uneven, unspun hair fringe, other end woven togeth…
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- Title
- Carrying Strap
- Date
- 1970 – 1973
- Material
- hair
- Dimensions
- 0.8 x 6.5 x 144.0 cm
- Description
- Very strong, thick, coarsely woven strap of spun black and white hair (possibly yak? Warp faced black and white checkerboard pattern with a single border line of black running down each side on the white background. Very hairy texture. One end has uneven, unspun hair fringe, other end woven together to form a casing approximately 4.0 cm long.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 106.06.0053
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- Date
- 1970 – 1990
- Material
- fibre; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 108.04.1084 a-c
- Description
- Three small rope ladders with metal bars for steps; two ladders are the same type and appear to be handmade:(a) (118.5cm with nylon cord extension 168.0) Three metal bars with thick white nylon rope threaded through the holes in the bars and tied in knots. There is a metal hook (written in scipt “C…
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- Title
- Climbing Ladder
- Date
- 1970 – 1990
- Material
- fibre; metal
- Description
- Three small rope ladders with metal bars for steps; two ladders are the same type and appear to be handmade:(a) (118.5cm with nylon cord extension 168.0) Three metal bars with thick white nylon rope threaded through the holes in the bars and tied in knots. There is a metal hook (written in scipt “Charlet-Maser”) with a hole in the top and one in the bottom where the rope is looped through. There are remnants of red lettering on the inside the first bar ”ISER AN .032” followed by a star inside a circle.(b) Three metal bars with thick white nylon rope threaded through the holes in the bars and tied in knots. There is a metal hook with a hole in the top through which a thin blue and white nylon cord is looped through and knotted and one in the bottom where white, heavier rope is looped through and then knotted. (c) The third ladder consists of three aluminum bars with white, light nylon rope looped through the holes at either end and tied. Machine engraved on the side of each bar “TRADE, logo, MARK” and underneath “TOP.S. ALPINE EQUIPMENT”.
- Subject
- sports
- climbing
- mountaineering
- Hans Gmoser
- Credit
- Gift of Hans and Margaret Gmoser, Harvie Heights, 1991
- Catalogue Number
- 108.04.1084 a-c
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- Date
- 1905 – 1955
- Material
- fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 108.04.1117 a-c
- Description
- 3 coiled hemp climbing ropes: a)light beige, wrapped and tied in three places, b) medium brown, wrapped and tied in two places, c) medium brown, thinner than a & b, wrapped and tied in three places.
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- Title
- Climbing Rope
- Date
- 1905 – 1955
- Material
- fibre
- Description
- 3 coiled hemp climbing ropes: a)light beige, wrapped and tied in three places, b) medium brown, wrapped and tied in two places, c) medium brown, thinner than a & b, wrapped and tied in three places.
- Credit
- Gift of Fred Feuz, Salmon Arm, 1999
- Catalogue Number
- 108.04.1117 a-c
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- Date
- 1905 – 1955
- Material
- fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 108.04.1118
- Description
- One coiled manilla climbing rope, wrapped and tied in one place.
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- Title
- Climbing Rope
- Date
- 1905 – 1955
- Material
- fibre
- Description
- One coiled manilla climbing rope, wrapped and tied in one place.
- Credit
- Gift of Fred Feuz, Salmon Arm, 1999
- Catalogue Number
- 108.04.1118
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- Date
- 1905 – 1955
- Material
- fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 108.04.1119
- Description
- One coiled nylon climbing rope, wrapped and tied in two places, off-white with a few rub spots of green.
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- Title
- Climbing Rope
- Date
- 1905 – 1955
- Material
- fibre
- Description
- One coiled nylon climbing rope, wrapped and tied in two places, off-white with a few rub spots of green.
- Credit
- Gift of Fred Feuz, Salmon Arm, 1999
- Catalogue Number
- 108.04.1119
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