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Date
1930
Material
metal
Catalogue Number
110.01.1041
Description
Food can opened at top, lid still attached. Body of can in V-shape, for pouring (for coal oil?), recovered from mine shaft.
Title
Food Tin
Date
1930
Material
metal
Description
Food can opened at top, lid still attached. Body of can in V-shape, for pouring (for coal oil?), recovered from mine shaft.
Subject
Bill Peyto
exploration
mining
Credit
Gift of Ted J. Hart, Banff, 1994
Catalogue Number
110.01.1041
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Date
1811
Material
metal; glass; wood
Catalogue Number
104.08.1006 a,b
Description
Two musket balls matted and framed with inscription. Frame is 15.5x23.2, behind glass.Inscription reads “Musket Balls lost by David Thompson at Athabaska (sic) Pass on January 13th, 1811, and discovered by The Interprovincial Boundary Survey July 1921. Presented by R.W. Cautley The Leader of the S…
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Title
Musket Ball
Date
1811
Material
metal; glass; wood
Description
Two musket balls matted and framed with inscription. Frame is 15.5x23.2, behind glass.Inscription reads “Musket Balls lost by David Thompson at Athabaska (sic) Pass on January 13th, 1811, and discovered by The Interprovincial Boundary Survey July 1921. Presented by R.W. Cautley The Leader of the Survey Party.Note In frame Musket was originally spelled Muske1 and then a bar put through to make it look like a t.
Subject
exploration
surveying
David Thompson
R.W.Cautley
Athabasca Pass
Credit
Gift of Alpine Club of Canada, Canmore, 1973
Catalogue Number
104.08.1006 a,b
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Date
1811 – 1920
Material
metal
Catalogue Number
104.08.1003
Description
Irregularly shaped round ball.
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Title
Musket Ball
Date
1811 – 1920
Material
metal
Description
Irregularly shaped round ball.
Subject
Canadian Rockies
David Thompson
exploration
surveying
Credit
Gift of anonymous, 1971
Catalogue Number
104.08.1003
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Date
1930 – 1960
Material
metal, aluminum; metal; glass; skin; plastic
Catalogue Number
104.44.0004
Description
A compass with a round face set into a square aluminum frame. The face is marked with a line every thirty degrees with an arrow at North. The magnetic compass needle is half red (indicates North) and half black to blend in with the face, which is set into a ring calibrated at five degree interval…
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Title
Surveyor Compass
Date
1930 – 1960
Material
metal, aluminum; metal; glass; skin; plastic
Dimensions
2.0 x 5.0 x 6.5 cm
Description
A compass with a round face set into a square aluminum frame. The face is marked with a line every thirty degrees with an arrow at North. The magnetic compass needle is half red (indicates North) and half black to blend in with the face, which is set into a ring calibrated at five degree intervals from zero to three hundred and sixty degrees and is adjustable with another ring to set magnetic North. The square frame has a two inch scale along one side and a 1:50,000 map scale in miles on the opposite with two square loops of aluminum on the other two sides. The back panel of the compass is black plastic with a chart of several map scales converted to inches on a map and distance in feet. A leather thong is tied to one side loop and passes through a hole in the bottom of a crudely sewn square soft leather pouch which slides up and down on the thong. The initials “DJ” are burned into one side of the pouch and the letters “N”, “E”, “S”, and “W” with an arrow pointing North are burned into the other side.
Subject
households
sports
hiking
exploration
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
104.44.0004
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Surveyor Compass Card

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Date
1933
Material
metal
Catalogue Number
104.44.1001
Description
A brass compass card, small hole in centre. Scratched into surface: "Bill Neish Oct 6th 1933".
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Title
Surveyor Compass Card
Date
1933
Material
metal
Description
A brass compass card, small hole in centre. Scratched into surface: "Bill Neish Oct 6th 1933".
Subject
exploration
surveying
Bill Neish
Credit
Gift of Forrest (Pat) Oliver Brewster, Banff, 1966
Catalogue Number
104.44.1001
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