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Account of Koonawur, in the Himalayas

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

Published Date: 1841; Lloyd, George

Author: Gerard, Alexander

Publisher: London : Madden

Call Number: DS485 K8 G4

Author: Gerard, Alexander

Responsibility: edited by George Lloyd

Publisher: London : Madden

Published Date: 1841; Lloyd, George

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

Call Number: DS485 K8 G4

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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Adventures in Mexico and the Rocky Mountains

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

Published Date: 1849

Author: Ruxton, George Frederick Augustus

Publisher: London : Murray

Call Number: F1213 R89

Author: Ruxton, George Frederick Augustus

Publisher: London : Murray

Published Date: 1849

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

Notes: Edward C. Porter Mountaineering Library

Call Number: F1213 R89

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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Box Camera

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Date: 1840 – 1850

Material: wood; glass; metal

Catalogue Number: 104.41.0005 a,b

Description: (a) Large dark brown wooden box camera which is constructed so that back half of camera slides into front half to focus and is secured in place by means of a brass thumbscrew into a slot in the base. Large brass lens screwed over aperture hole at centre of front side of wooden box, square glass pla…

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Title: Box Camera

Date: 1840 – 1850

Material: wood; glass; metal

Dimensions: 25.2 x 24.0 x 42.3 cm

Description: (a) Large dark brown wooden box camera which is constructed so that back half of camera slides into front half to focus and is secured in place by means of a brass thumbscrew into a slot in the base. Large brass lens screwed over aperture hole at centre of front side of wooden box, square glass plate set into wooden frame slides into slot at back of camera. (b) a separate plateholder of the same size has hinged door on back of frame which opens to insert black metal film sheath (Eastman Kodak), and front of frame slides out by pulling on metal ring at top to expose film. Note: wood cracking and separated at joints, chipped at lower front corners with large chunk of wood out of lower right, plateholder cracked across door and on one side of top.

Subject: households; hobbies; photography; J.D. Curren; PW

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

Catalogue Number: 104.41.0005 a,b

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Brooch

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Date: 1840 – 1875

Material: metal; stone

Catalogue Number: 103.01.0188

Description: An openwork, red and green enamelled silver pin with red leaves and green gemstones. Symmetrical shape of tiny bush with tiny silver leaves, blossoms and silver balls. Single, large .5 cm dia. red garnet at top with silver leaves forming heart shape below, having large, square, green zircons .4 cm…

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Title: Brooch

Date: 1840 – 1875

Material: metal; stone

Dimensions: 3.1 x 1.0 x 3.3 cm

Description: An openwork, red and green enamelled silver pin with red leaves and green gemstones. Symmetrical shape of tiny bush with tiny silver leaves, blossoms and silver balls. Single, large .5 cm dia. red garnet at top with silver leaves forming heart shape below, having large, square, green zircons .4 cm square, below and on either side. At each side of lower zircon are two flowing banner like streamers enamelled red and green. Back is flat silhouette of front, with circular holes through at points where jewels and silver balls are attached. Hinged pin spike across back fastens under curled hook clasp.

Subject: Whyte home; households; adornment; CR; Catharine Robb

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

Catalogue Number: 103.01.0188

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Caddy

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Date: 1840 – 1875

Material: metal

Catalogue Number: 104.19.0002

Description: An oval silver (Sheffield Plate) tea caddy with a lid. The lid has a large round knob. There is decorative trim around the top edge of the caddy and also around the top edge of the knob.

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Title: Caddy

Date: 1840 – 1875

Material: metal

Dimensions: 10.5 cm

Description: An oval silver (Sheffield Plate) tea caddy with a lid. The lid has a large round knob. There is decorative trim around the top edge of the caddy and also around the top edge of the knob.

Subject: social cusotms; households

Credit: Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: 104.19.0002

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Caddy

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Date: 1840 – 1900

Material: metal

Catalogue Number: 104.19.0003

Description: A square caddy of silver plate over copper. The caddy has a high lid with a rounded top.

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Title: Caddy

Date: 1840 – 1900

Material: metal

Dimensions: 10.0 x 9.0 cm

Description: A square caddy of silver plate over copper. The caddy has a high lid with a rounded top.

Subject: social customs; households

Credit: Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: 104.19.0003

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Cameo Brooch

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Date: 1840 – 1875

Material: shell; metal

Catalogue Number: 103.01.0126

Description: An oval cameo of mother of pearl on brownish background. Luminous carving of woman's profile. Fat oval background of iridescent abalone shell. Simple oval setting forms plain brass ? frame around with long hinged pin spike horizontally across back fastening under curled hook clasp on opposite side.

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Title: Cameo Brooch

Date: 1840 – 1875

Material: shell; metal

Dimensions: 1.3 x 2.8 x 3.4 cm

Description: An oval cameo of mother of pearl on brownish background. Luminous carving of woman's profile. Fat oval background of iridescent abalone shell. Simple oval setting forms plain brass ? frame around with long hinged pin spike horizontally across back fastening under curled hook clasp on opposite side.

Subject: Whyte home; households; adornment; Edith Morse Robb

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

Catalogue Number: 103.01.0126

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Chamonix, le Mont-Blanc et les deux Saint-Bernard

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

Published Date: 1843

Author: Manget, J.-L

Publisher: Geneve : Chez Combe

Call Number: DQ825 M35

Author: Manget, J.-L

Publisher: Geneve : Chez Combe

Published Date: 1843

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

Call Number: DQ825 M35

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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Daguerreotype

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Date: 1840 – 1880

Material: metal

Catalogue Number: 105.02.0010

Description: A daguerreotype of a woman, wearing a long dress, standing behing a small table with a man seated beside the table. A large window is in the background. The plate has a painted gold arched border around the picture.

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Title: Daguerreotype

Date: 1840 – 1880

Material: metal

Dimensions: 6.8 x 5.6 cm

Description: A daguerreotype of a woman, wearing a long dress, standing behing a small table with a man seated beside the table. A large window is in the background. The plate has a painted gold arched border around the picture.

Subject: photography; households

Credit: Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: 105.02.0010

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Etudes sur les glaciers

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

Published Date: 1840

Author: Agassiz, Louis

Publisher: Neuchatel : Nicolet

Call Number: QE576 A3

Author: Agassiz, Louis

Publisher: Neuchatel : Nicolet

Published Date: 1840

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

Subjects: Alps

Call Number: QE576 A3

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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Excursions et sejours dans les glaciers et les hautes regions des Alpes de M. Agassiz

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

Published Date: 1844

Author: Desor, Edouard

Publisher: Neuchatel : Kissling

Call Number: DQ823 D47 1844

Author: Desor, Edouard

Publisher: Neuchatel : Kissling

Published Date: 1844

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

Notes: Edward C. Porter Mountaineering Library

Call Number: DQ823 D47 1844

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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Final report on the geology and mineralogy of the state of New Hampshire

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

Published Date: 1844

Author: New Hampshire. Geological Survey (1840-1844)

Publisher: Concord (NH): Carroll & Baker

Call Number: QE139 N48

Author: New Hampshire. Geological Survey (1840-1844)

Publisher: Concord (NH): Carroll & Baker

Published Date: 1844

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

Notes: Edward C. Porter Mountaineering Library

Call Number: QE139 N48

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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Fraternal Pin

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Date: 1846 – 1940

Material: metals; enamel

Catalogue Number: 103.09.0052 a-e

Description: A collection of four pins and one pendant of the Masonic Order: a) A silver pendant, formed of an open compass and protractor with a small white shield reading 'SHTWSSTK' hanging at the centre from the angle of the compass. The pendant is engraved “to Brother Philip Friedman ... services rendered…

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Title: Fraternal Pin

Date: 1846 – 1940

Material: metals; enamel

Description: A collection of four pins and one pendant of the Masonic Order: a) A silver pendant, formed of an open compass and protractor with a small white shield reading 'SHTWSSTK' hanging at the centre from the angle of the compass. The pendant is engraved “to Brother Philip Friedman ... services rendered ... to ... lodge while Master AD 1846 et al”.b) A silver pin, 3.8 cm in diameter, with an outer round circular band that supports a compass crossed with a right angle across an opening at the centre of the pin. c) A gold coloured square lapel pin, measuring 0.7 cm long by 0.7 cm wide, in the shape of a compass crossed with a right angle. The pin has the lettter “G” centred in the compass and angle. d) A stud pin, measuring 1.5 cm long by 1.1 cm wide, with a gold coloured compass crossed with a right angle in high relief on a circular back. There are three interlocked circles of different coloured enamel beneath the compass and angle. Each circle contains a letter, reading from left to right , “F”, “L” and “T”. e) A round gold-coloured lapel pin, measuring 0.9 cm in diameter, with a white shield at its centre containing the letters “SHTWSSTK” around the inside of a circle.