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Stitched Picture
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact107.02.1004%20a%2cb
- Date
- prior to 1865
- Material
- hair, sheep; fibre; wood
- Catalogue Number
- 107.02.1004 a,b
- Description
- Framed, embroidered picture with border of taupe, green and burgundy stylized flowers ca 3.5 wide. Background colour is burgundy, centre is a stylized "Egyptian" head and shoulders framed in a circular cream background with a narrow khaki green border. Around this is a symmetrical design of four…
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- Title
- Stitched Picture
- Date
- prior to 1865
- Material
- hair, sheep; fibre; wood
- Dimensions
- 44.5 x 44.0 cm
- Description
- Framed, embroidered picture with border of taupe, green and burgundy stylized flowers ca 3.5 wide. Background colour is burgundy, centre is a stylized "Egyptian" head and shoulders framed in a circular cream background with a narrow khaki green border. Around this is a symmetrical design of four groupings of stylized flowers at sides top and bottom on beige background surrounded by a narrow khaki border. Between each of these designs are four groupings of three flowers in same style embroidered directly on burgundy background.
- Credit
- Gift of Charles C. Reid, Banff, Alberta, 1986
- Catalogue Number
- 107.02.1004 a,b
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Switzerland : scenes and incidents of travel in the Bernese Oberland
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue310
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1843
- Author
- Barnard, George
- Publisher
- London : Thomas McLean
- Call Number
- DQ827 B3 Oversize F
- Author
- Barnard, George
- Publisher
- London : Thomas McLean
- Published Date
- 1843
- Subjects
- Bernese Oberland
- Notes
- Drawings and lithographs
- Call Number
- DQ827 B3 Oversize F
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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- Date
- 1840 – 1970
- Material
- silver; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.1150 a-e
- Description
- 5 piece heavy weight silver plated tea set consisting of a serving tray, tea pot, sugar bowl, creamer, and bowl. All pieces have the script-style “C.P.R.” monogram engraved. While all pieces were manufactured by Elkington belonging together as a set, they do contain different maker’s marks. George …
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- Title
- Tea Set
- Date
- 1840 – 1970
- Material
- silver; metal
- Dimensions
- (a) 1.4; (b) 13.0; (c) 8.8; (d) 9.4; (e) 5.3 x (a) 22.8; (b) 7.0; (c) 7.2; (d) 5.3: (e) 12.3 x (a) 30.9; (b) 17.0; (c) 15.6; (d) 11.0; (e) 12.3 cm
- Description
- 5 piece heavy weight silver plated tea set consisting of a serving tray, tea pot, sugar bowl, creamer, and bowl. All pieces have the script-style “C.P.R.” monogram engraved. While all pieces were manufactured by Elkington belonging together as a set, they do contain different maker’s marks. George Richards Elkington was a manufacturer from Birmingham and is credited as the first person to patent the first commercial electroplating process.(a) A large oval-shaped serving tray engraved in early script with “C.P.R.” along the top edge. Also engraved in the same style of writing are the words “For “Willie” Morant from the staff of Canadian Pacific Corporate Archives 1 June 1981.” On rear the number “8960” has been stamped with a shield logo below that contains the letters “E & Co,” which is representative of the name Elkington. Below the shield logo are three separate hallmark; the first is “C” followed by “&” and “Co”. Below this in protruding letters is the name of the manufacturer “ELKINGTON” “PLATE” each blocked off in its own box. “A.T. WILEY Coy LIMITED MONTREAL” is inscribed. (b) Tea pot with an oval shape body and hinged lid. On the front of the teapot the “CPR” monogram has been engraved. On the teapots bottom there is the number “15167”with a shield logo below that contains the letters “E & Co.” Below the shield logo are three separate hallmarks; “C” followed by “&” and “Co”. Below this in protruding letters is the name of the manufacturer “ELKINGTON” “PLATE” each blocked off in its own box. There is also the letter “T” inside of a (c) The round, double handed sugar bowl has a hinged lid. On the front of the teapot the “CPR” monogram has been engraved. On the bottom of the sugar bowl the number “1” has been engraved inside of a circle. Beneath this are a series of numbers “15167.” A shield logo with the “&” is present above the letters “C,” “E & Co” and “Co.” “U” “46” also has been marked. “Elkington & Co” is engraved below. “A. T. WILEY Coy LIMITED” “MONTREAL” is engraved at the very bottom. (d) The round, cream pitcher has a hinged lid. The stamped marks on the bottom are as follows: "15167” followed by “&,” “E & Co.” (in a shield logo), “Co” “U.” Below this the manufacturer name reads: “Elkington & Co” is engraved below these marks. Following this is the location of manufacturing: “A. T. WILEY Coy LIMITED” “MONTREAL” is engraved at the very bottom. (e) The bowl has stamped marks on the bottom that are as follows: “1” (enclosed in a circle; "19842”; “&,” “C,” “E & Co.” (in a shield logo), “Co.,” and “R.” “Below this the manufacturer name reads: “Elkington & Co” is engraved below these marks. “A. T. WILEY Coy LIMITED” “MONTREAL” is engraved at the very bottom. Following this is the location of manufacturing: “A. T. WILEY Coy LIMITED” “MONTREAL” is engraved at the very bottom.
- Subject
- railway
- silverware
- decorative
- CPR
- Nick Morant
- Credit
- Gift of Nicholas Morant, Banff, 2006
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.1150 a-e
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Topographische Mittheilungen aus dem Alpen gebirge
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue2533
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1843
- Author
- Studer, Gottlieb
- Publisher
- Bern & St Gallen : Verlag von Huber
- Call Number
- DQ823 S78
- Author
- Studer, Gottlieb
- Publisher
- Bern & St Gallen : Verlag von Huber
- Published Date
- 1843
- Notes
- Edward C. Porter Mountaineering Library
- Call Number
- DQ823 S78
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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Transportation
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions800
- Part Of
- Mary Schaffer fonds
- Scope & Content
- Transparencies are hand-coloured and black and white lantern slides pertaining to transportation: Canadian Pacific Railway, railway travel and ships, derived from various sources. Includes two transparencies by Mary Schaffer
- Date Range
- 1831-1885
- Reference Code
- V527 / PS 1 - 810 to 830
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Photograph
- Lantern slide
- Transparency
- Part Of
- Mary Schaffer fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Series
- II.A. Photographs: lantern slides
- Reference Code
- V527 / PS 1 - 810 to 830
- Date Range
- 1831-1885
- Physical Description
- 21 photographs : transparencies; glass
- Scope & Content
- Transparencies are hand-coloured and black and white lantern slides pertaining to transportation: Canadian Pacific Railway, railway travel and ships, derived from various sources. Includes two transparencies by Mary Schaffer
- Finding Aid
- Copy prints are available for reference use
- Location (Copy)
- Reference prints are available
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file.
- Content Details
- LIST OF LANTERN SLIDES - V527 / PS 1 :
- #810 - Driving the Golden Spike, by Donald Smith; #on CPR, Nov. 7, 1885 / Notman
- #811 - The first engine built by the Canadian Pacific Railway
- #812 - Winnipeg in 1870
- #813 - Quebec Bridge, Quebec
- #814 - DeWitt Clinton and Train 1831 / Chas. Beseler
- #815 - Canadian Pacific Railway, arrival of the first through train at the seaboard of British Columbia
- #816 - [Group at driving of last spike on the CPR, Nov. 7, 1885]
- #817 - [Unidentified locomotive]
- #818 - Passengers boarding standard sleeper
- #819 - Plowing thro. the snow, of the Selkirks & Glacier
- #820 - [Passengers on platform beside Montreal and Boston railway car]
- #821 - Wapta & Safety Switch
- #822 - Red Sucker Tunnel, Lake Superior
- #823 - [Map of Dominion of Canada]
- #824 - [Unidentified railway tunnel]
- #825 - Prospect Point Vancouver Steamer "Beaver"
- #826 - [Unidentified ocean liner]
- #827 - [Empress of Britain in lock of Panama Canal]
- #828 - [Man padding pont] / E.B. Thompson
- #829 - The ferry near Berthier, Que.
- #830 - Forest fire
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Travels in Kashmir, Ladak, Iskardo, the countries adjoining the mountain
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue2746
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1842
- Author
- Vigne, Godfrey Thomas
- Publisher
- London : Henry Colburn
- Call Number
- DS485 K2 V53 I
- Author
- Vigne, Godfrey Thomas
- Publisher
- London : Henry Colburn
- Published Date
- 1842
- Series
- Volume 1 of 2
- Call Number
- DS485 K2 V53 I
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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Travels in Kashmir, Ladak, Iskardo, the countries adjoining the mountain
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue14974
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1842
- Author
- Vigne, Godfrey Thomas
- Publisher
- London : Henry Colburn
- Call Number
- DS485 K2 V53 II
- Author
- Vigne, Godfrey Thomas
- Publisher
- London : Henry Colburn
- Published Date
- 1842
- Series
- Volume 2 of 2
- Call Number
- DS485 K2 V53 II
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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Travels in the great western prairies, the Anahuac and Rocky Mountains, and in the Oregon Territory
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue956
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1843
- Author
- Farnham, Thomas Jefferson
- Publisher
- Poughskeepie : Killey and Lossing
- Call Number
- F594 F37
- Author
- Farnham, Thomas Jefferson
- Publisher
- Poughskeepie : Killey and Lossing
- Published Date
- 1843
- Call Number
- F594 F37
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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Travels in the Himalayan provinces of Hindustan and the Panjab
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue1810
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1841
- Author
- Moorcroft, William
- Publisher
- London : Murray
- Call Number
- DS412 M6 I
- Author
- Moorcroft, William
- Publisher
- London : Murray
- Published Date
- 1841
- Physical Description
- 459 pages
- Series
- Volume 1 of 2
- Call Number
- DS412 M6 I
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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Travels in the Himalayan provinces of Hindustan and the Panjab
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue14971
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1841
- Author
- Moorcroft, William
- Publisher
- London : Murray
- Call Number
- DS412 M6 II
- Author
- Moorcroft, William
- Publisher
- London : Murray
- Published Date
- 1841
- Physical Description
- 508 pages
- Series
- Volume 2 of 2
- Call Number
- DS412 M6 II
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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Travels through the Alps of Savoy
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue1025
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1843
- Author
- Forbes, James David
- Publisher
- Edinburgh : Black
- Call Number
- DQ825 F67
- Author
- Forbes, James David
- Publisher
- Edinburgh : Black
- Published Date
- 1843
- Notes
- Fragile - removed for conservation work
- Edward C. Porter Mountaineering Library
- Call Number
- DQ825 F67
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- 1841
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.03.03
- Description
- Two silhouette drawings of women. Left drawing signed E.P. 1981 right drawing signed P.N.S. 1841
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Title
- Two Profiles
- Date
- 1841
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 11.0 x 19.0 cm
- Description
- Two silhouette drawings of women. Left drawing signed E.P. 1981 right drawing signed P.N.S. 1841
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.03.03
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- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Scope & Content
- Records in this series consist of miscellaneous newspaper clippings; Stampede passes; programs; material relating to High School graduation ceremonies; correspondence between the McCardell family and Mr. Chas Logan and others, including photographs; and reports of the Canadian Medical Association C…
- Date Range
- 1836-1970
- Reference Code
- LUX / III / D
- Description Level
- 3 / Series
- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Description Level
- 3 / Series
- Series
- III.D. Other Material
- Sous-Fonds
- III. Luxton Family sous-fonds
- Reference Code
- LUX / III / D
- Date Range
- 1836-1970
- Physical Description
- 8.0 cm textual records. -- photographs: 16 prints, b&w
- Scope & Content
- Records in this series consist of miscellaneous newspaper clippings; Stampede passes; programs; material relating to High School graduation ceremonies; correspondence between the McCardell family and Mr. Chas Logan and others, including photographs; and reports of the Canadian Medical Association Committee.
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of series
- Processing Status
- Processed
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- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Scope & Content
- Case contains 1 b&w daguerreotype. Daguerreotype documents a young man posing for a portrait in a studio setting.
- Date Range
- [ca. 1840 - 1860]
- Reference Code
- V683 / IV / A / PT - 27
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Fonds Number
- M36 / V683 / S37
- Series
- V683 / IV / A : Robb / Morse Family Personal Series
- Reference Code
- V683 / IV / A / PT - 27
- Date Range
- [ca. 1840 - 1860]
- Physical Description
- Cased Photograph : 1 b&w daguerreotype --
- Scope & Content
- Case contains 1 b&w daguerreotype. Daguerreotype documents a young man posing for a portrait in a studio setting.
- Subject Access
- Portrait
- Content Details
- Daguerreotype removed from case housed in cover plate and enclosed with brass coloured foil. The image is framed under an oval, brass coloured metal mat. A sticker with “?” written on it has been adhered to the cover glass in the top left frame. Copper plate can be seen on the reverse side.
- Processing Status
- Processed
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- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Scope & Content
- Case contains 1 b&w daguerreotype. Daguerreotype documents an unknown young man posed seating in a studio setting.
- Date Range
- [ca. 1840 - 1860]
- Reference Code
- V683 / IV / A / PT - 30
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Fonds Number
- M36 / V683 / S37
- Series
- V683 / IV / A : Robb / Morse Family Personal Series
- Reference Code
- V683 / IV / A / PT - 30
- Date Range
- [ca. 1840 - 1860]
- Physical Description
- Cased Photograph : 1 b&w daguerreotype --
- Scope & Content
- Case contains 1 b&w daguerreotype. Daguerreotype documents an unknown young man posed seating in a studio setting.
- Subject Access
- Portrait
- Content Details
- Daguerreotype in wooden case covered in brown coated paper. The front and back covers feature a vegetal motif design in relief. Inside the front cover is a floral design debossed in velvet. The interior portions of the case are bordered with a gold embossed frame.
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Vacation rambles and thoughts : comprising the recollections of three continental tours in the vacations of 1841, 1842, & 1843
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue2569
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1845
- Author
- Talfourd, Sir Thomas Noon
- Publisher
- London : Edward Moxon
- Call Number
- D919 T34 I
- Author
- Talfourd, Sir Thomas Noon
- Publisher
- London : Edward Moxon
- Published Date
- 1845
- Physical Description
- xiii, 256 pages
- Series
- Volume 1 of 2
- Notes
- Edward C. Porter Mountaineering Library
- Call Number
- D919 T34 I
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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Vacation rambles and thoughts : comprising the recollections of three continental tours in the vacations of 1841, 1842, & 1843
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue14942
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1845
- Author
- Talfourd, Sir Thomas Noon
- Publisher
- London : Edward Moxon
- Call Number
- D919 T34 II
- Author
- Talfourd, Sir Thomas Noon
- Publisher
- London : Edward Moxon
- Published Date
- 1845
- Physical Description
- xiii, 256 pages
- Series
- Volume 2 of 2
- Notes
- Edward C. Porter Mountaineering Library
- Call Number
- D919 T34 II
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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Wanderings of a pilgrim in the shadow of Mont Blanc
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue648
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1845
- Author
- Cheever, George Barrell
- Publisher
- New York : Wiley & Putnam
- Call Number
- DQ841 M7 C4
- Author
- Cheever, George Barrell
- Publisher
- New York : Wiley & Putnam
- Published Date
- 1845
- Notes
- Edward C. Porter Mountaineering Library
- Call Number
- DQ841 M7 C4
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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