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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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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
Publisher
London: Longmans, Green, and Co.
Call Number
01.2 D43a
Author
Dent, Clinton
Publisher
London: Longmans, Green, and Co.
Published Date
1885
Physical Description
327 pages
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Exploration
Mountaineering
Alpine Club (Great Britain)
Expeditions
Switzerland
Accession Number
2023.47
Call Number
01.2 D43a
Collection
Archives Library
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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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Alpes et les grands ascensions

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1889
Author
Levasseur, Emile
Publisher
Paris : Delagrave
Call Number
DQ823 L49
Author
Levasseur, Emile
Publisher
Paris : Delagrave
Published Date
1889
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Call Number
DQ823 L49
Collection
Alpine Club of Canada Library
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Alpine portfolio : the Pennine Alps from the Simplon to the Great St. Bernard

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1889?
Author
Eckenstein, Oscar. (ed.)
Publisher
London : The Editor[s]
Call Number
DQ826 E2
Author
Eckenstein, Oscar. (ed.)
Publisher
London : The Editor[s]
Published Date
1889?
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Notes
Portfolio of photographs
Call Number
DQ826 E2
Collection
Alpine Club of Canada Library
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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1886
Author
Law, William John
Publisher
London : Macmillan
Call Number
DQ81 H3 L3 I
Author
Law, William John
Publisher
London : Macmillan
Published Date
1886
Physical Description
333 pages
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Series
Volume 1 of 2
Subjects
Travel
Alps
Switzerland
Accession Number
AC147
Call Number
DQ81 H3 L3 I
Collection
Alpine Club of Canada Library
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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1886
Author
Law, William John
Publisher
London : Macmillan
Call Number
DQ81 H3 L3 II
Author
Law, William John
Publisher
London : Macmillan
Published Date
1886
Physical Description
312 pages
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Series
Volume 2 of 2
Subjects
Travel
Alps
Switzerland
Accession Number
AC147
Call Number
DQ81 H3 L3 II
Collection
Alpine Club of Canada Library
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The Alps. Translated [from the German] by Louisa Brough

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1889
Author
Umlauft, Friedrich
Publisher
London : Paul, Trench
Call Number
DQ823 U45
Author
Umlauft, Friedrich
Publisher
London : Paul, Trench
Published Date
1889
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Notes
Edward C. Porter Mountaineering Library
Call Number
DQ823 U45
Collection
Alpine Club of Canada Library
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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1885
1886
1887
1888-1889
1894
1898
Author
Geological Survey of Canada
Call Number
03.1 G29ar
Author
Geological Survey of Canada
Responsibility
articles by George Mercer Dawson, G.C. Hoffmann, R.G. McConnell, E.D. Ingell, J. McEvoy, J.B. Tyrell and others
Published Date
1885
1886
1887
1888-1889
1894
1898
Physical Description
7v. : ill., maps
Library has: 1886, 1885 Pt. 3, 1886 Pt. R, 1887 (photocopy), 1887 Pt. T (photocopy), 1887 Pt. E (photocopy), 1887 Pt. D, 1888-1889, 1894, 1898, 1898 Pt. D
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Mineral resources
Peace River
Yellowhead Pass
Notes
Contents: Report on a part of Northern Alberta and portions of adjacent districts of Assiniboia and Saskatchewan / J.B. Tyrell. -- Montreal, 1887. [Pt. E]; Extracted from geological and natural history survey of Canada 1887 : assay reports from samples taken in the Northwest Territory and the Province of British Columbia [Pt. T];
Accession Number
112
333
400
512
732
3187
4000
Call Number
03.1 G29ar
Collection
Archives Library
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[Articles on the Canadian Pacific Railway]

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1887
Author
The Quarterly Review (London)
Call Number
08.5 Qu5
Author
The Quarterly Review (London)
Published Date
1887
Physical Description
p.119-143
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Moberly, Walter
Rogers, Major A.B
Accession Number
7500
Call Number
08.5 Qu5
Collection
Archives Library
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Ascent of the Matterhorn

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1880
Author
Whymper, Edward
Publisher
London : Murray
Edition
1st ed
Call Number
DQ825 W49 1880
Author
Whymper, Edward
Edition
1st ed
Publisher
London : Murray
Published Date
1880
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Call Number
DQ825 W49 1880
Collection
Alpine Club of Canada Library
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B. C. 1887 : a ramble in British Columbia

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1888
Author
Lees, James Arthur
Publisher
London : Longmans, Green
Call Number
02.5 K83l
Author
Lees, James Arthur
Responsibility
by J. A. Lees and W. J. Clutterbuck
Publisher
London : Longmans, Green
Published Date
1888
Physical Description
viii, 387p. : ill., port., map, facsim
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Canadian Pacific Railway
Kootenay region
Accession Number
400
3069
Call Number
02.5 K83l
Collection
Archives Library
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Date
1880 – 1920
Material
ceramic; enamel; metal, gold
Catalogue Number
102.04.0067
Description
A handpainted china decorative bowl, possibly a finger bowl, in excellent condition. This bowl features extremely delicate, intricate work depicting butterflies and other insect figures done in multi-colours on a beige ground. The rim is bordered with a solid floral design. The bowl bottom has …
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Title
Bowl
Date
1880 – 1920
Material
ceramic; enamel; metal, gold
Dimensions
6.7 x 10.7 x 10.7 cm
Description
A handpainted china decorative bowl, possibly a finger bowl, in excellent condition. This bowl features extremely delicate, intricate work depicting butterflies and other insect figures done in multi-colours on a beige ground. The rim is bordered with a solid floral design. The bowl bottom has a white square with a scene of a drummer and two other figures.
Subject
households
decorative
food service
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
102.04.0067
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Date
1880 – 1940
Material
ceramic
Catalogue Number
102.04.0110
Description
A decorative handpainted shallow porcelain bowl. The inside bears a painting of an elderly man, the outside has a floral design. The dominant colours are gold, blue, and red on a white ground. The gold is worn.
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Title
Bowl
Date
1880 – 1940
Material
ceramic
Description
A decorative handpainted shallow porcelain bowl. The inside bears a painting of an elderly man, the outside has a floral design. The dominant colours are gold, blue, and red on a white ground. The gold is worn.
Subject
households
decorative
crafts
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
102.04.0110
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Date
1880 – 1940
Material
ceramic
Catalogue Number
102.04.0111
Description
A decorative bowl of simple design with all surfaces covered with an intricate pattern of handpainted butterflies on a background of tiny mosaic-like flowers. The rim of the bowl is painted with a thin band of gold, and the bottom is marked with east-Asian brushwork.
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Title
Bowl
Date
1880 – 1940
Material
ceramic
Description
A decorative bowl of simple design with all surfaces covered with an intricate pattern of handpainted butterflies on a background of tiny mosaic-like flowers. The rim of the bowl is painted with a thin band of gold, and the bottom is marked with east-Asian brushwork.
Subject
households
decorative
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
102.04.0111
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Date
1885 – 1925
Material
horn
Catalogue Number
104.20.0237
Description
Irregular shaped bowl made by boiling and scraping the horn of a bighorn sheep. Flattened at bottom to form steady base. Translucent natural colour with lines of dark brown showing in patches along grain.
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Title
Bowl
Date
1885 – 1925
Material
horn
Dimensions
6.2 x 16.1 x 19.0 cm
Description
Irregular shaped bowl made by boiling and scraping the horn of a bighorn sheep. Flattened at bottom to form steady base. Translucent natural colour with lines of dark brown showing in patches along grain.
Subject
Indigenous
households
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
104.20.0237
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Date
1880
Material
ceramic
Catalogue Number
104.20.0371
Description
Beige and possibly celadon glazes. Beige glaze inside bowl crackled and bubbled with pitting and open areas revealing red clay underneath. Outside pitted more on one side and smoother glazing on other side. Trimmed foot and stamp on base, very small chip out of crackle line inside bowl.
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Title
Bowl
Date
1880
Material
ceramic
Dimensions
3.9 x 8.5 cm
Description
Beige and possibly celadon glazes. Beige glaze inside bowl crackled and bubbled with pitting and open areas revealing red clay underneath. Outside pitted more on one side and smoother glazing on other side. Trimmed foot and stamp on base, very small chip out of crackle line inside bowl.
Subject
households
Edith Morse Robb
Edward S. Morse
Jozan
Sado
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
104.20.0371
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Date
1880 – 1920
Material
metal
Catalogue Number
104.20.0159
Description
A large, footed silver bowl with a flared lip and a cover. Both the bowl and the lid have a petal design. There is some etched design around rim and on lid. The bowl has an illegible stamp on the bottom. Most of the silver plate has worn off and the base is extremely battered.
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Title
Bowl
Date
1880 – 1920
Material
metal
Dimensions
21.0 cm
Description
A large, footed silver bowl with a flared lip and a cover. Both the bowl and the lid have a petal design. There is some etched design around rim and on lid. The bowl has an illegible stamp on the bottom. Most of the silver plate has worn off and the base is extremely battered.
Subject
households
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
104.20.0159
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Date
1880 – 1920
Material
metal, silver; lacquer; shell, abalone
Catalogue Number
104.20.0459 a,b
Description
Two small matching square bowls, each with deep sides and a flat bottom. The bowls have a silver (?) lining on the inside with dark (green?) lacquer on the exterior. The front of each bowl is decorated with a floral design inlaid with pink and blue abalone. The bottom of one bowl (a) is marked …
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Title
Bowl
Date
1880 – 1920
Material
metal, silver; lacquer; shell, abalone
Dimensions
4.5 x 6.0 x 6.0 cm
Description
Two small matching square bowls, each with deep sides and a flat bottom. The bowls have a silver (?) lining on the inside with dark (green?) lacquer on the exterior. The front of each bowl is decorated with a floral design inlaid with pink and blue abalone. The bottom of one bowl (a) is marked “Fong’s Inn #141 $10.00”.
Subject
households
souvenirs
plants
flowers
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
104.20.0459 a,b
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Camps in the Rockies

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1882
Author
Baillie-Grohman, William Adolph
Publisher
London : Sampson & Low
Call Number
F721 B3
Author
Baillie-Grohman, William Adolph
Publisher
London : Sampson & Low
Published Date
1882
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Camping
Rocky Mountains, U.S.
Wyoming
Notes
Edward C. Porter Mountaineering Library
Call Number
F721 B3
Collection
Alpine Club of Canada Library
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