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- Date
- n.d.
- Material
- fabric; rubber; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 102.01.0073 a,b
- Description
- Two rubber air mattresses covered in green khaki fabric. A is composed of two pieces laced together and b appears to be able to lace onto a to increase the length. each piece has a metal valve to inflate it and a stamp in one corner that bears a logo that says “AIRUBBER” and “MADE IN CHICAGO U.S.A …
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- Title
- Air Mattress
- Date
- n.d.
- Material
- fabric; rubber; metal
- Dimensions
- 170.0 x 62.0 cm
- Description
- Two rubber air mattresses covered in green khaki fabric. A is composed of two pieces laced together and b appears to be able to lace onto a to increase the length. each piece has a metal valve to inflate it and a stamp in one corner that bears a logo that says “AIRUBBER” and “MADE IN CHICAGO U.S.A NO. 318 556”.
- Subject
- Moore home
- camping
- military
- bedding
- Philip Moore
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.01.0073 a,b
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- Date
- 1890 – 1910
- Material
- glass; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 102.05.1019 a-e
- Description
- Round blown glass alcohol lamp with lid (a,b). Three triangular metal pieces with round holders, may be for candles as there is dripped wax on them (c,d,e).
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- Title
- Alcohol Lamp
- Date
- 1890 – 1910
- Material
- glass; metal
- Dimensions
- 12.5 x 8.5 cm
- Description
- Round blown glass alcohol lamp with lid (a,b). Three triangular metal pieces with round holders, may be for candles as there is dripped wax on them (c,d,e).
- Subject
- photography
- Vaux family
- camping
- Credit
- Gift of Molly Vaux, New York, USA, 1999
- Catalogue Number
- 102.05.1019 a-e
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- Date
- 1905 – 1950
- Material
- metal
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.1076
- Description
- Tarnished metal ashtray, circular with rest for cigarette.
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- Title
- Ashtray
- Date
- 1905 – 1950
- Material
- metal
- Dimensions
- 4.0 cm
- Description
- Tarnished metal ashtray, circular with rest for cigarette.
- Subject
- packers and guides
- camping
- smoking
- Bert Riggall
- Credit
- Gift of Dale Burton, Surrey, 1999
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.1076
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At the Yoho Camp
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactwyc.01.430
- Date
- 1930
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.430
- Description
- A brown cabin with white trim is in left centre, another building to the left of it. Mountain in the distance at centre right. Large evergreen trees beside the cabin. Billowy sky. A saddled brown horse is standing near a standing man in the right foreground.
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- Title
- At the Yoho Camp
- Date
- 1930
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 30.4 x 30.3 cm
- Description
- A brown cabin with white trim is in left centre, another building to the left of it. Mountain in the distance at centre right. Large evergreen trees beside the cabin. Billowy sky. A saddled brown horse is standing near a standing man in the right foreground.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.430
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- Date
- 1940 – 1965
- Material
- wood, fibre; skin; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.1123
- Description
- Wooden pack board with green canvas pack and top flap with leather straps. Large exterior front pocket. Label under flap: “PIONEER BRAND. TRAPPER NELSON. INDIAN PACK BOARD No. 3. REGISTRATION No. 152720. SOLE MANUFACTURERS. JONES TENT & AWNING LTD. VANCOUVER, B.C.”
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- Title
- Backpack
- Date
- 1940 – 1965
- Material
- wood, fibre; skin; metal
- Dimensions
- 76.0 x 43.0 cm
- Description
- Wooden pack board with green canvas pack and top flap with leather straps. Large exterior front pocket. Label under flap: “PIONEER BRAND. TRAPPER NELSON. INDIAN PACK BOARD No. 3. REGISTRATION No. 152720. SOLE MANUFACTURERS. JONES TENT & AWNING LTD. VANCOUVER, B.C.”
- Subject
- parks
- wardens
- hiking
- camping
- Banff National Park
- Credit
- Gift of Henry Ness, Banff, 2000
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.1123
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- Date
- 1930 – 1960
- Material
- fibre; wood; skin; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.1124
- Description
- Wooden pack board with beige canvas pack and top flap with leather straps. Large exterior front pocket. Label under flap: “PIONEER BRAND. TRAPPER NELSON. INDIAN PACK BOARD NO. 2. JONES . . . . LTD.” Part of label deteriorated.
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- Title
- Backpack
- Date
- 1930 – 1960
- Material
- fibre; wood; skin; metal
- Dimensions
- 76.0 x 43.0 cm
- Description
- Wooden pack board with beige canvas pack and top flap with leather straps. Large exterior front pocket. Label under flap: “PIONEER BRAND. TRAPPER NELSON. INDIAN PACK BOARD NO. 2. JONES . . . . LTD.” Part of label deteriorated.
- Subject
- parks
- wardens
- hiking
- camping
- Banff National Park
- Credit
- Gift of Henry Ness, Banff, 2000
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.1124
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- Date
- 1945
- Material
- metal
- Catalogue Number
- 104.19.1105
- Description
- A metal bottle opener that also has a wrench and screwdriver at one end. The opener is marked: “FAIREY TURNBUTTON D93529 (?) 1945.”
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- Title
- Bottle Opener
- Date
- 1945
- Material
- metal
- Description
- A metal bottle opener that also has a wrench and screwdriver at one end. The opener is marked: “FAIREY TURNBUTTON D93529 (?) 1945.”
- Subject
- sports
- camping
- households
- Credit
- Gift of Howard White, Banff, 2001
- Catalogue Number
- 104.19.1105
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- Date
- 1910 – 1950
- Material
- metal; enamel
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.1126 a-f
- Description
- 6 small metal bowls: a) white enamel with blue trim around edge; b-f) aluminum.
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- Title
- Bowl
- Date
- 1910 – 1950
- Material
- metal; enamel
- Dimensions
- 6.0 cm
- Description
- 6 small metal bowls: a) white enamel with blue trim around edge; b-f) aluminum.
- Subject
- packers and guides
- George Harrison
- camping
- Credit
- Gift of Tom Boon, Sidney, 1999
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.1126 a-f
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- Date
- 1910 – 1950
- Material
- metal; enamel
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.1127 a-g
- Description
- 7 large metal bowls: a-c) white enamel with black trim around edge; d-g) grey enamel.
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- Title
- Bowl
- Date
- 1910 – 1950
- Material
- metal; enamel
- Dimensions
- 7.0 cm
- Description
- 7 large metal bowls: a-c) white enamel with black trim around edge; d-g) grey enamel.
- Subject
- packers and guides
- George Harrison
- camping
- Credit
- Gift of Tom Boon, Sidney, 1999
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.1127 a-g
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- Date
- 1905 – 1950
- Material
- metal
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.1133
- Description
- Small aluminum bowl, bottom stamped: “A&F Co.” Typewritten label by Bert Riggall’s daughter Doris Burton: “One of many Porrige Bowls that got very hot but Mr. Crosby Sr., for one, called for at least three refills!”
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- Title
- Bowl
- Date
- 1905 – 1950
- Material
- metal
- Dimensions
- 7.0 cm
- Description
- Small aluminum bowl, bottom stamped: “A&F Co.” Typewritten label by Bert Riggall’s daughter Doris Burton: “One of many Porrige Bowls that got very hot but Mr. Crosby Sr., for one, called for at least three refills!”
- Subject
- packers and guides
- camping
- Bert Riggall
- Credit
- Gift of Dale Burton, Surrey, 1999
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.1133
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- Date
- 1950 – 1960
- Material
- metal
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.0745
- Description
- Shallow, flat based aluminum bowl for camping with rolledd rim and "A.B." scratched in base twice.
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- Title
- Bowl
- Date
- 1950 – 1960
- Material
- metal
- Dimensions
- 3.5 x 17.0 cm
- Description
- Shallow, flat based aluminum bowl for camping with rolledd rim and "A.B." scratched in base twice.
- Subject
- households
- sports
- camping
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.0745
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- Date
- 1950 – 1960
- Material
- metal
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.0750 a-c
- Description
- Deep, slope sided, flat based aluminum bowls with rolled rims. Stamped on bottom "No. 891 Wear-ever N.A. Co. Ltd. Aluminum Trade Mark, Mf'd. Toronto, Canada" with four star circle logo.
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- Title
- Bowl
- Date
- 1950 – 1960
- Material
- metal
- Dimensions
- 7.2 x 12.3 cm
- Description
- Deep, slope sided, flat based aluminum bowls with rolled rims. Stamped on bottom "No. 891 Wear-ever N.A. Co. Ltd. Aluminum Trade Mark, Mf'd. Toronto, Canada" with four star circle logo.
- Subject
- households
- sports
- camping
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.0750 a-c
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- Date
- 1924 – 1941
- Material
- wood; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 104.21.1006
- Description
- Two-handled saw with wooden handles and crossbars and a metal blade and metal tension rod with tightener. The tension rod is stamped “PAT. MAY 20 - 1924.”
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- Title
- Bucksaw
- Date
- 1924 – 1941
- Material
- wood; metal
- Dimensions
- 63.8 x 2.7 x 87.5 cm
- Description
- Two-handled saw with wooden handles and crossbars and a metal blade and metal tension rod with tightener. The tension rod is stamped “PAT. MAY 20 - 1924.”
- Credit
- Gift of Robert N. Smith, Canmore, 2003
- Catalogue Number
- 104.21.1006
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Butter Spreader
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact104.20.0941
- Date
- n.d.
- Material
- wood; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.0941
- Description
- A wood and stainless steel butter spreading knife. The knife has a wide flare blade with a rounded end and a small area of serrated teeth. The blade is wedged between two pieces of wood that are secured together with brass nails. Engraved on the blade very faintly is “L.L. Bean Inc FREEPORT MAINE S…
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- Title
- Butter Spreader
- Date
- n.d.
- Material
- wood; metal
- Dimensions
- 2.0 x 2.5 x 19.0 cm
- Description
- A wood and stainless steel butter spreading knife. The knife has a wide flare blade with a rounded end and a small area of serrated teeth. The blade is wedged between two pieces of wood that are secured together with brass nails. Engraved on the blade very faintly is “L.L. Bean Inc FREEPORT MAINE STAINLESS STEEL”
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.0941
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Camp in Sifton Pass, B.C.
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- Date
- 1935
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- LaE.05.06
- Description
- General colour: green. At the left side pitched in the grass is a lean to with two figures by a campfire. Smoke goes left and up into trees which rise on the left side becoming smaller as they go right across the picture into the distance. Two mountains can be seen on the right side in the distance…
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- Title
- Camp in Sifton Pass, B.C.
- Date
- 1935
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 18.4 x 26.3 cm
- Description
- General colour: green. At the left side pitched in the grass is a lean to with two figures by a campfire. Smoke goes left and up into trees which rise on the left side becoming smaller as they go right across the picture into the distance. Two mountains can be seen on the right side in the distance. Sky fills the upper half.
- Subject
- landscape
- mountains
- camping
- people
- Ernest Lamarque
- Credit
- Gift of Ernest Lamarque (Estate), 1971
- Catalogue Number
- LaE.05.06
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- Date
- n.d.
- Material
- metal; canvas
- Catalogue Number
- 102.03.0136
- Description
- A small folding camp stool. Metal frame with red and blue striped canvas seat. White and blue striped canvas strips run from seat to base.
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- Title
- Camp Stool
- Date
- n.d.
- Material
- metal; canvas
- Dimensions
- 34.0 x 31.0 cm
- Description
- A small folding camp stool. Metal frame with red and blue striped canvas seat. White and blue striped canvas strips run from seat to base.
- Subject
- Whyte home
- Art supplies
- camping
- furniture
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.03.0136
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- Date
- n.d.
- Material
- metal; fabric
- Catalogue Number
- 102.03.0137
- Description
- A small folding camp stool. Stool has a black metal frame with a woven (carpet-like) fabric seat with a green, black, and yellow abstract pattern.
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- Title
- Camp Stool
- Date
- n.d.
- Material
- metal; fabric
- Dimensions
- 42.5 x 32.0 cm
- Description
- A small folding camp stool. Stool has a black metal frame with a woven (carpet-like) fabric seat with a green, black, and yellow abstract pattern.
- Subject
- Whyte home
- furniture
- art supplies
- camping
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.03.0137
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- Date
- n.d.
- Material
- metal; fabric
- Catalogue Number
- 102.03.0151
- Description
- A small folding camp stool. Grey metal frame with blue-grey canvas seat and two fabric straps at the side. Frame is held open by metal arm that slots into 3 sets of metal grooves at the base. Folds flat for easy storage and carrying.
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- Title
- Camp Stool
- Date
- n.d.
- Material
- metal; fabric
- Dimensions
- 33.0 x 17.0 x 35.0 cm
- Description
- A small folding camp stool. Grey metal frame with blue-grey canvas seat and two fabric straps at the side. Frame is held open by metal arm that slots into 3 sets of metal grooves at the base. Folds flat for easy storage and carrying.
- Subject
- Whyte home
- camping
- art
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.03.0151
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- Date
- n.d.
- Material
- wood; metal; canvas
- Catalogue Number
- 102.03.0152
- Description
- A camp stool with 4 wooden legs that swivel to fold flat. light brown canvas seat with dark brown corners is stretched between the legs.
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- Title
- Camp Stool
- Date
- n.d.
- Material
- wood; metal; canvas
- Dimensions
- 43.0 x 32.0 x 32.0 cm
- Description
- A camp stool with 4 wooden legs that swivel to fold flat. light brown canvas seat with dark brown corners is stretched between the legs.
- Subject
- Whyte home
- camping
- painting
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.03.0152
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- Date
- n.d.
- Material
- metal
- Catalogue Number
- 102.03.0153
- Description
- A black metal stool that folds out in an “X” shape and folds flat for storage/carrying.
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- Title
- Camp Stool
- Date
- n.d.
- Material
- metal
- Dimensions
- 42.0 x 21.0 x 34.0 cm
- Description
- A black metal stool that folds out in an “X” shape and folds flat for storage/carrying.
- Subject
- Whyte home
- camping
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.03.0153
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