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A map showing the communication of the lakes and rivers between Lake Superior and Slave Lake in North America

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Medium: Library - Maps and blueprints (unannotated; published); Map

Published Date: 1790

Publisher: Gent. Mag.

Call Number: C11-1.7

Publisher: Gent. Mag.

Published Date: 1790

Physical Description: 1 map

Scale: Scale indeterminable

Medium: Library - Maps and blueprints (unannotated; published); Map

Subjects: Rivers; The West, Canadian

Accession Number: 12,500

Call Number: C11-1.7

Collection: Archives Library

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Map showing the communication of the Lakes and Rivers between Lake Superior and Slave Lake in North America

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Medium: Library - Maps and blueprints (unannotated; published); Map

Published Date: 1790

Publisher: Gent Mag.

Call Number: C5-5.8

Publisher: Gent Mag.

Published Date: 1790

Medium: Library - Maps and blueprints (unannotated; published); Map

Subjects: Hydrological Maps Canada

Notes: From a copy - Gent Mag. 1790

Accession Number: 11,500

Call Number: C5-5.8

Collection: Archives Library

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Travels through Western Canada from April, 1773 to March, 1790

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Medium: Library - Maps and blueprints (unannotated; published); Map

Published Date: 1790

Call Number: C12-1.9

Published Date: 1790

Medium: Library - Maps and blueprints (unannotated; published); Map

Subjects: Peter Pond's Travels

Notes: Photostatic copy from Public Archives

Accession Number: 675

Call Number: C12-1.9

Collection: Archives Library

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Wedding Ensemble

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Date: 1790

Material: fibre

Catalogue Number: 103.05.1114 a-e

Description: (a) Long sleeved, off-shoulder, long dress. Fitted bodice has fine cotton pleated at shoulder and caught at centre bust. Sleeves are full with silk embroidery above elbow. Long full skirt is finely tucked at waist. Silk embroidery around skirt, same as on sleeves. Flowers with connected tendri…

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Title: Wedding Ensemble

Date: 1790

Material: fibre

Description: (a) Long sleeved, off-shoulder, long dress. Fitted bodice has fine cotton pleated at shoulder and caught at centre bust. Sleeves are full with silk embroidery above elbow. Long full skirt is finely tucked at waist. Silk embroidery around skirt, same as on sleeves. Flowers with connected tendrils. Black hooks and eyes for closure at back. (b) Very fine square veil. All edges embroidered. (c) Embroidered belt. (d,e) very small satin shoes with long thin fabric laces. Sole is fine leather.

Subject: households; clothing; Emma Leehman Schaffer; Mary Schaffer Warren

Credit: Gift of Charles C. Reid, Banff, Alberta, 1986

Catalogue Number: 103.05.1114 a-e

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Travels through the Rhaetian Alps in the year 1786

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

Published Date: 1792

Author: Beaumont, Jean Francois Albanis

Publisher: London : Clarke

Call Number: DQ823 B42 Oversize E

Author: Beaumont, Jean Francois Albanis

Publisher: London : Clarke

Published Date: 1792

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

Notes: Edward C. Porter Mountaineering Library

Call Number: DQ823 B42 Oversize E

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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The Battle of Cressy

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Artist: Unknown

Date: 1792

Medium: engraving on paper

Catalogue Number: UnK.04.03

Description: A black and white print showing a battle scene from a classical era with knights in armour. Script at the top reads “Engraved for Ashburton’s History of England” and the bottom reads “The Battle of Cressy” and “Published by W.&J. Stratfords No. 112 Helborn Hill, March 10, 1792”. A label on the back…

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Artist: Unknown

Title: The Battle of Cressy

Date: 1792

Medium: engraving on paper

Dimensions: 18.0 x 28.5 cm

Description: A black and white print showing a battle scene from a classical era with knights in armour. Script at the top reads “Engraved for Ashburton’s History of England” and the bottom reads “The Battle of Cressy” and “Published by W.&J. Stratfords No. 112 Helborn Hill, March 10, 1792”. A label on the back paper reads “Johnson Art Galleries Limited Pictures Fine Framing. Montreal 634 St. Catherine West.”

Subject: activity; war; figure; group; animal; horse

Credit: Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: UnK.04.03

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Bill-Of-Sale

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Date: 1792

Material: paper; wood; glass

Catalogue Number: 105.02.0003

Description: A rectangular document on white paper beginning: “Know all men by these Presents ...” followed by handwriting stating the particulars of the sale, dated in Middlesex on December 29th, 1792 and signed by the Justice of the Peace. The contents state the agreement of a bill-of-sale between Asa Nurse …

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Title: Bill-Of-Sale

Date: 1792

Material: paper; wood; glass

Dimensions: 16.0; 25.2 (frame) x 20.0; 30.3 (frame) cm

Description: A rectangular document on white paper beginning: “Know all men by these Presents ...” followed by handwriting stating the particulars of the sale, dated in Middlesex on December 29th, 1792 and signed by the Justice of the Peace. The contents state the agreement of a bill-of-sale between Asa Nurse and Thomas Buckminster. The bill is framed in a wide plain mahogany veneer frame with mitred corners.

Subject: households; Asa Nurse; Thomas Buchminster; real estate

Credit: Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: 105.02.0003

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Blanket Chest

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Date: 1792

Material: wood; grass; metal

Catalogue Number: 102.03.0091

Description: Sturdy chest, dovetailed corners, deep, fitted with hand-wrought hinges. Interior has small drawer and lidded shelf at one end top. Fitted with rope handles for carrying. Previously painted blue, remnants of stain on inside of lid and beside hardware. “Robert Procter . . . 1792” written in ink on …

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Title: Blanket Chest

Date: 1792

Material: wood; grass; metal

Dimensions: 48.3 x 48.5 x 124.3 cm

Description: Sturdy chest, dovetailed corners, deep, fitted with hand-wrought hinges. Interior has small drawer and lidded shelf at one end top. Fitted with rope handles for carrying. Previously painted blue, remnants of stain on inside of lid and beside hardware. “Robert Procter . . . 1792” written in ink on inside of lid.

Subject: households; furniture

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

Catalogue Number: 102.03.0091

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Itineraire du St Gothard, d'une partie du Vallais et des contrees de la Suisse

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

Published Date: 1795

Author: Mechel, Chretien de

Publisher: Basel : Chretien de Mechel

Call Number: DQ22 M42

Author: Mechel, Chretien de

Publisher: Basel : Chretien de Mechel

Published Date: 1795

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

Call Number: DQ22 M42

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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Sampler

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Date: 1796 – 1796

Material: fibre, flax; wood; paper; metal

Catalogue Number: 107.02.0009

Description: A needlepoint sampler, in many colours, done in cross-stitch on a loosely woven ecru linen. The sampler has a narrow double-stitched border with a floral band at the top followed by rows of letters of the alphabet separated by horizontal bars. Most of the letters are worked twice together through…

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Title: Sampler

Date: 1796 – 1796

Material: fibre, flax; wood; paper; metal

Dimensions: 15.0; 18.0 (frame) x 20.0; 22.5 (frame) cm

Description: A needlepoint sampler, in many colours, done in cross-stitch on a loosely woven ecru linen. The sampler has a narrow double-stitched border with a floral band at the top followed by rows of letters of the alphabet separated by horizontal bars. Most of the letters are worked twice together through the alphabet repeating from A to D at the end, followed by another floral band as at the top, and then “Susanah Lehman November the 3 1796.” The sampler was originally framed in a simple brown wood frame with parallel line texture (wood grain?) and has a framer’s sticker on the back “The Royal Art Gallery” (Calgary, Alberta).

Subject: households; decorative; children; crafts; needlework; Susanah Lehman

Credit: Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: 107.02.0009

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Avis aux voyageurs en Suisse, avec une nouvelle carte

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

Published Date: 1798

Author: Heinzmann, J.G

Publisher: Berne: [s.n.]

Call Number: DQ22 H43

Author: Heinzmann, J.G

Publisher: Berne: [s.n.]

Published Date: 1798

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

Call Number: DQ22 H43

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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Embroidery Sampler

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Date: 1799

Material: fibre; wood

Catalogue Number: 107.02.1007 a-c

Description: Traditional sampler, 4.0 wide border is a line of stitching in pyramid shapes with flower baskets. At the top of inside border is the upper case alphabet, one line of small letters, other in bigger letters and two lines. In the centre is a picture of a white house to the left, a green picket f…

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Title: Embroidery Sampler

Date: 1799

Material: fibre; wood

Dimensions: 42.0 x 42.0 cm

Description: Traditional sampler, 4.0 wide border is a line of stitching in pyramid shapes with flower baskets. At the top of inside border is the upper case alphabet, one line of small letters, other in bigger letters and two lines. In the centre is a picture of a white house to the left, a green picket fence, two trees and to the right a two storey brown house. Below that is six lines of writing beginning "One Weeks Extremity May Teach Us ....." "Susan Lehman her work done In the ninth year Of Her Age (__ ?) 1799" * Someone numbered the labels as (a) and (b) and the sampler as (c). It is too fragile to change

Subject: households; furnishings; Susan Lehmann; Mary Schaffer Warren; hobbies

Credit: Gift of Charles C. Reid, Banff, Alberta, 1986

Catalogue Number: 107.02.1007 a-c

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Narrative of an ascent to the summit of Mont Blanc

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

Published Date: 1830

Author: Auldjo, John

Publisher: London : Longman, Rees

Edition: 2d ed

Call Number: DQ841 M7 A9 1830

Author: Auldjo, John

Edition: 2d ed

Publisher: London : Longman, Rees

Published Date: 1830

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

Call Number: DQ841 M7 A9 1830

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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Coup d'oeil sur la structure geologique et mineralogique du Groupe des Monts Dores

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

Published Date: 1830

Author: Lecoq, H

Publisher: Paris : Clermont-Gerrand

Call Number: QE268 L42 Pam

Author: Lecoq, H

Publisher: Paris : Clermont-Gerrand

Published Date: 1830

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

Call Number: QE268 L42 Pam

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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Pen And Ink Drawing

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Artist: Priscilla Morgan Potts (1815 – , American)

Date: 1830

Medium: pen and ink; watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: PoM.03.01

Description: Landscape scene with a small, lght yellow house in the centerl, surrounded by leafy trees. In the foreground, 4 animals, likely cattle, are grazing. A river runs through the right hand side, with a large rocky cliff in the far background. The sky is blue, but cloudy. A yellow field is seen to the l…

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Artist: Priscilla Morgan Potts (1815 – , American)

Title: Pen And Ink Drawing

Date: 1830

Medium: pen and ink; watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 19.0 x 24.0` cm

Description: Landscape scene with a small, lght yellow house in the centerl, surrounded by leafy trees. In the foreground, 4 animals, likely cattle, are grazing. A river runs through the right hand side, with a large rocky cliff in the far background. The sky is blue, but cloudy. A yellow field is seen to the left, but the rest of the grassy areas are green.Inscription reads “P. M. Potts / W. B. School / 1830”. Based on other items in the collection, it can be inferred that this was created during the artist’s time at the Washington Boarding School.

Subject: landscape; pastoral; building

Credit: Gift of Charles C. Reid, Banff, Alberta, 1986

Catalogue Number: PoM.03.01

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Watercolour Illustration

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Artist: Emily Potts (1814 – , American)

Date: 1830

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: PoI.05.01

Description: Botanical still life drawing of a brand with pink and white flowering blossoms. Could potentially depict peach blossoms.

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Artist: Emily Potts (1814 – , American)

Title: Watercolour Illustration

Date: 1830

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 30.5 x 23.0 cm

Description: Botanical still life drawing of a brand with pink and white flowering blossoms. Could potentially depict peach blossoms.

Subject: botanical; still life; flowers; tree; branch

Credit: Gift of Charles C. Reid, Banff, Alberta, 1986

Catalogue Number: PoI.05.01

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Watercolour Painting

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Artist: Serena Matilda Potts (1812 – 1898, American)

Date: 1830

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: PoS.05.04

Description: Botanical still life of two pink flowers, likely roses or peonies. Two flowers are in full bloom, while 4 are still in budding stages. Foliage is mostly a deep green with the edges of some leaves are red.

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Artist: Serena Matilda Potts (1812 – 1898, American)

Title: Watercolour Painting

Date: 1830

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 24.5 x 25.5 cm

Description: Botanical still life of two pink flowers, likely roses or peonies. Two flowers are in full bloom, while 4 are still in budding stages. Foliage is mostly a deep green with the edges of some leaves are red.