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- Date
- 1895
- Material
- wood; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 104.04.1010
- Description
- Single barrel lever-action rifle with a wide wood handle with a metal base at its end. Body marked “Manufactured by the Winchester Repeating Arms Co. New Haven Conn. USA Pat Nov.5.95 Nov 12.95. Aug.17.97.Jan.25.98.Aug.23.98.”. Marked at bottom of base “Model 1895 Winchester Trademark.”On top of bar…
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- Title
- Rifle
- Date
- 1895
- Material
- wood; metal
- Dimensions
- 11 x 109 cm
- Description
- Single barrel lever-action rifle with a wide wood handle with a metal base at its end. Body marked “Manufactured by the Winchester Repeating Arms Co. New Haven Conn. USA Pat Nov.5.95 Nov 12.95. Aug.17.97.Jan.25.98.Aug.23.98.”. Marked at bottom of base “Model 1895 Winchester Trademark.”On top of barrel 35 W.C.F.; on side of barrel “Nickel Steel Barrel” “Especially for smokeless powder”. On top of the site ”Pat.Feb.22.27”
- Subject
- sports
- hunting
- Elliott Barnes
- Credit
- Gift of Dale Barnes, Calgary, 2013
- Catalogue Number
- 104.04.1010
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- Date
- 1895
- Material
- wood; glass; stone; fibre; concrete; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 101.01.0007
- Description
- Log cabin with peaked red shingled roof, whitewashed, with green trim on eavestroughs, window sills and porch roof supports. Small green ship's wheel conceals the bathroom vent, bathroom is late addition, c. 1930 constructed from wooden planks of varying widths. Roof possibly reshingled at time of …
- Title
- Log House
- Date
- 1895
- Material
- wood; glass; stone; fibre; concrete; metal
- Dimensions
- 445.7 x 622.5 cm
- Description
- Log cabin with peaked red shingled roof, whitewashed, with green trim on eavestroughs, window sills and porch roof supports. Small green ship's wheel conceals the bathroom vent, bathroom is late addition, c. 1930 constructed from wooden planks of varying widths. Roof possibly reshingled at time of addition. False roof S.E. side was likely added at time of bathroom construction. Corners of log portion are dovetailed. Cabin faces S.W. two windows on N.W. side (85.0 x 65.0 & 85.0 x 70.). Bathroom window on south side (60 x 32.5 cm). Chinking between logs is oakum faced with concrete. Electrical conduit on back, N.W. side and gas conduit on N.E. side added in 1970s for John Morse when he used cabin as a woodworking shop. Both lines are connected to the Whyte house. Two chimneys, one encased in brick at N.E. end, the other in metal on N.W. side. Cabin/sits on concrete plinth probably dating from 1972. All base logs have been replaced by stonework c.1975.
- Subject
- architecture
- Bill Mather
- sports
- boating
- skating
- Massive
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 101.01.0007
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- Date
- 1900 – 1900
- Material
- metal
- Catalogue Number
- 103.09.0011
- Description
- A large three handled metal cup with slightly convex sides and a flared base. Each handle starts at the cup lip with a flat thumb grip on top and attach almost at the bottom of the cup. The cup is monogramed and dated on one side “ECG June 23rd 1900”. The bottom of the cup is marked with “Reed…
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- Title
- Loving Cup
- Date
- 1900 – 1900
- Material
- metal
- Dimensions
- 16.5 cm
- Description
- A large three handled metal cup with slightly convex sides and a flared base. Each handle starts at the cup lip with a flat thumb grip on top and attach almost at the bottom of the cup. The cup is monogramed and dated on one side “ECG June 23rd 1900”. The bottom of the cup is marked with “Reed & Barton 36”.
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.09.0011
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- Date
- 1901
- Material
- metal
- Catalogue Number
- 105.02.1031 a,b
- Description
- Thin aluminum round box with lid. Top is decorated with a repousse open floral pattern.
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- Title
- Summit Canister
- Date
- 1901
- Material
- metal
- Dimensions
- 3.5 cm
- Description
- Thin aluminum round box with lid. Top is decorated with a repousse open floral pattern.
- Subject
- sports
- climbing
- Jean Habel
- Chaba Valley
- Credit
- Gift of J. Monroe Thorington, Philadelphia, USA, 1972
- Catalogue Number
- 105.02.1031 a,b
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- Date
- 1902
- Material
- metal
- Catalogue Number
- 103.09.1004
- Description
- Fancy trophy stand with handles, rococo trim all edges, feet, inside base. Turned wood handles 9.0 on 5.5 metal arms, each side. Inside stand 12.0 high x 12.5 dia. Engraved on side "Calgary City Championship 1902 won by C.P.R. Hockey Club" with seven names. On bottom "Simpson Hall Miller & Co. …
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- Title
- Loving Cup
- Date
- 1902
- Material
- metal
- Description
- Fancy trophy stand with handles, rococo trim all edges, feet, inside base. Turned wood handles 9.0 on 5.5 metal arms, each side. Inside stand 12.0 high x 12.5 dia. Engraved on side "Calgary City Championship 1902 won by C.P.R. Hockey Club" with seven names. On bottom "Simpson Hall Miller & Co. quadrule place C51"
- Credit
- Gift of Forrest (Pat) Oliver Brewster, Banff, 1966
- Catalogue Number
- 103.09.1004
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- Date
- 1905
- Material
- metal; wood
- Catalogue Number
- 103.09.0396
- Description
- A handleless cup attached to a wooden base with a teardrop shaped filigree. “MILITARY AND NAVEL SPORTS - 1ST High Jump Sept 18. 1905.” Wooden base narrows at the waist before widening into a wide foot.
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- Title
- Trophy
- Date
- 1905
- Material
- metal; wood
- Dimensions
- 23.5 x 13.5 cm
- Description
- A handleless cup attached to a wooden base with a teardrop shaped filigree. “MILITARY AND NAVEL SPORTS - 1ST High Jump Sept 18. 1905.” Wooden base narrows at the waist before widening into a wide foot.
- Subject
- sports
- military
- competition
- prize
- Credit
- Gift of Evelyn Crosby, Banff, 1974
- Catalogue Number
- 103.09.0396
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- Date
- 1905 – 1905
- Material
- metal
- Catalogue Number
- 103.09.0043
- Description
- A simple, convexly curved, shield-shaped pin made of gold coloured medal. The inscription “Banff 1905 100 yards won by P.A. Moore” is engraved in script diagonally across the face of the pin.
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- Title
- Prize Medal
- Date
- 1905 – 1905
- Material
- metal
- Dimensions
- 2.3 x 1.9 cm
- Description
- A simple, convexly curved, shield-shaped pin made of gold coloured medal. The inscription “Banff 1905 100 yards won by P.A. Moore” is engraved in script diagonally across the face of the pin.
- Subject
- sports
- Philip Moore
- awards
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.09.0043
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- Date
- 1907
- Material
- wood; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 108.04.1107
- Description
- Long, heavy wooden handle with steel head and tip. Stamped on head "J.P.FORDE 1907" also manufacturer's logo and "G891"
- Title
- Ice Ax
- Date
- 1907
- Material
- wood; metal
- Dimensions
- 112.0 cm
- Description
- Long, heavy wooden handle with steel head and tip. Stamped on head "J.P.FORDE 1907" also manufacturer's logo and "G891"
- Credit
- Gift of Iona Clark, Calgary, 1997
- Catalogue Number
- 108.04.1107
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- Date
- 1909 – 1909
- Material
- metal, silver
- Catalogue Number
- 103.09.0041
- Description
- A round silver medal hanging by two chains, each with three links, from a bar depicting a charging buffalo. The medal depicts a seated woman placing a laurel wreath on the head of a genuflecting youth, and the words “Canadian Amateur Athletic Union” along with a date in roman numerals “MDCCCXXXII…
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- Title
- Medal
- Date
- 1909 – 1909
- Material
- metal, silver
- Dimensions
- 6.2 (overall) x 4.7 (bar) cm
- Description
- A round silver medal hanging by two chains, each with three links, from a bar depicting a charging buffalo. The medal depicts a seated woman placing a laurel wreath on the head of a genuflecting youth, and the words “Canadian Amateur Athletic Union” along with a date in roman numerals “MDCCCXXXIII”. There is a low relief wreath of maple leaves on the back of the medal along with an inscription “2nd Pole Vault Winnipeg 1909”. The reverse of the medal also has hallmarks and “S25 Sterling”.
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.09.0041
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- Date
- 1950
- Material
- metal
- Catalogue Number
- 105.02.1095 a,b
- Description
- Rusted sardine can, Noseeum Peak, 2 items. Typical sardine can(a) body of can(b) lid is off and nestled inside body. Blue with silver writing: "Guardsman BRAND CANADIAN Sardines IN SOYA BEAN OIL" and other product data. Head and shoulders image of a guard with a tall bearskin hat.
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- Title
- Summit Canister
- Date
- 1950
- Material
- metal
- Description
- Rusted sardine can, Noseeum Peak, 2 items. Typical sardine can(a) body of can(b) lid is off and nestled inside body. Blue with silver writing: "Guardsman BRAND CANADIAN Sardines IN SOYA BEAN OIL" and other product data. Head and shoulders image of a guard with a tall bearskin hat.
- Credit
- Gift of Graeme Pole, Field, 1986
- Catalogue Number
- 105.02.1095 a,b
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- Date
- 1950
- Material
- metal; plastic
- Catalogue Number
- 105.02.1096 a,b
- Description
- 2 Baking Powder tins soldered together. (a) 26.7 x 7.5 dia. 2 tins soldered together at ends, lid on one end, other missing."Calumet Double-Acting Baking Powder" head in Indigenous headdress, colours red, white, black, blue (b) 6.0 x 3.3 dia. clear plastic cylinder with white snap-on lid. chewe…
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- Title
- Summit Canister
- Date
- 1950
- Material
- metal; plastic
- Description
- 2 Baking Powder tins soldered together. (a) 26.7 x 7.5 dia. 2 tins soldered together at ends, lid on one end, other missing."Calumet Double-Acting Baking Powder" head in Indigenous headdress, colours red, white, black, blue (b) 6.0 x 3.3 dia. clear plastic cylinder with white snap-on lid. chewed, or lightening strike.
- Credit
- Gift of Glen Boles, Cochrane, 1988
- Catalogue Number
- 105.02.1096 a,b
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- Date
- 1950
- Material
- fabric; paint
- Catalogue Number
- 103.09.1229
- Description
- A felt patch of a black, brown and black eagle on a gold background. The eagle is in flight, has an open mouth and extended claws.
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- Title
- Patch
- Date
- 1950
- Material
- fabric; paint
- Dimensions
- 15.0 x 13.5 cm
- Description
- A felt patch of a black, brown and black eagle on a gold background. The eagle is in flight, has an open mouth and extended claws.
- Subject
- activities
- sports
- Credit
- Gift of Catherine Fuller, 2009
- Catalogue Number
- 103.09.1229
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Commemorative Band
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- Date
- 1950
- Material
- metal
- Catalogue Number
- 103.09.1233 a,b
- Description
- A commemorative silver band that can be nailed onto a walking stick. The rectangular silver is shaped into a circular form, each end has two holes (.03cm from each edge, 1.50cm apart) to put nails through and attach it to a walking stick. There is a piece of wire threaded through the holes to keep …
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- Title
- Commemorative Band
- Date
- 1950
- Material
- metal
- Dimensions
- 2.5 x 9.3 cm
- Description
- A commemorative silver band that can be nailed onto a walking stick. The rectangular silver is shaped into a circular form, each end has two holes (.03cm from each edge, 1.50cm apart) to put nails through and attach it to a walking stick. There is a piece of wire threaded through the holes to keep piece of metal in a circular shape. The middle of the band has the Skyline Trail Hikers of the Canadian Rockies logo; a shield- shaped crest with the letters “SLTH” on top, a hiking boot crossed by a walking stick or alpenstock, and underneath it a “C”, the bottom of the walking stick passing between, and then the “R”. To the viewer’s right of the crest, inscribed on the bottom are the words “BIRKS STERLING”.Re: inventory 2014 s/b (a) and (b) because there is a box.
- Credit
- Gift of Molly Vaux, New York, USA, 2007
- Catalogue Number
- 103.09.1233 a,b
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- Date
- 1950
- Material
- plastic; fabric; rubber; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.1144
- Description
- A pair of lightweight ski goggles with two pieces of dark plastic for lenses, enclosed and stitched with a border of taupe-coloured velveteen fabric. This portion is connected to an inner frame of the same fabric, closer to the face, with two pieces of light clear plastic the same shape as the lens…
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- Title
- Ski Goggles
- Date
- 1950
- Material
- plastic; fabric; rubber; metal
- Dimensions
- 8.0 x 14.5 cm
- Description
- A pair of lightweight ski goggles with two pieces of dark plastic for lenses, enclosed and stitched with a border of taupe-coloured velveteen fabric. This portion is connected to an inner frame of the same fabric, closer to the face, with two pieces of light clear plastic the same shape as the lenses, with cutouts for the eyes, by thread and small pieces of black plastic tubing (0.70cm long); this creates air vents for the face and provides wearing comfort. The side guards are composed of a light metal mesh and they have a piece of black elastic attached to each side which is tied together to keep the goggles on the face.
- Subject
- sports
- winter
- skiing
- guiding
- Pat Brewster
- Credit
- Gift of Sheila V. Keough, Renfrew, 2008
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.1144
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- Date
- 1950
- Material
- metal
- Catalogue Number
- 108.04.1174 a,b
- Description
- A pair of crampons with one piece of cotton twill binding with metal closure attached to one of the side rings. They are made from one piece of metal and cut-out with four points, the centre bar is split and turned down. At the centre two pieces go off at right angles and curve upward with a ring …
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- Title
- Crampons
- Date
- 1950
- Material
- metal
- Dimensions
- 4.5 x 10.5 x 4.5 cm
- Description
- A pair of crampons with one piece of cotton twill binding with metal closure attached to one of the side rings. They are made from one piece of metal and cut-out with four points, the centre bar is split and turned down. At the centre two pieces go off at right angles and curve upward with a ring for bindings at each end. Rings enclosed in loops 3 cm dia. Stamped on top “44” in between “ER”, the rest is indiscernible, “HAMMERWEK FULPMES” followed by “45” and underneath the mid-portion cutout that has been turned down “MUSTERSCHUTZ GES. GESCH.”
- Subject
- sports
- climbing
- Lizzie Rummel
- Hans Gmoser
- Credit
- Gift of Hans and Margaret Gmoser, Harvie Heights, 1989
- Catalogue Number
- 108.04.1174 a,b
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Horizontal Piton
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- Date
- 1950
- Material
- metal
- Catalogue Number
- 108.04.1171
- Description
- An early style, horizontal, hard metal ice piton with an oblong metal ring attached. The blade is narrow with a point and the other end has a hole where the ring for the carabiner goes through. The oblong ring is not soldered together, just folded shut to close. The blade is bent and has nicks on …
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- Title
- Horizontal Piton
- Date
- 1950
- Material
- metal
- Dimensions
- 3.0 x 3.0 x 26.7 cm
- Description
- An early style, horizontal, hard metal ice piton with an oblong metal ring attached. The blade is narrow with a point and the other end has a hole where the ring for the carabiner goes through. The oblong ring is not soldered together, just folded shut to close. The blade is bent and has nicks on either side making it serrated for ice climbing.
- Subject
- sports
- climbing
- Hans Gmoser
- Credit
- Gift of Hans and Margaret Gmoser, Harvie Heights, 1991
- Catalogue Number
- 108.04.1171
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Horizontal, Ice Piton
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- Date
- 1950
- Material
- metal
- Catalogue Number
- 108.04.1177
- Description
- An early example of a hard metal ice piton with an oblong metal ring attached. The blade has a twist turn before the hole where the ring goes through. The ring has been welded together to close. The blade has nicks on either side making it serrated for ice climbing. “CJB” is engraved on the blade.
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- Title
- Horizontal, Ice Piton
- Date
- 1950
- Material
- metal
- Dimensions
- 2.5 x 26.8 w/o ring cm
- Description
- An early example of a hard metal ice piton with an oblong metal ring attached. The blade has a twist turn before the hole where the ring goes through. The ring has been welded together to close. The blade has nicks on either side making it serrated for ice climbing. “CJB” is engraved on the blade.
- Subject
- sports
- ice climbing
- Hans Gmoser
- Credit
- Gift of Hans and Margaret Gmoser, Harvie Heights, 1991
- Catalogue Number
- 108.04.1177
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Horizontal, Ice Piton
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- Date
- 1950
- Material
- metal
- Catalogue Number
- 108.04.1178
- Description
- An early example of a hard metal ice piton with an oblong metal ring attached. It has a twist turn before the hole where the ring goes through. The ring has been welded to close it. The blade has nicks on either side making them serrated for ice climbing. “CJB” is engraved on the blade.
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- Title
- Horizontal, Ice Piton
- Date
- 1950
- Material
- metal
- Dimensions
- 2.50 x 26.0 blade w/o ring cm
- Description
- An early example of a hard metal ice piton with an oblong metal ring attached. It has a twist turn before the hole where the ring goes through. The ring has been welded to close it. The blade has nicks on either side making them serrated for ice climbing. “CJB” is engraved on the blade.
- Subject
- sports
- ice climbing
- Hans Gmoser
- Credit
- Gift of Hans and Margaret Gmoser, Harvie Heights, 1991
- Catalogue Number
- 108.04.1178
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- Date
- 1950 – 1950
- Material
- metal
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.0742 a,b
- Description
- Two cylindrical, flat based camping aluminum cups with handles riveted to cup body, dented and scuffed from usage.(a) the larger, dented cup (b) the smaller cup
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- Title
- Cup
- Date
- 1950 – 1950
- Material
- metal
- Dimensions
- 7.5 x 9.0 x 12.0 cm
- Description
- Two cylindrical, flat based camping aluminum cups with handles riveted to cup body, dented and scuffed from usage.(a) the larger, dented cup (b) the smaller cup
- Subject
- households
- sports
- camping
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.0742 a,b
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- Date
- 1953
- Material
- metal
- Catalogue Number
- 105.02.1097 a,b
- Description
- Kodak metal film container, Northern Selkirks, 2 items (a) typical film tin 4.5 x 3.0 dia. "Kodak" embossed twice around middle. Top edge wide threads.(b) lid painted red/brown, threaded with rubber band inside top.
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- Title
- Summit Canister
- Date
- 1953
- Material
- metal
- Dimensions
- 4.5 cm
- Description
- Kodak metal film container, Northern Selkirks, 2 items (a) typical film tin 4.5 x 3.0 dia. "Kodak" embossed twice around middle. Top edge wide threads.(b) lid painted red/brown, threaded with rubber band inside top.
- Credit
- Gift of W.J. Hurst, Cranbrook, 1987
- Catalogue Number
- 105.02.1097 a,b
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