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- Date
- 1933
- Material
- metal
- Catalogue Number
- 105.02.1130 a,b
- Description
- Baking powder can with lid. Embossed on lid "Magic Baking Powder Pure Wholesome", almost completely covered with rust.
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- Title
- Summit Canister
- Date
- 1933
- Material
- metal
- Dimensions
- 12.0 cm
- Description
- Baking powder can with lid. Embossed on lid "Magic Baking Powder Pure Wholesome", almost completely covered with rust.
- Credit
- Gift of Colin Jones, Lake Louise, 1991
- Catalogue Number
- 105.02.1130 a,b
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Summit Canister
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact105.02.1145
- Date
- 1937
- Material
- metal
- Catalogue Number
- 105.02.1145
- Description
- Round, lidded pill box. Summit register from Mount Queant Aug 3, 1937 - includes names of Edward Feuz, Lillian Gest, Christian Hasler - account of first ascent, was contained in pill box canister - see M235.
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- Title
- Summit Canister
- Date
- 1937
- Material
- metal
- Dimensions
- 1.8 cm
- Description
- Round, lidded pill box. Summit register from Mount Queant Aug 3, 1937 - includes names of Edward Feuz, Lillian Gest, Christian Hasler - account of first ascent, was contained in pill box canister - see M235.
- Credit
- Gift of Peter Tchir, South Slocan, 1993
- Catalogue Number
- 105.02.1145
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- Date
- 1943
- Material
- metal
- Catalogue Number
- 105.02.1128 a,b
- Description
- Typical 35 mm film canister, push-on lid.
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- Title
- Summit Canister
- Date
- 1943
- Material
- metal
- Dimensions
- 5.1 cm
- Description
- Typical 35 mm film canister, push-on lid.
- Credit
- Gift of Alison Winckles, U.K., 1990
- Catalogue Number
- 105.02.1128 a,b
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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
- 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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Climbing Piton
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact108.04.1157
- Date
- 1960
- Material
- metal
- Catalogue Number
- 108.04.1157
- Description
- A hand-forged, thin-blade piton for micro cracks called a ‘RURP’, an acronym for Realized Ultimate Reality Piton. The tapered blade is short and fine on the end; there are two holes on the wider, thicker end for rings. Engraved with “LONGWARE” and also “H G”.
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- Title
- Climbing Piton
- Date
- 1960
- Material
- metal
- Dimensions
- 3.0 x 3.1 cm
- Description
- A hand-forged, thin-blade piton for micro cracks called a ‘RURP’, an acronym for Realized Ultimate Reality Piton. The tapered blade is short and fine on the end; there are two holes on the wider, thicker end for rings. Engraved with “LONGWARE” and also “H G”.
- Subject
- sports
- climbing
- Hans Gmoser
- Credit
- Gift of Hans and Margaret Gmoser, Harvie Heights, 1991
- Catalogue Number
- 108.04.1157
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- Date
- 1960
- Material
- metal
- Catalogue Number
- 108.04.1159 a-d
- Description
- A carabiner with three pitons hanging from it:(a) an aluminum carabiner (10.5X5.0cm wide) with non-locking gate mechanism on the gate; on one side engraved “H” and then “P. ALLAIN 1600 Kg” in raised block lettering,“G”, on opposite side in raised lettering, on the other “BREVETTE S G D G”.(b) a met…
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- Title
- Climbing Piton
- Date
- 1960
- Material
- metal
- Description
- A carabiner with three pitons hanging from it:(a) an aluminum carabiner (10.5X5.0cm wide) with non-locking gate mechanism on the gate; on one side engraved “H” and then “P. ALLAIN 1600 Kg” in raised block lettering,“G”, on opposite side in raised lettering, on the other “BREVETTE S G D G”.(b) a metal piton (14.5x3.3cm wide) with the blade, instead of being flat, is positioned slightly sideways; engraved in script on the ‘handle’ portion “Charlet Moser” in block letters “CHAMONIX” . There is a white shop label glued on one side of the blade, in blue lettering “3 7 Premier Cycle & Sports 110 F”.(c) a trowel-shaped vertical piton (11.5x3.0cm), thin flat blade and high raised ‘handle’. This type of knife or blade was very popular in the Rockies. Commonly called the ‘Ace of Spades’. Raised “0” on the blade and “R. CASSIN” on viewer’s right and “ITALY” on the other. an “0” on the top part of the blade. Remnants of a piece of tape “1/74” indiscernable.(d) a hand-forged horizontal piton with a flat blade at one end and raised ‘handle’ at the other with a round hole to put a carabiner through. ‘LOST”, the diamond-shaped logo, “ARROW”.
- Subject
- sports
- climbing
- Hans Gmoser
- Credit
- Gift of Hans and Margaret Gmoser, Harvie Heights, 1991
- Catalogue Number
- 108.04.1159 a-d
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- Date
- 1960
- Material
- metal
- Catalogue Number
- 108.04.1161 a-c
- Description
- A carabiner with two pitons attached:(a) a thick, soft iron D-ring carabiner (10.3x6.7cm wide) with a hinged gate, but no safety bar. Stencilled in “H G”, followed by engraved “CASSIN” surrounded by part oval logo.(b) a horizontal piton (16.5cmx4.0cm wide) made out of soft iron, with a flat blade a…
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- Title
- Climbing Piton
- Date
- 1960
- Material
- metal
- Description
- A carabiner with two pitons attached:(a) a thick, soft iron D-ring carabiner (10.3x6.7cm wide) with a hinged gate, but no safety bar. Stencilled in “H G”, followed by engraved “CASSIN” surrounded by part oval logo.(b) a horizontal piton (16.5cmx4.0cm wide) made out of soft iron, with a flat blade at one end and raised ‘handle’ at the other with a round hole to put a carabiner through. Engraved on the handle “AUSTRIA STUBAI”. A yellow sales label with black printing “BAROTTO CALGARY “$1.10 EA”. Hand printed in green ink “VERTICAL”.(c) a vertical piton (16.5x3.8cm wide) made out of soft iron, with flat blade and handle, engraved “MADE IN AUSTRIA STUBAI” remnants of a shop’s yellow sales label with black lettering “BAROTTO CALGAR” with the Y partially missing.
- Subject
- sports
- climbing
- Hans Gmoser
- Credit
- Gift of Hans and Margaret Gmoser, Harvie Heights, 1991
- Catalogue Number
- 108.04.1161 a-c
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Summit Canister
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact105.02.1134
- Date
- 1961
- Material
- plastic
- Catalogue Number
- 105.02.1134
- Description
- Clear plastic pill container with lid, almost completely taped with white adhesive tape.
- Title
- Summit Canister
- Date
- 1961
- Material
- plastic
- Dimensions
- 7.0 cm
- Description
- Clear plastic pill container with lid, almost completely taped with white adhesive tape.
- Subject
- sports
- climbing
- Mount Bryce
- Credit
- Gift of Bill Corbett, Calgary, 1992
- Catalogue Number
- 105.02.1134
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Summit Canister
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact105.02.1170
- Date
- 1972
- Material
- metal; paint; paper
- Catalogue Number
- 105.02.1170
- Description
- A rusted red can that was used as a summit register container for Mt. Louis. The dented, rust-covered top is inside. Two-thirds of the rim where the lid fit on is cut away, probably by a can opener or a knife. There is a fragment of rust-coloured paper attached to the seam and extending to the rig…
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- Title
- Summit Canister
- Date
- 1972
- Material
- metal; paint; paper
- Dimensions
- 12.5 x 9 cm
- Description
- A rusted red can that was used as a summit register container for Mt. Louis. The dented, rust-covered top is inside. Two-thirds of the rim where the lid fit on is cut away, probably by a can opener or a knife. There is a fragment of rust-coloured paper attached to the seam and extending to the right. The outside is painted red with about a third of paint worn away by the elements. The can has a big dent to the left of the seam.
- Credit
- Gift of Donna MacKay, Banff, 1999
- Catalogue Number
- 105.02.1170
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Summit Canister
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact105.02.1161
- Date
- 1950 – 1960
- Material
- metal
- Catalogue Number
- 105.02.1161
- Description
- Small metal film canister, yellow with green screw-on lid, “Kodak” embossed on front. Used as summit register canister on Mt. Buller (Spray Lakes area) from 1956 to 1998.
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- Title
- Summit Canister
- Date
- 1950 – 1960
- Material
- metal
- Dimensions
- 4.5 cm
- Description
- Small metal film canister, yellow with green screw-on lid, “Kodak” embossed on front. Used as summit register canister on Mt. Buller (Spray Lakes area) from 1956 to 1998.
- Credit
- Gift of Don Peterson, Vancouver, 1998
- Catalogue Number
- 105.02.1161
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Summit Canister
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact105.02.1162
- Date
- 1990 – 1998
- Material
- plastic; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 105.02.1162
- Description
- Summit canister with screw top made from black plastic piping. Top is attached to body with metal cable. “A. KANE” incised in lower side of canister.
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- Title
- Summit Canister
- Date
- 1990 – 1998
- Material
- plastic; metal
- Dimensions
- 16.0 cm
- Description
- Summit canister with screw top made from black plastic piping. Top is attached to body with metal cable. “A. KANE” incised in lower side of canister.
- Subject
- sports
- climbing
- Castle Mt.
- Alan Kane
- Credit
- Gift of Don Peterson, Vancouver, 1998
- Catalogue Number
- 105.02.1162
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- Date
- 1900 – 1940
- Material
- metal; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 108.04.1122
- Description
- Metal crampons with six points, olive green fabric straps with metal buckles. One crampon has “4B” and “B3” stamped on it, along with manufacturer’s marks: “A. PUPFAUF. WERNZEUGSCHMIED. FINSIEDELN. SCHWEIZ.” & “PRIMA”.
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- Title
- Ice Crampons
- Date
- 1900 – 1940
- Material
- metal; fibre
- Dimensions
- 7.0 x 12.0 x 27.0 cm
- Description
- Metal crampons with six points, olive green fabric straps with metal buckles. One crampon has “4B” and “B3” stamped on it, along with manufacturer’s marks: “A. PUPFAUF. WERNZEUGSCHMIED. FINSIEDELN. SCHWEIZ.” & “PRIMA”.
- Credit
- Gift of Fred Feuz, Salmon Arm, 1999
- Catalogue Number
- 108.04.1122
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- Date
- 1900 – 1950
- Material
- metal; fibre; skin
- Catalogue Number
- 108.04.1121 a,b
- Description
- Metal crampons with eight points, soldered in several places. Olive green fabric straps with leather tabs and metal buckles. One crampon stamped “3 BREIZ.”
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- Title
- Ice Crampons
- Date
- 1900 – 1950
- Material
- metal; fibre; skin
- Dimensions
- 7.0 x 12.0 x 28.0 cm
- Description
- Metal crampons with eight points, soldered in several places. Olive green fabric straps with leather tabs and metal buckles. One crampon stamped “3 BREIZ.”
- Credit
- Gift of Fred Feuz, Salmon Arm, 1999
- Catalogue Number
- 108.04.1121 a,b
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Summit Canister
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact105.02.1136
- Date
- 1980 – 1991
- Material
- metal; plastic
- Catalogue Number
- 105.02.1136
- Description
- Black plastic cylinder with a screw top made from plummer’s pipe. The canister has a metal cable securely attached at the bottom and near the lid. The canister is marked “AL KANE.” The plastic pieces still have yellow price stickers attached.
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- Title
- Summit Canister
- Date
- 1980 – 1991
- Material
- metal; plastic
- Description
- Black plastic cylinder with a screw top made from plummer’s pipe. The canister has a metal cable securely attached at the bottom and near the lid. The canister is marked “AL KANE.” The plastic pieces still have yellow price stickers attached.
- Credit
- Gift of Graeme Pole, Field, 1991
- Catalogue Number
- 105.02.1136
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- Date
- 1970 – 1990
- Material
- glass; plastic
- Catalogue Number
- 105.02.1139 a-c
- Description
- Three summit canisters.a) Plastic cylinder with a blue push-on lid. marked on lid “CADWELD (R) 150”.b) Clear glass cylinder with a dark blue screw-on lid.c) Yellow plastic flat oval container with a push on lid. The lid is marked “COGHLAN’S PACK II FIRST AID KIT TROUSSE DE PREMIERS SOINS.”
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- Title
- Summit Canister
- Date
- 1970 – 1990
- Material
- glass; plastic
- Description
- Three summit canisters.a) Plastic cylinder with a blue push-on lid. marked on lid “CADWELD (R) 150”.b) Clear glass cylinder with a dark blue screw-on lid.c) Yellow plastic flat oval container with a push on lid. The lid is marked “COGHLAN’S PACK II FIRST AID KIT TROUSSE DE PREMIERS SOINS.”
- Credit
- Gift of Alberta Rockies Mountaineering Society, Canmore, 1992
- Catalogue Number
- 105.02.1139 a-c
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Climbing Piton
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact108.04.1090
- Date
- 1950 – 1960
- Material
- metal
- Catalogue Number
- 108.04.1090
- Description
- A hand-forged piton pounded down and flattened at one end creating a tapered blade or knife, and at the raised end, a hole to fit a ring (missing) through. It was painted red at the raised end but has mostly flaked off. “10” is stamped on one side and “CASSIN” within a partial oval on the other.
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- Title
- Climbing Piton
- Date
- 1950 – 1960
- Material
- metal
- Dimensions
- 2.0 x 9.8 cm
- Description
- A hand-forged piton pounded down and flattened at one end creating a tapered blade or knife, and at the raised end, a hole to fit a ring (missing) through. It was painted red at the raised end but has mostly flaked off. “10” is stamped on one side and “CASSIN” within a partial oval on the other.
- Subject
- sports
- climbing
- mountaineering
- Hans Gmoser
- Credit
- Gift of Hans and Margaret Gmoser, Harvie Heights, 1991
- Catalogue Number
- 108.04.1090
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Summit Canister
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact105.02.1046
- Date
- prior to 1980
- Material
- metal; rubber; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 105.02.1046
- Description
- Summit register and container from Mount Louis. A narrow (5.0 diameter), long (20.0 high), metal cylinder, somewhat rusty,topped by a black, rubber cork (chewed), two link chains are attached to a metal ring on the cylinder's side, one runs to a similar ring on top of the rubber cork, the other han…
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- Title
- Summit Canister
- Date
- prior to 1980
- Material
- metal; rubber; fibre
- Dimensions
- 20.0 cm
- Description
- Summit register and container from Mount Louis. A narrow (5.0 diameter), long (20.0 high), metal cylinder, somewhat rusty,topped by a black, rubber cork (chewed), two link chains are attached to a metal ring on the cylinder's side, one runs to a similar ring on top of the rubber cork, the other hangs free with frayed and broken string on the loose end.
- Subject
- sports
- climbing
- Mount Louis
- Credit
- Gift of Parks Canada, Banff, 1980
- Catalogue Number
- 105.02.1046
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- Date
- 1930 – 1950
- Material
- metal
- Catalogue Number
- 105.02.1094 a,b
- Description
- Copper cylinder with lid, Mount Lefroy, 2 items (a) cylinder 20.5 x 8.0 dia. 1.5 mm thick copper cylinder, darkened withage. Bottom cap with 0.6 lip, soldered on bottom. Scratched onto side ca. 5.0 high letters "BNP" (b) 8.3 lid, soldered together, 3 pieces including cap. diamond indentatio…
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- Title
- Summit Canister
- Date
- 1930 – 1950
- Material
- metal
- Description
- Copper cylinder with lid, Mount Lefroy, 2 items (a) cylinder 20.5 x 8.0 dia. 1.5 mm thick copper cylinder, darkened withage. Bottom cap with 0.6 lip, soldered on bottom. Scratched onto side ca. 5.0 high letters "BNP" (b) 8.3 lid, soldered together, 3 pieces including cap. diamond indentation centre of cap (6.5x5.0) holes formed by lightening strikes.
- Subject
- sports
- climbing
- Mount LeFroy
- Credit
- Gift of Alpine Club of Canada, Canmore, 1987
- Catalogue Number
- 105.02.1094 a,b
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