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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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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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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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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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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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Adventures on the Columbia River

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1831
Author
Cox, Ross
Publisher
London : Colburn & Bentley
Call Number
F880 C69 1831 II
Author
Cox, Ross
Publisher
London : Colburn & Bentley
Published Date
1831
Physical Description
400 pages
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Series
Volume 2 of 2
Subjects
Rocky Mountains, Canada
Notes
Edward C. Porter Mountaineering Library
Call Number
F880 C69 1831 II
Collection
Alpine Club of Canada Library
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Adventures on the Columbia River

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1831
Author
Cox, Ross
Publisher
London : Colburn & Bentley
Call Number
F880 C69 1831 I
Author
Cox, Ross
Publisher
London : Colburn & Bentley
Published Date
1831
Physical Description
368 pages
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Series
Volume 1 of 2
Subjects
Rocky Mountains, Canada
Notes
Edward C. Porter Mountaineering Library
Call Number
F880 C69 1831 I
Collection
Alpine Club of Canada Library
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The pedestrian : a summer's ramble in the Tyrol, and some of the adjacent provinces, 1830

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1832
Author
Latrobe, Charles Joseph
Publisher
London : Seeley and Burnside
Call Number
DB766 L38
Author
Latrobe, Charles Joseph
Publisher
London : Seeley and Burnside
Published Date
1832
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Notes
Edward C. Porter Mountaineering Library
Call Number
DB766 L38
Collection
Alpine Club of Canada Library
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Three months' tour in Switzerland and France

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1832
Author
Liddiard, William
Publisher
London : Smith, Elder
Call Number
DQ23 L53
Author
Liddiard, William
Publisher
London : Smith, Elder
Published Date
1832
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Call Number
DQ23 L53
Collection
Alpine Club of Canada Library
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Westmoreland, Cumberland and Northcumberland

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1832 (-35)
Author
Rose, Thomas, topographer
Publisher
London : Fisher
Call Number
DA670 W5 R6 (3 v.) Oversize C
Author
Rose, Thomas, topographer
Publisher
London : Fisher
Published Date
1832 (-35)
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Notes
Illus. from original drawings
Call Number
DA670 W5 R6 (3 v.) Oversize C
Collection
Alpine Club of Canada Library
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Excursion in India : including a walk over the Himalaya Mountains, to the sources of the Jumna and the Ganges

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1832
Author
Skinner, Thomas
Publisher
London : Henry Colburn & Richard Bentley
Call Number
DS407 S5 I
Author
Skinner, Thomas
Publisher
London : Henry Colburn & Richard Bentley
Published Date
1832
Physical Description
312 pages
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Series
Volume 1 of 2
Call Number
DS407 S5 I
Collection
Alpine Club of Canada Library
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Narrative of an ascent on Mont Blanc. From Keepsake for 1832

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1832
Author
Wilbraham, Edward Bootle
Publisher
London : Keepsake
Call Number
DQ841 M7 W54 Pam
Author
Wilbraham, Edward Bootle
Publisher
London : Keepsake
Published Date
1832
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Call Number
DQ841 M7 W54 Pam
Collection
Alpine Club of Canada Library
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Excursion in India : including a walk over the Himalaya Mountains, to the sources of the Jumna and the Ganges

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1832
Author
Skinner, Thomas
Publisher
London : Henry Colburn & Richard Bentley
Call Number
DS407 S5 II
Author
Skinner, Thomas
Publisher
London : Henry Colburn & Richard Bentley
Published Date
1832
Physical Description
330 pages
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Series
Volume 2 of 2
Call Number
DS407 S5 II
Collection
Alpine Club of Canada Library
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Date
1832
Material
fibre; paper; metal
Catalogue Number
103.04.1021
Description
Bright green bonnet (calash) with eight folds. Fabric is stitched around shaped metal stays, 14 in all. Neck piece is padded and shaped with wire. Rim has fabric folded or pleated in ribbon effect. Long green ribbon ties at front of neck. Additional long grey ribbon attached to brim higher on face.…
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Title
Bonnet
Date
1832
Material
fibre; paper; metal
Description
Bright green bonnet (calash) with eight folds. Fabric is stitched around shaped metal stays, 14 in all. Neck piece is padded and shaped with wire. Rim has fabric folded or pleated in ribbon effect. Long green ribbon ties at front of neck. Additional long grey ribbon attached to brim higher on face. Inside back is reinforced with burlap on which is glued brown paper. Written in Mary Schaffer’s hand: “18 S.M. Potts 1832 Calasche”. On back, ribbon is tied in bow. Green fabric stitched on back to cover neck.
Subject
clothing
S.M. Potts
Mary Schaffer
Credit
Gift of Charles C. Reid, Banff, Alberta, 1986
Catalogue Number
103.04.1021
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Date
1832 – 1832
Material
ceramic
Catalogue Number
102.04.0244
Description
Hand thrown, trim-footed, jar with 2.6 cm. diameter neck. Wax resist applied (probably) before glazing, Dominant green calligraphy and miscellaneous objects in design with yellow, red, white, pale green and deep blue trim. Red-bordered label in E.S. Morse's writing says "China, age 1832" and number…
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Title
Vase
Date
1832 – 1832
Material
ceramic
Dimensions
8.9 x 9.0 cm
Description
Hand thrown, trim-footed, jar with 2.6 cm. diameter neck. Wax resist applied (probably) before glazing, Dominant green calligraphy and miscellaneous objects in design with yellow, red, white, pale green and deep blue trim. Red-bordered label in E.S. Morse's writing says "China, age 1832" and number resembling "707".
Subject
households
decorative
Chinese
E. S. Morse
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
102.04.0244
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