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Camera Tripod

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Date: 1800

Catalogue Number: 104.41.1125 a-b

Description: Two identical metal tripods with burgundy legs attached with white string. Three adjustable knobs are located at the top of the tripod allowing the metal bar inside to be adjusted maximizing the height. The folding and collapsible legs extend away from the vertical center in three sections to a len…

Title: Camera Tripod

Date: 1800

Description: Two identical metal tripods with burgundy legs attached with white string. Three adjustable knobs are located at the top of the tripod allowing the metal bar inside to be adjusted maximizing the height. The folding and collapsible legs extend away from the vertical center in three sections to a length of 54.0 cm. A fourth adjustable knob, located at the bottom of the metal bar and meeting the top of the legs, allows the user to extend the legs of the tripod to the desired height. Each of the four knobs has the maker’s mark inscribed and reads: “ACME- LITE-CHICAGO- ” around the circumference. The feet are at a 45 degree angle and have a rubber stopper on the bottom giving the portable three-legged frame greater stability to resist lateral forces. A tripod may have been used for motion and still photography to prevent movement or to help achieve precise framing of an image.

Subject: Nick Morant

Credit: Gift of Nicholas Morant, Banff, 2006

Catalogue Number: 104.41.1125 a-b

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Serving Dish

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Date: 1800 – 1800

Material: porcelain

Catalogue Number: 104.20.1234

Description: Miniature plain white serving dish, with red and cream sticker on bottom that reads: “year 1800”.

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Title: Serving Dish

Date: 1800 – 1800

Material: porcelain

Dimensions: 1.2 cm

Description: Miniature plain white serving dish, with red and cream sticker on bottom that reads: “year 1800”.

Subject: whyte home, miniature, small

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

Catalogue Number: 104.20.1234

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The Columbia River highway : America's greatest scenic drive

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

Published Date: 1801

Author: Cross and Dimmitt

Call Number: 02.3 C87t

Author: Cross and Dimmitt

Published Date: 1801

Physical Description: Portland, Oregon : Cross and Dimmitt

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

Subjects: Columbia River; Art; Travel; Tourism

Abstract: Pertains to a collection of hand colored images showcasing the beauty of Oregon in the United States of America. The publication follows the Columbia River highway, a stretch of road reaching west from Portland to the Pacific, and east to Central Oregon. The publication showcases various tourist locations in addition to other breathtaking hand-colored images.

Accession Number: 3069 a

Call Number: 02.3 C87t

Collection: Archives Library

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Area of the Upper Missouri and Rocky Mts.

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

Published Date: 1801

Call Number: C12-1.20

Published Date: 1801

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

Subjects: Indian Map

Notes: Photostatic copy from Public Archives; two sections

Accession Number: 675

Call Number: C12-1.20

Collection: Archives Library

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A map of America ... exhibiting Mackenzie's track from Montreal to Fort Chipewyan and from thence to the North Sea in 1789 & to the West Pacific Ocean in 1793

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

Published Date: 1801

Publisher: London : A.M.

Call Number: C11-1.8

Publisher: London : A.M.

Published Date: 1801

Physical Description: 1 map

Scale: Scale indeterminable

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

Subjects: Mackenzie, Alexander

Accession Number: 5241

Call Number: C11-1.8

Collection: Archives Library

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New discoveries in the Interior

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

Published Date: 1802

Call Number: C12-1.18

Published Date: 1802

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

Subjects: North America

Notes: four sections; Photostatic copy from Public Archives

Accession Number: 675

Call Number: C12-1.18

Collection: Archives Library

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"Skeleton plan showing location of 'Kootenae House' built by David Thompson, 1807"

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

Published Date: 1807

Publisher: J.B. Tyrrell papers

Call Number: C4-5.3

Responsibility: Basil G. Hamilton, Invermere, B.C.

Publisher: J.B. Tyrrell papers

Published Date: 1807

Scale: 606' - 1"

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

Subjects: Kootenae

Notes: Photostatistic copy from Public Archives From J.B. Tyrrell papers, transfered from the manuscript division Nov. 6, 1962

Accession Number: 675

Call Number: C4-5.3

Collection: Archives Library

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Embroidery Sampler

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Date: 1809 (attributed)

Material: fibre, cotton

Catalogue Number: 107.02.1005

Description: Traditional sampler, full frame of different styles of lettering and numbering. Top begins with four lines followed by double alphabet and numbers 1 to 7, four more alphabets with numbers are separated by different styles of decorative lines. Final alphabet is followed by A.M. Each alphabet h…

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Title: Embroidery Sampler

Date: 1809 (attributed)

Material: fibre, cotton

Dimensions: 33.5 x 29.0 cm

Description: Traditional sampler, full frame of different styles of lettering and numbering. Top begins with four lines followed by double alphabet and numbers 1 to 7, four more alphabets with numbers are separated by different styles of decorative lines. Final alphabet is followed by A.M. Each alphabet has letter Z followed by ampersand and a small c. Below final alphabet is "Susan Lehman Her Work Done in the Ninth Year" At bottom of embroidery is a line with various animals and birds with a tree in the centre.

Subject: households; furnishings; Susan Lehman; Mary Schaffer Warren; needlework

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

Catalogue Number: 107.02.1005

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Climbs in the Canadian Rockies

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

Published Date: 1950

Author: Smythe, Frank S.

Publisher: London : Hodder and Stoughton Ltd.

Call Number: 01.4 Sm9c

Author: Smythe, Frank S.

Responsibility: Frank S. Smythe

Publisher: London : Hodder and Stoughton Ltd.

Published Date: 1950

Physical Description: 260 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

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

Subjects: Mountaineering; Mountaineers, British; Canadian Rocky Mountains; Mount Assiniboine; Mount Robson

Abstract: Pertains to the personal mountaineering experience of author, Frank S. Smythe. As a prominent English author, photographer, botanist and mountaineer, Smythe invites the reader to delve into a greater understanding of what it means to climb in the Canadian Rocky Mountains. He tells of his successes, failures and lessons learned while scaling some of the most ambitious mountains in the Canadian Rockies. Some of the mountains discussed include, but are not limited to the following, Mount Alberta, Mount Assiniboine, Mount Robson, Mount Glendower and Mount Colin.

Contents: Part I : The Canadian Rockies; I. The Canadian Rocky Mountains (pg. 3); II. Training the Lovat Scouts (pg. 19); III. Elysium Pass (pg. 37); IV. Mountaineering from Lake O'Hara (pg. 47); V. Mount Assiniboine (pg. 54); VI. Mount Alberta (pg. 67); VII. The Beaver (pg. 86); VIII. An attempt to climb Mount Brussels (pg. 96); IX. The first ascent of Mount Bridgland (pg. 108); X. Mount Robson (pg. 121); XI. Failure and success on Mount Colin (pg. 142); XII. Storm on Mount Louis (pg. 162) Part II : Unmapped and unexplored. An expedition to the LLoyd George Mountains of north-east British Columbia; XIII. The Lloyd George Mountains (pg. 175); XIV. The flight to Haworth Lake (pg. 186); XV. The base-camp (pg. 196); XVI. Reconnaissance flight (pg. 206); XVII. The ascent of Mount Glendower (pg. 213); XVIII. The ascent of Mount Lloyd George (pg. 221); XIX. Call it a day (pg. 227); XX. High-level traverse (pg. 241); XXI. Lightning (pg. 251); Index (pg. 255)

Notes: All photographs used in the publication were taken by the author

Accession Number: 2019.71

Call Number: 01.4 Sm9c

Collection: Archives Library

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Provincial Museum of Natural History and Anthropology : report for the year 1949

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

Published Date: 1950

Author: Province of British Columbia department of education

Publisher: Victoria, B.C. : Authority of the Legislative Assembly, [by Don McDiarmid, printer to the King's Most Excellent Majesty]

Call Number: 04 P94p 1949

Author: Province of British Columbia department of education

Publisher: Victoria, B.C. : Authority of the Legislative Assembly, [by Don McDiarmid, printer to the King's Most Excellent Majesty]

Published Date: 1950

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

Subjects: Museums; Anthropology

Abstract: Pertains to the commissioner report on the events carried out by the Provincial Museum of Natural history and Anthropology, during the year of 1949. Published in 1950, the British Columbia Department of Education published the report in an effort to reflect on events from the previous calendar year. The objectives of the report were to secure and preserve specimens reflecting the natural history of British Columbia, collect anthropological material from Indigenous Peoples, and obtain information on natural sciences that could then be shared with the public. Each issue features a report from the director, biologist, and/or botanist, and/or anthropologist in which they would share their subsequent findings from the previous year. Topics discussed in each report include, but are not limited to the following; exhibitions, new accessions, staff changes, research, botany, entomology and relevant articles.

Contents: Report of the Director (pg. 7); Special Exhibits (pg. 7); Field Work (pg. 7); Publications (pg. 8); Motion Pictures (pg. 9); Education (pg. 9); Museum Lectures (pg. 9); Other Lectures (pg. 9); School Loan Material (pg. 10); Visit to Eastern Museums (pg. 10); Attendance (pg. 11); Staff Changes (pg. 12); Equipment (pg. 12); Obituary (pg. 12); Report of the Assistant in Botany (pg. 12); Activities (pg. 12); Acknowledgments (pg. 13); Miscellaneous Botonical Notes (pg. 13); Entomology (pg. 15); Report of the Assistant in Biology (pg. 15); Report of the Assistant in Anthropology (pg. 16); Accessions (pg. 17); Article: "The Distribution of Fresh-water Fishes in British Columbia," by G. Clifford Carl (pg. 20)

Accession Number: 7201

Call Number: 04 P94p 1949

Collection: Archives Library

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Trail to the charmed land

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

Published Date: 1950

Author: Edwards, Ralph

Publisher: Hamilton (Canada) H.R. Larson

Call Number: 01.4 Ed9t

Author: Edwards, Ralph

Responsibility: Ralph Edwards

Publisher: Hamilton (Canada) H.R. Larson

Published Date: 1950

Physical Description: viii, 135 pages illustrations, map 23 cm

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

Subjects: Mountaineering; Mountaineering--British Columbia; Yoho National Park; Banff; Rocky Mountains

Abstract: Pertains to the stories of Ralph Edwards, a former mountain guide. While not a history, the publication serves as a way to commemorate a life well lived in the Canadian Rocky Mountains. Written similar to a diary, the author tells of his personal experiences and lessons learned while in the mountains. Readers are granted a highly personal account of mountaineering from a man who lived among the shadows of the Canadian Rockies himself.

Contents: Introduction -- The Discovery of Yoho -- First Crossing of the Dolomite Pass -- The Conquest of Balfour -- A Millionaire Goes A-Hunting -- Anything Can Happen, And Does -- Cayuses I Have Met.