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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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Summit Canister
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- 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
- 1992 – 1997
- Material
- glass; paper
- Catalogue Number
- 110.01.1034 a-d
- Description
- 4 empty wine bottles featuring paintings in the collection of the Whyte Museum: a) “Banff Wine Store. Mommesin” - painting by Maxine Elliot; b) “Sumac Ridge. Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies. Celebrating 25 years” painting by Catharine Whyte of Mount Rundle; c) “Rimrock Resort Hotel. Pinot Gris…
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- Title
- Wine Bottle
- Date
- 1992 – 1997
- Material
- glass; paper
- Dimensions
- 28.0 cm
- Description
- 4 empty wine bottles featuring paintings in the collection of the Whyte Museum: a) “Banff Wine Store. Mommesin” - painting by Maxine Elliot; b) “Sumac Ridge. Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies. Celebrating 25 years” painting by Catharine Whyte of Mount Rundle; c) “Rimrock Resort Hotel. Pinot Gris - 1995 - painting by Catharine Whyte of Yoho Peak; d) “Rimrock Resort Hotel. Cabernet Franc - 1996” - painting by Peter Whyte of Waterfall Below Oesa.
- Credit
- Gift of Katherine Lipsett, Canmore, 1997
- Catalogue Number
- 110.01.1034 a-d
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- Date
- 1992
- Material
- glass; paper
- Catalogue Number
- 110.01.1035
- Description
- One wine bottle with label: “Private Reserve. Vin de table Montaignes Rocheuses. Blended especially for the Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies and the wineries of Exceptional Pass. From the Vineyards of Tunoa Vale located on the slopes of the Peak of Ecstasy.”
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- Title
- Wine Bottle
- Date
- 1992
- Material
- glass; paper
- Dimensions
- 28.5 cm
- Description
- One wine bottle with label: “Private Reserve. Vin de table Montaignes Rocheuses. Blended especially for the Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies and the wineries of Exceptional Pass. From the Vineyards of Tunoa Vale located on the slopes of the Peak of Ecstasy.”
- Credit
- Gift of Katherine Lipsett, Canmore, 1992
- Catalogue Number
- 110.01.1035
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- Date
- 1991
- Material
- plastic; cardboard
- Catalogue Number
- 105.05.0016
- Description
- Unused box of slide binders. Box is yellow, black, and beige with German and English writing. Inside are 20 square plastic slides with white fronts and black backing. Small piece of paper with instructions in German, English, and French.
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- Title
- Slide Binder
- Date
- 1991
- Material
- plastic; cardboard
- Dimensions
- 5.5 x 6.5 x 5.5 cm
- Description
- Unused box of slide binders. Box is yellow, black, and beige with German and English writing. Inside are 20 square plastic slides with white fronts and black backing. Small piece of paper with instructions in German, English, and French.
- Subject
- Whyte home
- photography
- slides
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 105.05.0016
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- Date
- 1991
- Material
- metal
- Catalogue Number
- 104.19.0176
- Description
- A tiny metal cylinder, shaped like a beer can and covered in a wrap advertising “Miller HIGH LIFE”. The cylinder has a small brass button on the top that, when pressed, releases a metal bottle opener from the opposite end. The end with the bottle opener is stamped with “MADE IN W. GERMANY”
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- Title
- Can Opener
- Date
- 1991
- Material
- metal
- Dimensions
- 2.0 x 2.0 x 6.5 cm
- Description
- A tiny metal cylinder, shaped like a beer can and covered in a wrap advertising “Miller HIGH LIFE”. The cylinder has a small brass button on the top that, when pressed, releases a metal bottle opener from the opposite end. The end with the bottle opener is stamped with “MADE IN W. GERMANY”
- Subject
- Whyte home
- drinking
- tools
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.19.0176
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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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- Date
- 1995
- Material
- leather; metal; wood; plastic
- Catalogue Number
- 104.41.0081 a-d
- Description
- Case: Manufacturer label on inside of lid reads G.R. TAYLOR LTD. TRUNKS & SAMPLE CASES WINNIPEG. No manufacturer details available online. Case is triangular in shape with a central carrying handle and metal clasps located along the narrow upper edge - one side of the case folds down. Padded suppor…
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- Title
- Camera Tripod
- Date
- 1995
- Material
- leather; metal; wood; plastic
- Dimensions
- 28.3 x 28.6 x 138.5 cm
- Description
- Case: Manufacturer label on inside of lid reads G.R. TAYLOR LTD. TRUNKS & SAMPLE CASES WINNIPEG. No manufacturer details available online. Case is triangular in shape with a central carrying handle and metal clasps located along the narrow upper edge - one side of the case folds down. Padded supports and buckled leather straps located inside to keep the tripod in place - straps not done up at time of processing. NICHOLAS MORANT written in white along the narrow top edge on either side of carrying handle, TR1 written in yellow paint in the top left end of narrow edge and in top right corner of opening side, the torn remains on a Canadian Pacific Railway label remains on the side that does not open. Tripod: Manufacturer mark on metal support below the camera support base reads [D]INEMA EQUIPMENT CO. No manufacturer details available online. Tripod dimensions are 124.1x14.7x14.7 cm. The legs of the tripod are wood, with metal spikes at the bottoms, metal brackets, and a metal camera support rig [possibly cast iron]. The legs are held together with a buckled strip of leather at the bottom. Also in the case is a metal pole with a black plastic handle that can screw into the camera support base for use as a controller and a plastic zip-lock baggie containing a length of chain with 4 metal clasps throughout 286.0 cm in length.
- Credit
- Gift of Nicholas Morant, Banff, 2006
- Catalogue Number
- 104.41.0081 a-d
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- Date
- 1998 – 2004
- Material
- fabric; plastic; paper;
- Catalogue Number
- 103.09.0386
- Description
- A black Mountain Equipment Co-Op name tag with a clear front window, three slim pockets on the back, and a black and blue nylon cord to hang around the neck - the Mountain Equipment Co-Op logo is stitched in white above the clear window. Visible through the window is an Exhibitor name tag for “Head…
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- Title
- Identity Tag
- Date
- 1998 – 2004
- Material
- fabric; plastic; paper;
- Dimensions
- 13.8 x 68.7 cm
- Description
- A black Mountain Equipment Co-Op name tag with a clear front window, three slim pockets on the back, and a black and blue nylon cord to hang around the neck - the Mountain Equipment Co-Op logo is stitched in white above the clear window. Visible through the window is an Exhibitor name tag for “Head Hunter Productions” issued for the Banff Mountain Festival hosted by the Banff Centre. Tucked into one of the pockets on the back is a laminated media tag for the 2004 Lake Louise World Cup.
- Subject
- Eddie Hunter
- media
- advertisement
- Banff Mountain Festivals
- The Banff Centre
- Lake Louise Ski Resort
- Lake Louise World Cup;
- Credit
- Gift of Eddie Hunter, Banff, 1995
- Catalogue Number
- 103.09.0386
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- Date
- 1997 – 2000
- Material
- plastic
- Catalogue Number
- 105.05.048 a-i
- Description
- 5 Parks Canada trail network map signs from the Jasper area. signs are Plastic, army green with yellow and blue printed maps and clear face. All have the Parks Canada and friends of Jasper National Park logos. There are holes at top and bottom for mounting on signposts. a) Pyramid bench, Jasper tra…
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- Title
- Trail Signage
- Date
- 1997 – 2000
- Material
- plastic
- Dimensions
- 33.0 x 23.5 cm
- Description
- 5 Parks Canada trail network map signs from the Jasper area. signs are Plastic, army green with yellow and blue printed maps and clear face. All have the Parks Canada and friends of Jasper National Park logos. There are holes at top and bottom for mounting on signposts. a) Pyramid bench, Jasper trail sign. “TEST SIGN Feb, ‘97” written in marker at the top of the sign. “c. 1997” is at the bottom right of the sign. b) Pyramid bench, Jasper trail sign, “c. 1997” is at the bottom right of the sign. c) Pyramid bench, Jasper trail sign, “c. 2000” is at the bottom right of the sign. Colours are less vibrant than a and b and sign is 35.0 cm high. d) Old Fort Point to Wabasso Lake trail sign. “c. 1997” at bottom right. “VANDALISM TESTING” written in marker at top. The sign has one large scratched out portion, smaller scratches on the front plastic and back, chips at the right edge, and small dots of paint. e) Maligne Canyon to Old Fort Point trail sign. f-h) small yellow trail number markers. f) diamond shape with “6”. g) smaller diamond shape with “2”, h) blank circle. i_ package of yellow Chartpak vinyl lettering. Partially used.
- Credit
- Gift of Ben Gadd, Banff, 2021
- Catalogue Number
- 105.05.048 a-i
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- Date
- 1998
- Material
- plastic; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0564
- Description
- A miniature camping lantern on a silver key ring and chain. The lantern is green with a silver plate that reads “1998 GUIDES BALL” and is branded “COLEMAN” on the opposite side. There is a small light bulb inside the clear plastic “lantern”, powered by a battery (removed)
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- Title
- Key Chain
- Date
- 1998
- Material
- plastic; metal
- Dimensions
- 10.0 x 2.5 cm
- Description
- A miniature camping lantern on a silver key ring and chain. The lantern is green with a silver plate that reads “1998 GUIDES BALL” and is branded “COLEMAN” on the opposite side. There is a small light bulb inside the clear plastic “lantern”, powered by a battery (removed)
- Credit
- Gift of Alpine Club of Canada, Canmore, 1992
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0564
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- Date
- 1806 – 1816
- Material
- metal
- Catalogue Number
- 103.01.1016
- Description
- made of cutout Mexican peso, with eagle at middle, silver coin has been cut out around the figure of an eagle, its wings outspread, also around each letter of the words "Republica Mexicana" above, and the date below (1816?), on the back of the eagle is a "10" [the other side of the coin] simple saf…
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- Title
- Scatter Pin
- Date
- 1806 – 1816
- Material
- metal
- Dimensions
- 0.6 cm
- Description
- made of cutout Mexican peso, with eagle at middle, silver coin has been cut out around the figure of an eagle, its wings outspread, also around each letter of the words "Republica Mexicana" above, and the date below (1816?), on the back of the eagle is a "10" [the other side of the coin] simple safety pin type clasp soldered horizontally across back.
- Credit
- Gift of Forrest (Pat) Oliver Brewster, Banff, 1970
- Catalogue Number
- 103.01.1016
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- Date
- 1990
- Material
- fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 103.05.1074
- Description
- Black with "sinclair ART STUDIO 1990", short sleeved by Fruit of the Loom, silkscreened on front "Sinclair" at top with a "chop" motif in red, 8.5 x 17.5 box with fingerprint design, "ART STUDIO" and "1990" below, writing is in white.
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- Title
- T-Shirt
- Date
- 1990
- Material
- fibre
- Dimensions
- 51.0 x 81.0 cm
- Description
- Black with "sinclair ART STUDIO 1990", short sleeved by Fruit of the Loom, silkscreened on front "Sinclair" at top with a "chop" motif in red, 8.5 x 17.5 box with fingerprint design, "ART STUDIO" and "1990" below, writing is in white.
- Subject
- households
- clothing
- Robert Sinclair
- artists
- Credit
- Gift of Robert William Sinclair, Edmonton, 1990
- Catalogue Number
- 103.05.1074
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- Date
- 1990
- Material
- fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 103.05.1076
- Description
- White, “Bill Peyto, Banff, 1897”, short-sleeved ordinary white cotton t-shirt by Hanes, picture on front shows photograph in black frame of Bill Peyto wearing yellow bandana, underneath are the words "Bill Peyto--Banff--1897" in red, original photograph is by Walter D. Wilcox and appears in "Campfi…
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- Title
- T-Shirt
- Date
- 1990
- Material
- fibre
- Dimensions
- 55.0 x 73.0 cm
- Description
- White, “Bill Peyto, Banff, 1897”, short-sleeved ordinary white cotton t-shirt by Hanes, picture on front shows photograph in black frame of Bill Peyto wearing yellow bandana, underneath are the words "Bill Peyto--Banff--1897" in red, original photograph is by Walter D. Wilcox and appears in "Campfires in the Canadian Rockies".
- Subject
- households
- clothing
- Bill Peyto
- artists
- Alex Emond
- Credit
- Gift of Alex Emond, Banff, 1990
- Catalogue Number
- 103.05.1076
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- Date
- 1990
- Material
- fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 103.05.1098
- Description
- White, 15th annual "Banff Festival of Mountain Films", ordinary white cotton long sleeve t-shirt, logo 32.0 x 23.0 painted in blue, green, brown and black showing climbers depicted as dragons climbing and being hauled up 2 pinnacles, the climbers are carrying ice picks and wearing alpine hats, one …
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- Title
- T-Shirt
- Date
- 1990
- Material
- fibre
- Dimensions
- 52.0 x 75.0 cm
- Description
- White, 15th annual "Banff Festival of Mountain Films", ordinary white cotton long sleeve t-shirt, logo 32.0 x 23.0 painted in blue, green, brown and black showing climbers depicted as dragons climbing and being hauled up 2 pinnacles, the climbers are carrying ice picks and wearing alpine hats, one climber has lost his hat, outside the logo on the left is printed in grey: "THE FIFTEENTH ANNUAL", on inside top of logo "BANFF FESIVAL" in black lettering, on right side "OF" in black letters "MOUNTAIN" in green and FILMS in black and 1990 in grey, inside right side of logo in blackletters is "Heinrich Klety 1990".
- Credit
- Purchased from Rundle Memorial United Church, Banff, 1990
- Catalogue Number
- 103.05.1098
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- Date
- 1835 – 1905
- Material
- fibre, silk; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0086
- Description
- A long narrow netted grey silk evening bag with metallic beads laced in the netting. The beading becomes quite heavy at the bottom. The purse has a beaded tassel and a slit opening in the side with two angular metal rings that slip over the purse and secure its contents. Two Canadian ten cent co…
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- Title
- Beaded Purse
- Date
- 1835 – 1905
- Material
- fibre, silk; metal
- Dimensions
- 37.5 cm
- Description
- A long narrow netted grey silk evening bag with metallic beads laced in the netting. The beading becomes quite heavy at the bottom. The purse has a beaded tassel and a slit opening in the side with two angular metal rings that slip over the purse and secure its contents. Two Canadian ten cent coins dated 1911 and 1917 were found inside this purse.
- Subject
- households
- social customs
- crafts
- beadwork
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0086
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- Date
- 1759 – 1759
- Material
- wood; ivory; metal, brass; metal, silver
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0110
- Description
- A straight walking stick with an ivory knob handle joined to the wooden stick with a silver ring. The bottom tip of the cane is covered with brass. There are holes at either side of the top of the cane for a hand strap. The silver ring is inscribed with “Fort Dummer 1759 James W. Brown”.
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- Title
- Cane
- Date
- 1759 – 1759
- Material
- wood; ivory; metal, brass; metal, silver
- Dimensions
- 81.0 cm
- Description
- A straight walking stick with an ivory knob handle joined to the wooden stick with a silver ring. The bottom tip of the cane is covered with brass. There are holes at either side of the top of the cane for a hand strap. The silver ring is inscribed with “Fort Dummer 1759 James W. Brown”.
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0110
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- Date
- 1800 – 1900
- Material
- fruit, gourd; wood; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0157
- Description
- A canteen made from a circular dried gourd that has a wooden neck screwed in to one side. There are also two twisted basket loops attached to opposide sides of the canteen used to hold a long green carrying strap. The gourd has lettering printed on one side that reads “Souvr...de Chamounix...Mon…
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- Title
- Canteen
- Date
- 1800 – 1900
- Material
- fruit, gourd; wood; fibre
- Description
- A canteen made from a circular dried gourd that has a wooden neck screwed in to one side. There are also two twisted basket loops attached to opposide sides of the canteen used to hold a long green carrying strap. The gourd has lettering printed on one side that reads “Souvr...de Chamounix...Mont Blanc..Hote H.P. de Savoie”. The lettering is around a French horn with a yellow lyre at its centre.
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0157
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- Date
- 1800 – 1880
- Material
- metal, iron; skin
- Catalogue Number
- 104.05.0001
- Description
- A hand forged iron 'beaver tail' dagger with a pointed, triangular shaped blade attached to a narrow shaft which leads into a hilt with a cross piece. There is a piece of thong tied through the handle. The handle of the dagger is almost as long as blade
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- Title
- Dagger
- Date
- 1800 – 1880
- Material
- metal, iron; skin
- Dimensions
- 26.5 cm
- Description
- A hand forged iron 'beaver tail' dagger with a pointed, triangular shaped blade attached to a narrow shaft which leads into a hilt with a cross piece. There is a piece of thong tied through the handle. The handle of the dagger is almost as long as blade
- Subject
- households
- trading
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.05.0001
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Teakettle Kettle
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- Date
- 1800 – 1875
- Material
- metal
- Catalogue Number
- 104.19.0012
- Description
- A round copper-plated teakettle with wide belly leading to a narrower neck. The kettle has a flat lid with a small loop strap handle. The kettle’s heavy handle, flattened at the top, attaches above the stub spout and on the opposite side.
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- Title
- Teakettle Kettle
- Date
- 1800 – 1875
- Material
- metal
- Dimensions
- 13.5 cm
- Description
- A round copper-plated teakettle with wide belly leading to a narrower neck. The kettle has a flat lid with a small loop strap handle. The kettle’s heavy handle, flattened at the top, attaches above the stub spout and on the opposite side.
- Subject
- social customs
- households
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.19.0012
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