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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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Ascensions aux cimes de l'Etna et du Mont Blanc

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

Published Date: 1835

Author: Tilly, Henri de

Publisher: Geneve : Berthier-Guers libraire

Call Number: DQ841 M7 T54

Author: Tilly, Henri de

Publisher: Geneve : Berthier-Guers libraire

Published Date: 1835

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

Call Number: DQ841 M7 T54

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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Ascent to the summit of Mont Blanc

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

Published Date: 1837

Author: Atkins, Henry Martin

Publisher: London : Not published

Call Number: DQ841 M7 A8

Author: Atkins, Henry Martin

Publisher: London : Not published

Published Date: 1837

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

Notes: Edward C. Porter Mountaineering Library

Call Number: DQ841 M7 A8

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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Ascent to the summit of Mont Blanc in 1834

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

Published Date: 1836

Author: Barry, Martin

Publisher: Edinburgh : Blackwood

Call Number: DQ841 M7 B27

Author: Barry, Martin

Publisher: Edinburgh : Blackwood

Published Date: 1836

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

Notes: Edward C. Porter Mountaineering Library

Call Number: DQ841 M7 B27

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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Astroria : or, anecdotes of an enterprise beyond the Rocky Mountains

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

Published Date: 1836

Author: Irving, Washington

Publisher: Philadelphia : Carey, Lea & Blanchard

Call Number: F880 I78 II

Author: Irving, Washington

Publisher: Philadelphia : Carey, Lea & Blanchard

Published Date: 1836

Physical Description: 279 pages

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

Series: Volume 2 of 2

Notes: Edward C. Porter Mountaineering Library

Call Number: F880 I78 II

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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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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The Battle of Cressy

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Artist: Unknown

Date: 1792

Medium: engraving on paper

Catalogue Number: UnK.04.03

Description: A black and white print showing a battle scene from a classical era with knights in armour. Script at the top reads “Engraved for Ashburton’s History of England” and the bottom reads “The Battle of Cressy” and “Published by W.&J. Stratfords No. 112 Helborn Hill, March 10, 1792”. A label on the back…

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Artist: Unknown

Title: The Battle of Cressy

Date: 1792

Medium: engraving on paper

Dimensions: 18.0 x 28.5 cm

Description: A black and white print showing a battle scene from a classical era with knights in armour. Script at the top reads “Engraved for Ashburton’s History of England” and the bottom reads “The Battle of Cressy” and “Published by W.&J. Stratfords No. 112 Helborn Hill, March 10, 1792”. A label on the back paper reads “Johnson Art Galleries Limited Pictures Fine Framing. Montreal 634 St. Catherine West.”

Subject: activity; war; figure; group; animal; horse

Credit: Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: UnK.04.03

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Branch of Cherry Tree

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Artist: Serena Matilda Potts (1812 – 1898, American)

Date: 1834

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: PoS.05.01

Artist: Serena Matilda Potts (1812 – 1898, American)

Title: Branch of Cherry Tree

Date: 1834

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 32.7 x 23.0 cm

Subject: botanical; tree

Credit: Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: PoS.05.01

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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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Desultory reminiscences of a tour through Germany, Switzerland, and France

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

Published Date: 1838

Author: Wright, Hezekiah Hartley

Publisher: Boston : W.D. Ticknor

Call Number: D919 W75

Author: Wright, Hezekiah Hartley

Publisher: Boston : W.D. Ticknor

Published Date: 1838

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

Call Number: D919 W75

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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Drawing Album

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Artist: Serena Matilda Potts (1812 – 1898, American)

Date: 1835

Medium: pencil; ink; watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: PoS.09.01

Description: A paper album containing artworks done in ink, pencil and watercolour (?). The album is primarly made up of a brown marbled pattern, with red leather (?) or tape (?) on the spine and corners. Inside the front cover on the center of the page, there is an inscription that reads “Serena M. Potts / 183…

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Artist: Serena Matilda Potts (1812 – 1898, American)

Title: Drawing Album

Date: 1835

Medium: pencil; ink; watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 24.5 x 34.5 cm

Description: A paper album containing artworks done in ink, pencil and watercolour (?). The album is primarly made up of a brown marbled pattern, with red leather (?) or tape (?) on the spine and corners. Inside the front cover on the center of the page, there is an inscription that reads “Serena M. Potts / 1835”. Pages contain artworks of flora and fauna, including birds, butterflies, flowers, plants and landscape scenes, both in colour and in black and white. Some of the drawings share a page with another, while others are one drawing/painting per page.

Subject: flora; fauna; bird; butterfly; plant; flower; landscape; botanical drawings; black and white; ink; graphite; drawing; painting; sketchbook

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

Catalogue Number: PoS.09.01

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Ejiri, View of Miho, from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido

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Artist: Utagawa Hiroshige (1797 – 1858, Japanese)

Date: 1834

Medium: woodblock on paper

Catalogue Number: HiU.04.01

Description: Harbour scene, houses in foreground, boats and sailboats in harbour, some out at sea, mountains to the left center. The sky at the horizon is pink, a orange stripe runs along top of picture.

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Artist: Utagawa Hiroshige (1797 – 1858, Japanese)

Title: Ejiri, View of Miho, from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido

Date: 1834

Medium: woodblock on paper

Dimensions: 25.9 x 36.4 cm

Description: Harbour scene, houses in foreground, boats and sailboats in harbour, some out at sea, mountains to the left center. The sky at the horizon is pink, a orange stripe runs along top of picture.