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The abode of snow : observations on a tour from Chinese Tibet to the Indian Caucasus

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

Published Date: 1876

Author: Wilson, Andrew

Publisher: Edinburgh & London : Blackwood

Edition: 2d ed

Call Number: DS485 H6 W54

Author: Wilson, Andrew

Edition: 2d ed

Publisher: Edinburgh & London : Blackwood

Published Date: 1876

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

Notes: Edward C. Porter Mountaineering Library

Call Number: DS485 H6 W54

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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Across America : or, the great west and the Pacific coast

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

Published Date: 1874

Author: Rusling, James

Publisher: New York : Sheldon

Call Number: F594 R88

Author: Rusling, James

Publisher: New York : Sheldon

Published Date: 1874

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

Notes: Edward C. Porter Mountaineering Library

Call Number: F594 R88

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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Alpine ascents and adventures : or, rock and snow sketches

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

Published Date: 1878

Author: Wilson, Henry Schutz

Publisher: London : Low [et al.]

Call Number: DQ825 W54

Author: Wilson, Henry Schutz

Publisher: London : Low [et al.]

Published Date: 1878

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

Call Number: DQ825 W54

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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Annual report on the progress of the topographical survey of the Adirondack region of New York

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

Published Date: 1873-79

Author: New York (State). Adirondack Survey

Publisher: Albany : Weed, Parsons

Call Number: F127 A2 N49

Author: New York (State). Adirondack Survey

Responsibility: by Verplanck Colvin

Publisher: Albany : Weed, Parsons

Published Date: 1873-79

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

Call Number: F127 A2 N49

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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Bernese Oberland : twelve scenes among its peaks and lakes

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

Published Date: 1874

Author: Walton, Elijah

Publisher: London : Thompson

Call Number: DQ827 W3 Oversize E

Author: Walton, Elijah

Responsibility: with descriptive text by T.G. Bonney

Publisher: London : Thompson

Published Date: 1874

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

Call Number: DQ827 W3 Oversize E

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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Between the gates

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

Published Date: 1878

Author: Taylor, Benjamin Franklin

Publisher: Chicago : Griggs

Call Number: F866 T39

Author: Taylor, Benjamin Franklin

Publisher: Chicago : Griggs

Published Date: 1878

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

Call Number: F866 T39

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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Californian pictures in prose and verse

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

Published Date: 1878

Author: Avery, Benjamin Parke

Publisher: New York : Hurd & Houghton; Cambridge (Mass.): Riverside

Call Number: F866 A9

Author: Avery, Benjamin Parke

Publisher: New York : Hurd & Houghton; Cambridge (Mass.): Riverside

Published Date: 1878

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

Notes: Edward C. Porter Mountaineering Library

Call Number: F866 A9

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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Coastal Scene, Tides Out, Dalhousie

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Artist: John Arthur Fraser (1838 – 1898, English)

Date: 1877

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: FsJ.05.04

Description: A bright scene of a rocky coast with water beyond. A rocky island topped with trees fills the centre of the image. The foreground has algae-covered rocks, two figures bending over a boat, and a large cliff at left. flocks of birds fly above the island.

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Artist: John Arthur Fraser (1838 – 1898, English)

Title: Coastal Scene, Tides Out, Dalhousie

Date: 1877

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 17.1 x 24.2 cm

Description: A bright scene of a rocky coast with water beyond. A rocky island topped with trees fills the centre of the image. The foreground has algae-covered rocks, two figures bending over a boat, and a large cliff at left. flocks of birds fly above the island.

Subject: Coast; Nova Scotia; fishing

Credit: Gift of Robyn L Fulton, 2023

Catalogue Number: FsJ.05.04

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Crofutt's trans-continental tourist's guide...over the Union Pacific : 4th vol

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

Published Date: 1872

Publisher: New York : Crofutt

Edition: 3d annual rev

Call Number: F594 C7

Edition: 3d annual rev

Publisher: New York : Crofutt

Published Date: 1872

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

Call Number: F594 C7

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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Dancing Lions

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Artist: Yoshu Chikanobu (1838 – 1912, Japanese)

Date: 1878

Medium: coloured woodcut on paper

Catalogue Number: ChY.04.03 a-c

Description: (a) actor costumed with flowing mane, peonies on his hat and in his hand, wearing blue robes (b) 37.1 x 25.0/35.7 x 24.5 actor with long flowing white mane, also with peonies on his hat and in hand, wearing red robes (c)37.1 x 25.0/36.0 x 24.5 actor with flowing mane, purple robes, with large peoni…

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Artist: Yoshu Chikanobu (1838 – 1912, Japanese)

Title: Dancing Lions

Date: 1878

Medium: coloured woodcut on paper

Dimensions: 37.1 x 25.0 cm

Description: (a) actor costumed with flowing mane, peonies on his hat and in his hand, wearing blue robes (b) 37.1 x 25.0/35.7 x 24.5 actor with long flowing white mane, also with peonies on his hat and in hand, wearing red robes (c)37.1 x 25.0/36.0 x 24.5 actor with flowing mane, purple robes, with large peonies in the background. All actors hats have bells around the brim.

Subject: figure, male; activity

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

Catalogue Number: ChY.04.03 a-c

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Die dolomit-riffe von Sudtirol und Venetien

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

Published Date: 1879

Author: Mojsisovics, Edmund, edler von Mojavar

Publisher: Wien : Holder

Call Number: QE285 M6

Author: Mojsisovics, Edmund, edler von Mojavar

Publisher: Wien : Holder

Published Date: 1879

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

Call Number: QE285 M6

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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The Eastern Alps including the Bavarian Highlands, the Tyrol, Salzkammergat...

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

Published Date: 1879

Author: Baedeker, Karl

Publisher: Leipzig : Baedeker

Edition: 4th ed

Call Number: DQ828 B33 1879

Author: Baedeker, Karl

Edition: 4th ed

Publisher: Leipzig : Baedeker

Published Date: 1879

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

Subjects: Austria; Guidebooks

Call Number: DQ828 B33 1879

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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fan

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Artist: Sakurai Seppo (1753 – 1824, Japanese)

Date: 1870 – 1890

Medium: wood; fibre

Catalogue Number: 103.08.0261 a,b

Description: Palmate, flat fans with carved, black gold lacquer handles with purple tassels. (a) lady in a house reading, lady is quilted to create relief. Lamp, books and table and teapot are appliqued cut outs;. Calligraphy and chop mark on right. Obverse of fan is trellis and blossoms (b) two ladies with …

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Artist: Sakurai Seppo (1753 – 1824, Japanese)

Title: fan

Date: 1870 – 1890

Medium: wood; fibre

Dimensions: 0.7 x 23.0 x 35.8 cm

Description: Palmate, flat fans with carved, black gold lacquer handles with purple tassels. (a) lady in a house reading, lady is quilted to create relief. Lamp, books and table and teapot are appliqued cut outs;. Calligraphy and chop mark on right. Obverse of fan is trellis and blossoms (b) two ladies with insect cage, hunting in reeds. Ladies and cage quilted to create relief. Calligraphy and chop mark on right, obverse plain. Both fans are fabric over bamboo or reed with painted and appliqued designs.

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

Catalogue Number: 103.08.0261 a,b

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Flower Viewing on the Boat

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Artist: Yoshu Chikanobu (1838 – 1912, Japanese)

Date: 1879

Medium: woodblock on paper

Catalogue Number: ChY.04.14 a-c

Description: This triptych features 16 women viewing flowers and fish from 2 boats and a dock. The first panel has 5 women all looking down towards the water. They are standing on a dock. In the tlc a tree is in blossom these blossoms stretch all the way into the third panel. A long boat intersects the 1st…

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Artist: Yoshu Chikanobu (1838 – 1912, Japanese)

Title: Flower Viewing on the Boat

Date: 1879

Medium: woodblock on paper

Dimensions: 37 x 75 cm

Description: This triptych features 16 women viewing flowers and fish from 2 boats and a dock. The first panel has 5 women all looking down towards the water. They are standing on a dock. In the tlc a tree is in blossom these blossoms stretch all the way into the third panel. A long boat intersects the 1st, second and third panels. in this long decorative boat are 7 woman. One woman in the second panel is standing to row. The rest are seated and mostly looking into the water. A third boat floats under a bridge in the third panel. A woman stands at the head of the boat rowing. In the brc of the third panel are many flowers from which the second boat emerges. A group of Red Carp is visible in bottom of the centre panel.