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Ascent of the Matterhorn

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

Published Date: 1880

Author: Whymper, Edward

Publisher: London : Murray

Edition: 1st ed

Call Number: DQ825 W49 1880

Author: Whymper, Edward

Edition: 1st ed

Publisher: London : Murray

Published Date: 1880

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

Call Number: DQ825 W49 1880

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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Far out : rovings retold

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

Published Date: 1880

Author: Butler, W. F

Publisher: London : William Isbister

Call Number: 02 B97

Author: Butler, W. F

Publisher: London : William Isbister

Published Date: 1880

Physical Description: xxiv, 386p

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

Accession Number: 400

Call Number: 02 B97

Collection: Archives Library

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Mountain and prairie : a journey from Victoria to Winnipeg via Peace River Pass

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

Published Date: 1880

Author: Gordon, Daniel Miner

Publisher: London : Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington; Montreal : Dawson Brothers

Call Number: 02.5 G65 (Great Britain); 02.5 G65 c.2 (Canada); 02.5 G65 M'fiche

Author: Gordon, Daniel Miner

Publisher: London : Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington; Montreal : Dawson Brothers

Published Date: 1880

Physical Description: x, 310p. : ill., maps

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

Subjects: British Columbia

Notes: Also available on microfiche

Accession Number: 443; 400

Call Number: 02.5 G65 (Great Britain); 02.5 G65 c.2 (Canada); 02.5 G65 M'fiche

Collection: Archives Library

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Marble Halls

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Artist: Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)

Date: 1880

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: CoJ.05.45

Description: Scene of a valley with outcroppings of dark rust/red rocks to the right and forground right, trees to the left middle, and mountains in the distance.

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Artist: Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)

Title: Marble Halls

Date: 1880

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 13.5 x 14 cm

Description: Scene of a valley with outcroppings of dark rust/red rocks to the right and forground right, trees to the left middle, and mountains in the distance.

Subject: landscape

Credit: Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1986

Catalogue Number: CoJ.05.45

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Untitled [Branch and Leaves]

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Artist: Konishi Kinkyo

Date: 1880 – 1880

Medium: drawing on paper

Catalogue Number: KnK.03.02

Description: This drawing features a stick that appears to be bamboo reaching diagonally across the page, starting in the llc and ending in the trc. At the top of the branch are leaves. All done in black ink.

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Artist: Konishi Kinkyo

Title: Untitled [Branch and Leaves]

Date: 1880 – 1880

Medium: drawing on paper

Dimensions: 32.0 x 35.5 cm

Description: This drawing features a stick that appears to be bamboo reaching diagonally across the page, starting in the llc and ending in the trc. At the top of the branch are leaves. All done in black ink.

Subject: botanical; branch; leaves

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

Catalogue Number: KnK.03.02

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Noon Time at Ike-No-Hata

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Artist: Kobayashi Kiyochika (1847 – 1915, Japanese)

Date: 1880

Medium: woodblock on paper

Catalogue Number: KiY.04.04

Description: winter scene with very grey sky, a man and a woman are crossing a snow-covered bridge carrying umbrellas,several snow-covered buildings in the distance

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Artist: Kobayashi Kiyochika (1847 – 1915, Japanese)

Title: Noon Time at Ike-No-Hata

Date: 1880

Medium: woodblock on paper

Dimensions: 24.4 x 36.5 cm

Description: winter scene with very grey sky, a man and a woman are crossing a snow-covered bridge carrying umbrellas,several snow-covered buildings in the distance

Subject: landscape; figure ;group

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

Catalogue Number: KiY.04.04

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Beaded Armbands

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Date: 1880

Material: skin; glass

Catalogue Number: 103.01.0019 a,b

Description: A pair of beaded leather armlets. The design on each armlet is a turquoise background with vertical stripes and two stepped triangular shapes done in dark blue and red beads. There is scalloped beadwork around the edges, and thong ties at each end.

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Title: Beaded Armbands

Date: 1880

Material: skin; glass

Dimensions: 29.0 cm

Description: A pair of beaded leather armlets. The design on each armlet is a turquoise background with vertical stripes and two stepped triangular shapes done in dark blue and red beads. There is scalloped beadwork around the edges, and thong ties at each end.

Subject: Stoney Nakoda; beadwork; crafts; decorative; indigenous

Credit: Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: 103.01.0019 a,b

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Beaded Trim

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Date: 1880

Material: skin; glass

Catalogue Number: 103.01.0022

Description: Two long strips of beaded leather sewn together end to end. The pattern on the stip is a medium blue background with orange Vs outlined in black along its length.

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Title: Beaded Trim

Date: 1880

Material: skin; glass

Dimensions: 7.5 x 196.0 cm

Description: Two long strips of beaded leather sewn together end to end. The pattern on the stip is a medium blue background with orange Vs outlined in black along its length.

Subject: Indigenous; Stoney; beadwork; regalia; decorative; Mrs. Simeon; F. O. (Pat) Brewster

Credit: Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: 103.01.0022

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Bowl

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Date: 1880

Material: ceramic

Catalogue Number: 104.20.0371

Description: Beige and possibly celadon glazes. Beige glaze inside bowl crackled and bubbled with pitting and open areas revealing red clay underneath. Outside pitted more on one side and smoother glazing on other side. Trimmed foot and stamp on base, very small chip out of crackle line inside bowl.

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Title: Bowl

Date: 1880

Material: ceramic

Dimensions: 3.9 x 8.5 cm

Description: Beige and possibly celadon glazes. Beige glaze inside bowl crackled and bubbled with pitting and open areas revealing red clay underneath. Outside pitted more on one side and smoother glazing on other side. Trimmed foot and stamp on base, very small chip out of crackle line inside bowl.

Subject: households; Edith Morse Robb; Edward S. Morse; Jozan; Sado

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

Catalogue Number: 104.20.0371

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Jacques Balmat, or the first ascent of Mont Blanc

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

Published Date: 1881

Author: Dumas, Alexandre

Publisher: London : Kerby & Endean

Call Number: DQ841 M7 D84

Author: Dumas, Alexandre

Publisher: London : Kerby & Endean

Published Date: 1881

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

Notes: Tr. from: Impressions de voyage en Suisse / T.L. Oxley; Edward C. Porter Mountaineering Library

Call Number: DQ841 M7 D84

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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Illustrations of the earth's surface : glaciers

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

Published Date: 1881

Author: Shaler, Nathaniel Southgate

Publisher: Boston : Osgood

Call Number: QE576 S53

Author: Shaler, Nathaniel Southgate

Publisher: Boston : Osgood

Published Date: 1881

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

Notes: Edward C. Porter Mountaineering Library

Call Number: QE576 S53

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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A summer in prairie-land : notes of a tour through the North-west Territory

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

Published Date: 1881

Author: Sutherland, Alexander

Publisher: Toronto : Methodist Book and Publishing House

Call Number: 02.5 Su8

Author: Sutherland, Alexander

Publisher: Toronto : Methodist Book and Publishing House

Published Date: 1881

Physical Description: x, 198p. : ill., port

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

Subjects: McDougall family; Stoney Indians

Accession Number: 400

Call Number: 02.5 Su8

Collection: Archives Library

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Young Willow Branches - Moon Crescent

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Artist: Takada Kakushu

Date: 1881

Medium: ink on paper

Catalogue Number: KaD.03.01

Description: Willow branches fall into the page from the top edge, and one of these branches stretches all the way to the bottom center of the page. Through the leaves a crescent moon is visible.

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Artist: Takada Kakushu

Title: Young Willow Branches - Moon Crescent

Date: 1881

Medium: ink on paper

Dimensions: 32 x 35 cm

Description: Willow branches fall into the page from the top edge, and one of these branches stretches all the way to the bottom center of the page. Through the leaves a crescent moon is visible.

Subject: botanical; willow branches; landscape; moon

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

Catalogue Number: KaD.03.01

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Buffalo Dung

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Date: 1881

Material: grass; wood; paper; glass; metal;

Catalogue Number: 112.02.1005

Description: A framed (in a gold-coloured shadow box with a screwed-on wooden back) and glassed-in mound of bison dung surrounded by white tissue paper. There is a screwed-in hook at the top of the box for hanging. Au verso written in pen “THIS 100% PURE BUFFALO CHIP WAS CREATED ON THE PLAINS OF ALBERTA - ABOU…

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Title: Buffalo Dung

Date: 1881

Material: grass; wood; paper; glass; metal;

Dimensions: 24.0 (frame 34.0) x 20.0 (frame 29.0) cm

Description: A framed (in a gold-coloured shadow box with a screwed-on wooden back) and glassed-in mound of bison dung surrounded by white tissue paper. There is a screwed-in hook at the top of the box for hanging. Au verso written in pen “THIS 100% PURE BUFFALO CHIP WAS CREATED ON THE PLAINS OF ALBERTA - ABOUT 30 MILES S-E OF RED DEER - ON OR ABOUT THE 24TH DAY OF JULY 1881 - PRESERVED BY THE KINDNESS OF THE ABERHART GOVERNMENT”. Signed in pencil in script “Pat Lawrence P-L Ranches Red Deer”. On viewer’s left there is a white rectangular paper sticker with a red border, above this printed in pen “CERTIFIED GENUINE” and written on the paper, extending onto the wood, a signature in pen ESMeaueug?? underlined.