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Scabbard Bayonet

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Date: 1898

Material: metal; wood

Catalogue Number: 104.05.0064 a,b

Description: A bayonet with wooden handle and metal scabbard which has large swinging arm at mouth. (a) bayonet, single edged, straight steel blade with wide groove down length of side. Straight guard crossing between handle and blade like the crossbar of a 'T' is of steel and has 1.7 cm hole through top side t…

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Title: Scabbard Bayonet

Date: 1898

Material: metal; wood

Dimensions: 8.7 x 2.2 x 40.2 cm

Description: A bayonet with wooden handle and metal scabbard which has large swinging arm at mouth. (a) bayonet, single edged, straight steel blade with wide groove down length of side. Straight guard crossing between handle and blade like the crossbar of a 'T' is of steel and has 1.7 cm hole through top side to accommodate barrel of rifle. Smooth, slightly shaped wood handle with large steel rivets through, has wide steel band at end with pommel on underside and mounting slot along top side. Marks: stamped on blade near hilt, "1898" other side "US". Note: pieces of wood chipped from both sides of handle, rusty.( b) scabbard, steel, simply shaped to fit blade with small ball at point. Long metal strap riveted at mouth of scabbard forms loop and swivels.

Subject: warfare; fighting

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

Catalogue Number: 104.05.0064 a,b

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The flora of the Alps

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

Published Date: 1897

Author: Bennett, Alfred William

Publisher: London : Nimmo

Call Number: QK297 B45 I

Author: Bennett, Alfred William

Publisher: London : Nimmo

Published Date: 1897

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

Series: Volume 1 of 2

Notes: Edward C. Porter Mountaineering Library

Call Number: QK297 B45 I

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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The Fram expedition : Nansen in the frozen world

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

Published Date: 1897

Author: Berens, S.L. (comp.)

Publisher: Philadelphia : Holman

Call Number: G700 1893 N3 B4

Author: Berens, S.L. (comp.)

Publisher: Philadelphia : Holman

Published Date: 1897

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

Call Number: G700 1893 N3 B4

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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First crossing of Spitsbergen

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

Published Date: 1897

Author: Conway, William Martin Conway, Baron

Publisher: London : Dent

Call Number: G780 C65

Author: Conway, William Martin Conway, Baron

Publisher: London : Dent

Published Date: 1897

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

Notes: Edward C. Porter Mountaineering Library

Call Number: G780 C65

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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Rock-climbing in the English Lake district

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

Published Date: 1897

Author: Jones, Owen Glynne

Publisher: London : Longmans, Green

Call Number: DA670 L1 J6

Author: Jones, Owen Glynne

Publisher: London : Longmans, Green

Published Date: 1897

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

Notes: Edward C. Porter Mountaineering Library

Call Number: DA670 L1 J6

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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Chamonix and the range of Mont Blanc : a guide

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

Published Date: 1897

Author: Whymper, Edward

Publisher: London : John Murray

Edition: 2d. ed

Call Number: DQ841 M7 W49 1897

Author: Whymper, Edward

Edition: 2d. ed

Publisher: London : John Murray

Published Date: 1897

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

Notes: Edward C. Porter Mountaineering Library

Call Number: DQ841 M7 W49 1897

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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Valley of Zermatt and the Matterhorn : a guide by Edward Whymper

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

Published Date: 1897

Author: Whymper, Edward

Publisher: London : Murray

Call Number: DQ841 M4 W49 1897

Author: Whymper, Edward

Publisher: London : Murray

Published Date: 1897

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

Notes: Edward C. Porter Mountaineering Library

Call Number: DQ841 M4 W49 1897

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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Camping in the Canadian Rockies

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

Published Date: 1897

Author: Wilcox, Walter Dwight

Publisher: New York : Putnam

Edition: 2nd edition

Call Number: F1090 W5

Author: Wilcox, Walter Dwight

Edition: 2nd edition

Publisher: New York : Putnam

Published Date: 1897

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

Call Number: F1090 W5

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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Mountain climbing

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

Published Date: 1897

Author: Wilson, Edward L

Publisher: New York : Scribner

Call Number: G510 W54 1897

Author: Wilson, Edward L

Responsibility: by Edward L. Wilson [and others]

Publisher: New York : Scribner

Published Date: 1897

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

Notes: Edward C. Porter Mountaineering Library

Call Number: G510 W54 1897

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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Jungfrau und das Berner Oberland

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

Published Date: 1897

Author: Wundt, Theodor Karl Wilhelm von

Publisher: Berlin : Raimund Mitscher

Call Number: DQ827 W85

Author: Wundt, Theodor Karl Wilhelm von

Publisher: Berlin : Raimund Mitscher

Published Date: 1897

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

Call Number: DQ827 W85

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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The flora of the Alps

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

Published Date: 1897

Author: Bennett, Alfred William

Publisher: London : Nimmo

Call Number: QK297 B45 II

Author: Bennett, Alfred William

Publisher: London : Nimmo

Published Date: 1897

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

Series: Volume 2 of 2

Notes: Edward C. Porter Mountaineering Library

Call Number: QK297 B45 II

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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Photographic Print

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Date: 1897 – 1897

Material: paper; wood; glass; metal

Catalogue Number: 105.02.0050

Description: A black and white photograph of a baseball team dressed in striped socks, padded knickers, and shirts with “BMI” on the front. There is a young man in the centre at the back dressed in a U.S. Union Army military uniform. The team is grouped around a chest pad which reads "BMI 17 Rutgers 7 97" and …

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Title: Photographic Print

Date: 1897 – 1897

Material: paper; wood; glass; metal

Dimensions: 17.5 (image); 30.0 (frame) x 22.0 (image); 37.5 (frame) cm

Description: A black and white photograph of a baseball team dressed in striped socks, padded knickers, and shirts with “BMI” on the front. There is a young man in the centre at the back dressed in a U.S. Union Army military uniform. The team is grouped around a chest pad which reads "BMI 17 Rutgers 7 97" and they are standig in front of a high board fence with 'BMIAA' painted on it. The photograph is framed in a narrow oak frame with carved dot trim along the edge, a split wood backing, one screw eye and hanging wire, and scraps of brown backing paper are attached.

Subject: photography; education; Boston Military Institute; Rutgers University; athletics; sports, baseball

Credit: Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: 105.02.0050

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Commemorative Medal

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Date: 1897

Material: metal; skin; animal

Catalogue Number: 105.02.0129 a,b

Description: (a) a reproduction from original Treaty No. 7 medal given to chiefs of tribes involved in the 1877 ceremonies. Face is Queen Victoria in profile and stamped printing "Victoria Regina". Obverse is white man and Indigenous man shaking hands in prairie setting, surrounded by inscription "Indian Treaty…

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Title: Commemorative Medal

Date: 1897

Material: metal; skin; animal

Dimensions: 1.0 x 7.6 cm

Description: (a) a reproduction from original Treaty No. 7 medal given to chiefs of tribes involved in the 1877 ceremonies. Face is Queen Victoria in profile and stamped printing "Victoria Regina". Obverse is white man and Indigenous man shaking hands in prairie setting, surrounded by inscription "Indian Treaty No. 7 on top and 1877 on the bottom. A piece of buckskin is looped through the ring on top of the medal so it can be worn around the neck. (b) a maroon fibre drawstring bag with a tag attached in Catharine Whyte’s writing “Johnny Bearspaw - medal - July 1977 brought it back”