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- Date
- 1950 – 1980
- Material
- fibre; skin ; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.1075
- Description
- Canvas bag with leather bottom and shoulder straps, grommet and string closure and metal zipper opening on side, bottom has zipper opening, shoulder straps bound on metal D-ring which is attached to back by a leather patch
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- Title
- Backpack
- Date
- 1950 – 1980
- Material
- fibre; skin ; metal
- Dimensions
- 63.0 x 38.0 cm
- Description
- Canvas bag with leather bottom and shoulder straps, grommet and string closure and metal zipper opening on side, bottom has zipper opening, shoulder straps bound on metal D-ring which is attached to back by a leather patch
- Credit
- Gift of Hans and Margaret Gmoser, Harvie Heights, 1989
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.1075
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- Date
- 1920 – 1955
- Material
- fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 103.04.1046
- Description
- Knit wool balaclava, dark olive green with pompom on top.
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- Title
- Balaclava
- Date
- 1920 – 1955
- Material
- fibre
- Dimensions
- 25.0 x 44.0 cm
- Description
- Knit wool balaclava, dark olive green with pompom on top.
- Credit
- Gift of Fred Feuz, Salmon Arm, 1999
- Catalogue Number
- 103.04.1046
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- Date
- 1950 – 1980
- Material
- hair, sheep
- Catalogue Number
- 103.04.1036
- Description
- Brown knitted wool hat with pompom on top. There is a semi-circle opening for the wearer to look out of.
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- Title
- Balaclava
- Date
- 1950 – 1980
- Material
- hair, sheep
- Description
- Brown knitted wool hat with pompom on top. There is a semi-circle opening for the wearer to look out of.
- Subject
- sports
- skiing
- Hans Gmoser
- climbing
- Credit
- Gift of Hans and Margaret Gmoser, Harvie Heights, 1989
- Catalogue Number
- 103.04.1036
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- Date
- 1890 – 1950
- Material
- glass; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 104.30.1003
- Description
- Small pocket watch-style barometer marked “RAIN CHANGE FAIR COMPENSATED SHORT & MASON LTD LONDON.” The round gauge is marked for elevation as well as pressure and can also be used as an altimeter.
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- Title
- Barometer
- Date
- 1890 – 1950
- Material
- glass; metal
- Description
- Small pocket watch-style barometer marked “RAIN CHANGE FAIR COMPENSATED SHORT & MASON LTD LONDON.” The round gauge is marked for elevation as well as pressure and can also be used as an altimeter.
- Subject
- sports
- climbing
- Alpine Club of Canada
- Credit
- Gift of Jean L. Macqueen, Victoria, 1988
- Catalogue Number
- 104.30.1003
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- Date
- 1910 – 1950
- Material
- metal; glass
- Catalogue Number
- 104.30.1005
- Description
- Pocket watch-style barometer/altimeter marked “MADE IN FRANCE S. THAXTER & SON BOSTON COMPENSATED BAROMETER.”
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- Title
- Barometer
- Date
- 1910 – 1950
- Material
- metal; glass
- Description
- Pocket watch-style barometer/altimeter marked “MADE IN FRANCE S. THAXTER & SON BOSTON COMPENSATED BAROMETER.”
- Subject
- sports
- climbing
- F.O. “Pat” Brewster
- Credit
- Gift of Forrest (Pat) Oliver Brewster, Banff, 1984
- Catalogue Number
- 104.30.1005
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- Date
- 2016
- Material
- glass; paper; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 105.02.0161
- Description
- A dark glass beer bottle with white paper label that is printed with “BUGABOO SPIRE 1916-2916” above a print of a man scrambling on rocks. “HOBNAILS AND HEMP ROPE” is printed below the image. Handwritten in pen below is “Bugaboo Special Bitter brewed Oct 23 bottled Nov 7 by Ivan Petrov & Mike Bowle…
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- Title
- Beer Bottle
- Date
- 2016
- Material
- glass; paper; metal
- Dimensions
- 25.0 x 6.0 x 6.0 cm
- Description
- A dark glass beer bottle with white paper label that is printed with “BUGABOO SPIRE 1916-2916” above a print of a man scrambling on rocks. “HOBNAILS AND HEMP ROPE” is printed below the image. Handwritten in pen below is “Bugaboo Special Bitter brewed Oct 23 bottled Nov 7 by Ivan Petrov & Mike Bowler #5 of 100.”
- Credit
- Gift of Ivan Petrov, Kamloops, 2017
- Catalogue Number
- 105.02.0161
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- Date
- 1997
- Material
- glass; paper
- Catalogue Number
- 110.01.1046 a-i
- Description
- Six bottles of beer (empty) with case, signed poster and card. Typical beer bottle with screw off cap. Label affixed to one side has a red border with "Brewed Naturally in the Canadian Rockies" on top and "6% alc./vol. 341 mL" on bottom edge. The scene has mountains in the background with a clim…
- Title
- Beer Bottle
- Date
- 1997
- Material
- glass; paper
- Dimensions
- 23.0 cm
- Description
- Six bottles of beer (empty) with case, signed poster and card. Typical beer bottle with screw off cap. Label affixed to one side has a red border with "Brewed Naturally in the Canadian Rockies" on top and "6% alc./vol. 341 mL" on bottom edge. The scene has mountains in the background with a climber, Bruno Engler, highlighted in the centre, with "Bruno's Mountain Bock " in red. Also on the label is "The Bow Valley Brewing Company Canmore Alberta Strong Beer Biere Forte". The paper case is light brown in colour with the same picture as the label on four sides with stories about Bruno and the beer on the top, other promotion on sides. Poster 91.5x56.0 has a black border with white lettering. "Canmore's Legendary Brew" is in large black letters at top of poster, yellowish background is a mountain scene with a black and white image of the beer bottle centered. Signed "Bruno Engler" on left edge. Small card promoting the book "A Mountain Life Stories and photographs of Bruno Engler edited by R. W. Sandford".
- Credit
- Gift of Bow Valley Brewing Co., Canmore, 1997
- Catalogue Number
- 110.01.1046 a-i
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- Date
- n.d.
- Material
- metal; cable
- Catalogue Number
- 108.04.0060 a,b
- Description
- A pair of metal deadman/deadboy belay anchors with cables wrapped around. a) The large of the two anchors. It is shaped in a square with a pointed bottom. There are four large circles equally placed in the main area of the anchor with two smaller circles in the middle, where the cable attached to t…
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- Title
- Belay Anchors
- Date
- n.d.
- Material
- metal; cable
- Dimensions
- 1.0 x 20.3 x 25.2 cm
- Description
- A pair of metal deadman/deadboy belay anchors with cables wrapped around. a) The large of the two anchors. It is shaped in a square with a pointed bottom. There are four large circles equally placed in the main area of the anchor with two smaller circles in the middle, where the cable attached to the anchor. The cable is looped in these two smaller holes and joined with a metal band to create one cable that is wrapped around the anchor, it comes to another, smaller loop at the end - it is not attached to the anchor. One side of the anchor is stamped with text near the top which reads “CLOG WALES”. At the top of the anchor is a metal rectangle around both edges riveted to the main part of the anchor. b) The smaller of the two anchors. It is shaped in a square with a pointed bottom. There are two small circles in the middle where the cable is attached to the anchor and one large circle in the top corner. The cable is looped in these two smaller holes and joined with a metal band to create one cable that is wrapped around the anchor, it comes to another smaller loop at the end - it is not attached to the anchor. One side of the anchor is stamped with text near the top which reads “CLOG WALES”. At the top of the anchor is a metal rectangle around both edges riveted to the main part of the anchor. 1.0 x 13.9 x 17.9 cm.
- Subject
- ski
- skiing
- mountaineering
- climbing
- Chic Scott
- Credit
- Gift of Charles (Chic) Scott, Cochrane, 2003
- Catalogue Number
- 108.04.0060 a,b
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Belt Equipment Holder
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact108.04.1088
- Date
- 1970 – 1990
- Material
- skin; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 108.04.1088
- Description
- A tanned leather, tool holder that attaches to a belt; used for mountaineering. There are four rivetted holes, which keeps the pieces of leather together, creating an opening to slip a belt through. There is an etched mountain on the front with a climbing tool in front of it.
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- Title
- Belt Equipment Holder
- Date
- 1970 – 1990
- Material
- skin; metal
- Dimensions
- 5.0 x 9.0 cm
- Description
- A tanned leather, tool holder that attaches to a belt; used for mountaineering. There are four rivetted holes, which keeps the pieces of leather together, creating an opening to slip a belt through. There is an etched mountain on the front with a climbing tool in front of it.
- Subject
- sports
- climbing
- mountaineering
- Hans Gmoser
- Credit
- Gift of Hans and Margaret Gmoser, Harvie Heights, 1991
- Catalogue Number
- 108.04.1088
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Bergans Backpack
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact103.08.1087
- Date
- 1945 – 1985
- Material
- fibre; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.1087
- Description
- Standard Bergans backpack.
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- Title
- Bergans Backpack
- Date
- 1945 – 1985
- Material
- fibre; metal
- Description
- Standard Bergans backpack.
- Subject
- climbing
- hiking
- Alpine Club of Canada
- Credit
- Gift of Pam Turpin, Montreal, 1995
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.1087
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