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Date
n.d.
Material
mineral, calcite
Catalogue Number
112.03.1170
Description
Calcite has coated the surface of a clump of moss to form this specimen. Fine detail of the moss structure has been preserved by the precipitation of calcite on the surface. All of the organic material is gone. This specimen was formed in close proximity to a mineral spring, quite likely from the h…
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Title
Calcite Mineral
Date
n.d.
Material
mineral, calcite
Dimensions
4.0 x 5.0 x 8.0 cm
Description
Calcite has coated the surface of a clump of moss to form this specimen. Fine detail of the moss structure has been preserved by the precipitation of calcite on the surface. All of the organic material is gone. This specimen was formed in close proximity to a mineral spring, quite likely from the hot springs in Banff.
Subject
Num-ti-jah Lodge
Jimmy Simpson
geology
Credit
Gift of James (Jr.) Simpson, Rocky Mountain House, 2000
Catalogue Number
112.03.1170
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Date
n.d.
Material
mineral, calcite
Catalogue Number
112.03.1189
Description
Specimen of calcite with small calcite rhombs and tabular crystals forming on surface.
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Title
Calcite Mineral
Date
n.d.
Material
mineral, calcite
Dimensions
3.0 x 8.0 x 12.0 cm
Description
Specimen of calcite with small calcite rhombs and tabular crystals forming on surface.
Subject
Num-ti-jah Lodge
Jimmy Simpson
geology
Credit
Gift of James (Jr.) Simpson, Rocky Mountain House, 2000
Catalogue Number
112.03.1189
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Date
n.d.
Material
mineral, calcite
Catalogue Number
112.03.1190
Description
Specimen of calcite with well developed calcite rhombs on its surface.
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Title
Calcite Mineral
Date
n.d.
Material
mineral, calcite
Dimensions
3.0 x 3.0 x 5.0 cm
Description
Specimen of calcite with well developed calcite rhombs on its surface.
Subject
Num-ti-jah Lodge
Jimmy Simpson
geology
Credit
Gift of James (Jr.) Simpson, Rocky Mountain House, 2000
Catalogue Number
112.03.1190
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Calcite; Pyrite Mineral

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact112.03.1132
Date
n.d.
Material
mineral, calcite & pyrite
Catalogue Number
112.03.1132
Description
Calcite crystals and pyrite crystals growing in vug (cavity) of limestone. The calcite would have formed first.
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Title
Calcite; Pyrite Mineral
Date
n.d.
Material
mineral, calcite & pyrite
Dimensions
7.0 x 7.0 x 15.0 cm
Description
Calcite crystals and pyrite crystals growing in vug (cavity) of limestone. The calcite would have formed first.
Subject
Num-ti-jah Lodge
Jimmy Simpson
geology
Credit
Gift of James (Jr.) Simpson, Rocky Mountain House, 2000
Catalogue Number
112.03.1132
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Calcium Carbonate Coral Skeleton

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact112.03.1053
Date
n.d.
Material
mineral, calcium carbonate
Catalogue Number
112.03.1053
Description
Calcium carbonate skeleton of modern day colonial coral. Several thousand individual corals would have lived in this structure. Typical of high energy, clean water environment. From the west coast of Canada.
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Title
Calcium Carbonate Coral Skeleton
Date
n.d.
Material
mineral, calcium carbonate
Dimensions
5.0 x 7.0 x 8.0 cm
Description
Calcium carbonate skeleton of modern day colonial coral. Several thousand individual corals would have lived in this structure. Typical of high energy, clean water environment. From the west coast of Canada.
Subject
Num-ti-jah Lodge
Jimmy Simpson
geology
Credit
Gift of James (Jr.) Simpson, Rocky Mountain House, 2000
Catalogue Number
112.03.1053
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Date
1900 – 1903
Material
skin; metal; wood
Catalogue Number
104.41.1004 a,b
Description
Kodak folding camera in leather case. a) “10891-C No 4 Folding Pocket Kodak Model A” camera with a wooden frame covered in leather. A metal tab opens the fold-down front and two pieces of rose wood (14.0 cm long) hold a metal track for the bellows. The camera has a Bausch & Lomb -- Zeiss lens, p…
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Title
Camera
Date
1900 – 1903
Material
skin; metal; wood
Dimensions
24.0 x 15.6 x 20.8 cm
Description
Kodak folding camera in leather case. a) “10891-C No 4 Folding Pocket Kodak Model A” camera with a wooden frame covered in leather. A metal tab opens the fold-down front and two pieces of rose wood (14.0 cm long) hold a metal track for the bellows. The camera has a Bausch & Lomb -- Zeiss lens, pat. Feb 22, 1903. The viewfinder is missing from the front apparatus, but there is another fold-down viewfinder on the camera box.b) Black leather camera case with a carrying strap and metal closures.
Subject
households
photography
Jimmy Simpson
hobbies
Credit
Gift of Unknown, 1968
Catalogue Number
104.41.1004 a,b
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Date
1933 – 1945
Material
wood; metal
Catalogue Number
103.08.1023
Description
Round one piece cane with bark, Jimmy Simpson's, top bent into handle 16.9 long, handle is bent again with a knob, tapers slightly to bottom, a brass collar 1.8 wide is affixed to end, hole in centre of end, 4/5ths up handle is a silver collar 2.7 wide screwed onto shaft, embossed is trail hikers e…
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Title
Cane
Date
1933 – 1945
Material
wood; metal
Dimensions
94.0 cm
Description
Round one piece cane with bark, Jimmy Simpson's, top bent into handle 16.9 long, handle is bent again with a knob, tapers slightly to bottom, a brass collar 1.8 wide is affixed to end, hole in centre of end, 4/5ths up handle is a silver collar 2.7 wide screwed onto shaft, embossed is trail hikers emblem of alpenstock and with SLTH CR, "W" incised into handle
Subject
sports
hiking
Sky Line Trail Hikers of the Canadian Rockies
Jimmy Simpson
Credit
Gift of Yves Muselle, 1972
Catalogue Number
103.08.1023
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Cappy, Jimmy Simpson's Horse

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactruc.01.02
Artist
Carl Clemens Moritz Rungius (1869 – 1959, American)
Date
prior to 1959
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
RuC.01.02
Description
Horse with saddle
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Artist
Carl Clemens Moritz Rungius (1869 – 1959, American)
Title
Cappy, Jimmy Simpson's Horse
Date
prior to 1959
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
31.8 x 39.2 cm
Description
Horse with saddle
Subject
animal
horse
Jimmy Simpson
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
RuC.01.02
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Date
1920 – 1950
Material
mineral, jade; wood
Catalogue Number
107.01.1020
Description
One carved Chinese jade bowl, on carved wooden stand. Bottom of stand stamped “CHINA” and stamped with Chinese characters.
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Title
Carved Bowl
Date
1920 – 1950
Material
mineral, jade; wood
Dimensions
16.0 x 22.0 x 26.0 cm
Description
One carved Chinese jade bowl, on carved wooden stand. Bottom of stand stamped “CHINA” and stamped with Chinese characters.
Subject
households
decorative
Lorna Oliver
Jimmy Simpson Jr.
Credit
Gift of James (Jr.) Simpson, Rocky Mountain House, 2001
Catalogue Number
107.01.1020
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Date
n.d.
Material
mineral, chalcedony
Catalogue Number
112.03.1249
Description
Red variety of chalcedony (jasper) from a piece of petrified wood. Wood structure is visible on the outside but no structure is visible on the inside. Specimen has been cut on two surfaces and polished on one.
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Title
Chalcedony Mineral
Date
n.d.
Material
mineral, chalcedony
Dimensions
2.0 x 4.0 x 12.0 cm
Description
Red variety of chalcedony (jasper) from a piece of petrified wood. Wood structure is visible on the outside but no structure is visible on the inside. Specimen has been cut on two surfaces and polished on one.
Subject
Num-ti-jah Lodge
Jimmy Simpson
geology
Credit
Gift of James (Jr.) Simpson, Rocky Mountain House, 2000
Catalogue Number
112.03.1249
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