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- Date
- 1889
- Material
- steel, wood
- Catalogue Number
- 104.04.0001
- Description
- Marlin Safety rifle with a wooden stock and grip. The octagonally shaped barrel has a metal sight notch on top. The curved butt of the stock is lined with metal. A lever action pump forms a handle around the trigger. The rifle is stamped with “Marlin Safety” on top of the breech, “44 W” on top o…
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- Title
- Rifle
- Date
- 1889
- Material
- steel, wood
- Dimensions
- 11.0 x 3.5 x 105.5 cm
- Description
- Marlin Safety rifle with a wooden stock and grip. The octagonally shaped barrel has a metal sight notch on top. The curved butt of the stock is lined with metal. A lever action pump forms a handle around the trigger. The rifle is stamped with “Marlin Safety” on top of the breech, “44 W” on top of the barrel, and with “59843” on the bottom of the breech.Note: patent dates - October 11, 1887; April 2, 1889
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.04.0001
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- Date
- 1887
- Material
- metal, steel; metal, brass; wood
- Catalogue Number
- 104.04.0002
- Description
- Single barrel lever-action Winchester rifle with a wooden stock and grip, a brass breech and butt, and a steel barrel. The stock is studded on one side with brass tacks in the design of a star and a cross. The bullets would load through a loading gate on the side of the breech. There is a hinged…
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- Title
- Rifle
- Date
- 1887
- Material
- metal, steel; metal, brass; wood
- Dimensions
- 11.0 x 3.7 x 100.0 cm
- Description
- Single barrel lever-action Winchester rifle with a wooden stock and grip, a brass breech and butt, and a steel barrel. The stock is studded on one side with brass tacks in the design of a star and a cross. The bullets would load through a loading gate on the side of the breech. There is a hinged metal sight on barrel that is marked with the numerals “3” and “5”. The rifle is also marked with “PW” a stylized trademark on the breech and barrel, and with the serial number “148108” on the bottom of the stock near the lever lock. This rifle has the patent date March 29, 1865. Model 1866. 44 Rim Fire. Manufactured 1877.
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.04.0002
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Single-Barrel Shotgun
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact104.04.0005
- Date
- 1880 – 1900
- Material
- wood; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 104.04.0005
- Description
- Single-barreled shotgun with wooden stock and breech carved in one piece. Single trigger protected by flat metal trigger guard activates hammer which is attached to one side of breech. Oval metal button passes through oval metal plate on either side of handgrip beneath barrel. Wooden ramrod held al…
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- Title
- Single-Barrel Shotgun
- Date
- 1880 – 1900
- Material
- wood; metal
- Dimensions
- 12.0 x 4.5 x 116.5 cm
- Description
- Single-barreled shotgun with wooden stock and breech carved in one piece. Single trigger protected by flat metal trigger guard activates hammer which is attached to one side of breech. Oval metal button passes through oval metal plate on either side of handgrip beneath barrel. Wooden ramrod held along length of barrel by two metal loops beneath. Deep cross hatching incised into base of wooden stock and handgrip. Marks: metal breech, trigger guard and hammer engraved with curlicue design, flying duck on trigger guard, and 'I. Hollis & Sons, London' on side of breech, along with two flying ducks; "Marshall-Wells Alberta Co Ltd" stamped on top of barrel;Note: plate on left side of breech replaced with crude strip of cast iron, stock broken at trigger and held together by copper wire and buckskin thong.
- Subject
- sports
- hunting
- Buffalo gun
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.04.0005
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- Date
- 1880 – 1920
- Material
- skin; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 104.10.0021
- Description
- A dark brown, flat leather pouch with a small leather loop at the bottom. The pouch has a metal neck with a trigger to measure the shot. The pouch is filled with lead shot. The leather is stamped with “1B3”, which may be the shot size.
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- Title
- Shot Pouch
- Date
- 1880 – 1920
- Material
- skin; metal
- Dimensions
- 8.0 x 23.0 cm
- Description
- A dark brown, flat leather pouch with a small leather loop at the bottom. The pouch has a metal neck with a trigger to measure the shot. The pouch is filled with lead shot. The leather is stamped with “1B3”, which may be the shot size.
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.10.0021
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- Date
- c. 1893
- Material
- metal
- Catalogue Number
- 104.19.1028
- Description
- Large flat round can, can is very rusty and top has been partly removed in very jagged cuts, soldered on to centre of inside bottom is a piece of metal which sticks up 2.5 cm.
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- Title
- Food Can
- Date
- c. 1893
- Material
- metal
- Dimensions
- 5.0 cm
- Description
- Large flat round can, can is very rusty and top has been partly removed in very jagged cuts, soldered on to centre of inside bottom is a piece of metal which sticks up 2.5 cm.
- Credit
- Gift of Don Beers, Calgary, 1990
- Catalogue Number
- 104.19.1028
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- Date
- 1881 – 1920
- Material
- metal
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.1015 a,b
- Description
- (a) Silver plated, napkin holder 5.0 oval has a long stem rose coiled as finger hold, mounted on a plate 8.0 oval decorated to resemble a leaf. Inscribed: "K.R.C." ? (old English type - hard to read) "Regatta Toronto Aug 20 1881 Double Sculls Second Prize won by N. B. Sanson, Bohr ?" (b) Oval ho…
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- Title
- Napkin Holder
- Date
- 1881 – 1920
- Material
- metal
- Description
- (a) Silver plated, napkin holder 5.0 oval has a long stem rose coiled as finger hold, mounted on a plate 8.0 oval decorated to resemble a leaf. Inscribed: "K.R.C." ? (old English type - hard to read) "Regatta Toronto Aug 20 1881 Double Sculls Second Prize won by N. B. Sanson, Bohr ?" (b) Oval holder 4.7 decorated with leaves is mounted on the backs of two animals - foxes ? who are sitting on a base 7.3 x 3.5. On each corner are round legs 1.2 dia. On bottom "The Acme Silver Co. Toronto quadruple plate"
- Subject
- sports
- boating
- N. B. Sanson
- Credit
- Gift of Ernest Kennedy, 1968
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.1015 a,b
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- Date
- 1882
- Material
- wood, metal, fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 106.04.1055
- Description
- Snowshoes handmade by James (Joe) Smith constructed of wood barrel staves with holes drilled in bases. Footbeds are twined wire with a fibre twisted around metal at the toe end. Metal srtips and nails hold shoes together. Handwritten tag attached to snowshoes outlines history of snowshoes, by Rhoda…
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- Title
- Snowshoes
- Date
- 1882
- Material
- wood, metal, fibre
- Dimensions
- 38.0 x 105.0 cm
- Description
- Snowshoes handmade by James (Joe) Smith constructed of wood barrel staves with holes drilled in bases. Footbeds are twined wire with a fibre twisted around metal at the toe end. Metal srtips and nails hold shoes together. Handwritten tag attached to snowshoes outlines history of snowshoes, by Rhoda Rouse.
- Subject
- sports
- snowshoeing
- Silver City
- Joe Smith
- Credit
- Gift of Jim Rouse, Calgary, 2003
- Catalogue Number
- 106.04.1055
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Quirt Riding Whip
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact106.06.0009
- Date
- 1880 – 1920
- Material
- wood; skin
- Catalogue Number
- 106.06.0009
- Description
- A club-like wooden handle with a knob at end and leather thongs attached at the other end. The thongs are braided part way and then left loose (lash is slightly longer than handle). There is a leather thong wrist strap attached to the handle just below the knob.
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- Title
- Quirt Riding Whip
- Date
- 1880 – 1920
- Material
- wood; skin
- Dimensions
- 112.0 cm
- Description
- A club-like wooden handle with a knob at end and leather thongs attached at the other end. The thongs are braided part way and then left loose (lash is slightly longer than handle). There is a leather thong wrist strap attached to the handle just below the knob.
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 106.06.0009
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Quirt Riding Whip
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact106.06.0010
- Date
- 1880 – 1920
- Material
- wood; skin
- Catalogue Number
- 106.06.0010
- Description
- A long, straight wooden handle which widens slightly at one end where a narrow leather strap, about the same length as the handle, attaches. There is a leather thong wrist strap attached through a hole near the end of the handle.
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- Title
- Quirt Riding Whip
- Date
- 1880 – 1920
- Material
- wood; skin
- Dimensions
- 94.0 cm
- Description
- A long, straight wooden handle which widens slightly at one end where a narrow leather strap, about the same length as the handle, attaches. There is a leather thong wrist strap attached through a hole near the end of the handle.
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 106.06.0010
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- Date
- 1889 – 1902
- Material
- paper
- Catalogue Number
- 108.02.0001
- Description
- A papier mache mask of a tiger's head that fits entirely over the wearer’s head and rests on the shoulders. The mask is painted orange with black accents with white eyes and a white ruff at the neck.
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- Title
- Mask
- Date
- 1889 – 1902
- Material
- paper
- Dimensions
- 32.0 (approx) x 40.0 (approx) x 32.0 (approx) cm
- Description
- A papier mache mask of a tiger's head that fits entirely over the wearer’s head and rests on the shoulders. The mask is painted orange with black accents with white eyes and a white ruff at the neck.
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 108.02.0001
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