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Automobile Licence Plates
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact106.06.0056%20a-gg
- Date
- 1918 – 1969
- Material
- metal
- Catalogue Number
- 106.06.0056 a-gg
- Description
- 33 licence plates (1918-69) 2 accessories. Accessories, oval cut out "AAA" with black letters "United States of America", long narrow black hand painted "BANFF, ALBERTA, CANADA". Licence plates, Alberta (22) 1918-69, (2) 1918 (32x12), (7) 1939-46 (30x14), (11) 1963-69 (30.5x15.5). British Col…
- Title
- Automobile Licence Plates
- Date
- 1918 – 1969
- Material
- metal
- Description
- 33 licence plates (1918-69) 2 accessories. Accessories, oval cut out "AAA" with black letters "United States of America", long narrow black hand painted "BANFF, ALBERTA, CANADA". Licence plates, Alberta (22) 1918-69, (2) 1918 (32x12), (7) 1939-46 (30x14), (11) 1963-69 (30.5x15.5). British Columbia (2) 1943-44. Ontario (2) 1940 yellow. Massachusetts (2) 1930-31. (2) Rocky Mountain Park "RMP 15 1918".
- Subject
- transportation
- Banff
- RCAF
- Rocky Mountain Park
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 106.06.0056 a-gg
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- Date
- 1950 – 1965
- Material
- paper
- Catalogue Number
- 103.02.1013
- Description
- A small bar of soap encased in a paper wrapper. The wrapper is dark blue with a picture of Mount Rundle and "Welcome to Banff the Beautiful" on other side is a picture of Cascade Mountain and "Mount Royal Hotel Banff, Alta"
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- Title
- Bar Soap
- Date
- 1950 – 1965
- Material
- paper
- Description
- A small bar of soap encased in a paper wrapper. The wrapper is dark blue with a picture of Mount Rundle and "Welcome to Banff the Beautiful" on other side is a picture of Cascade Mountain and "Mount Royal Hotel Banff, Alta"
- Credit
- Gift of Lena Goon, Banff, 1990
- Catalogue Number
- 103.02.1013
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- Date
- 1958 – 1958
- Material
- wood; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0384 a,b
- Description
- A pair of carved bookends of mountain goats standing on blocks of wood. Goats simply carved from 4.5 cm wide block of wide grained (fir?) wood which has had the grain darkened and raised, then shellacked. Both goats are rearing slightly with their front legs on a rock. Base plinth is plain block of…
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- Title
- Bookend
- Date
- 1958 – 1958
- Material
- wood; fibre
- Dimensions
- 20.5 x 12.2 x 18.9 cm
- Description
- A pair of carved bookends of mountain goats standing on blocks of wood. Goats simply carved from 4.5 cm wide block of wide grained (fir?) wood which has had the grain darkened and raised, then shellacked. Both goats are rearing slightly with their front legs on a rock. Base plinth is plain block of wood 4.5 cm high which has been bevelled along the upper edges. Bases covered on bottom with green felt.
- Subject
- households
- decorative
- animal
- mountain goat
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0384 a,b
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Decorative Tray
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact102.04.0604
- Date
- later than 1959
- Material
- wood; cedar
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0604
- Description
- a circular tray made of cedar. Printed on the front of the tray is a painted image of two red gondola cabins over the town of Banff. Cascade mountain and Tunnel Mountain are in background. On the reverse are two paragraphs in black printed writing about the Sulphur Mountain Gondola as well as a go…
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- Title
- Decorative Tray
- Date
- later than 1959
- Material
- wood; cedar
- Dimensions
- 35.5 x 35.5 cm
- Description
- a circular tray made of cedar. Printed on the front of the tray is a painted image of two red gondola cabins over the town of Banff. Cascade mountain and Tunnel Mountain are in background. On the reverse are two paragraphs in black printed writing about the Sulphur Mountain Gondola as well as a gold sticker that reads “HANDCRAFTED BY PANORAMA MADE IN CANADA”. There is a brass ring to hang it.
- Subject
- Banff
- tourism
- Sulphur Mountain
- souvenir
- Credit
- Gift of Juanita Rose Violini, Banff, 2014
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0604
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Gramninger Seat Rescue Equipment
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact106.04.1025%20a-d
- Date
- c. 1960
- Material
- fibre; skin; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 106.04.1025 a-d
- Description
- Gramminger Seat, canvas seat with leather trim, braces, straps. Metal buckles and snaps. Metal cable 51.0 long with loops each end - one loop attached to harness. Three metal brackets. See 106.04.1022 for related equipment.
- Title
- Gramninger Seat Rescue Equipment
- Date
- c. 1960
- Material
- fibre; skin; metal
- Description
- Gramminger Seat, canvas seat with leather trim, braces, straps. Metal buckles and snaps. Metal cable 51.0 long with loops each end - one loop attached to harness. Three metal brackets. See 106.04.1022 for related equipment.
- Credit
- Gift of Hector Elliott, Cremona, 1990
- Catalogue Number
- 106.04.1025 a-d
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Identification Sign
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact105.05.1007
- Date
- 1910 – 1930
- Material
- wood
- Catalogue Number
- 105.05.1007
- Description
- Wooden sign, RMP No. 5 Pipestone Lodge. 2 pieces of wood braced on back with 2 pieces of wood screwed onto back. Black lettering on white: "RMP No. 5 Pipestone Lodge", pencilled names on sign, ie: Henry Ness Banff July 30, 1926.
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- Title
- Identification Sign
- Date
- 1910 – 1930
- Material
- wood
- Dimensions
- 43.0 x 91.5 cm
- Description
- Wooden sign, RMP No. 5 Pipestone Lodge. 2 pieces of wood braced on back with 2 pieces of wood screwed onto back. Black lettering on white: "RMP No. 5 Pipestone Lodge", pencilled names on sign, ie: Henry Ness Banff July 30, 1926.
- Credit
- Gift of anonymous, 1975
- Catalogue Number
- 105.05.1007
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- Date
- 1917 – 1930
- Material
- metal
- Catalogue Number
- 105.02.0104
- Description
- A silver, plated over copper, round lapel pin of U.S. Glacier National Park which snaps to another, similarly shaped backing. Separate seal soldered to front depicts mountain goat standing in relief at centre, with band around reading, Glacier National Park See America First". Pin button stands o…
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- Title
- Lapel Pin
- Date
- 1917 – 1930
- Material
- metal
- Dimensions
- 2.7 x 1.0 cm
- Description
- A silver, plated over copper, round lapel pin of U.S. Glacier National Park which snaps to another, similarly shaped backing. Separate seal soldered to front depicts mountain goat standing in relief at centre, with band around reading, Glacier National Park See America First". Pin button stands on post flattening to another smaller button at back with snap socket, backing button is the same, without the seal applied, and containing the snap post fitting the socket of the front.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 105.02.0104
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Membership Pin
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact103.09.1013
- Date
- 1950 – 1965
- Material
- metal
- Catalogue Number
- 103.09.1013
- Description
- Hexagonal shaped metal pin "Calgary Mountain Club" in silver colour with a silver mountain on a red background. Half of a silver snowflake on a blue background.
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- Title
- Membership Pin
- Date
- 1950 – 1965
- Material
- metal
- Dimensions
- 1.7 cm
- Description
- Hexagonal shaped metal pin "Calgary Mountain Club" in silver colour with a silver mountain on a red background. Half of a silver snowflake on a blue background.
- Credit
- Gift of Rene Goth, 1970
- Catalogue Number
- 103.09.1013
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Mountain Goat Skull
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact112.01.1004%20a%2cb
- Date
- prior to 1970
- Material
- bone; ivory
- Catalogue Number
- 112.01.1004 a,b
- Description
- A mountain goat skull with horns and the jawbone which has broken off.
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- Title
- Mountain Goat Skull
- Date
- prior to 1970
- Material
- bone; ivory
- Description
- A mountain goat skull with horns and the jawbone which has broken off.
- Subject
- animals
- mountain goat
- Credit
- Gift of Marion Watt, 1970
- Catalogue Number
- 112.01.1004 a,b
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Mountain Rescue Stretcher Apparatus
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact106.04.1022
- Date
- prior to 1970
- Material
- metal; fibre; rubber
- Catalogue Number
- 106.04.1022
- Description
- Various paraphernalia mountain rescue equipment. Collapsible stretcher, can be used with 3 wheels or as a sled, other pieces of equipment such as wound cable. See also gramninger seat 106.04.1025.
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- Title
- Mountain Rescue Stretcher Apparatus
- Date
- prior to 1970
- Material
- metal; fibre; rubber
- Description
- Various paraphernalia mountain rescue equipment. Collapsible stretcher, can be used with 3 wheels or as a sled, other pieces of equipment such as wound cable. See also gramninger seat 106.04.1025.
- Credit
- Gift of Hector Elliott, Cremona, 1990
- Catalogue Number
- 106.04.1022
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