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Banff-Mt. Assiniboine Walking and Riding Tour
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- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Call Number
- 02.6 M86m July 1925 Pam
- Physical Description
- p.11
- Subjects
- Wheeler's Walking and Riding Tours
- Notes
- In the Mountaineer, vol.I, no.1, July 1925
- Accession Number
- 3881
- Call Number
- 02.6 M86m July 1925 Pam
- Collection
- Archives Library
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- Date
- 1960
- Material
- wood
- Catalogue Number
- 104.06.3002 a-c
- Description
- Three wooden boomerangs. The top of each is slightly convex and the bottom surface is flat. One arm of each boomerang is tilted at a slight angle.a) Dark wood with painted aboriginal designs, in brown, black, white and yellow. The designs include geometric designs on the tips and an insect, a pe…
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- Title
- Boomerang
- Date
- 1960
- Material
- wood
- Dimensions
- 0.8 (a); 23.0(b); 1.5 (c) x 6.0 (a); 8.0 (b); 6.0 (c) x 50.0 (a); 53.0 (b); 48.0 (c) cm
- Description
- Three wooden boomerangs. The top of each is slightly convex and the bottom surface is flat. One arm of each boomerang is tilted at a slight angle.a) Dark wood with painted aboriginal designs, in brown, black, white and yellow. The designs include geometric designs on the tips and an insect, a person, and a kangaroo. The back is stamped “MADE IN AUSTRALIA BY Bill On--.”b) Dark wood with very detailed painted aboriginal designs on the front in black, red, white and yellow. The painting includes geometric and concentric designs, an emu, a turtle, and two people. At the centre bent it’s marked “from CHERBOURG ABORIGINAL SETTLEMENT 1960. QLD. AUST.” and the back is marked with pen ink “BILL GORHAM.”c) Light and dark wood decorated with a stylized kangaroo on the front in brown, black, yellow and white. “Darwin N.T.” is writtten with marker on the front. The tips are also painted with stripes and wavey lines. There are two illegible stamps on the back.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.06.3002 a-c
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- Date
- prior to 1970
- Material
- ceramic
- Catalogue Number
- 107.02.3009
- Description
- Handmade, heavy ceramic bust of Chief Walking Buffalo. The bust is constructed of three joined pieces - two pieces form the head and are then joined to the neck. Yellowish headdress with black horns and black highlights on hair and braids, orange shirt, cream necklace, and green-grey coloured fa…
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- Title
- Bust
- Date
- prior to 1970
- Material
- ceramic
- Dimensions
- 16.5 x 16.5 cm
- Description
- Handmade, heavy ceramic bust of Chief Walking Buffalo. The bust is constructed of three joined pieces - two pieces form the head and are then joined to the neck. Yellowish headdress with black horns and black highlights on hair and braids, orange shirt, cream necklace, and green-grey coloured face. Inscribed inside of base: "R.R."
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 107.02.3009
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Commemorative Coin
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- Date
- 1969
- Material
- metal; plastic
- Catalogue Number
- 105.02.1065 a,b
- Description
- 1969 Banff Indian Days Kiwanis dollar, in envelope, INDIAN DAYS 1889-1969 value one dollar in Banff. Shows picture of tepee with mountain background. Obverse: BANFF CANADA KIWANIS DOLLAR EXPIRES SEPT.30.69. with head wearing buffalo horn headddress. Plastic envelope with flap, pocket is 4.7 square…
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- Title
- Commemorative Coin
- Date
- 1969
- Material
- metal; plastic
- Description
- 1969 Banff Indian Days Kiwanis dollar, in envelope, INDIAN DAYS 1889-1969 value one dollar in Banff. Shows picture of tepee with mountain background. Obverse: BANFF CANADA KIWANIS DOLLAR EXPIRES SEPT.30.69. with head wearing buffalo horn headddress. Plastic envelope with flap, pocket is 4.7 square, rounded flap has 2.7 fold-over.
- Subject
- events
- Banff Indian Days
- organization
- Kiwanis
- artists
- Charlie Beil
- George McLean
- Chief Walking Buffalo
- Indigenous
- Credit
- Purchased from Robert Smith, Banff, 1969
- Catalogue Number
- 105.02.1065 a,b
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- Date
- 1930 – 1940
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.02.024
- Description
- Colour: blue, brown, red. The head and shoulders on a man facing left. He has short hair and wears a hat. There is a red scarf around his neck. The background is blue.
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- Title
- George McLean
- Date
- 1930 – 1940
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 40.5 x 51 cm
- Description
- Colour: blue, brown, red. The head and shoulders on a man facing left. He has short hair and wears a hat. There is a red scarf around his neck. The background is blue.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1968
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.02.024
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Historic Tofino : a walking tour
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue14611
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2011
- Author
- Mason, Adrienne
- Publisher
- Tofino, B.C. : Postelsia Press
- Call Number
- 08.2 M38h Pam
- Author
- Mason, Adrienne
- Responsibility
- [Adrienne Mason]
- Publisher
- Tofino, B.C. : Postelsia Press
- Published Date
- 2011
- Physical Description
- 43 pages : illustrations (some colour), maps, portraits ; 22 cm
- Subjects
- British Columbia
- Tourism
- Tours
- Walking
- Notes
- Includes bibliographical references
- Text runs parallel to spine
- ISBN
- 9780986505836
- Accession Number
- 8530
- Call Number
- 08.2 M38h Pam
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Identification Sign
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- Date
- 1920 – 1960
- Material
- wood
- Catalogue Number
- 105.05.1026
- Description
- Wooden slat with stamped letters: "A.O. WHEELER WALKING - TOUR BANFF”. Irregularly shaped slat of wood from a packing case, nail holes both sides, broken off top and bottom. Pencilled graffiti one side. “[illegible names] Banff May 1941-54”
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- Title
- Identification Sign
- Date
- 1920 – 1960
- Material
- wood
- Dimensions
- 11.8 x 39.7 cm
- Description
- Wooden slat with stamped letters: "A.O. WHEELER WALKING - TOUR BANFF”. Irregularly shaped slat of wood from a packing case, nail holes both sides, broken off top and bottom. Pencilled graffiti one side. “[illegible names] Banff May 1941-54”
- Credit
- Gift of Bill Smyth, Banff, 1983
- Catalogue Number
- 105.05.1026
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- Date
- 1911
- Material
- wood; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 104.04.1006
- Description
- Enfield 303; bolt action rifle; solid wooden stock and handgrip braces the barrel along half its length; groove on right side of handgrip; missing piece of wood near end of fore-stock; crack on other side; front sight has solder around end of barrel; screw and nut through handgrip near breech; sol…
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- Title
- Rifle
- Date
- 1911
- Material
- wood; metal
- Dimensions
- 12.0 x 7.0 x 108.0 cm
- Description
- Enfield 303; bolt action rifle; solid wooden stock and handgrip braces the barrel along half its length; groove on right side of handgrip; missing piece of wood near end of fore-stock; crack on other side; front sight has solder around end of barrel; screw and nut through handgrip near breech; solder near where rear sight may have been located Marks: carved into stock near action: "Wb" can also be read upside down as “GM”; numerous stamps on metal various places; on collar at trigger: "[crown] VR SPARKBROOK 1901 LE 1 [star] RG. Parker & Co Ltd Birmingham 22 Pat T'14 No 8(?)"; on other side: "Enfield 1911 Sht L.E CON _ IV _"; at barrel and near breech are 3 separate small stamps, each has crossed flags and crown with "V.R./P.""E.R./P." and "G.R./P."; other side "R 358"; the number “75715” is crossed through; near rear sight location “E”; on the outside of the bolt: “[crown] A 10”; other marks on the action: “[crown] 2”; “III”; and a circle containing three lines.
- Credit
- Gift of Jim Beattie, Banff , 1989
- Catalogue Number
- 104.04.1006
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- Date
- 1880 – 1900
- Material
- hair; fibre; wood
- Catalogue Number
- 103.09.0081 a,b
- Description
- A roach headdress made from porcupine guard hairs sewn around the edge of a support made from braided strips of fabric stitched together in an elongated shape much in the same manner as a braided rug. The long porcupine hairs are of natural colour and fan open when the braided mat is attached to th…
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- Title
- Roach Headdress
- Date
- 1880 – 1900
- Material
- hair; fibre; wood
- Dimensions
- 8.0 x 42.0 cm
- Description
- A roach headdress made from porcupine guard hairs sewn around the edge of a support made from braided strips of fabric stitched together in an elongated shape much in the same manner as a braided rug. The long porcupine hairs are of natural colour and fan open when the braided mat is attached to the curvature of the head. A short length of cord has been stitched to the underside of the braided mat, with short lengths of heavy thread sewn at intervals along the edges. Stored with large carved b) club of wood inside to hold the form of the hairs smooth, and wrapped with a length of cord.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.09.0081 a,b
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Robert Baptie interview
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- Date Range
- 1971
- Reference Code
- S1 / 1
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Series
- I. Interviews
- Reference Code
- S1 / 1
- Responsibility
- Interviewer: Elizabeth Rummel
- Date Range
- 1971
- Physical Description
- 1 sound recording
- Subject Access
- Businesses
- Columbia Icefield
- Exshaw
- Films and film making
- Legace, Ray
- Mount Assiniboine - CPR camp
- Sibbald, Hugh
- Simpson, Jimmy
- Walking Buffalo
- Finding Aid
- Recording summary and reference cassette available
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of recording
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