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The pathfinder [film]

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Medium
Library - Moving image (includes film and digital video - published)
Published Date
[1932?]
Publisher
Associated Screen News Limited
Call Number
08.3 W69 NF
Responsibility
B.E. Norrish [producer]
Photographer: Alfred Jacquemin
described by B.K. Sandwell
narrated by Corey Thomson
Publisher
Associated Screen News Limited
Published Date
[1932?]
Physical Description
1 16mm film reel
Medium
Library - Moving image (includes film and digital video - published)
Subjects
Wilson, Tom
Abstract
Biography about Tom Wilson. Storyline includes reenactments of unidentified Indigenous men who showed him where the locations of Lake Louise and Emerald Lake were. Also includes the real Tom Wilson, Pat Brewster, ca. 1932.
Notes
16mm film copied to digital file May 27, 2021: mp4; .mov and .mxf. Former 08.3 W69 V DVD copy was from a VHS copy.
Call Number
08.3 W69 NF
Collection
Archives Library
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A nostalgic view of Canada

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1962
Author
Buchanan, Donald W.
Publisher
Toronto : McClelland and Steward Ltd.
Call Number
06.4 B86a
Author
Buchanan, Donald W.
Publisher
Toronto : McClelland and Steward Ltd.
Published Date
1962
Physical Description
45 pages II. ; 20 cm
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Photography
Alberta
Quebec and Ontario
Canada
Abstract
In this book Donald W. Buchanan recreates the flavour of the Canada of his youth, matching a nostalgic text with his own photographs of evocative scenes from the ranches of Happy Valley, Alberta, to Kamouraska County in Quebec. -- From the publisher
Accession Number
3069A
Call Number
06.4 B86a
Collection
Archives Library
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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1963
Author
Coleman, H. T. J.
Publisher
Sidney, British Columbia : Gray's Publishing Ltd.
Call Number
05.1 C68a
Author
Coleman, H. T. J.
Responsibility
Cover and illustrations E. Downing Baker
Publisher
Sidney, British Columbia : Gray's Publishing Ltd.
Published Date
1963
Physical Description
57 pages
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Poetry
Literature
Abstract
A collection of childrens stories detailing a variety of animals as babies.
Accession Number
3069A
Call Number
05.1 C68a
Collection
Archives Library
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The rise of American civilization : Volume One

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1930
Author
Charles A. Beard and Mary R. Beard
Publisher
New York : The MacMillan Company
Call Number
08 B38t
Author
Charles A. Beard and Mary R. Beard
Responsibility
Decorations by Wilfred Jones
Publisher
New York : The MacMillan Company
Published Date
1930
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
American
American Civil War
History
Colonialism
War
Politics
Contents
I. England's Colonial Secret ; II. Laying the Structural Base of the Thirteen Colonies ; III. The Growth of Economic and Poltical Power ; IV. Provincial America ; V. The Clash of Metropolis and Colony ; VI. Independence and Civil Conflict ; VII. Populism and Reaction ; VIII. The Rise of National Parties ; IX. Agricultural Imperialism and the Balance of Power ; X. The The Young Republic ; XI. New Agricultural States ; XII. Jacksonian Democracy -- A Triumphant Farmer-Labor Party ; XIII. Westward to the Pacific ; XIV. The Sweep of Economic Forces ; XV. The Politics of the Economic Drift ; XVI. Democracy: Romantic and Realistic
Accession Number
3069A
Call Number
08 B38t
Collection
Archives Library
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Science in the history of modern culture

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1963
Author
Watanabe, Masao
Publisher
Tokyo : Miraisha
Call Number
03 W29s
Author
Watanabe, Masao
Publisher
Tokyo : Miraisha
Published Date
1963
Physical Description
353 pages
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Science
Japanese
culture
Education
Accession Number
3069A
Call Number
03 W29s
Collection
Archives Library
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Fenollosa and his circle

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1962
Author
Brooks, Van Wyck
Publisher
New York : E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc.
Call Number
05 B79f
Author
Brooks, Van Wyck
Publisher
New York : E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc.
Published Date
1962
Physical Description
321 pages
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Japanese
Japan
Art
Slavery
Archaeology
Mexico
Mayan
Biography
Abstract
A parade of fascinating personalities -- intellectuals, artists, travelers and explorers -- moves through this rich and colorful book of biographical essays by the author of Makers and Finders. --From dust cover
Contents
Fenollosa and His Circle ; Fanny Wright ; John Lloyd Stephens ; George Catlin ; Charles Wilkes ; Charles Godfrey Leland ; Anecdotes of Maurice Prendergast ; Randolph Bourne
Accession Number
3069A
Call Number
05 B79f
Collection
Archives Library
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Contemporary japan : a review of Japanese affairs, March 1934, Vol. II, No. 4

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Medium
Library - Periodical
Published Date
1934
Publisher
Tokyo : The Foreign Affairs Association of Japan
Call Number
08 F76g
Responsibility
The Foreign Affairs Association of Japan
Publisher
Tokyo : The Foreign Affairs Association of Japan
Published Date
1934
Medium
Library - Periodical
Subjects
Japan
Politics
India
Soviet Russia
Sports
culture
Manchuria
China
Abstract
Contemporary Japan: A Review of Japanese Affairs includes various contributors writing about a variety of topics focused on Japan. This quarterly review was published by the Foreign Affairs Association of Japan.
Contents
The Open Door in China and Manchuria / Sakutaro Tachi ; Anglo-Japanese Relations / M. D. Kennedy ; Japan and Soviet Russia / Katsuji Fusé ; The New Delhi Conference / Tanzan Ishibashi ; The Real Hirota / Taketora Ogata ; The Japanese Spirit / Masaatsu Yasuoka ; Seventy Years with the Chisel (illustrated) / Koun Takamura ; War Clouds in the Far East / Hatsutaro Haraguchi ; Dissolve the Political Parties / Yosuké Matsuoka ; Sen Katayama / H. vere Redman ; Whither the Japanese Peasantry? / Akira Kazami ; Outdoor Sports in Japan / G. Caiger ; Konjaku Monogatari -- Another Heian Masterpiece / Masajiro Kojima
Notes
From Catharine Robb Whyte Estate. Contains image that has been tipped-in.
Accession Number
3069A
Call Number
08 F76g
Collection
Archives Library
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An introduction to crystallography

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1966
Author
Phillips, F. C.
Publisher
London : Longmans, Green and Co Ltd
Call Number
03 P54a
Author
Phillips, F. C.
Publisher
London : Longmans, Green and Co Ltd
Published Date
1966
Physical Description
340 pages : 535 diagrams
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Crystallography
Geology
Science
Contents
1. The nature of the crystalline state -- 2. Methods of projection -- 3. The description of crystals -- 4. A general study of the seven crystal systems -- 5. Goniometry -- 6. The thirty-two classes -- 7. Parallel growth and composite crystals -- 8. Some mathematical relationships -- 9. Crystal drawings -- 10. The symmetry of internal structure -- 11. Space groups -- 12. Diffraction of x-rays by crystals -- 13. Crystal habit
Notes
Ben Gadd Personal Library
Accession Number
2021.20
Call Number
03 P54a
Collection
Archives Library
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Principles of stratigraphy

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1966
Author
Dunbar, Carl O. and Rodgers, John
Publisher
New York : John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Call Number
03 D91p
Author
Dunbar, Carl O. and Rodgers, John
Publisher
New York : John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Published Date
1966
Physical Description
356 pages
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
stratigraphy
Geology
Abstract
Carl O. Dunbar and John Rodgers authored this textbook in response to the growing interest in the study of stratigraphy in academia.
Contents
Part I : Environments of deposition -- Part 2 : Basic stratigraphic relations -- Part 3 : Interpretation of specific lithotopes -- Part 4 : Synthesis
Notes
Ben Gadd Personal Library
Accession Number
2021.20
Call Number
03 D91p
Collection
Archives Library
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Intoduction to the structure of the earth

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1969
Author
Spencer, Edgar W.
Publisher
New York : McGraw Book Company
Call Number
03 S3i
Author
Spencer, Edgar W.
Publisher
New York : McGraw Book Company
Published Date
1969
Physical Description
597 pages
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Geology
Contents
1. Introduction -- 2. Concepts of stress and strain -- 3. Theory and rock failure -- fracture -- 4. Faults -- 5. Behavior of materials -- 6. Folds and folding -- 7. Clevage, mullion, rodding, kinks, and boudinage -- 8. Primary sedimentary structures -- 9. Structures in unconsolidated sediment and salt -- 10. Earth's interior and major crustal elements -- 11. The North American continental craton and its stable margin -- 12. A case study of an orogenic belt -- the Alps -- 13. Anatomy of a folded mountain belt -- the Appalachians -- 14. Structural features of the North American cordillera -- 15. Sturctural features of the ocean basins -- 16. Examples of modern diatrophism -- 17. Tectonic syntheses
Notes
Ben Gadd Personal Library
Accession Number
2021.20
Call Number
03 S3i
Collection
Archives Library
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The romance of mountaineering

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1935
Author
Irving, R. L. G.
Publisher
London : J. M. Dent and Sons Ltd.
Edition
1st edition
Call Number
01 Ir8t
Author
Irving, R. L. G.
Edition
1st edition
Publisher
London : J. M. Dent and Sons Ltd.
Published Date
1935
Physical Description
320 pages ; 40 ill.
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Mountaineering
Mountaineers
Masculinity
Alpine Club (Great Britain)
Contents
PART ONE: BIRTH AND EARLY YEARS -- Introductory and personal -- Lux in tenebris -- The winning of Mont Blanc -- The growth of understanding -- The great peaks are won -- PART TWO: SIGNS OF MATURITY -- The extension of the playground -- The old leading-strings are dropped -- Mechanization and the cult of danger -- The highest mountains in the world -- Nationality in mountaineering -- PART THREE: PERPETUAL YOUTH -- Methods of approach -- Mountaineering out of season -- Solidary mountaineering -- Solvitur in excelsis.
Accession Number
2023.47
Call Number
01 Ir8t
Collection
Archives Library
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In the shadow of Mount McKinley

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1931
Author
Beach, William N.
Publisher
New York ; The Derrydale Press
Edition
1st edition
Call Number
02.3 B36i
Author
Beach, William N.
Responsibility
Foreword by John Burnhalm ; Introduction by Robert Sterling Yard ; Illustrations by Carl Rungius
Edition
1st edition
Publisher
New York ; The Derrydale Press
Published Date
1931
Physical Description
289 pages ; 63 ill.
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Travel
Expeditions
Exploration
Alaska
McKinley, Mount
Animals
Conservation
Contents
Foreword / John Burnham -- I. Introduction / Robert Sterling Yard -- II. In the shadow of Mt. McKinley -- III. Along the north side of the Alaskan range to Mt. Dall: expedition of 1925 -- IV. Jenny of Mt. McKinley -- V. Rainy Pass, saddle of the range: expedition of 1926 -- VI. Exploration of 1930 -- VII. Early exploration and later developments in the Mt. McKinley country -- VIII. Mt. McKinley National Park -- IX. American big game animals: mountain sheep, caribou, moose, deer and elk, bear, goat -- X. On conservation of big game.
Notes
Special Edition: 750 copies printed.
Accession Number
2023.47
Call Number
02.3 B36i
Collection
Archives Library
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The high Alps : a natural history of ice and snow

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1931
Author
Tutton, A. E. H.
Publisher
London : Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co. Ltd.
Edition
2nd edition
Call Number
03 T89t
Author
Tutton, A. E. H.
Edition
2nd edition
Publisher
London : Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co. Ltd.
Published Date
1931
Physical Description
317 pages
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Water
Ice
Snow
Science
Expeditions
Alps
Contents
PART I -- I. Introduction -- II. The evolution of our knowledge of water and ice -- III. The physical relationships of water and ice -- IV. The crystal structure of ice and snow -- V. Optical, thermal, and electrical properties of ice -- VI. Plasticity, viscosity, and elasticity of ice -- VII. Artificial ice production, river and ground ice, arctic and antarctic ice -- PART II -- VIII. The Alps, the ice and snow mountains of central Europe and their call -- IX. Nature and geological character of the Alps -- X. Situations of the ranges, peaks, and glaciers of the Alps -- XI. Snow-caps and glaciers and their movements -- XII. Crevasses, bergschrunds, and seracs ; dirt-bands and veins ; moraines and glacier lakes -- XIII. How the great summits have been conquered -- PART III -- XIV. Expeditions in the Bernese Oberland -- XV. Expeditions in the Pennine Alps, Monte Rosa -- Matterhorn section -- XVI. Expeditions in the Pennine Alps. Zinai, ferpecle and arolla section -- XVII. Expeditions in the chain of Mont Blanc -- XVIII. The ascent of Mont Blanc. Scientific work on the mountain -- XIX. Expeditions in the Graian and Dauphine Alps -- XX. Expeditions in the Bernina Alps and ortler group.
Accession Number
2023.47
Call Number
03 T89t
Collection
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The golden grindstone : the adventures of George M. Mitchell

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1935
Publisher
Toronto : Oxford University Press, Canadian Branch
Call Number
08.2 G76g
Responsibility
Recorded by Angus Graham
Publisher
Toronto : Oxford University Press, Canadian Branch
Published Date
1935
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Exploration
Pioneer life
Travel
Indigenous
Indigenous People
Colonialism
Contents
I. The general idea -- II. The geographical problem -- III. The immigrant train -- IV. Edmonton -- V. Athbasca landing -- VI. The Athabasca River -- VII. Grand rapids -- VIII. The Slave River -- IX. Great Slave Lake -- X. Fort Simpson -- XI. The Mackenzie River -- XII. Fort McPherson --XIII. The Eskimo -- XIV. The first traffic with the Indians -- XV. The Peel River -- The upper Peel River and the valley of noises -- XVII. Gold -- XVIII. The winter camp -- XIX. Prospecting and exploration -- XX. Bears and wolves -- XXI. The winter night -- XXII. The Indians' visit -- XXIII. Dogs -- XXIV. The broken knee -- XXV. The last of the white men -- XXVI. The Indian Camp -- XXVI. The Indian Camp -- XXVII. Caribou -- XXVIII. The old lady -- XXIX. Famine and riot -- XXX. Mitchell becomes an Indian -- XXXI. An Indian "Veillee" -- XXXII. Women -- XXXIII. The closest shave of all -- XXXIV. The skin boats -- XXXV. Summer hunting -- XXXVI. Mitchell remains an Indian -- XXXVII. The last of the Indians.
Accession Number
2023.47
Call Number
08.2 G76g
Collection
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Adventures of an alpine guide

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1932
Author
Klucker, Christian
Publisher
London : John Murray
Edition
1st (English)
Call Number
01.2 K71a
Author
Klucker, Christian
Responsibility
Translation by Erwin and Pleasaunce Von Gaisberg. Edited with additional chapters by H. E. G. Tyndale
Edition
1st (English)
Publisher
London : John Murray
Published Date
1932
Physical Description
329 pages
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Guide
Klucker, Christian
Alps
Whymper, Edward
Canadian Rockies
Mont Blanc
Mountaineering
Accession Number
2023.47
Call Number
01.2 K71a
Collection
Archives Library
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Date
1963
Material
fabric; fibre
Catalogue Number
103.09.0173
Description
“BANFF 1963 CANADIAN JUNIOR SKI CHAMPIONSHIPS”; Blue white and red embroidery on a white base. Mountains in background and a red flag with blue outline with “Banff” (in white) on it flapping in the wind, attached to a red ski pole. Along the bottom in all capitals reads”CANADIAN JUNIOR SKI CHAMPION…
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Title
Athletic Patch
Date
1963
Material
fabric; fibre
Dimensions
5.1 x 8.4 cm
Description
“BANFF 1963 CANADIAN JUNIOR SKI CHAMPIONSHIPS”; Blue white and red embroidery on a white base. Mountains in background and a red flag with blue outline with “Banff” (in white) on it flapping in the wind, attached to a red ski pole. Along the bottom in all capitals reads”CANADIAN JUNIOR SKI CHAMPIONSHIPS” in black. A light blue outline along the entirety of the patch.
Subject
Banff
ski
1963
mountains
patch
embroidery
ski championship
Credit
Gift of Elmer Charlton, Banff, 2008
Catalogue Number
103.09.0173
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Date
1933 – 1937
Material
metal; wood; plastic
Catalogue Number
103.09.0395 a-e
Description
A collection of 5 golf trophies from the Banff Springs Golf Course. a) Cast silver figure of a man swinging a golf club, on a brass and black plastic round base. Base has plate that is engraved “BIRKS TROPHY B.S.G.C. ANNUAL CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP WINNER L.S. CROSBY 1937”. Underneath base is a brass labe…
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Title
Trophy
Date
1933 – 1937
Material
metal; wood; plastic
Dimensions
27.0 x 12.0 cm
Description
A collection of 5 golf trophies from the Banff Springs Golf Course. a) Cast silver figure of a man swinging a golf club, on a brass and black plastic round base. Base has plate that is engraved “BIRKS TROPHY B.S.G.C. ANNUAL CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP WINNER L.S. CROSBY 1937”. Underneath base is a brass label that reads “WALLACE TROPHY” and “651PB”. 27.0 cm x 12.0 cm x 12.0 cm.b) Cast silver figure of a man swinging a golf club (smaller version of a) on a gold base set atop a rectangular column base of black plastic. Metal plaque engraved with “BIRKS TROPHY B.S.G.C. ANNUAL CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP WINNER L.S. CROSBY 1936” attached to base. Underneath base is a brass label that reads “WALLACE TROPHY” and “V557”. 22.5 cm x 10.0 cm x 8.0 cm.c) Thin silver plated cup with large squared off handles atop a black metal base. Sup is engraved with “BANFF SPRINGS HOTEL Annual Golf Tournament *1936* 18 HOLE MEDAL PLAY - MEN - L.S. CROSBY”. Under base at bottom is a yellow and white paper label that reads “A PRODUCT OF THE BENNEDICT-PROCTOR MGF. CO. TRENTON ONT. AND “862” written in pencil below. d) Wide silver cup with thin stem and two curved handles. Flat lid with point in centre fits on top of cup. Cup is engraved with “B.S.G.C. BREWERY TROPHY *1935* WINNER L.S. CROSBY”. Cup sits atop a black wooden base. On the base of the silver cup is an elephant hallmark along with “C.J.A. MADE IN ENGLAND”. 22.0 cm x 18.0 cm x 12.0 cm. e) Squat silver cup with large curled handles that arch over the cup. Cup is engraved with “THE PRISCILLA HAMMOND MEMORIAL TROPHY” “Banff Springs Golf Club LADIES CHAMPIONSHIP ANNUAL COMPETITION WON BY Marion Crosby *1933*” Stamped underneath cup is a sphinx hallmark. Cup sits on a wide brown wooden base. 14.5 cm x 17.0 cm x 5.0 cm.
Subject
Banff
golfing
Banff Springs
competition
Crosby
Credit
Gift of Evelyn Crosby, Banff, 1974
Catalogue Number
103.09.0395 a-e
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Date
1930 – 1960
Material
metal; nickel silver;
Catalogue Number
104.20.1299 a-i
Description
Mostly matching set of nickel silver dining flatware consisting of four forks, two knives [one of which does not match the rest], and three spoons - one is smaller than the other two. The set features decorations of flowers throughout the handles; two bunched together at the end, one in the middle,…
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Title
Dining Flatware
Date
1930 – 1960
Material
metal; nickel silver;
Dimensions
2.1 x 3.6 x 17.6 cm
Description
Mostly matching set of nickel silver dining flatware consisting of four forks, two knives [one of which does not match the rest], and three spoons - one is smaller than the other two. The set features decorations of flowers throughout the handles; two bunched together at the end, one in the middle, and one just below the head with thin decorative lines between them. The one knife that doesn’t match the others has a decorative border around the mostly square handle with scrolls and flowers in the middle - it has a maker’s mark stamped on the blade that looks like “CVO STAINLESS.” Every piece of the set has “ROGERS NICKEL SILVER” stamped on the backs - no information found online.
Subject
dining utensils
utensils
fork
knife
spoon
dining
Credit
Gift of Bill Mather, Edmonton, 1991
Catalogue Number
104.20.1299 a-i
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Date
1960 – 1970
Material
plastic; metal;
Catalogue Number
104.41.0121
Description
A black plastic double lens reflex Bedford Flex camera. The camera takes 4x4 exposures but due to its poor quality was not considered a real twin lens reflex camera by many professional photographers - it would be better suited for amateurs or as a toy. The camera has the pop-open top viewfinder, t…
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Title
Toy Camera
Date
1960 – 1970
Material
plastic; metal;
Dimensions
11.0 x 7.5 x 7.5 cm
Description
A black plastic double lens reflex Bedford Flex camera. The camera takes 4x4 exposures but due to its poor quality was not considered a real twin lens reflex camera by many professional photographers - it would be better suited for amateurs or as a toy. The camera has the pop-open top viewfinder, two front-facing lenses with a black rubber lens cap, and a plastic carry strap attached to two metal brackets on either side of the camera.
Subject
Nicholas Morant
photography
camera
toy camera
Credit
Gift of Nicholas Morant, Banff, 2006
Catalogue Number
104.41.0121
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Date
prior to 1980
Material
plastic; metal; paper
Catalogue Number
104.41.0223
Description
A black plastic 35mm film loader with orange knobs and cranks. It is tear dropped shaped. On one side of the loader is an orange crank and on the other side is multiple parts. There is an orange knob that turns, an orange latch that twists back and forward to lock the bottom of the film loader in p…
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Title
Loader Film
Date
prior to 1980
Material
plastic; metal; paper
Dimensions
11.1 x 8.1 x 17.6 cm
Description
A black plastic 35mm film loader with orange knobs and cranks. It is tear dropped shaped. On one side of the loader is an orange crank and on the other side is multiple parts. There is an orange knob that turns, an orange latch that twists back and forward to lock the bottom of the film loader in place, an orange knob with numbers from 0 to 35 (in increments of 5), cut into the side is a window to a dial with white numbers on black text, there is a larger orange knob which twists that features orange text reads “OPEN ONLY TO REPLACE BULK FILM”, and and another black flat circle that twists with black text that reads “TO INSERT CASSETTE”, two solid triangles pointed up, and “TO LOAD FILM”. On the bottom of the where the film canister is loaded is a box with text inside, it reads “COMPUTROL 35 mm film loader RESTEM Ltd. T.A. Made in Israel”. There is an instruction manual with the film loader which features lots of text, sketches of the loader, and diagrams of use.
Subject
film photography
photography accessories
35mm film
Computrol
photography
Credit
Gift of L. A. E Duncan, Calgary, 1980
Catalogue Number
104.41.0223
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