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The epic of Mount Everest
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue3260
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1926
- Author
- Younghusband, Sir Francis Edward
- Publisher
- London : E. Arnold
- Call Number
- 01.1 Y8
- Publisher
- London : E. Arnold
- Published Date
- 1926
- Physical Description
- 319p. : front., ill., maps, plates, ports., 22cm
- Accession Number
- 482
- Call Number
- 01.1 Y8
- Collection
- Archives Library
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- Date
- n.d.
- Material
- stone; mineral
- Catalogue Number
- 112.03.0008 a-i
- Description
- A collection of nine rocks. 2 crystallized rocks: a) 19cm x 10cm x 6 cm - white, quartz-like, sharp-edged with yellow-brown dirt in crevices; covered with large clear hexagonal crystal prisms which are very pronounced and clustered on one face. b) 19cm x 12cm x 5cm - quartz like (calcite on dolomit…
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- Collection Rock
- Date
- n.d.
- Material
- stone; mineral
- Description
- A collection of nine rocks. 2 crystallized rocks: a) 19cm x 10cm x 6 cm - white, quartz-like, sharp-edged with yellow-brown dirt in crevices; covered with large clear hexagonal crystal prisms which are very pronounced and clustered on one face. b) 19cm x 12cm x 5cm - quartz like (calcite on dolomite?), with yellow and dark grey lichen covering small clear crystals on one side; other side has small hollow filled with crystals 1 iron pyrite: c) 5cm x 4 cm x 1cm - small, flat, quartz-like surface exposed between large patches of sparkly yellow ‘fool’s gold’. 3 quartz-like: d) 11cm x 9cm x 6cm - large, naturally rounded cobble of hard white quartz veined with orangee) 22cm x 9cm x 7cm - large, jagged greenish-white; talc-like with greyish-white colouring evident in middle; very soft becoming vey hard and shiny in places (marble?)f) 6.5cm x 5cm x 2cm - small, sharp-edged, white; soft (talc?) with small scratched grooves on top. 1 sedimentary concretion:g) 13cm x 5 cm x 2cm - flat, light grey, smooth (natural clay?) concreting shaped like elongated, open-mouthed rabbit complete with front paws and tail; layers of sedimentation can be seen on one side. 2 sliced rocks: h) 13 cm x 9cm x 4cm - roughly triangular shape; banded around on sliced, flat, cut and polished surface with grey and orange stripesi) 7cm x 3.5 cm x 7cm - deep green flare rectangular lice of rock smoothly polished on flat surfaces and slightly marbled.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 112.03.0008 a-i
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Original, Copy, and Duplicate Negatives and Positives
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- Part Of
- Byron Harmon fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 7 b&w negatives.. The negatives pertain to various scenic views in and around Banff, Yoho, Glacier, Jasper National Parks, and along the line of the Canadian Pacific Railway. File consists of composite negatives.
- Date Range
- [ca. 1907 to ca.1975]
- Reference Code
- V263 / II / D / 1 / NA - 957 to 963
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Part Of
- Byron Harmon fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Series
- V263 / II / D / 1: Original, Copy, and Duplicate Negatives and Positives
- Reference Code
- V263 / II / D / 1 / NA - 957 to 963
- Date Range
- [ca. 1907 to ca.1975]
- Physical Description
- Negatives: 7 b&w
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 7 b&w negatives.. The negatives pertain to various scenic views in and around Banff, Yoho, Glacier, Jasper National Parks, and along the line of the Canadian Pacific Railway. File consists of composite negatives.
- Subject Access
- Mountains
- Glaciers
- Landscapes
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Content Details
- V263/II/D/1/NA - 957 [Cascade Mountain and Banff Avenue from Administration grounds; Rundle Mountain, Tunnel Mountain, and Vermilion Lakes; Banff Springs Hotel, Banff Springs Golf Course, and Fairholme; Moraine Lake and the Valley of the Ten Peaks; Lake Louise, Mount Lefroy, and Victoria Glacier; Chateau Lake Louise; Great Divide Monument. Frames numbered one through eight. Black and white composite negative. 30cm x 25cm] V263/II/D/1/NA - 958 [Albert Canyon; Canadian Pacific Railway train below Mount Stephen; unidentified canyon; Hell’s gate in Fraser Canyon; Mount Robson from the east; Canadian Pacific Railway train crossing Stoney Creek Bridge; Spiral Tunnels. Black and white composite negative. 29.5cm x 25cm. Parts of negative have been taped together with adhesive tape and some apertures have been removed.] V263/II/D/1/NA - 959 [Chateau Lake Louise; Tipi on Bow Lake; Lake Louise and Victoria Glacier; Moraine Lake and Valley of the Ten Peaks; Mount Lefroy, the Beehive, Lake Agnes; Mount Temple; Lake Louise, Victoria Glacier, and poppies; Mount Quadra and Consolation Lake. Captions on negative: Chateau Lake Louise; Bow Lake; Lake Louise; Moraine Lake; Lakes in the Clouds; MT Temple; Lake Louise; Consolation Lake. Black and white composite negative. 30cm x 25cm. Adhesive tape around edge of negative. One aperture has been adhered to sheet with adhesive tape.] V263/II/D/1/NA - 960 [Banff Springs Hotel and Royal Canadian Mounted Policeman; Three Sisters; Cascade Mountain, Cascades of Time reflection pool, and Banff avenue; Bow Falls; Mount Rundle and Vermilion Lakes; Boat on Lake Minnewanka; Cave and Basin pool; Banff Springs Golf course and Fairholme Range. Captions on negative: Banff Springs Hotel; Three Sisters; Cascade Mountain; Bow Falls; MT Rundle; Lake Minnewanka; Government Bath; Bow Valley. Black and white composite negative. 30cm x 25cm. Adhesive tape around edge of negative.] V263/II/D/1/NA - 961 [Crowfoot Glacier; Peyto Glacier; Bow Glacier; Lodge at Athabasca Glacier; Mount Athabasca and Athabasca Glacier; figure standing in front of terminus of glacier; Athabasca Falls. Captions on negative: Crowfoot Glacier; Peyto Glacier from Louise-Jasper Highway; Bow Glacier, Bow Lake; MT Athabaska and Glacier Ice Fields Highway; MT Chephren, Louise-Jasper Highway. Black and white composite negative. 30cm x 25cm] V263/II/D/1/NA - 962 [Cave and Basin; Canadian Pacific Railway train near Lake Louise; Canadian Pacific Railway train at Lower Spiral Tunnels; train below Cathedral Mountain; railway tracks in Kicking Horse Canyon; train crossing the Stoney Creek Bridge; Banff Springs Hotel and Sulphur Mountain. Captions on negative: 40. Government Bath. Bath; 1083. Near Lake Louise; 8085. Lower Spiral Tunnels; 1082. Cathedral Mountain Near Field; 762. Kicking Horse Canyon; Lower Spiral Tunnel, Field; 238. Stoney Creek Bridge; Banff Springs Hotel. Black and white composite negative. 22cm x 31cm. Adhesive tape around edge of negative. Composite composed of eight negatives adhered together using adhesive tape.] V263/II/D/1/NA - 963 [Great Divide Monument; Cascade Mountain and Cascades of time reflecting pool; Rundle Mountain and Vermilion Lakes; Banff Springs Golf Course and Fairholme Range; Canadian Pacific Railway Train below Mount Stephen; Albert Canyon, town of Banff and Goat Mountain; Castle Mountain. Captions on negative: 926. Cascade MTN Reflection Pool; MT Rundle. Banff; Bow Valley; 1081. Mount Stephen Field B.C.; Albert Canyon. B.C.; 51. Banff and Goat MTN; MT Eisenhower. Black and white composite negative. 22cm x 30.5cm. Adhesive tape around edge of negative. Composite composed of eight negatives adhered together using adhesive tape.]
- Processing Status
- Processed
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