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- Date
- prior to 1970
- Material
- skin; plastic; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 104.44.1004
- Description
- Light brown folding leather case, insides have plastic covers. Long narrow leather strap
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- Title
- Map Case
- Date
- prior to 1970
- Material
- skin; plastic; metal
- Description
- Light brown folding leather case, insides have plastic covers. Long narrow leather strap
- Subject
- exploration
- surveying
- Credit
- Gift of Fred Brewster, Banff, 1970
- Catalogue Number
- 104.44.1004
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Map Drawing Book For Use in Public Schools
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactwyp.03.584
- Date
- c. 1914
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.584
- Description
- Peter Whyte’s Map Drawing sketchbook, likely an exercise book for school, with a printed cover page and map drawings inside. Cover page reads: MAP DRAWING BOOK [across top]; FOR USE IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS/ THE COPP, CLARK CO., LIMITED, TORONTO [across bottom] Inside, pencil drawings include: the Gul…
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- Title
- Map Drawing Book For Use in Public Schools
- Date
- c. 1914
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 24.9 x 31.0 cm
- Description
- Peter Whyte’s Map Drawing sketchbook, likely an exercise book for school, with a printed cover page and map drawings inside. Cover page reads: MAP DRAWING BOOK [across top]; FOR USE IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS/ THE COPP, CLARK CO., LIMITED, TORONTO [across bottom] Inside, pencil drawings include: the Gulf of St. Lawrence, the Philippine Islands, Asia and the Middle East, and Africa.
- Subject
- world
- map
- globe
- geography
- cartography
- Asia
- Middle East
- Africa
- Philippine Islands
- Gulf of St. Lawrence
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.584
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Map Measure Gauge
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact104.44.1003
- Date
- prior to 1970
- Material
- metal; glass; paper
- Catalogue Number
- 104.44.1003
- Description
- 3.5 dia. scale in inches and centimetres with thin metal dial. The case extends to a small rolling disc, handle is 7.2 cm long. On face "Made in Switzerland" on back "Keuffel & Esser Co. Switzerland". Paper case with lid has printed instructions for use on one side.
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- Title
- Map Measure Gauge
- Date
- prior to 1970
- Material
- metal; glass; paper
- Dimensions
- 12.0 cm
- Description
- 3.5 dia. scale in inches and centimetres with thin metal dial. The case extends to a small rolling disc, handle is 7.2 cm long. On face "Made in Switzerland" on back "Keuffel & Esser Co. Switzerland". Paper case with lid has printed instructions for use on one side.
- Subject
- exploration
- surveying
- Credit
- Gift of Unknown, 1968
- Catalogue Number
- 104.44.1003
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Province of Alberta Heritage Map
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifacttuj.04.01
- Date
- 1980
- Medium
- print on paper
- Catalogue Number
- TuJ.04.01
- Description
- Off-white coloured map of alberta with blue bodies of water, green mppuntain rangte, and coloured drawings of animals, points of interest, and people. Brown background around map with blue ribbons and portraits of significant people, including Queen Elizabeth II at top. The Alberta coat of arms is …
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- Title
- Province of Alberta Heritage Map
- Date
- 1980
- Medium
- print on paper
- Dimensions
- 91.0 x 96.0 cm
- Description
- Off-white coloured map of alberta with blue bodies of water, green mppuntain rangte, and coloured drawings of animals, points of interest, and people. Brown background around map with blue ribbons and portraits of significant people, including Queen Elizabeth II at top. The Alberta coat of arms is at bottom left with “1905” “1980” “PROVINCE OF ALBERTA HERITAGE MAP COMMISSIONED BY Alberta Historical Resources Foundation” Signed J.D. TURNER bottom right. In thin brass frame with glass.
- Credit
- Gift of John Davenall Turner (Estate), 2020
- Catalogue Number
- TuJ.04.01
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Topographical Map
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact105.02.1045
- Date
- 1984
- Material
- plastic
- Catalogue Number
- 105.02.1045
- Description
- Molded plastic map of Banff area. Mountains, lakes and rivers represented quite realistically, showing roads, trails, railway track, townsite, etc. Black lettering naming locations, peaks, etc. Top left corner 9.0 x 6.1 yellow flat surface with legend, top right corner 9.9 x 6.8, yellow flat surfa…
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- Title
- Topographical Map
- Date
- 1984
- Material
- plastic
- Dimensions
- 22.0 x 30.0 cm
- Description
- Molded plastic map of Banff area. Mountains, lakes and rivers represented quite realistically, showing roads, trails, railway track, townsite, etc. Black lettering naming locations, peaks, etc. Top left corner 9.0 x 6.1 yellow flat surface with legend, top right corner 9.9 x 6.8, yellow flat surface with "Banff in the heart of the Canadian Rockies Sulphur Mountain Gondola Lift Skyway to Banff's Top View" with drawings of 2 gondolas.
- Credit
- Gift of Jon Whyte, Banff, 1984
- Catalogue Number
- 105.02.1045
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Topographical Map
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact105.02.1181
- Date
- n.d.
- Material
- plastic; paint;
- Catalogue Number
- 105.02.1181
- Description
- The topographical relief map details in colour Banff and the surrounding area, including all waterways, mountain ranges and individual mountains. On the top viewer left corner there is a yellow legend that reads “LEGEND” (underlined); “CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY”; “HIGHWAYS PUBLIC ROADS”; “FIRE ROADS…
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- Title
- Topographical Map
- Date
- n.d.
- Material
- plastic; paint;
- Dimensions
- 2.0 x 22.0 x 30.0 cm
- Description
- The topographical relief map details in colour Banff and the surrounding area, including all waterways, mountain ranges and individual mountains. On the top viewer left corner there is a yellow legend that reads “LEGEND” (underlined); “CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY”; “HIGHWAYS PUBLIC ROADS”; “FIRE ROADS NOT OPEN TO PUBLIC”; “TRAILS” (with a compass next to it); “ELEVATION IN FEET ABOVE SEA LEVEL”; “GONDOLA LIFT”; and “SCALE: 1 Inch to 3 Miles” (underneath this there is a bar scale). To the viewer left of each of the traits is the corresponding symbol indicated on the map. Perpendicular to the legend (on the viewer left) the words, “COPYRIGHT RICO FIRENZE MADE IN ITALY BREVETTO No 558142”. On the top viewer right there is another yellow box of information that reads, “BANFF”; “IN THE HEART OF THE CANADIAN ROCKIES”; a line break separates the following information: “SULPHUR MOUNTAIN” “GONDOLA LIFT” “SKYWAY TO BANFF’S TOP VIEW”. There is also a pictographic depiction of the gondola at Sulphur Mountain.
- Credit
- Gift of Nicholas Morant, Banff, 2006
- Catalogue Number
- 105.02.1181
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