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Directional Sign
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- Date
- 1938 – 1948
- Material
- wood
- Catalogue Number
- 105.05.1003
- Description
- Direction sign: Bow Lake -- Lake Louise. Weathered wooden sign, carved letters "BOW LAKE" with 2 arrows point to the right, "LAKE LOUISE" with 2 arrows pointing to the left.
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- Title
- Directional Sign
- Date
- 1938 – 1948
- Material
- wood
- Dimensions
- 51.5 cm
- Description
- Direction sign: Bow Lake -- Lake Louise. Weathered wooden sign, carved letters "BOW LAKE" with 2 arrows point to the right, "LAKE LOUISE" with 2 arrows pointing to the left.
- Credit
- Gift of J. Monroe Thorington, Philadelphia, USA, 1969
- Catalogue Number
- 105.05.1003
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- Date
- 1890 – 1905
- Material
- skin; hair; metal; wood
- Catalogue Number
- 106.06.1034
- Description
- Jimmy Simpson's leather riding saddle. High "A" shaped tree, half open seat, high, flat cantel. Outside rigging, loops over horn and laced to rings. Stirrup straps loop over tree on seat, brass rivets. Square skirting. Maker's stamp "Great West Saddlery Co. Calgary, NWT" on both fenders. Ram'…
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- Title
- Horse Saddle
- Date
- 1890 – 1905
- Material
- skin; hair; metal; wood
- Dimensions
- 51.0 x 33.0 x 74.0 cm
- Description
- Jimmy Simpson's leather riding saddle. High "A" shaped tree, half open seat, high, flat cantel. Outside rigging, loops over horn and laced to rings. Stirrup straps loop over tree on seat, brass rivets. Square skirting. Maker's stamp "Great West Saddlery Co. Calgary, NWT" on both fenders. Ram's head carved and stamped on back of cantel and stamped twice on rigging leather on fork. Brass covered wooden stirrups. Sheepskin underpadding.
- Subject
- Jimmy Simpson
- packers and guides
- Credit
- Gift of James (Sr.) Simpson, 1968
- Catalogue Number
- 106.06.1034
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- Date
- 1900 – 1950
- Material
- metal; skin
- Catalogue Number
- 106.06.1068
- Description
- A brown metal spur with silver metal decoration and a spoked rowel.
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- Title
- Spur
- Date
- 1900 – 1950
- Material
- metal; skin
- Description
- A brown metal spur with silver metal decoration and a spoked rowel.
- Credit
- Gift of James (Sr.) Simpson, 1968
- Catalogue Number
- 106.06.1068
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- Date
- 1920 – 1950
- Material
- mineral, jade; wood
- Catalogue Number
- 107.01.1020
- Description
- One carved Chinese jade bowl, on carved wooden stand. Bottom of stand stamped “CHINA” and stamped with Chinese characters.
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- Title
- Carved Bowl
- Date
- 1920 – 1950
- Material
- mineral, jade; wood
- Dimensions
- 16.0 x 22.0 x 26.0 cm
- Description
- One carved Chinese jade bowl, on carved wooden stand. Bottom of stand stamped “CHINA” and stamped with Chinese characters.
- Credit
- Gift of James (Jr.) Simpson, Rocky Mountain House, 2001
- Catalogue Number
- 107.01.1020
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Ship-In-A-Bottle
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- Date
- 1920 – 1950
- Material
- glass; fibre; wood; paint
- Catalogue Number
- 107.02.1009 a,b
- Description
- (a) Sailing ship “Marie” flying an American flag in water in front of colourful houses and a church. (b)The bottle sits on a wooden stand. The stand has two broken arms.
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- Title
- Ship-In-A-Bottle
- Date
- 1920 – 1950
- Material
- glass; fibre; wood; paint
- Description
- (a) Sailing ship “Marie” flying an American flag in water in front of colourful houses and a church. (b)The bottle sits on a wooden stand. The stand has two broken arms.
- Credit
- Gift of James (Sr.) Simpson, 1968
- Catalogue Number
- 107.02.1009 a,b
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- Date
- 1910 – 1950
- Material
- skin; paint
- Catalogue Number
- 107.02.1012
- Description
- Mountain landscape on fringed buckskin.
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- Title
- Hide Painting
- Date
- 1910 – 1950
- Material
- skin; paint
- Description
- Mountain landscape on fringed buckskin.
- Subject
- Jimmy Simpson
- art
- artists
- crafts
- leatherworking
- painting
- Credit
- Gift of James (Sr.) Simpson, 1968
- Catalogue Number
- 107.02.1012
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- Date
- 1910 – 1940
- Material
- mineral, talc
- Catalogue Number
- 107.02.1013
- Description
- Mountain scene on a flat piece of talc by Bill Peyto.
- Title
- Picture
- Date
- 1910 – 1940
- Material
- mineral, talc
- Description
- Mountain scene on a flat piece of talc by Bill Peyto.
- Subject
- art
- artists
- Bill Peyto
- Jimmy Simpson
- crafts
- carving
- drawing
- Credit
- Gift of James (Sr.) Simpson, 1968
- Catalogue Number
- 107.02.1013
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- Date
- 1920 – 1950
- Material
- wood
- Catalogue Number
- 107.02.1014 a-c
- Description
- Three hand-carved busts of light polished wood on dark brown turned bases.a) Man with cowboy hat. Bright pink markings on the bottom are illegible.b) Woman with long braids wrapped around her head. Bright pink markings on the bottom are barely legible “Hand carved by Augustine...”c) Young woman wi…
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- Title
- Bust
- Date
- 1920 – 1950
- Material
- wood
- Description
- Three hand-carved busts of light polished wood on dark brown turned bases.a) Man with cowboy hat. Bright pink markings on the bottom are illegible.b) Woman with long braids wrapped around her head. Bright pink markings on the bottom are barely legible “Hand carved by Augustine...”c) Young woman with long hair and a demure smile. The bottom of this bust is marked “Hand Carved by Augustin Oberdmeryani” in bright pink.
- Subject
- crafts
- woodworking
- carving
- art
- artists
- Augustin Oberdmeryani
- Jimmy Simpson
- Billie Simpson
- Mary Simpson
- Credit
- Gift of James (Sr.) Simpson, 1968
- Catalogue Number
- 107.02.1014 a-c
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- Date
- 1910 – 1940
- Material
- metal; skin; wood
- Catalogue Number
- 108.04.1073 a,b
- Description
- A pair of skate blades with screws to bind a boot to the blade. Each skate has a long metal blade attached to a wooden base. The base has a screwed on (four screws) metal plate on the heel with another screw tip in the centre coming out to attach the boot and screws and three slits in the wood, to…
- Title
- Ice Skates
- Date
- 1910 – 1940
- Material
- metal; skin; wood
- Dimensions
- 5.0 x 6.5 x 36.0 cm
- Description
- A pair of skate blades with screws to bind a boot to the blade. Each skate has a long metal blade attached to a wooden base. The base has a screwed on (four screws) metal plate on the heel with another screw tip in the centre coming out to attach the boot and screws and three slits in the wood, toe, instep and heel for leather straps. On (a) there are two straps; instep, a brown strap and heel, an off-white strap. On (b) there is one brown strap, instep. The metal blades are marked “UNION HARDWARE CO. THE DONOGHUE RACING SKATE TORRINGTON, CONN.”
- Subject
- sports
- skating
- Jimmy Simpson
- Credit
- Gift of James (Sr.) Simpson, 1968
- Catalogue Number
- 108.04.1073 a,b
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- Date
- 1920 – 1930
- Material
- metal; skin
- Catalogue Number
- 108.04.1112 a,b
- Description
- Black leather boot with 10 eyelets each side, long leather laces. Flat, laminated and tempered blades, screwed and rivetted onto sole of boot. Tag: "Jimmy Simpson Sr. skates"
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- Title
- Ice Skates
- Date
- 1920 – 1930
- Material
- metal; skin
- Dimensions
- 33.3 cm
- Description
- Black leather boot with 10 eyelets each side, long leather laces. Flat, laminated and tempered blades, screwed and rivetted onto sole of boot. Tag: "Jimmy Simpson Sr. skates"
- Subject
- sports
- winter
- skating
- Jimmy Simpson
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 108.04.1112 a,b
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