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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.
Subject
parks
Bow Lake
Lake Louise
Mosquito Creek
Jimmy Simpson
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.
Subject
Jimmy Simpson
crafts
metalwork
smithing
sports riding
packing and guiding
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.
Subject
households
decorative
Lorna Oliver
Jimmy Simpson Jr.
Credit
Gift of James (Jr.) Simpson, Rocky Mountain House, 2001
Catalogue Number
107.01.1020
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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.
Subject
households
hobbies
miniatures
model making
Jimmy Simpson
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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