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- Date
- 1890 – 1950
- Material
- glass; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 104.30.1003
- Description
- Small pocket watch-style barometer marked “RAIN CHANGE FAIR COMPENSATED SHORT & MASON LTD LONDON.” The round gauge is marked for elevation as well as pressure and can also be used as an altimeter.
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- Title
- Barometer
- Date
- 1890 – 1950
- Material
- glass; metal
- Description
- Small pocket watch-style barometer marked “RAIN CHANGE FAIR COMPENSATED SHORT & MASON LTD LONDON.” The round gauge is marked for elevation as well as pressure and can also be used as an altimeter.
- Subject
- sports
- climbing
- Alpine Club of Canada
- Credit
- Gift of Jean L. Macqueen, Victoria, 1988
- Catalogue Number
- 104.30.1003
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Climbing Equipment
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact108.04.1113
- Date
- 1950 – 1980
- Material
- metal
- Catalogue Number
- 108.04.1113
- Description
- Nine pieces of climbing equipment - carabiners, pitons, rappel ring and ice screws - attached together.
- Title
- Climbing Equipment
- Date
- 1950 – 1980
- Material
- metal
- Description
- Nine pieces of climbing equipment - carabiners, pitons, rappel ring and ice screws - attached together.
- Credit
- Gift of Alpine Club of Canada, Canmore, 1985
- Catalogue Number
- 108.04.1113
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Commemorative Piton
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact108.04.1156
- Date
- n.d.
- Material
- metal
- Catalogue Number
- 108.04.1156
- Description
- A metal piton with two pins glued on, the top the gold-coloured embossed Chateau Lake Louise Hotel, printed underneath “CHATEAU LAKE LOUISE”; the bottom is a copper-coloured ACC pin with its logo: an embossed rope around the rim, a ram’s head on top, an enamel, green, grey and white shield in the …
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- Title
- Commemorative Piton
- Date
- n.d.
- Material
- metal
- Dimensions
- 3.0 x 2.2 x 8.8 cm
- Description
- A metal piton with two pins glued on, the top the gold-coloured embossed Chateau Lake Louise Hotel, printed underneath “CHATEAU LAKE LOUISE”; the bottom is a copper-coloured ACC pin with its logo: an embossed rope around the rim, a ram’s head on top, an enamel, green, grey and white shield in the middle with two crossed ice axes behind, a coiled rope under that, and raised lettering “THE ALPINE CLUB OF CANADA” arced around the bottom. On one side, in raised lettering, “LOST “, a diamond shape in the middle, and then “ARROW”; on the side “ITALY”.
- Credit
- Gift of Alpine Club of Canada, Canmore, 1992
- Catalogue Number
- 108.04.1156
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- Date
- 1925 – 1955
- Material
- metal, silver; enamel
- Catalogue Number
- 103.09.0035
- Description
- An oval-shaped, sterling silver, pin with a vertically striped enamelled shield of green, light blue and white at the centre. There is a relief of a ram's head, in silver, over the shield and a silver banner beneath reading “The Alpine Club of Canada”.
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- Title
- Fraternal Pin
- Date
- 1925 – 1955
- Material
- metal, silver; enamel
- Dimensions
- 2.5 x 2.0 cm
- Description
- An oval-shaped, sterling silver, pin with a vertically striped enamelled shield of green, light blue and white at the centre. There is a relief of a ram's head, in silver, over the shield and a silver banner beneath reading “The Alpine Club of Canada”.
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.09.0035
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- Date
- 1930 – 1935
- Material
- fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 103.05.1077
- Description
- Attached hood, windproof khaki explorers cloth, hood and shoulder area waxed to make it waterproof, straps with metal buckles at wrists, 20.0 cm zipper at neckline with windguard inside, drawstring around face of hood, zippered slanting pockets on each side of chest, front has double material excep…
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- Title
- Hooded Parka
- Date
- 1930 – 1935
- Material
- fibre
- Dimensions
- 64.0 x 185.0 cm
- Description
- Attached hood, windproof khaki explorers cloth, hood and shoulder area waxed to make it waterproof, straps with metal buckles at wrists, 20.0 cm zipper at neckline with windguard inside, drawstring around face of hood, zippered slanting pockets on each side of chest, front has double material except for bottom 10.0 cm, double material forms kangaroo pocket opening inside. Label reads: "Explorer's Cloth J. Mandleberg & Co. Ltd. London & Manchester England for The Woods Manufacturing Co. Ltd. Ottawa Canada"
- Credit
- Gift of Bob and Marjory Hind, Calgary, 1990
- Catalogue Number
- 103.05.1077
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- Date
- 1945 – 1985
- Material
- wood; metal; rubber; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 108.04.1096 a,b
- Description
- Pair of ice axes, wooden shafts, steel tips and heads. Heads are covered with leather, tips with rubber. Each also has a wrist strap.
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- Title
- Ice Ax
- Date
- 1945 – 1985
- Material
- wood; metal; rubber; fibre
- Description
- Pair of ice axes, wooden shafts, steel tips and heads. Heads are covered with leather, tips with rubber. Each also has a wrist strap.
- Subject
- sports
- Alpine Club of Canada
- climbing
- hiking
- Credit
- Gift of Pam Turpin, Montreal, 1995
- Catalogue Number
- 108.04.1096 a,b
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- Date
- 1913 – 1920
- Material
- wood; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 108.04.1106
- Description
- Long wooden handled ice axe with metal axe head and tip. Engraved into one side of handle near head: "J.L. McCulloch" and on other side: "J.L.McC 1P13"
- Title
- Ice Ax
- Date
- 1913 – 1920
- Material
- wood; metal
- Dimensions
- 105.0 cm
- Description
- Long wooden handled ice axe with metal axe head and tip. Engraved into one side of handle near head: "J.L. McCulloch" and on other side: "J.L.McC 1P13"
- Credit
- Gift of Alistair Wallace, Waterloo, 1997
- Catalogue Number
- 108.04.1106
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- Date
- 1907
- Material
- wood; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 108.04.1107
- Description
- Long, heavy wooden handle with steel head and tip. Stamped on head "J.P.FORDE 1907" also manufacturer's logo and "G891"
- Title
- Ice Ax
- Date
- 1907
- Material
- wood; metal
- Dimensions
- 112.0 cm
- Description
- Long, heavy wooden handle with steel head and tip. Stamped on head "J.P.FORDE 1907" also manufacturer's logo and "G891"
- Credit
- Gift of Iona Clark, Calgary, 1997
- Catalogue Number
- 108.04.1107
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- Date
- 1900 – 1930
- Material
- wood; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 108.04.1028 a-i
- Description
- Various woods and axe heads, some with name plates. (a) 96.0x27.0, A.O. Wheeler (b) 103.8x28.5, Mrs. Arthur O. Wheeler (c) 99.0x26.9 Benjamin Frank Seaver A.C.C. (d) 95.7x28.8 A.H. MacC (e) 95.8x23.4 H.E. Sampson (f) 110.7x30.5 GHR Kaufman (g) 114.5x26.0 C.E.F. (h) 91.5x25.0 C.P.R. (i) 85.5x26.7 A…
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- Title
- Ice Ax
- Date
- 1900 – 1930
- Material
- wood; metal
- Description
- Various woods and axe heads, some with name plates. (a) 96.0x27.0, A.O. Wheeler (b) 103.8x28.5, Mrs. Arthur O. Wheeler (c) 99.0x26.9 Benjamin Frank Seaver A.C.C. (d) 95.7x28.8 A.H. MacC (e) 95.8x23.4 H.E. Sampson (f) 110.7x30.5 GHR Kaufman (g) 114.5x26.0 C.E.F. (h) 91.5x25.0 C.P.R. (i) 85.5x26.7 Arthur Beale.
- Credit
- Gift of Alpine Club of Canada, Canmore, 1973
- Catalogue Number
- 108.04.1028 a-i
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- Date
- 1950 – 1960
- Material
- metal; rubber
- Catalogue Number
- 108.04.1115
- Description
- Metal ice piton with rubber end. Note attached: “BERNAYS ICE PITON. MADE BY DAVID BERNAYS (AAC, HMC) CA. 1955 FROM STAINLESS STEEL. MADE AT MASSACHUSETTS INST. OF TECHNOLOGY. DONATED BY EARLE R. WHIPPLE.”
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- Title
- Ice Piton
- Date
- 1950 – 1960
- Material
- metal; rubber
- Description
- Metal ice piton with rubber end. Note attached: “BERNAYS ICE PITON. MADE BY DAVID BERNAYS (AAC, HMC) CA. 1955 FROM STAINLESS STEEL. MADE AT MASSACHUSETTS INST. OF TECHNOLOGY. DONATED BY EARLE R. WHIPPLE.”
- Subject
- Alpine Club of Canada
- American Alpine Club
- Earle Whipple
- David Bernays
- sports
- climbing
- mountaineering
- Credit
- Gift of Alpine Club of Canada, Canmore, 1985
- Catalogue Number
- 108.04.1115
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