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- Date
- 1945 – 1950
- Material
- fibre ; wood; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.1021
- Description
- Trapper Nelson backpack, Jimmy Deegan's, wooden frame with 3 metal rings embedded each side and metal pieces on each end (1 missing), main sack is one piece construction with sewn inserts at sides. Sides have double canvas 48.0 x 5. with 3 grommets to correspond to pack rings, metal wire runs throu…
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- Title
- Backpack
- Date
- 1945 – 1950
- Material
- fibre ; wood; metal
- Description
- Trapper Nelson backpack, Jimmy Deegan's, wooden frame with 3 metal rings embedded each side and metal pieces on each end (1 missing), main sack is one piece construction with sewn inserts at sides. Sides have double canvas 48.0 x 5. with 3 grommets to correspond to pack rings, metal wire runs through rings to secure pack, large snap pocket on front, adjustable web and leather shoulder straps.
- Credit
- Gift of James Deegan, Banff, 1984
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.1021
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- Date
- 1886 – 1914
- Material
- ceramic
- Catalogue Number
- 101.02.1004 a
- Description
- Partial brick from Glacier House (a) whole bricks - dark red-brown with corners chipped off one end, impurities in clay (small rocks) cause cracks fracturing all surfaces anddistorting shape of brick somewhat extrusion grooves along length bits of sandy mortar on top, small patches of green moss o…
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- Title
- Brick
- Date
- 1886 – 1914
- Material
- ceramic
- Dimensions
- 6.8 x 10.7 x 12.5 cm
- Description
- Partial brick from Glacier House (a) whole bricks - dark red-brown with corners chipped off one end, impurities in clay (small rocks) cause cracks fracturing all surfaces anddistorting shape of brick somewhat extrusion grooves along length bits of sandy mortar on top, small patches of green moss on all other surfaces.
- Subject
- camps & lodges
- Glacier House
- Credit
- Gift of Ted J. Hart, Banff, 1983
- Catalogue Number
- 101.02.1004 a
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- Date
- 1885 – 1914
- Material
- ceramic
- Catalogue Number
- 101.02.1004 b
- Description
- Partial brick from Glacier House (b) half brick - dull ochre-yellow with deep letters stamped in top "__AIR(?)", letters eroded, edges worn, iron-spotting on surface, more porous than (a), small bit of red mortar on top corner, patches of green mosscover sides and bottom, white papery substance co…
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- Title
- Brick
- Date
- 1885 – 1914
- Material
- ceramic
- Dimensions
- 6.3 x 9.1 x 19.5 cm
- Description
- Partial brick from Glacier House (b) half brick - dull ochre-yellow with deep letters stamped in top "__AIR(?)", letters eroded, edges worn, iron-spotting on surface, more porous than (a), small bit of red mortar on top corner, patches of green mosscover sides and bottom, white papery substance covers first part of word, and broken surface of brick.
- Subject
- camps & lodges
- Glacier House
- Credit
- Gift of Ted J. Hart, Banff, 1983
- Catalogue Number
- 101.02.1004 b
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Directional Sign
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact105.05.1008
- Date
- 1945 – 1969
- Material
- wood
- Catalogue Number
- 105.05.1008
- Description
- Wooden sign,Sunburst Lake Camp, carved and painted sign "Sunburst Lake Camp". "Camp" has an arrow through it pointing to the right, wood split horizontally. 6 nail holes central area.
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- Title
- Directional Sign
- Date
- 1945 – 1969
- Material
- wood
- Dimensions
- 11.0 x 41.4 cm
- Description
- Wooden sign,Sunburst Lake Camp, carved and painted sign "Sunburst Lake Camp". "Camp" has an arrow through it pointing to the right, wood split horizontally. 6 nail holes central area.
- Credit
- Gift of Elizabeth Rummel, Banff, 1981
- Catalogue Number
- 105.05.1008
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- Date
- 1935 – 1940
- Material
- metal
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.1014
- Description
- Metal long-bladed key (ex first Sunshine Lodge?), circular bow, intersecting holes, 0.5 cm diameter, long 5.0 cm blade in simple anvil-shaped serration pattern, blade widens near serration and comes to rounded end
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- Title
- Door Key
- Date
- 1935 – 1940
- Material
- metal
- Dimensions
- 0.5 x 2.0 x 6.9 cm
- Description
- Metal long-bladed key (ex first Sunshine Lodge?), circular bow, intersecting holes, 0.5 cm diameter, long 5.0 cm blade in simple anvil-shaped serration pattern, blade widens near serration and comes to rounded end
- Subject
- lodges
- camps
- Sunshine
- households
- Credit
- Gift of Ted J. Hart, Banff, 1984
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.1014
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Fragment Shingle
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact101.02.1001
- Date
- 1935 – 1950
- Material
- wood
- Catalogue Number
- 101.02.1001
- Description
- Old, long, narrow split cedar board (1/2 shingle), edge of board curved along left side 24.0 cm from bottom where knot strikes grain, 2 obvious nail holes through shingle, 1 near top, 1 near bottom, bottom edge rougher than top.
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- Title
- Fragment Shingle
- Date
- 1935 – 1950
- Material
- wood
- Description
- Old, long, narrow split cedar board (1/2 shingle), edge of board curved along left side 24.0 cm from bottom where knot strikes grain, 2 obvious nail holes through shingle, 1 near top, 1 near bottom, bottom edge rougher than top.
- Credit
- Gift of Douglas Robinson, 1967
- Catalogue Number
- 101.02.1001
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- Date
- 1931 – 1945
- Material
- fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 105.02.1022
- Description
- Triangular pennant, red with white stitching in cursive "SKOKI" triangular shaped pennant, edges bound ca 1.0 bias strips, ends at wide end extend ca 10.0; worn; "SKOKI" embroidered in white script 13.0x4.0.
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- Title
- Pennant
- Date
- 1931 – 1945
- Material
- fibre
- Dimensions
- 25.0 x 31.0 cm
- Description
- Triangular pennant, red with white stitching in cursive "SKOKI" triangular shaped pennant, edges bound ca 1.0 bias strips, ends at wide end extend ca 10.0; worn; "SKOKI" embroidered in white script 13.0x4.0.
- Credit
- Gift of Cyril Paris, Banff, 1975
- Catalogue Number
- 105.02.1022
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Printing Plate
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact104.43.1009
- Date
- 1914
- Material
- metal
- Catalogue Number
- 104.43.1009
- Description
- A printing plate for the "Alpine Club of Canada Yoho Camp 1914". Various shapes of pictures of mountains and people with the Club's logo bottom corner.
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- Title
- Printing Plate
- Date
- 1914
- Material
- metal
- Dimensions
- 22.5 x 30.4 cm
- Description
- A printing plate for the "Alpine Club of Canada Yoho Camp 1914". Various shapes of pictures of mountains and people with the Club's logo bottom corner.
- Credit
- Gift of Glenbow Museum, Calgary, 1984
- Catalogue Number
- 104.43.1009
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- Date
- 1941 – 1946
- Material
- wood
- Catalogue Number
- 105.01.1022
- Description
- Two sided carved oak sign: “Entering Banff National Park . . . “ on one side, “Entering Jasper National Park . . . “ on the other side. The Banff side has carved relief moose and bison heads. The Jasper side has carved relief bighorn sheep and mountain goat heads. Signed in bottom corner “Hans Maue…
- Title
- Road Sign
- Date
- 1941 – 1946
- Material
- wood
- Dimensions
- 76.20 x 106.68 cm
- Description
- Two sided carved oak sign: “Entering Banff National Park . . . “ on one side, “Entering Jasper National Park . . . “ on the other side. The Banff side has carved relief moose and bison heads. The Jasper side has carved relief bighorn sheep and mountain goat heads. Signed in bottom corner “Hans Mauer”. Small metal plaque in other bottom corner: “To Bruce Mitchell. For His Many Years of Devoted Duty In the National Park Service.”
- Subject
- Banff National Park
- Jasper National Park
- Bruce Mitchell
- Hans Mauer
- carving
- World War II
- Alternate Service work camps
- moose
- sheep
- goat
- buffalo
- Credit
- Gift of Randy Mitchell, Calgary, 2002
- Catalogue Number
- 105.01.1022
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Ship-In-A-Bottle
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact107.02.0011
- Date
- 1935 – 1945
- Material
- glass; wood; plaster; fibre; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 107.02.0011
- Description
- A squared glass bottle with long four-masted square-rigged sailing ship that is flying four jibs and a gaff-rigged mizzen on a turbulent sea before a small carved and painted town set on a hill complete with windmill and a railroad train entering a tunnel. The bottle has a black screw cap and “Eck…
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- Title
- Ship-In-A-Bottle
- Date
- 1935 – 1945
- Material
- glass; wood; plaster; fibre; metal
- Dimensions
- 6.2 x 6.2 x 19.8 cm
- Description
- A squared glass bottle with long four-masted square-rigged sailing ship that is flying four jibs and a gaff-rigged mizzen on a turbulent sea before a small carved and painted town set on a hill complete with windmill and a railroad train entering a tunnel. The bottle has a black screw cap and “Eckels” molded on one side (bottom) with a liquid level scale from 1 to 16 molded on the adjacent side (back).
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 107.02.0011
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