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Date
1972
Material
metal
Catalogue Number
103.09.1024
Description
Steel plate with small holes each corner, incribed "To James Monroe Thorington who inspired our adventure. The winter expedition to Columbia - February 1972". A circular logo top right has "72" in centre of a ring with "Expedition to Columbia Icefields" (sic) along bottom of logo.
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Title
Commemorative Plaque
Date
1972
Material
metal
Dimensions
12.8 x 22.8 cm
Description
Steel plate with small holes each corner, incribed "To James Monroe Thorington who inspired our adventure. The winter expedition to Columbia - February 1972". A circular logo top right has "72" in centre of a ring with "Expedition to Columbia Icefields" (sic) along bottom of logo.
Subject
sports
winter
skiing
James Monroe Thorington
Columbia Icefield
Credit
Gift of Oricle Productions, 1972
Catalogue Number
103.09.1024
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Date
n.d.
Material
metal
Catalogue Number
103.09.0154
Description
An oval metal and enamel pin with the British Columbia provincial coat-of-arms: the wapiti on the left, the heraldic lion on top, the Bighorn sheep on the right, the shield in the middle with enamel in blue, navy, and red, and the motto underneath “SPLENDOR SINE OCCASU” within green enamel ribbon. …
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Title
Insignia Pin
Date
n.d.
Material
metal
Dimensions
3.0 x 5.5 cm
Description
An oval metal and enamel pin with the British Columbia provincial coat-of-arms: the wapiti on the left, the heraldic lion on top, the Bighorn sheep on the right, the shield in the middle with enamel in blue, navy, and red, and the motto underneath “SPLENDOR SINE OCCASU” within green enamel ribbon. stamped on the back is “B.D. 1902” and “STERLING”
Subject
Whyte home
British Columbia
Canada
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
103.09.0154
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Date
n.d.
Material
linoleum
Catalogue Number
104.43.0036
Description
A linoleum printing block with a carved image of a small village nestled in low hills. In the foreground are a small group of people with a dog. Other people are seen on the left beside a low wooden building. A taller building (possibly a church) is in the mid-ground with a small line of people ent…
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Title
Printing Block
Date
n.d.
Material
linoleum
Dimensions
21.0 x 31.0 cm
Description
A linoleum printing block with a carved image of a small village nestled in low hills. In the foreground are a small group of people with a dog. Other people are seen on the left beside a low wooden building. A taller building (possibly a church) is in the mid-ground with a small line of people entering it. Other small buildings recede into the distance. The sky is simple horizontal lines.
Subject
British Columbia
Indigenous
Credit
Gift of Ron Robinson, Nelson, 2023
Catalogue Number
104.43.0036
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Artist
Edward Burtynsky (1955 – , Canadian)
Date
1985
Catalogue Number
BuE.18.41
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Title
Railcuts #6
Date
1985
Dimensions
101.6 x 127.0 cm
Credit
Gift of Edward Burtynsky, Toronto, 2008
Catalogue Number
BuE.18.41
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Date
1992
Material
fibre; metal
Catalogue Number
105.02.1141 a,b
Description
Blue ribbon with pinked ends "This Noble River May 11 1992:" in gold. Pin 4.5x7.2, white background with a 3.5x2.6 red framed picture on left. Within red reads: "1792 Columbia River 1992" with a picture of a white sailboat on the dark blue water, light blue sky.
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Title
Ribbon
Date
1992
Material
fibre; metal
Dimensions
2.3 x 21.0 cm
Description
Blue ribbon with pinked ends "This Noble River May 11 1992:" in gold. Pin 4.5x7.2, white background with a 3.5x2.6 red framed picture on left. Within red reads: "1792 Columbia River 1992" with a picture of a white sailboat on the dark blue water, light blue sky.
Subject
souvenir
Columbia River
Credit
Gift of Graeme Pole, Field, 1994
Catalogue Number
105.02.1141 a,b
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Safety Matches Matchbook

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Date
1950 – 1965
Material
paper
Catalogue Number
102.07.1013
Description
A typical fold-over matchbook with safety matches inside. On face "Mount Royal Hotel Banff, Alberta Canada'. On back "Columbia Ice Field Season from June 15th to September 15th Proprietor: Brewster Transport Co. Banff, Alberta"
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Title
Safety Matches Matchbook
Date
1950 – 1965
Material
paper
Description
A typical fold-over matchbook with safety matches inside. On face "Mount Royal Hotel Banff, Alberta Canada'. On back "Columbia Ice Field Season from June 15th to September 15th Proprietor: Brewster Transport Co. Banff, Alberta"
Subject
souvenir
Mount Royal Hotel
Columbia Ice Field
Brewster Transport
Credit
Gift of Lena Goon, Banff, 1990
Catalogue Number
102.07.1013
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Date
1893
Material
metal
Catalogue Number
104.20.1142
Description
One sterling souvenir spoon from the World’s Columbia Exposition, Chicago, Illinois in 1893. The front of the spoon has, in relief: a head surrounded by a laurel leaf wreath on the tip of the handle, underneath that “WORLD’S COLUMBIA EXPOSITION”, Maritime emblems on the handle, and a ship at sea on…
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Title
Souvenir Spoon
Date
1893
Material
metal
Dimensions
2.2 x 10.2 cm
Description
One sterling souvenir spoon from the World’s Columbia Exposition, Chicago, Illinois in 1893. The front of the spoon has, in relief: a head surrounded by a laurel leaf wreath on the tip of the handle, underneath that “WORLD’S COLUMBIA EXPOSITION”, Maritime emblems on the handle, and a ship at sea on the bowl. On the back, on the tip of the handle, is a circle of laurel leaves, inside the wreath a king wearing a crown, below crossed swords, underneath that a globe with “1492 1893”, below that a circle with “ THE WORLD’S COLUMBIA EXPOSITION SEAL CHICAGO, ILLINOIS”, under that “STERLING”.
Subject
households
souvenir
World’s Columbia Exposition, Chicago, Illinois
Credit
Gift of Kerry Guenter, 2009
Catalogue Number
104.20.1142
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Souvenir Spoon Collection

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Date
1915 – 1970
Material
metal
Catalogue Number
104.20.0642 a-i
Description
Souvenir teaspoons (a) is sterling with lighthouse scene and "Atlantic City N.J." impressed in spoon and handle decorated with die cast fish, starfish and oyster shell. (b) is Birks sterling with coiled handle ending in snowshoe motif and Notre Dame Cathedral Montreal impression in spoon. (c)" is s…
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Title
Souvenir Spoon Collection
Date
1915 – 1970
Material
metal
Dimensions
1.0 x 2.4 x 11.0 cm
Description
Souvenir teaspoons (a) is sterling with lighthouse scene and "Atlantic City N.J." impressed in spoon and handle decorated with die cast fish, starfish and oyster shell. (b) is Birks sterling with coiled handle ending in snowshoe motif and Notre Dame Cathedral Montreal impression in spoon. (c)" is sterling spoon from Courtenay, B.C. and has totem pole handle . (d) is Noel 1970 spoon (Onieda Silversmiths) with three wise men. (e) is "Melbourne, Australia, enamelled crest spoon of electroplated nickel steel. (f) is Stagecoach Barkerville spoon made in Holland. (g) is Norge (Norway) crest enamelled spoon of stainless steel. (h) is enamelled Viking ship Norge (Norway) spoon with Sortland on back of handle. (i) is Banff, Alta. spoon of "Fascination Silverplate" with green stone inset into handle.
Subject
households
souvenir
Norway
Australia
Montreal
Atlantic City
totem pole
British Columbia
Banff
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
104.20.0642 a-i
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Date
2005
Material
fibre
Catalogue Number
103.05.1204
Description
white shirt with brown print “FAY HUT RECONSTRUCTION” written above two cabins. Top cabin “Lost in a forest fire 2003” written on roof and underneath cabin “c. 1927” Beside bottom cabin ““Making History Happen” July 2005” and underneath bottom cabin “Alpine Club of Canada G.W. Boles”
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Title
T-Shirt
Date
2005
Material
fibre
Dimensions
79.5 x 74.0 cm
Description
white shirt with brown print “FAY HUT RECONSTRUCTION” written above two cabins. Top cabin “Lost in a forest fire 2003” written on roof and underneath cabin “c. 1927” Beside bottom cabin ““Making History Happen” July 2005” and underneath bottom cabin “Alpine Club of Canada G.W. Boles”
Subject
Fay Hut
Prospectors Valley
Kootenay National Park
British Columbia
Boles
Credit
Gift of Jeannette Fish, Banff, 2017
Catalogue Number
103.05.1204
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Date
n.d.
Material
metal
Catalogue Number
103.08.0489
Description
A length of gold chain with an ornate clip at one end and a claw clasp with a solid brass rectangular charm attached. The charm reads “ENGINE No 314 WRECKED AT FIELD B.C. JAN. 28. 89” on one side and “D.WHYTE” below a “G” within a protractor and compass on the reverse.
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Title
Watch Fob
Date
n.d.
Material
metal
Dimensions
1.5 x 18.0 cm
Description
A length of gold chain with an ornate clip at one end and a claw clasp with a solid brass rectangular charm attached. The charm reads “ENGINE No 314 WRECKED AT FIELD B.C. JAN. 28. 89” on one side and “D.WHYTE” below a “G” within a protractor and compass on the reverse.
Subject
Whyte home
Dave Whyte
Field British Columbia
CPR
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
103.08.0489
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