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Assorted Calendars Featuring Nicholas Morant Photography
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- Part Of
- Nicholas Morant fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 3 poster-sized calendars with colour and b/w prints created by Nicholas Morant, and one loose calendar page (colour). Includes one calendar dated 1949, promoting "E. J.(?) & A. Robinson Limited Canada", with image of 2 models and horse posing by Mt. Biddle and Lake Arthur; one cale…
- Date Range
- 1949
- 1961
- Reference Code
- M300 / II / C / 6 / PA - 62 to 65 O.S.
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Poster
- Calendar
- Textual record
- Part Of
- Nicholas Morant fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M300 / S20 / V500
- Sous-Fonds
- M300
- Sub-Series
- V500 / II / C / 6 : Promotional Items, Awards and Correspondence
- Accession Number
- 7784
- Reference Code
- M300 / II / C / 6 / PA - 62 to 65 O.S.
- Responsibility
- Nicholas Morant
- Date Range
- 1949
- 1961
- Physical Description
- 2 Calendars: prints with text; colour
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 3 poster-sized calendars with colour and b/w prints created by Nicholas Morant, and one loose calendar page (colour). Includes one calendar dated 1949, promoting "E. J.(?) & A. Robinson Limited Canada", with image of 2 models and horse posing by Mt. Biddle and Lake Arthur; one calendar dated 1961, with image and descriptive text pertaining to a model steam locomotive and relevant history; one calendar by Canadian Allis-Chalmers Ltd. (1953) featuring Nicholas Morant b&w photograph titled 'Industrial Patterns' for the month of March; one loose calendar page, Allis-Chalmers Ltd., with large image by Nicholas Morant of man in red jacket fishing with mountain / forest background.
- Notes
- Mt. Biddle / Lake McArthur calendar was stored in a poster tube labelled: "Calendar Lake McArthur" with torn shipping address label by Canadian Pacific addressed to "Banff, Alta." (presumably once addressed to Nicholas Morant). Model Locomotive calendar stored in poster tube labelled: "CALENDAR WITH MODEL LOCOMOTIVES" Shipping label: "PLS HOLD Ernie." "N. Morant c/o E. Larson Esq. Box 49 BANFF Alberta" Postage Stamp: "Mar. 18 '54 Montreal Quebec" Paper cover inside with Canadian Pacific label: " Model Steam Locos - Calendar - " Allis-Chalmers poster stored in poster tube labelled: 'ALLIS CHALMERS CALENDAR with Hugh Frith's pix of PAMIR under sail" Address label: "CANADIAN ALLIS-CHALMERS LIMITED To Mr. Nicholas Morant, P.O. Box 63, Banff, Alta." Canadian Pacific Label: "Allis-Chalmers Calendar Contains pix by Hugh Frith of 'Pamir'."
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Alberta
- Canadian Rocky Mountains
- Access Restrictions
- Items in this file are not to be accessed or distributed without the explicit permission of their identified copyright owners.
- Reproduction Restrictions
- Items in this file are not to be reproduced without the explicit permission of their identified copyright owners.
- Language
- English
- Conservation
- Items must be stored in protective materials (i.e. mylar) to prevent damage while in storage.
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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- Date
- 1960 – 1970
- Material
- wood; antler; hair; feather; skin; sinew
- Catalogue Number
- 104.05.0044
- Description
- Fishing spear made from two prongs of an antler attached to wooden stick handle with a strip of rawhide. Handle completely wrapped with wide buckskin strips and three bands of red brown fur, one at each end and in middle. Three groups of short white feathers hang from underside of handle. Two small…
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- Title
- Fishing Spear
- Date
- 1960 – 1970
- Material
- wood; antler; hair; feather; skin; sinew
- Dimensions
- 7.5 x 7.5 x 47.0 cm
- Description
- Fishing spear made from two prongs of an antler attached to wooden stick handle with a strip of rawhide. Handle completely wrapped with wide buckskin strips and three bands of red brown fur, one at each end and in middle. Three groups of short white feathers hang from underside of handle. Two small barbs of antler tied tightly to middle of prongs with sinew.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- fishing
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.05.0044
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- Date
- prior to 1970
- Material
- wood; bone; skin; hair; glass
- Catalogue Number
- 104.18.1012
- Description
- A long, round peeled stick has a pointed half bone embedded into one end. The protruding bone is 14.0 cm long. On the other end is a collar of brown buckskin with fringes. A 17.0 cm long buckskin is at the centre of the shaft as a hand grip, on each end is a tuft of fur. Above the centre is a 1…
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- Title
- Fishing Spear
- Date
- prior to 1970
- Material
- wood; bone; skin; hair; glass
- Dimensions
- 145.0 cm
- Description
- A long, round peeled stick has a pointed half bone embedded into one end. The protruding bone is 14.0 cm long. On the other end is a collar of brown buckskin with fringes. A 17.0 cm long buckskin is at the centre of the shaft as a hand grip, on each end is a tuft of fur. Above the centre is a 10.0 cm wide band of beads, two orange and one black. Below centre is a 10.0 cm wide band of beads white and dark brown.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- activities
- fishing
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.18.1012
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