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Date
1950 – 1970
Material
fibre
Catalogue Number
103.09.1080
Description
Round patch, white serrated edge, green border, 2.2 wide has white embroidered lettering "Skyline Hikers Canadian Rockies" within border. Inside ring is the hikers logo of yellow boot and cane, black foreground with hikers on the horizon.
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Title
Athletic Patch
Date
1950 – 1970
Material
fibre
Description
Round patch, white serrated edge, green border, 2.2 wide has white embroidered lettering "Skyline Hikers Canadian Rockies" within border. Inside ring is the hikers logo of yellow boot and cane, black foreground with hikers on the horizon.
Subject
sports
hiking
Lillian Gest
Skyline Hikers of the Canadian Rockies
Credit
Gift of Lillian Gest, Philadelphia, USA, 1986
Catalogue Number
103.09.1080
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Date
n.d.
Material
mineral
Catalogue Number
112.03.1008 a-m
Description
Twelve pieces of various items collected by Lillian Gest. Objects consist of 4 fossils, 1 cobalt and 7 crystals plus a small wooden box they are stored in. May 2015 10 rocks found in a wooden box not numbered(a) a whole trilobite(b) a small portion of a trilobite(c) pink and white rock granite? wi…
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Title
Collection Rock
Date
n.d.
Material
mineral
Description
Twelve pieces of various items collected by Lillian Gest. Objects consist of 4 fossils, 1 cobalt and 7 crystals plus a small wooden box they are stored in. May 2015 10 rocks found in a wooden box not numbered(a) a whole trilobite(b) a small portion of a trilobite(c) pink and white rock granite? with small crystals(d) quartz with mica(e) cobalt(f) quartz crystal cluster(g) quartz crystal cluster(h) part of a large quartz crystal(i) quartz crystal(j) crystal long thin shard(k) a wooden box, no cover,24.0 cm long, top line “ARIZONA DESERT SWEETS” printed with green paint, second line “FROM” in green, “Reid’s” in red, followed by “OF TUCSON” in green. Width 12.0cm. written in red ink “Stone collection”.(l) a trilobite missing(m) part of a quartz crystal missing
Subject
geology
Lillian Gest
Canadian Rockies
hobbies
Credit
Gift of Lillian Gest, Philadelphia, USA, 1986
Catalogue Number
112.03.1008 a-m
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Date
1930 – 1950
Material
wood; metal; skin
Catalogue Number
108.04.1043
Description
Wooden handled ice axe. Handle inset into steel head, two extra pieces of steel extend 12.3 from head up shaft. Steel pick 15.6 long tapers from 0.5 wide to a point 0.2 wide. Stamped into pick: "Zermatt" and below to the right "Attenhofek, Zurich" . Steel collar and point at other end.
Title
Ice Ax
Date
1930 – 1950
Material
wood; metal; skin
Dimensions
29.0 x 88.2 cm
Description
Wooden handled ice axe. Handle inset into steel head, two extra pieces of steel extend 12.3 from head up shaft. Steel pick 15.6 long tapers from 0.5 wide to a point 0.2 wide. Stamped into pick: "Zermatt" and below to the right "Attenhofek, Zurich" . Steel collar and point at other end.
Subject
sports
climbing
Lillian Gest
Credit
Gift of Lillian Gest, Philadelphia, USA, 1986
Catalogue Number
108.04.1043
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