- Date
- 1900 – 1913
- Material
- skin; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 103.03.1016
- Description
- Conrad Kain wore on 1913 first ascent Mount Robson, sturdy, thick, leather boot heel, tapering slightly at bottom, studded by 2 rows of .5 cm diameter nailheads around heel edge, layers of leather beginning to separate, bottom layer cracked and shrunken at centre, bent ends of nails flattened again…
1 image
- Title
- Boot Heel
- Date
- 1900 – 1913
- Material
- skin; metal
- Dimensions
- 3.0 x 6.7 x 7.8 cm
- Description
- Conrad Kain wore on 1913 first ascent Mount Robson, sturdy, thick, leather boot heel, tapering slightly at bottom, studded by 2 rows of .5 cm diameter nailheads around heel edge, layers of leather beginning to separate, bottom layer cracked and shrunken at centre, bent ends of nails flattened against top of heel.
- Subject
- sports
- climbing
- Conrad Kain
- Mount Robson
- Credit
- Gift of J. Monroe Thorington, Philadelphia, USA, 1972
- Catalogue Number
- 103.03.1016
Images
This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and
potentially offensive content.
Read more.
- Date
- c. 1909
- Material
- wood
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.1032
- Description
- Wooden walking stick. Tag from Alpine Club of Canada attached via string telling narrative, see photos.
1 image
- Title
- Hiking Cane
- Date
- c. 1909
- Material
- wood
- Description
- Wooden walking stick. Tag from Alpine Club of Canada attached via string telling narrative, see photos.
- Subject
- sports
- climbing
- hiking
- Curly Phillips
- Mount Robson
- Credit
- Gift of Alpine Club of Canada, Canmore, 1973
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.1032
Images
This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and
potentially offensive content.
Read more.