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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…
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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
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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.
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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
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Date
n.d.
Material
metal
Catalogue Number
103.09.1275 a-o
Description
fifteen metal pins. (a) “MOUNT ROBSON PARK 75 YEARS” blue and white with a bighorn sheep (b) “FIELD BC” blue and silver trilobite (c) “CATELLI Karen Percy” red, blue and white ribbon with two gold medals (d) “Karen Percy CATELLI” gold and blue (e) “CMH HELI-HIKING BOBBIE BURNS” image with helicopte…
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Title
Pin Collection
Date
n.d.
Material
metal
Description
fifteen metal pins. (a) “MOUNT ROBSON PARK 75 YEARS” blue and white with a bighorn sheep (b) “FIELD BC” blue and silver trilobite (c) “CATELLI Karen Percy” red, blue and white ribbon with two gold medals (d) “Karen Percy CATELLI” gold and blue (e) “CMH HELI-HIKING BOBBIE BURNS” image with helicopter, mountain and sun in green, blue and yellow (f) “1885 1985 Parks Canada” blue and gold with a moose in a triangle (g) “BANFF FESTIVAL OF MOUNTAIN FILMS” blue, white and gold film reel (h) gold cut out of mountain with “BREWSTER” written below with navy blue background (i) blue and white shield pin with gold lettering (j) “YOHO NATIONAL PARK” with blue and white images of train, trilobite and mountains (k) “100 1885 - 1985 Chateau Lake Louise” gold square spin with relief image of chateau (l) “1885 - 1985 BANFF CANADA” anthropomorphized big horn sheep, Parks Canada symbol on gold square (m) “CANADIAN PARK SERVICE 1885 BANFF NATIONAL PARK” red, blue and gold circular pin with beaver and crown (n) “BANFF National Park 1885 - 1995” brown, green and gold tree trunk with deer (o) navy and gold Whyte Museum square pinnacle pin on “WITH OUR COMPLIMENTS” card
Subject
commemorative pin
Mount Robson
trilobite
Field
BC
Catelli
Karen Percy
CMH
Heli-Hiking
Bobbie
Burns
Banff National Park
100
centennial
Mountian Films
film festival
1885 - 1985
Yoho
Yoho National Park
Chateau Lake Louise
Banff
Canadian Parks
Parks Canada
Brewster
Pinnacle
big horn sheep
deer
helicopter
moose
film reel
train
Whyte Museum
Credit
Gift of Unknown, 1968
Catalogue Number
103.09.1275 a-o
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