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- Date
- 1920 – 1930
- Material
- wood; metal; skin
- Catalogue Number
- 108.04.0020 a,b
- Description
- A pair of very long, brown varnished wood, jumping skis with metal bindings. Skis are thicker at the centre, tapering toward the tail and the tip which curves upward slightly and is carved into a lancet arch with a small protrusion at the point. Bottom of each ski has three tracking grooves, top ha…
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- Title
- Jumping Skis
- Date
- 1920 – 1930
- Material
- wood; metal; skin
- Dimensions
- 10.0 x 11.4 x 237.0 cm
- Description
- A pair of very long, brown varnished wood, jumping skis with metal bindings. Skis are thicker at the centre, tapering toward the tail and the tip which curves upward slightly and is carved into a lancet arch with a small protrusion at the point. Bottom of each ski has three tracking grooves, top has faint incised lines following the edges of the ski and forming an arch within the arch of the tip. Metal bindings consist of a large metal plate with toe brackets which secure boot by means of a thick leather strap which buckles over boot. A.L.&W. Mikro Skirite, Toronto , a small metal bracket with four slots for adjusting ski cable in front if large plate. "Kandahar" Made in Switzerland), a small bracket on either side of the middle edge of the ski with two hooks for the cable. Two large round holes joined by a slot which pass through the ski from one side to the other just beneath the large metal plate, have been plugged with wood and mastic of some sort. Note: a series of drilled holes approximately 12 cm. long are in front of the small cable adjusting bracket.
- Subject
- Whyte home
- sports
- skiing
- ski jumping
- winter
- Peter Whyte
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 108.04.0020 a,b
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- Date
- 1920 – 1921
- Material
- wood; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 103.09.0088
- Description
- Double handled trophy cup on circular, lathed, brown wooden base. Plated, metal cup is deep and slightly bells at rim. Cup engraved "Pete White, Banff Ski Club Class A junior 1921". Cup unscrews from base and reveals its manufacture stamp "Standard S' Company Limited, Toronto, Canada, A100" wooden…
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- Title
- Loving Cup
- Date
- 1920 – 1921
- Material
- wood; metal
- Dimensions
- 19.0 x 9.0 x 10.8 cm
- Description
- Double handled trophy cup on circular, lathed, brown wooden base. Plated, metal cup is deep and slightly bells at rim. Cup engraved "Pete White, Banff Ski Club Class A junior 1921". Cup unscrews from base and reveals its manufacture stamp "Standard S' Company Limited, Toronto, Canada, A100" wooden base stamped "A96".
- Subject
- sports
- winter
- ski jumping
- Peter Whyte
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.09.0088
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- Date
- 1920 – 1950
- Material
- wood; metal; skin
- Catalogue Number
- 108.04.0025 a,b
- Description
- Wooden skis with screwed on metal edging, metal toe, beautifully carved point, cable binding is gone. Skis have "MODL" imprinted on them just above the toe plate which is metal and has "UNITAS" printed on leather toe strap. Under the ski tip on both skis is carved "PW Banff Canada"
- Title
- Touring Skis
- Date
- 1920 – 1950
- Material
- wood; metal; skin
- Dimensions
- 7.5 x 214.0 cm
- Description
- Wooden skis with screwed on metal edging, metal toe, beautifully carved point, cable binding is gone. Skis have "MODL" imprinted on them just above the toe plate which is metal and has "UNITAS" printed on leather toe strap. Under the ski tip on both skis is carved "PW Banff Canada"
- Subject
- activities
- sports
- winter
- skiing
- Peter Whyte
- PW
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 108.04.0025 a,b
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- Date
- 1929
- Medium
- graphite; ink on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.329
- Description
- A pencil and ink drawing of two men on a frozen lake. One man has fallen through broken ice and is only visible from the chest-up. The other man, wearing a hat and coat, assists the fallen man by pulling him up with a stick. Quickly-sketched trees line the background. There is a sign with illegibl…
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1929
- Medium
- graphite; ink on paper
- Dimensions
- 26.0 x 23.5 cm
- Description
- A pencil and ink drawing of two men on a frozen lake. One man has fallen through broken ice and is only visible from the chest-up. The other man, wearing a hat and coat, assists the fallen man by pulling him up with a stick. Quickly-sketched trees line the background. There is a sign with illegible writing on it posted to the right of the fallen man. In the bottom left corner of the drawing, “Peter Whyte -29” is visible. A hand-drawn pencil line frames the scene.Below this drawing, dialogue reads:WELL HOW DID YOU COME TO FALL IN?FOOL, I DIDN’T COME TO FALL IN, I CAME TO SKATE!!
- Subject
- comic
- winter
- skating
- Peter Whyte
- drawing
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.329
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