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Avalanche Transceiver
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact105.04.1013%20a%2cb
- Date
- 1980 – 1985
- Material
- metal; plastic; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 105.04.1013 a,b
- Description
- Motronic “Pieps 2” avalanche beacon or transceiver. Orange plastic with metal parts. Labeled on side with “Pieps 2. Motronic. Made in Austria.” and instructions for use. Yellow fabric case with black cord marked “Pieps 2. Motronic. Canada.”
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- Title
- Avalanche Transceiver
- Date
- 1980 – 1985
- Material
- metal; plastic; fibre
- Dimensions
- 11.7 x 7.0 cm
- Description
- Motronic “Pieps 2” avalanche beacon or transceiver. Orange plastic with metal parts. Labeled on side with “Pieps 2. Motronic. Made in Austria.” and instructions for use. Yellow fabric case with black cord marked “Pieps 2. Motronic. Canada.”
- Credit
- Gift of Douglas Leonard, Canmore, 1998
- Catalogue Number
- 105.04.1013 a,b
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Mountain Rescue Stretcher Apparatus
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact106.04.1015%20a-h
- Date
- 1945 – 1960
- Material
- metal; skin; fibre; plastic
- Catalogue Number
- 106.04.1015 a-h
- Description
- Various paraphernalia, mountain rescue equipment (a,b) stretcher: aluminum tubing, mostly 2.5 diameter. Extended length 270.0, 56.6 wide. 2 main body parts hinged together and locked. Adjustable hinged front and back 'handles', adjustable leg positions. Canvas body support strapped onto frame 4…
- Title
- Mountain Rescue Stretcher Apparatus
- Date
- 1945 – 1960
- Material
- metal; skin; fibre; plastic
- Description
- Various paraphernalia, mountain rescue equipment (a,b) stretcher: aluminum tubing, mostly 2.5 diameter. Extended length 270.0, 56.6 wide. 2 main body parts hinged together and locked. Adjustable hinged front and back 'handles', adjustable leg positions. Canvas body support strapped onto frame 4.0 wide straps for body security. (c,d) 2 aluminum wheel supports hook onto frame (e) bicycle wheel: 56.0 diameter, tire is solid. (f) stretcher pad: vinyl covered foam pad, 176.0x50.5x2.5, width tapers 50.5 to 37.0 (g) leg splint: steel rod, 1.0 diameter, continuous line from top, 100.0 inside leg, bent at foot to outside, 15.0 wide, outside of leg is116.5. Leather padded oval 29.0x24.0, tapers from 2.5 to 4.0 at inside of leg (h) Gramminger Seat, canvas seat with leather trim, braces, straps, metal buckles and snaps. Metal cable 51.0 long with loops each end - one loop attached to harness.
- Credit
- Gift of Alpine Club of Canada, Canmore, 1988
- Catalogue Number
- 106.04.1015 a-h
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- Date
- 1914 – 1919
- Material
- metal; wood
- Catalogue Number
- 105.05.0001
- Description
- Military issue gun for shooting flares. The gun is a top break single action, with a short, wide brass barrel and breech, steel trigger, hammer, barrel release and joining screws, and a rounded wooden grip. There is a steel ring at the butt end of the grip. The flare gun is marked: inside action…
- Title
- Flare Gun
- Date
- 1914 – 1919
- Material
- metal; wood
- Dimensions
- 15.0 x 4.0 x 21.0 cm
- Description
- Military issue gun for shooting flares. The gun is a top break single action, with a short, wide brass barrel and breech, steel trigger, hammer, barrel release and joining screws, and a rounded wooden grip. There is a steel ring at the butt end of the grip. The flare gun is marked: inside action: “697”; inside action on underside of barrel: “39697”; left side of barrel: “ ‘16”; an arrow; two stamps with crowns and numbers; on frame underneath barrel on left side: “WEBLEY & SCOTT LTD LONDON & BIRMINGHAM”; an arrow; “‘16”; “III”; same stamps as above; on frame underneath barrel on right side: “W&S” beneath a stamped logo; serial number “39697.”
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 105.05.0001
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Mountain Rescue Stretcher Apparatus
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact106.04.1022
- Date
- prior to 1970
- Material
- metal; fibre; rubber
- Catalogue Number
- 106.04.1022
- Description
- Various paraphernalia mountain rescue equipment. Collapsible stretcher, can be used with 3 wheels or as a sled, other pieces of equipment such as wound cable. See also gramninger seat 106.04.1025.
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- Title
- Mountain Rescue Stretcher Apparatus
- Date
- prior to 1970
- Material
- metal; fibre; rubber
- Description
- Various paraphernalia mountain rescue equipment. Collapsible stretcher, can be used with 3 wheels or as a sled, other pieces of equipment such as wound cable. See also gramninger seat 106.04.1025.
- Credit
- Gift of Hector Elliott, Cremona, 1990
- Catalogue Number
- 106.04.1022
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Gramminger Seat
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact106.04.1042
- Date
- prior to 1980
- Material
- fibre; skin; metal; plastic
- Catalogue Number
- 106.04.1042
- Description
- Gramminger seat, canvas seat with leather trim, braces, straps. Metal buckles and snaps. Metal cable 51.0 long with loops each end, one loop attached to harness.
- Title
- Gramminger Seat
- Date
- prior to 1980
- Material
- fibre; skin; metal; plastic
- Description
- Gramminger seat, canvas seat with leather trim, braces, straps. Metal buckles and snaps. Metal cable 51.0 long with loops each end, one loop attached to harness.
- Subject
- mountain rescue
- wardens
- parks
- Credit
- Gift of anonymous, 1992
- Catalogue Number
- 106.04.1042
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Gramninger Seat Rescue Equipment
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact106.04.1025%20a-d
- Date
- c. 1960
- Material
- fibre; skin; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 106.04.1025 a-d
- Description
- Gramminger Seat, canvas seat with leather trim, braces, straps. Metal buckles and snaps. Metal cable 51.0 long with loops each end - one loop attached to harness. Three metal brackets. See 106.04.1022 for related equipment.
- Title
- Gramninger Seat Rescue Equipment
- Date
- c. 1960
- Material
- fibre; skin; metal
- Description
- Gramminger Seat, canvas seat with leather trim, braces, straps. Metal buckles and snaps. Metal cable 51.0 long with loops each end - one loop attached to harness. Three metal brackets. See 106.04.1022 for related equipment.
- Credit
- Gift of Hector Elliott, Cremona, 1990
- Catalogue Number
- 106.04.1025 a-d
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