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Avalanche Control [1/2]
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- Part Of
- Bruno Engler fonds
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to 62 b&w prints of various avalanche control operations around Banff National Park, usually along highways and around ski hills. Also includes photographs from a rescue operation and accompanying news clippings pertaining to that rescue.
- Date Range
- 1956-1979
- Reference Code
- V190 / VI / A / vi / c / PA - 01 to PA - 62
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Photograph
17 images
- Part Of
- Bruno Engler fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M323 / S40 / V190
- Series
- VI : Retained file, A : Alphabetical order
- Sous-Fonds
- V190
- Sub-Series
- vi : Avalanches, c : Control
- Accession Number
- 7436
- Reference Code
- V190 / VI / A / vi / c / PA - 01 to PA - 62
- GMD
- Photograph
- Date Range
- 1956-1979
- Physical Description
- 62 photographs : b&w ; 20.3 x 25.4 cm or smaller
- History / Biographical
- See fonds level description
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to 62 b&w prints of various avalanche control operations around Banff National Park, usually along highways and around ski hills. Also includes photographs from a rescue operation and accompanying news clippings pertaining to that rescue.
- Notes
- Photographs included in this entry were originally housed in a photo paper box identified by Bruno Engler prior to accessioning.
- Subject Access
- Aerial photography
- Avalanches
- Banff-Jasper Highway
- Lake Louise Ski Area
- Mountains
- Rescue
- Rogers Pass
- Ski areas
- Sunshine Ski Resort
- Winter
- Geographic Access
- Banff National Park
- Jasper National Park
- Alberta
- Language
- English
- Conservation
- PA - 25 has two overlapping pieces of masking tape on the back, holding the two torn pieces of the print together
- Creator
- Engler, Bruno
- Title Source
- Original title kept
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Avalanche Transceiver
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- 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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Journey to Columbia Icefield
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- Part Of
- Bruno Engler fonds
- Scope & Content
- Item consists of one 16 mm motion picture pertaining to a Brewster Open-Top Tour Bus trip to the Athabaska Glacier, as well as footage of people skiing on Columbia Icefield and assisting in the rescue of Victor Kutschera, who had accidentally fallen into a crevasse. The original label on the case r…
- Date Range
- 1945-1946
- Reference Code
- V190 / VI / NF - 27
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- GMD
- Film
- Motion picture
1 image
- Part Of
- Bruno Engler fonds
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Fonds Number
- M323 / S40 / V190
- Series
- VI : Retained file
- Sous-Fonds
- V190
- Accession Number
- 7436
- Reference Code
- V190 / VI / NF - 27
- GMD
- Film
- Motion picture
- Date Range
- 1945-1946
- Physical Description
- 1 motion picture (1 film reel: ca. 300'): 16 mm, original, col., silent
- History / Biographical
- See fonds level description
- Scope & Content
- Item consists of one 16 mm motion picture pertaining to a Brewster Open-Top Tour Bus trip to the Athabaska Glacier, as well as footage of people skiing on Columbia Icefield and assisting in the rescue of Victor Kutschera, who had accidentally fallen into a crevasse. The original label on the case reads "Skiing to the Athabaska, Vic Kuchera in the Crevasse, Camera: B. Engler, Journey to the Columbia Icefield, Taken 1945-46, History."
- Subject Access
- Activities
- Automobiles
- Glaciers
- Mountains
- Mount Royal Hotel
- Rescue
- Rivers
- Scenery
- scenic
- Ski mountaineering
- Ski touring
- Skiing
- Skiers
- Tourism
- Waterfalls
- Geographic Access
- Banff National Park
- Jasper National Park
- Alberta
- Language
- English
- Creator
- Bruno Engler
- Title Source
- Original title kept
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Letter of commendation
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- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Scope & Content
- Image of a letter of thanks from Alpine Club of Canada to Bill Peyto on his rescue of Mrs. W. E. Stone after death of her husband on Mount Eon
- Date Range
- 1922
- Reference Code
- V683 / III / A / 15 / PA - 825
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- GMD
- Photograph
1 image
- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Fonds Number
- M36 / V683 / S37
- Series
- V683 / III / A / 15 : Peter and Catharine Whyte: Collected Photographs
- Sous-Fonds
- V683
- Accession Number
- .
- Reference Code
- V683 / III / A / 15 / PA - 825
- GMD
- Photograph
- Date Range
- 1922
- Physical Description
- Photograph: 1 print ; b&w.
- Scope & Content
- Image of a letter of thanks from Alpine Club of Canada to Bill Peyto on his rescue of Mrs. W. E. Stone after death of her husband on Mount Eon
- Name Access
- Peyto, Bill
- Subject Access
- American Alpine Club
- Commendation
- Guides
- Guiding
- Mountaineering
- Rescue
- Language
- English
- Title Source
- Title based on item
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Mountain Rescue Stretcher Apparatus
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- 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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Rescue Operation [Training?]
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- Part Of
- Bob Hind fonds
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to mountain climbing rescue, location unknown.
- Date Range
- [ca. 1931-1939]
- Reference Code
- V46 / I / A / 3 / NA - 1 to 7
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Negative
- Transparency
7 images
- Part Of
- Bob Hind fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M7 / V46
- Series
- I.A. Mountain travel and recreation, western Canada : Trips and activities
- Sous-Fonds
- V46
- Accession Number
- 7181
- Reference Code
- V46 / I / A / 3 / NA - 1 to 7
- GMD
- Negative
- Transparency
- Date Range
- [ca. 1931-1939]
- Physical Description
- 7 photographs : negatives
- History / Biographical
- See fonds level description
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to mountain climbing rescue, location unknown.
- Name Access
- Hind, Bob
- Subject Access
- Climbing
- Mountain
- Mountaineering
- Rescue
- Training
- Geographic Access
- Rocky Mountains
- Alberta
- British Columbia
- Canada
- Language
- NA
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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- Date
- 1962
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.777
- Description
- a: A helicopter is rescuing a group of animals that are being held up by a stretcher that is tied to the bottom of the helicopter. The stretcher is tilted up in the left, and the scarves of the animals are blowing in the wind, suggesting that the helicopter is moving. There are birds flying around …
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1962
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 25.4 x 17.7 cm
- Description
- a: A helicopter is rescuing a group of animals that are being held up by a stretcher that is tied to the bottom of the helicopter. The stretcher is tilted up in the left, and the scarves of the animals are blowing in the wind, suggesting that the helicopter is moving. There are birds flying around with them. Down below and in the background there is a idyllic mountain range, and below it is says, “SEASONS GREETINGS CATHARINE AND PETER” b: As supplement to the drawing seen in a, b is a newspaper clipping of a helicopter rescuing a man from his plane. In the bottom portion of the clipping is states, “RESCUES AT SEA. The two pictures tell two...the Atlantic at the weekend. On the left, a U.S. navy...single-engine plane after he was forced to ditch today...harbor. Two young girls and another passenger were....a French trawler, is hauled ashore by breeches buoy fro...England Sunday...” verso: an article discussing a game played by the Calgary Stampeders against the Regina Roughriders. The writes: “Sandhogs Stampeder Blitz... Keys 25-0 Win. By Gorde Hunter [Herald Sports Editor]. A brilliant defence that allowed the Regina Rough-riders a total offence of a mere 32 years, powered the Calgary Stampeders to a one-sided 25-0 win over the Roughriders Saturday afternoon at McMahon in the first game of the Western Conference total point semi-final series. With a crowd of 17,780 sitting in bright sunshine, the Cowboys completely dominated proceedings from flag to finish as the sandhogs made a shambles of the Regina attack by putting a tremendous rush on quarterback Bob Ptacek, a thorn in Stampeder sides all season. He managed to complete but five passes in 17 attempts for 47 yeard and the ground attack had less success. Meanwhile EAgle Day guided the Stamps to three touch-downs, a field goal, two converts and a pair of singles to add up to the 25 points they will take into tonights’s second game...”
- Subject
- Christmas card
- helicopter
- mountains
- mountain range
- birds
- rope
- stretcher
- squirrel
- moose
- bear
- rabbit
- wolf
- deer
- scarves
- flying
- rescue
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.777
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- Date
- 1962
- Medium
- ink on vellum
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.778
- Description
- Silhouettes of a group of animals on a stretcher in mid-air with birds flying around them. A helicopter is above and a mountain range below. The background is filled in with a black ink to resemble the sky.
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1962
- Medium
- ink on vellum
- Dimensions
- 27.0 x 21.0 cm
- Description
- Silhouettes of a group of animals on a stretcher in mid-air with birds flying around them. A helicopter is above and a mountain range below. The background is filled in with a black ink to resemble the sky.
- Subject
- moose
- deer
- bear
- squirrel
- rabbit
- birds
- helicopter
- stretcher
- flying
- mountains
- mountain range
- rescue
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.778
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- Date
- 1962
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.779
- Description
- Rough sketch of a Christmas card idea boxed off on the paper. There is a mountain range on the bottom half with squiggly lines near the bottom edge referencing where the writing might go. Above in the TL quadrant there is a helicopter airlifting the animals out on a stretcher.
1 image
- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1962
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 27.6 x 21.3 cm
- Description
- Rough sketch of a Christmas card idea boxed off on the paper. There is a mountain range on the bottom half with squiggly lines near the bottom edge referencing where the writing might go. Above in the TL quadrant there is a helicopter airlifting the animals out on a stretcher.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.779
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- Date
- 1962
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.780
- Description
- A rough sketch of a group of animals on a sketcher that is tethered to a helicopter. There are birds flying around them, and their scarves are blowing in the wind suggesting that the helicopter is moving. Below the animals there is a mountain range.
1 image
- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1962
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 27.8 x 21.5 cm
- Description
- A rough sketch of a group of animals on a sketcher that is tethered to a helicopter. There are birds flying around them, and their scarves are blowing in the wind suggesting that the helicopter is moving. Below the animals there is a mountain range.
- Subject
- helicopter
- flying
- rescue
- stretcher
- birds
- rope
- moose
- deer
- wolf
- squirrel
- rabbit
- bear
- mountains
- mountain range
- scarf
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.780
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