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- Date
- 1951 – 1955
- Material
- metal; plastic
- Catalogue Number
- 105.02.1143 a-d
- Description
- Four round white buttons each with a window in the centre where a name is displayed (a) “Mary Simpson” name is written with pen. “1951”(b) “Mary Simpson” “1952”(c) “Mary Simpson-- Pro” “1953”(d) “Miss Mary Simpson Professional” “1955”Each button has “NATIONAL FIGURE SKATING COMPETITION” and a year …
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- Title
- Button
- Date
- 1951 – 1955
- Material
- metal; plastic
- Dimensions
- 5.5 x 5.5 cm
- Description
- Four round white buttons each with a window in the centre where a name is displayed (a) “Mary Simpson” name is written with pen. “1951”(b) “Mary Simpson” “1952”(c) “Mary Simpson-- Pro” “1953”(d) “Miss Mary Simpson Professional” “1955”Each button has “NATIONAL FIGURE SKATING COMPETITION” and a year above the window in black lettering, and “BROADMOOR ICE PALACE” below the window.
- Subject
- sports
- skating
- Mary Simpson
- Credit
- Gift of Mary Hallock, Fort St. James, 1995
- Catalogue Number
- 105.02.1143 a-d
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- Date
- 1950 – 1960
- Material
- metal; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 108.04.1124 a,b
- Description
- Pair of children’s metal, adjustable, strap-on ice skates. Straps are blue imitation leather with metal buckle. “Dominion Skate Co. Ltd.” stamped on top of skate. Size of skate is adjusted with sliding track and wingnut.
- Title
- Ice Skates
- Date
- 1950 – 1960
- Material
- metal; fibre
- Dimensions
- 4.5 x 4.5 x 16.0 cm
- Description
- Pair of children’s metal, adjustable, strap-on ice skates. Straps are blue imitation leather with metal buckle. “Dominion Skate Co. Ltd.” stamped on top of skate. Size of skate is adjusted with sliding track and wingnut.
- Credit
- Gift of Phyllis H. Horpenuk, Banff, 2000
- Catalogue Number
- 108.04.1124 a,b
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- Date
- 1900 – 1920
- Material
- skin; fibre; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 108.04.1123
- Description
- Pair of black leather men’s lace-up figure skates with metal blades. Fabric and leather liner form inner cuff with buckle that threads through opening at side above ankle. Blades stamped: “Stahl. Original Modell. LES ALEXANDER”.
- Title
- Ice Skates
- Date
- 1900 – 1920
- Material
- skin; fibre; metal
- Dimensions
- 21.0 x 8.5 x 33.5 cm
- Description
- Pair of black leather men’s lace-up figure skates with metal blades. Fabric and leather liner form inner cuff with buckle that threads through opening at side above ankle. Blades stamped: “Stahl. Original Modell. LES ALEXANDER”.
- Credit
- Gift of Fred Feuz, Salmon Arm, 1999
- Catalogue Number
- 108.04.1123
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- Date
- 1950 – 1970
- Material
- skin; plastic; metal; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 108.04.1062 a-c
- Description
- 2 pairs of white ice skates, child's figure, ladies, tube. a,b: (Dominion) 22 cm long, white leather with blue leather lining, padded leather insole, tongue faced with white felt, 7 metal holes and 3 hooks at top for laces, sole is man made material with skate blade attached, first pick has been f…
- Title
- Ice Skates
- Date
- 1950 – 1970
- Material
- skin; plastic; metal; fibre
- Description
- 2 pairs of white ice skates, child's figure, ladies, tube. a,b: (Dominion) 22 cm long, white leather with blue leather lining, padded leather insole, tongue faced with white felt, 7 metal holes and 3 hooks at top for laces, sole is man made material with skate blade attached, first pick has been filed down, extra long white lace, heel is 2.5 cm. c,d: (Clipper) 26.5 cm long, white unlined ladies' skates, fixed insole has flannel facing same as tongue, Wilkinson super support heel, 13 holes each side for laces, man made sole is stiched to boot, skate blade attached to sole at back and front, blade is rusted, long white laces
- Credit
- Purchased from Evelyn Crosby, Banff, 1988
- Catalogue Number
- 108.04.1062 a-c
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- Date
- 1900 – 1920
- Material
- wood; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 108.04.1041 a,b
- Description
- Dark solid wood with embedded metal blade. Big screw sticking up into heel to shoe. (b) 4 small metal pegs (a) 8 pegs sticking up into sole. 3 slots through wooden base at toe, arch and heel for straps to attached to boots. 0.5 cm wide blade, rounded at toe, square at heel.
- Title
- Ice Skates
- Date
- 1900 – 1920
- Material
- wood; metal
- Dimensions
- 5.0 x 6.2 x 29.0 cm
- Description
- Dark solid wood with embedded metal blade. Big screw sticking up into heel to shoe. (b) 4 small metal pegs (a) 8 pegs sticking up into sole. 3 slots through wooden base at toe, arch and heel for straps to attached to boots. 0.5 cm wide blade, rounded at toe, square at heel.
- Credit
- Gift of Unknown, 1968
- Catalogue Number
- 108.04.1041 a,b
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- Date
- 1950 – 1990
- Material
- fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 103.09.1101
- Description
- One round felt patch with blue stencilled lettering “Banff Skating Club” and a white figure skate with a bird’s wing on a blue circle at the centre.
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- Title
- Patch
- Date
- 1950 – 1990
- Material
- fibre
- Description
- One round felt patch with blue stencilled lettering “Banff Skating Club” and a white figure skate with a bird’s wing on a blue circle at the centre.
- Subject
- sports
- skating
- Banff Skating Club
- Credit
- Gift of Phyllis Fasola, Woodland Hills, USA, 1990
- Catalogue Number
- 103.09.1101
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- Date
- 1950 – 1970
- Material
- fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 103.09.1102
- Description
- One round fabric patch with gold coloured lettering on black reading “Banff Figure Skating Club.” The centre patch is decorated with a female figure skater doing a figure 8 on the river with Mount Rundle in background.
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- Title
- Patch
- Date
- 1950 – 1970
- Material
- fibre
- Description
- One round fabric patch with gold coloured lettering on black reading “Banff Figure Skating Club.” The centre patch is decorated with a female figure skater doing a figure 8 on the river with Mount Rundle in background.
- Subject
- sports
- skating
- Banff Figure Skating Club
- Credit
- Gift of Kathy Watt, Banff, 1990
- Catalogue Number
- 103.09.1102
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- Date
- 1950 – 1990
- Material
- fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 103.09.1121
- Description
- One round felt patch with blue stencilled lettering “Banff Skating Club” and a white figure skate with a bird’s wing on a blue circle at the centre.
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- Title
- Patch
- Date
- 1950 – 1990
- Material
- fibre
- Description
- One round felt patch with blue stencilled lettering “Banff Skating Club” and a white figure skate with a bird’s wing on a blue circle at the centre.
- Subject
- Banff Skating Club
- Frank Gourlay
- sports
- skating
- Credit
- Gift of Frank Gourlay, Banff, 1991
- Catalogue Number
- 103.09.1121
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Speed Skate Blade
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- Date
- 1900 – 1920
- Material
- metal
- Catalogue Number
- 108.04.1022
- Description
- Single skate blade with shoe attachments, Blade has rounded toe, thicker and flat on bottom. Toe and heel piece bolted on to blade with 2 bolts each. Shaped toe pieces have 4 holes each for attaching to shoe. Stamped on toe piece "London Made".
- Title
- Speed Skate Blade
- Date
- 1900 – 1920
- Material
- metal
- Dimensions
- 4.0 x 5.8 x 32.4 cm
- Description
- Single skate blade with shoe attachments, Blade has rounded toe, thicker and flat on bottom. Toe and heel piece bolted on to blade with 2 bolts each. Shaped toe pieces have 4 holes each for attaching to shoe. Stamped on toe piece "London Made".
- Credit
- Gift of Ralph Grady, 1972
- Catalogue Number
- 108.04.1022
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