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Animal Specimen
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact112.01.0015
- Date
- n.d.
- Material
- skin; metal; glass
- Catalogue Number
- 112.01.0015
- Description
- A stuffed bushytail woodrat with a fat body on short legs. The rat has a sharp face with a pointed nose, small ears, and long whiskers. The rat has a short bushy tail. The specimen is mounted with wire foot supports.
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- Title
- Animal Specimen
- Date
- n.d.
- Material
- skin; metal; glass
- Dimensions
- 14.5 x 9.0 x 28.0 cm
- Description
- A stuffed bushytail woodrat with a fat body on short legs. The rat has a sharp face with a pointed nose, small ears, and long whiskers. The rat has a short bushy tail. The specimen is mounted with wire foot supports.
- Subject
- households
- humour
- animals, woodrat
- crafts
- taxidermy
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 112.01.0015
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The culture of hunting in Canada
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue13930
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2007
- Author
- Manore, Jean L.
- Publisher
- Vancouver : UBC Press
- Call Number
- 04 M31m
- Author
- Manore, Jean L.
- Responsibility
- Jean L. Manore
- Publisher
- Vancouver : UBC Press
- Published Date
- 2007
- Physical Description
- viii, 276 p. : ill.
- Notes
- Partial contents: The empire's Eden: British hunters, travel writing, and imperialism in nineteenth-century Canada/ Greg Gillespie; Powers of liveness: Reading Hornaday's "Campfires"/Mark Simpson
- ISBN
- 0774812931
- Accession Number
- 60,000 2010-12-17
- Call Number
- 04 M31m
- Collection
- Archives Library
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- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- November, 1952
- Author
- Rae, William E.
- Publisher
- Godfrey, Hammond
- Edition
- Volume 110, No. 5
- Call Number
- 08.1 R12o Pam
- Author
- Rae, William E.
- Responsibility
- William E. Rae
- Edition
- Volume 110, No. 5
- Publisher
- Godfrey, Hammond
- Published Date
- November, 1952
- Abstract
- Pertains to a collection of material discussing hunting, fishing and guns. Written for gun enthusiasts and hunters alike, the publication talks in detail of the experiences had by both hunters and fishermen. The publication features stories from various hunters who share their experience in hunting elephants, birds, rabbits and more. Readers can expect to be immersed into the world of hunting, fishing and gun ownership.
- Contents
- The Three Musketeers (pg. 33)
- The Time of my life (pg. 36)
- That's my baby (pg. 38)
- Northern pike (pg. 41)
- Alex racks one up (pg. 42)
- Bull for a buck (pg. 44)
- Forget the hatch (pg. 46)
- Try a heart shot (pg. 48)
- Why not shoot them? (pg. 50)
- Gillaroo (pg. 52)
- Don't spare the rod (pg. 54)
- It's easy to grouse (pg. 60)
- Carp with a bow (pg. 62)
- Home-town Bigmouth (pg. 70)
- Accession Number
- 5777
- Call Number
- 08.1 R12o Pam
- Collection
- Archives Library
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