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Date
1973
Material
paper
Catalogue Number
105.02.3002
Description
White paper poster announcing “BLACKFOOT INTER-SOCIETY INDIAN CELEBRATION at BLACKFOOT CROSSING” with a photograph of Chief Crowfoot inside a red circle with “TREATY 7, 1877 CHIEF CROWFOOT.” The poster details the dates “AUG. 3,4,5, 1973” of the event and attractions and amenitites.
Title
Poster (Archives)
Date
1973
Material
paper
Dimensions
43.1 x 28.0 cm
Description
White paper poster announcing “BLACKFOOT INTER-SOCIETY INDIAN CELEBRATION at BLACKFOOT CROSSING” with a photograph of Chief Crowfoot inside a red circle with “TREATY 7, 1877 CHIEF CROWFOOT.” The poster details the dates “AUG. 3,4,5, 1973” of the event and attractions and amenitites.
Subject
Indigenous
Blackfoot
events
dancing
camping
Treaty 7
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
105.02.3002
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Date
1969
Material
metal
Catalogue Number
104.19.3006 a-f
Description
Six various sized copper cooking pots, old Hudson's Bay style with bail handles. a) Slightly misshapen pot (18.7 x 21.5 x 21 cm) stored in (b).b) Large pot with broken handle (20.7 x 30.0 x 31.5 cm).c) Pot with rounded bottom (18.5 x 18.0 x 17.5 cm ) stored in (a).d) Pot blackened from use (15.2…
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Title
Cooking Pot
Date
1969
Material
metal
Dimensions
20.7 (b) x 30.0 (b) x 31.5 (b) cm
Description
Six various sized copper cooking pots, old Hudson's Bay style with bail handles. a) Slightly misshapen pot (18.7 x 21.5 x 21 cm) stored in (b).b) Large pot with broken handle (20.7 x 30.0 x 31.5 cm).c) Pot with rounded bottom (18.5 x 18.0 x 17.5 cm ) stored in (a).d) Pot blackened from use (15.2 x 15.5 x 15.5 cm) stored in (f).e) Small pot (12.6 x 10.0 x 11.5 cm) stored in (d).f) Blackened pot (16.2 x 18.0 x 19.5 cm) sitting in shallow blue and white enamel bowl with tag attached with CRW's writing: "West end Chiniki Lake AD Oct 27 '69"
Subject
households
kitchen
Indigenous
camping
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
104.19.3006 a-f
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Date
1956
Material
metal; paper
Catalogue Number
104.19.1106 a-c
Description
A small portable stove, consisting of two parts, in its original box and an instruction booklet: (a) a fuel tank canister/pipe with coil burners with a metal stand (for propping up the canister) attached to the canister; and (b) a metal hook:(a) the bomb-shaped fuel canister has a screw-on bottom t…
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Title
Portable Stove
Date
1956
Material
metal; paper
Dimensions
6.0 x 16.5 cm
Description
A small portable stove, consisting of two parts, in its original box and an instruction booklet: (a) a fuel tank canister/pipe with coil burners with a metal stand (for propping up the canister) attached to the canister; and (b) a metal hook:(a) the bomb-shaped fuel canister has a screw-on bottom that can be opened to insert fuel. The other end has a U-shaped, solid flat piece of metal soldered onto the canister. Two metal coils (each 0.50cm) are soldered on 0.50cm from the flat part that stabilizes it. Engraved on the flat part “BORDE” “PATENT” forming a circle with the logo inside. The flat metal ‘stovetop’ on which a pot would be placed, has eight metal prongs extending from a depressed circular piece; the four large prongs are bent, four small are straight. The fuel tank (16.3x6.0 wide) has a metal rod (0.50cm wide) coiled twice with each end soldered to the top of the fuel canister. There is a piece of metal tubing soldered onto the coil. The stand (9.0x4.5cm wide) is a metal rod fashioned to hold the fuel tank; each end is bent in the shape of a circle/coil to hold the stove; it fits over the canister. (b) the hook (15.0cmx1.0cm wide) is a straight metal rod with a curved hook at the end. The curved hook is for opening and closing the fuel outlet.The stove is contained in the original paper box with “BORDE”, underneath “Benzin-Brenner” and underneath that “Zurich / Switzerland” printed in black lettering.(c) the instruction booklet for the stove.
Subject
recreational
cooking
camping
climbing
Credit
Gift of H. A. Buckmaster, 2009
Catalogue Number
104.19.1106 a-c
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Date
1950 – 1950
Material
metal
Catalogue Number
104.20.0742 a,b
Description
Two cylindrical, flat based camping aluminum cups with handles riveted to cup body, dented and scuffed from usage.(a) the larger, dented cup (b) the smaller cup
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Title
Cup
Date
1950 – 1950
Material
metal
Dimensions
7.5 x 9.0 x 12.0 cm
Description
Two cylindrical, flat based camping aluminum cups with handles riveted to cup body, dented and scuffed from usage.(a) the larger, dented cup (b) the smaller cup
Subject
households
sports
camping
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
104.20.0742 a,b
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Date
1945
Material
metal
Catalogue Number
104.19.1105
Description
A metal bottle opener that also has a wrench and screwdriver at one end. The opener is marked: “FAIREY TURNBUTTON D93529 (?) 1945.”
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Title
Bottle Opener
Date
1945
Material
metal
Description
A metal bottle opener that also has a wrench and screwdriver at one end. The opener is marked: “FAIREY TURNBUTTON D93529 (?) 1945.”
Subject
sports
camping
households
Credit
Gift of Howard White, Banff, 2001
Catalogue Number
104.19.1105
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Date
1944
Material
nylon; mesh; fabric; string
Catalogue Number
101.01.0012
Description
A dark green nylon tent. reinforced with green canvas strips. openings at each end with mesh windows and flaps. White rope tied at corners and sides. Interior is white. “[Tweedie] 1944” is faintly stamped on canvas at one end. Base is reinforced with canvas.
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Title
Camping Tent
Date
1944
Material
nylon; mesh; fabric; string
Dimensions
100.0 x 130.0 x 180.0 cm
Description
A dark green nylon tent. reinforced with green canvas strips. openings at each end with mesh windows and flaps. White rope tied at corners and sides. Interior is white. “[Tweedie] 1944” is faintly stamped on canvas at one end. Base is reinforced with canvas.
Subject
Whyte home
camping
Credit
Gift of Mary Hallock, Fort St. James, 1986
Catalogue Number
101.01.0012
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Camp in Sifton Pass, B.C.

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Artist
Ernest C. W Lamarque (1879 – 1970, Canadian)
Date
1935
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
LaE.05.06
Description
General colour: green. At the left side pitched in the grass is a lean to with two figures by a campfire. Smoke goes left and up into trees which rise on the left side becoming smaller as they go right across the picture into the distance. Two mountains can be seen on the right side in the distance…
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Artist
Ernest C. W Lamarque (1879 – 1970, Canadian)
Title
Camp in Sifton Pass, B.C.
Date
1935
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
18.4 x 26.3 cm
Description
General colour: green. At the left side pitched in the grass is a lean to with two figures by a campfire. Smoke goes left and up into trees which rise on the left side becoming smaller as they go right across the picture into the distance. Two mountains can be seen on the right side in the distance. Sky fills the upper half.
Subject
landscape
mountains
camping
people
Ernest Lamarque
Credit
Gift of Ernest Lamarque (Estate), 1971
Catalogue Number
LaE.05.06
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Valley in Cassiar Mountains

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Artist
Ernest C. W Lamarque (1879 – 1970, Canadian)
Date
1935
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
LaE.05.01
Description
General colour: green, light purple. On the left side are boulders, dead tree trunks and two large green pines. Lower mid-centre there is a piece of canvas over poles creating a makeshift tent. There is a figure by a campfire over which hangs two black kettles. On the viewer’s right is another figu…
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Artist
Ernest C. W Lamarque (1879 – 1970, Canadian)
Title
Valley in Cassiar Mountains
Date
1935
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
24.0 x 34.0 cm
Description
General colour: green, light purple. On the left side are boulders, dead tree trunks and two large green pines. Lower mid-centre there is a piece of canvas over poles creating a makeshift tent. There is a figure by a campfire over which hangs two black kettles. On the viewer’s right is another figure and four horses some distance away. The top half of the picture is mountains with some snow above that, a cloudy sky.
Subject
landscape
mountains
camping
Ernest Lamarque
Credit
Gift of Ernest Lamarque (Estate), 1971
Catalogue Number
LaE.05.01
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Artist
Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)
Date
1930
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyC.01.430
Description
A brown cabin with white trim is in left centre, another building to the left of it. Mountain in the distance at centre right. Large evergreen trees beside the cabin. Billowy sky. A saddled brown horse is standing near a standing man in the right foreground.
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Artist
Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)
Title
At the Yoho Camp
Date
1930
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
30.4 x 30.3 cm
Description
A brown cabin with white trim is in left centre, another building to the left of it. Mountain in the distance at centre right. Large evergreen trees beside the cabin. Billowy sky. A saddled brown horse is standing near a standing man in the right foreground.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
mountain
architecture
rural
animal
horse
figure
male
camping
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyC.01.430
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Date
1930
Material
wood; metal
Catalogue Number
110.01.0034
Description
A small black wooden keg made of slats held together with four metal hoops. There is a hinged wooden handle, for carrying the keg like a suitcase, attached to two of the hoops. A hole at the midpoint would dispense the contents.
Title
Keg
Date
1930
Material
wood; metal
Dimensions
23.5 x 21.0 x 21.0 cm
Description
A small black wooden keg made of slats held together with four metal hoops. There is a hinged wooden handle, for carrying the keg like a suitcase, attached to two of the hoops. A hole at the midpoint would dispense the contents.
Subject
households
social customs
sports
camping
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
110.01.0034
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