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- Date
- 1930 – 1950
- Material
- leather; rubber; metal; fibre;
- Catalogue Number
- 103.03.0137 a-c
- Description
- A pair of two heavy black leather ski boots with a metal carrier. The ski boots have a thick sole and are laced up on the upper part of the heel. The front of the boots are laced up with a rubber loop which reads “vibram”, underneath the main tongue is another portion of the boot that is laced up w…
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- Title
- Ski Boots
- Date
- 1930 – 1950
- Material
- leather; rubber; metal; fibre;
- Dimensions
- 19.0 x 11.2 x 30.7 cm
- Description
- A pair of two heavy black leather ski boots with a metal carrier. The ski boots have a thick sole and are laced up on the upper part of the heel. The front of the boots are laced up with a rubber loop which reads “vibram”, underneath the main tongue is another portion of the boot that is laced up with red shoe laces (the inner tongue). The rubber loop is connected to 8 silver hooks and six gold hooks. The inner liner of the boots are a light brown, on the outside edge of the interior of the boots is “9W” in handwriting. One boot (b) is slightly taller than the other at 19.4 cm. The metal carrier (c) has a hook at the top for carrying and two metal plates with six holes cut out. One side of the plate is inscribed with “ANDERSON & THOMPSON SEATTLE U.S.A”. The locking system is a screw-like mechanism with a piece of metal to hold the toes and a round knob that twists to lock the ski boots in. 38.3 x 5.0 x 6.7 cm
- Credit
- Gift of Frank Gourlay, Banff, 1991
- Catalogue Number
- 103.03.0137 a-c
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- Date
- n.d.
- Material
- leather; fabric; rubber
- Catalogue Number
- 103.03.0107 a,b
- Description
- Black leather lace up ski boots with square toe and a shallow groove for binding on heel. Appearance and construction similar to a hiking boot, thick leather soles. Nails visible in sole. Faint repeating pattern of “HOLTITE” embossed on sole at heel.
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- Title
- Ski Boots
- Date
- n.d.
- Material
- leather; fabric; rubber
- Dimensions
- 15.0 x 10.0 x 29.5 cm
- Description
- Black leather lace up ski boots with square toe and a shallow groove for binding on heel. Appearance and construction similar to a hiking boot, thick leather soles. Nails visible in sole. Faint repeating pattern of “HOLTITE” embossed on sole at heel.
- Subject
- Whyte home
- skiing
- sports
- equipment
- footwear
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.03.0107 a,b
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- Date
- n.d.
- Material
- leather; metal; rubber
- Catalogue Number
- 103.03.0108 a,b
- Description
- black leather lace up ski boots with square toe and a shallow groove for binding on heel. Leather strap that wraps around ankle and fastens with a toothed bucked at outer foot. Appearance and construction similar to a hiking boot, thick leather soles. Nails visible in sole. Rubber heel stamped with…
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- Title
- Ski Boots
- Date
- n.d.
- Material
- leather; metal; rubber
- Dimensions
- 16.0 x 11.0 x 27.0 cm
- Description
- black leather lace up ski boots with square toe and a shallow groove for binding on heel. Leather strap that wraps around ankle and fastens with a toothed bucked at outer foot. Appearance and construction similar to a hiking boot, thick leather soles. Nails visible in sole. Rubber heel stamped with “SKI” inside an evergreen tree shape, “MADE IN CANADA” stamped below.
- Subject
- Whyte home
- skiing
- sports
- footwear
- equipment.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.03.0108 a,b
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- Date
- n.d.
- Material
- leather; metal; rubber
- Catalogue Number
- 103.03.0109 a,b
- Description
- Narrow blue and white leather ski boots with square toe and groove for bringing at heel. Lace up. White leather “M” on blue body on outer edge of each boot. Patterned rubber sole with “MUNARI” and “MADE IN ITALY”
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- Title
- Ski Boots
- Date
- n.d.
- Material
- leather; metal; rubber
- Dimensions
- 13.0 x 10.5 x 29.5 cm
- Description
- Narrow blue and white leather ski boots with square toe and groove for bringing at heel. Lace up. White leather “M” on blue body on outer edge of each boot. Patterned rubber sole with “MUNARI” and “MADE IN ITALY”
- Subject
- Whyte home
- skiing
- sports
- equipment
- footwear
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.03.0109 a,b
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- Date
- n.d.
- Material
- canvas; fibre; leather; metal; plastic
- Catalogue Number
- 108.04.0056 a-c
- Description
- A blue, green, and black plaid ski boot bag (a) with white piping around the edges, zipper and handles. There is a pair of black ski boots (b,c) with the bag. On the back of the bag is a white leather frame with a rounded top, a possible slot for a name tag. Attached to one the handles is an Air Ca…
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- Title
- Ski Boots Bag
- Date
- n.d.
- Material
- canvas; fibre; leather; metal; plastic
- Dimensions
- 29.1 x 25.5 x 39.1 cm
- Description
- A blue, green, and black plaid ski boot bag (a) with white piping around the edges, zipper and handles. There is a pair of black ski boots (b,c) with the bag. On the back of the bag is a white leather frame with a rounded top, a possible slot for a name tag. Attached to one the handles is an Air Canada tag with “676651” stamped on it. The ski boots are black with five silver metal buckles. They have a very heavy and thick sole. On the back of the boots is “LANGE” in a rectangle. Dimensions for the boots, 22.0 x 10.9 x 30.7 cm.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 108.04.0056 a-c
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- Date
- 1970 – 1990
- Material
- plastic; fabric; metal;
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0553
- Description
- Black rubber ski goggles fitted with a clear plastic lens and a grey and red elastic band with metal brackets to adjust the length. Also comes with two yellow plastic lenses, one of which is in a plastic sleeve.
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- Title
- Ski Goggles
- Date
- 1970 – 1990
- Material
- plastic; fabric; metal;
- Dimensions
- 4.2 x 9.8 x 20.3 cm
- Description
- Black rubber ski goggles fitted with a clear plastic lens and a grey and red elastic band with metal brackets to adjust the length. Also comes with two yellow plastic lenses, one of which is in a plastic sleeve.
- Credit
- Gift of Eddie Hunter, Banff, 1995
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0553
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- Date
- 1940 – 1970
- Material
- fabric; canvas; fur; metal;
- Catalogue Number
- 106.04.0094
- Description
- Pair of ski skins made of beige heavy-duty canvas and beige seal skin with black spots. One end of the skins has a canvas loop that can be hooked over the nose of the skis, two straps that attach with metal clasps interspersed down the length, and a strip of canvas extending from the other end that…
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- Title
- Ski Skins
- Date
- 1940 – 1970
- Material
- fabric; canvas; fur; metal;
- Dimensions
- 0.1 x 5.7 x 221.4 cm
- Description
- Pair of ski skins made of beige heavy-duty canvas and beige seal skin with black spots. One end of the skins has a canvas loop that can be hooked over the nose of the skis, two straps that attach with metal clasps interspersed down the length, and a strip of canvas extending from the other end that has a metal cap on it.
- Subject
- Eddie Hunter
- skiing
- ski equipment;
- Credit
- Gift of Eddie Hunter, Banff, 1995
- Catalogue Number
- 106.04.0094
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- Date
- n.d.
- Material
- metal
- Catalogue Number
- 108.04.0044 a,b
- Description
- Two metal ski tips. Both have tips that curve upwards. a) slightly thicker (8.0 cm) with single screw that spans width to widen tip. Tip has fixed base and can only widen a certain amount. b) thinner (6.0cm x 30.0 cm) with two screws to fix tip. Two sides of tip come apart at one end and are held w…
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- Title
- Ski Tips
- Date
- n.d.
- Material
- metal
- Dimensions
- 8.0 x 32.0 cm
- Description
- Two metal ski tips. Both have tips that curve upwards. a) slightly thicker (8.0 cm) with single screw that spans width to widen tip. Tip has fixed base and can only widen a certain amount. b) thinner (6.0cm x 30.0 cm) with two screws to fix tip. Two sides of tip come apart at one end and are held with a single screw at the curved end. “ILOVAN MADE IN NORWAY” is stamped on one side.
- Subject
- Whyte home
- skiing
- sports
- equipment
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 108.04.0044 a,b
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- Date
- 1930 – 1950
- Material
- cardboard; wax; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 106.04.0004 a-c
- Description
- A collection of three Victor Sohm’s ski wax. Tubes a) & b) are the same size with blue labels, but a) has white writing across the tube and b) has black writing. Tube c) is 7.9 x 3.6 x 3.0 cm with a pink label. Labels all read “VICTOR Sohm’s” and have other text in English. Tube c) appears to have …
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- Title
- Ski Wax
- Date
- 1930 – 1950
- Material
- cardboard; wax; metal
- Dimensions
- 7.3 x 4.0 x 4.0 cm
- Description
- A collection of three Victor Sohm’s ski wax. Tubes a) & b) are the same size with blue labels, but a) has white writing across the tube and b) has black writing. Tube c) is 7.9 x 3.6 x 3.0 cm with a pink label. Labels all read “VICTOR Sohm’s” and have other text in English. Tube c) appears to have German(?) writing. Wax can be pushed up from the bottom of each tube.
- Credit
- Gift of Frank Gourlay, Banff, 1991
- Catalogue Number
- 106.04.0004 a-c
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- Date
- 1930 – 1950
- Material
- metal; wax
- Catalogue Number
- 106.04.0005 a-g
- Description
- A collection of seven small metal canisters each with lids. Canisters a) - c) are covered in cream with blue illustrations of skiers and text in English and Norwegian. Canisters a) and b) are “ØSTBYE - MEDIUM” with a dark brown wax. Canister c) is “ØSTBYE - MIX” and the wax is lighter in colour th…
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- Title
- Ski Wax
- Date
- 1930 – 1950
- Material
- metal; wax
- Dimensions
- 5.3 x 3.4 cm
- Description
- A collection of seven small metal canisters each with lids. Canisters a) - c) are covered in cream with blue illustrations of skiers and text in English and Norwegian. Canisters a) and b) are “ØSTBYE - MEDIUM” with a dark brown wax. Canister c) is “ØSTBYE - MIX” and the wax is lighter in colour than a) and b), a light brown.Canisters d) and e) are covered in shiny gold metal and with black illustrations of skiers and text in English and Norwegian. These canisters are “ØSTBYE - KLISTERVOX ORIGINAL GOLDKLISTER”. Canisters f) and g) are covered in red with black illustrations and skiers and text in English and Norwegian. These canisters are “ØSTBYE - SKAREVOX”. The wax is the darkest brown of the four different types of wax.For all canisters wax can be pushed up from the bottom.
- Credit
- Gift of Frank Gourlay, Banff, 1991
- Catalogue Number
- 106.04.0005 a-g
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