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- Date
- 1987 – 1988
- Material
- metal
- Catalogue Number
- 103.09.1178 a-g
- Description
- 7 Parks Canada guide badges. Rectangular shape, white background with blue lettering. All badges read: “Environment Canada. Parks. GUIDE.” with date “1987-88” at bottom. Under “GUIDE” each badge is identified with the type of guide: a) “FISH”; b) “SKI INSTRUCTOR”; c) “TRAIL & BOATING TRIP”; d) “TR…
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- Title
- Guide Pin
- Date
- 1987 – 1988
- Material
- metal
- Dimensions
- 4.0 x 7.0 cm
- Description
- 7 Parks Canada guide badges. Rectangular shape, white background with blue lettering. All badges read: “Environment Canada. Parks. GUIDE.” with date “1987-88” at bottom. Under “GUIDE” each badge is identified with the type of guide: a) “FISH”; b) “SKI INSTRUCTOR”; c) “TRAIL & BOATING TRIP”; d) “TRAIL ‘C’”; e) “SKI”; f) “MOUNTAIN”; g) “TRAIL ‘A’”.
- Credit
- Gift of Wendy Bush, Banff, 2000
- Catalogue Number
- 103.09.1178 a-g
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- Date
- 1900 – 1940
- Material
- wood; metal; cork; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 104.18.1034 a-e
- Description
- Five bundles of fishing rods. Rods are collapsible. Four of the five have fabric carrying cases. (a) is two rods tied together. (d) has a net with handle to attach to fishing pole.
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- Title
- Fishing Rod
- Date
- 1900 – 1940
- Material
- wood; metal; cork; fibre
- Dimensions
- 117.0 x 7.0 cm
- Description
- Five bundles of fishing rods. Rods are collapsible. Four of the five have fabric carrying cases. (a) is two rods tied together. (d) has a net with handle to attach to fishing pole.
- Subject
- Vaux family
- sports
- fishing
- hiking
- camping
- Credit
- Gift of Molly Vaux, New York, USA, 1999
- Catalogue Number
- 104.18.1034 a-e
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- Date
- 1955 – 1965
- Material
- metal; wood; skin
- Catalogue Number
- 104.18.1017 a-c
- Description
- 2 Brewster Stubby Knives, 1 case (a) a knife 20.5 cm in length, with an unfinished, sawtoothed, steel blade (10.25 x 3.5) the handle is made of white plastic with three brass rivets (b) a knife 20.5 cm in length with its blade broken in half, the blade has a sharp edge on one side and is sawtoot…
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- Title
- Outdoor Knife
- Date
- 1955 – 1965
- Material
- metal; wood; skin
- Dimensions
- 3.5 x 20.5 cm
- Description
- 2 Brewster Stubby Knives, 1 case (a) a knife 20.5 cm in length, with an unfinished, sawtoothed, steel blade (10.25 x 3.5) the handle is made of white plastic with three brass rivets (b) a knife 20.5 cm in length with its blade broken in half, the blade has a sharp edge on one side and is sawtoothed on the other, the handle is wood, held to the blade by three rivets (c) a dark brown, full grain cowhide sheath with a belt loop, designed to hold the Stubby Knife (22.0 x 4.0).
- Subject
- sports
- hunting
- fishing
- F.O. (Pat) Brewster
- Credit
- Gift of Karin MacAulay, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.18.1017 a-c
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Advertising Poster
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- Date
- 1955 – 1965
- Material
- paper; skin; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 105.01.1004 a-c
- Description
- Advertising poster of the Brewster Stubby Knife. a yellow cardboard poster (35.5 x 27.5) advertising the Brewster Stubby Knife. Two leather sheaths are held by white elastic, displayed diagonally across the right 2/3 of poster, the upper sheath is tan, the lower dark brown. Surrounding the sheaths …
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- Title
- Advertising Poster
- Date
- 1955 – 1965
- Material
- paper; skin; fibre
- Dimensions
- 35.5 x 27.5 cm
- Description
- Advertising poster of the Brewster Stubby Knife. a yellow cardboard poster (35.5 x 27.5) advertising the Brewster Stubby Knife. Two leather sheaths are held by white elastic, displayed diagonally across the right 2/3 of poster, the upper sheath is tan, the lower dark brown. Surrounding the sheaths are 15 reasons to buy the knife. The price (5.95) is in large black numbers in bottom left corner.
- Subject
- sports
- hunting
- fishing
- F. O. (Pat) Brewster
- Credit
- Gift of Karin MacAulay, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 105.01.1004 a-c
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Identification Sign
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- Date
- 1940 – 1960
- Material
- wood; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 105.05.1031
- Description
- Framed, National Park Boundary. Black lettering screened onto white linen background which is glued onto a flat piece of board and a raised frame. Canada's coat of arms centre top "National Park Boundary No Hunting or Trapping Allowed This is a sanctuary for all wildlife. If protected inside the …
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- Title
- Identification Sign
- Date
- 1940 – 1960
- Material
- wood; fibre
- Dimensions
- 46.0 x 33.0 cm
- Description
- Framed, National Park Boundary. Black lettering screened onto white linen background which is glued onto a flat piece of board and a raised frame. Canada's coat of arms centre top "National Park Boundary No Hunting or Trapping Allowed This is a sanctuary for all wildlife. If protected inside the Park the game will increase in numbers in the adjacent country. Your co-operation in protecting the wildlife in the Park is requested. The Minister of Mines and Resources".
- Credit
- Gift of James Deegan, Banff, 1985
- Catalogue Number
- 105.05.1031
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- Date
- 1900 – 1945
- Material
- glass
- Catalogue Number
- 104.18.0001 a,b
- Description
- Two green blown glass spheres with blobs of thick glass at the bottom where the blowing rod was removed.
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- Title
- Float
- Date
- 1900 – 1945
- Material
- glass
- Description
- Two green blown glass spheres with blobs of thick glass at the bottom where the blowing rod was removed.
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.18.0001 a,b
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- Date
- 1904 – 1920
- Material
- metal
- Catalogue Number
- 104.48.0001
- Description
- A portable spring scale consisting of a silver coloured metal tube with a hanging ring at the end. A smaller metal tube is inside with a hook at the end and a linear scale on side marked “1”, “2” ,“3”, etc. (pounds) and divided into quarters. The inside tube is attached to a spring which determin…
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- Title
- Spring Scale
- Date
- 1904 – 1920
- Material
- metal
- Dimensions
- 2.5 x 12.0 cm
- Description
- A portable spring scale consisting of a silver coloured metal tube with a hanging ring at the end. A smaller metal tube is inside with a hook at the end and a linear scale on side marked “1”, “2” ,“3”, etc. (pounds) and divided into quarters. The inside tube is attached to a spring which determines the amount of pull exerted when something is hung on the hook.
- Subject
- households
- sports
- fishing
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.48.0001
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Scabbard Machete
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- Date
- 1900 – 1935
- Material
- metal; wood
- Catalogue Number
- 104.02.0004 a,b
- Description
- (a) machete, heavy wide steel blade cut square at tip and rounded into back edge, simply carved wooden pistol grip handle with band of darker wood at blade, and triangular shape cut through where underside of grip handle curves downward .(b) scabbard, carved wood, flat across tip. Triangular openi…
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- Title
- Scabbard Machete
- Date
- 1900 – 1935
- Material
- metal; wood
- Dimensions
- 6.0 x 2.5 x 37.0 cm
- Description
- (a) machete, heavy wide steel blade cut square at tip and rounded into back edge, simply carved wooden pistol grip handle with band of darker wood at blade, and triangular shape cut through where underside of grip handle curves downward .(b) scabbard, carved wood, flat across tip. Triangular opening at mouth with relief carved floral shape on one side at bottom of mouth opening.
- Subject
- activities
- hunting and fishing
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.02.0004 a,b
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- Date
- 1960 – 1970
- Material
- wood; antler; hair; feather; skin; sinew
- Catalogue Number
- 104.05.0044
- Description
- Fishing spear made from two prongs of an antler attached to wooden stick handle with a strip of rawhide. Handle completely wrapped with wide buckskin strips and three bands of red brown fur, one at each end and in middle. Three groups of short white feathers hang from underside of handle. Two small…
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- Title
- Fishing Spear
- Date
- 1960 – 1970
- Material
- wood; antler; hair; feather; skin; sinew
- Dimensions
- 7.5 x 7.5 x 47.0 cm
- Description
- Fishing spear made from two prongs of an antler attached to wooden stick handle with a strip of rawhide. Handle completely wrapped with wide buckskin strips and three bands of red brown fur, one at each end and in middle. Three groups of short white feathers hang from underside of handle. Two small barbs of antler tied tightly to middle of prongs with sinew.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- fishing
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.05.0044
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- Date
- 1970 – 1980
- Material
- wood; bone; sinew
- Catalogue Number
- 104.05.0055
- Description
- Long flat simply carved wooden shaft tapering to point at end. Two thin sticks of bone lashed to either side of other end with sinew, and long needle of bone drilled into end of wood between with small bone barbs protruding from inside tips of flat bones toward point of central bone needle.
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- Title
- Fish Spear
- Date
- 1970 – 1980
- Material
- wood; bone; sinew
- Dimensions
- 1.1 x 5.5 x 51.7 cm
- Description
- Long flat simply carved wooden shaft tapering to point at end. Two thin sticks of bone lashed to either side of other end with sinew, and long needle of bone drilled into end of wood between with small bone barbs protruding from inside tips of flat bones toward point of central bone needle.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.05.0055
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