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A time for fun : a guide to hobbies and handicrafts
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue4112
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1967
- Author
- Wood, Kerry
- Call Number
- 02.7 W85
- Author
- Wood, Kerry
- Responsibility
- illustrated by Helene R. White
- Published Date
- 1967
- Physical Description
- 150p. : ill
- Subjects
- Hiking
- Accession Number
- 583
- Call Number
- 02.7 W85
- Collection
- Archives Library
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- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- c1967
- Author
- Russell, Terry
- Call Number
- 05 R91
- Author
- Russell, Terry
- Responsibility
- by Terry and Renny Russell
- Published Date
- c1967
- Subjects
- Hiking
- Wilderness
- Call Number
- 05 R91
- Collection
- Archives Library
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30 hikes in Alaska
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue1272
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1967
- Author
- Hauser, William E
- Publisher
- Anchorage : Mountaineering Club of Alaska
- Call Number
- F912 K4 H3 Pam
- Author
- Hauser, William E
- Publisher
- Anchorage : Mountaineering Club of Alaska
- Published Date
- 1967
- Subjects
- Guidebooks
- Hiking
- Call Number
- F912 K4 H3 Pam
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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Be expert with map and compass : the "orienteering" handbook
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue4063
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1967
- 1955
- Author
- Kjellstrom, Bjorn
- Publisher
- New York : Charles Scribner
- Edition
- New rev. ed
- Call Number
- 02.7 K65
- Author
- Kjellstrom, Bjorn
- Responsibility
- illustrated by Francis J. Rigney
- maps by U.S. Geological Survey
- Edition
- New rev. ed
- Publisher
- New York : Charles Scribner
- Published Date
- 1967
- 1955
- Physical Description
- 136p. : ill., maps
- Subjects
- Hiking
- Orienteering
- Accession Number
- 7500
- Call Number
- 02.7 K65
- Collection
- Archives Library
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- Date
- 1935 – 1975
- Material
- hair
- Catalogue Number
- 103.03.0066 a-dd
- Description
- A collection of four pairs of heavy grey and white wool boot socks. (a,aa) plain off white, 37.0 x 14.0,short, mid calf, ribbed legs with plain foot. Very heavy.(b,bb) grey with red band, 40.0 x 14.5, short, as above, of grey tweed with red and black band at top of cuff, handknit. (c,cc) long grey,…
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- Title
- Boot Socks
- Date
- 1935 – 1975
- Material
- hair
- Description
- A collection of four pairs of heavy grey and white wool boot socks. (a,aa) plain off white, 37.0 x 14.0,short, mid calf, ribbed legs with plain foot. Very heavy.(b,bb) grey with red band, 40.0 x 14.5, short, as above, of grey tweed with red and black band at top of cuff, handknit. (c,cc) long grey, 60.0 x 13.0, plain foot, double ribbed leg, with single ribbed 9.0 cm cuff which is reinforced with elastic thread at the bottom for half its width, grey tweed.(d,dd) Cowichan like,49.0 x 10.5, natural coloured wools. White background with brown patch toe and heel. Plain knit with band of brown design around leg, and 5.5 cm cuff of single ribbing, handknit.
- Subject
- households
- sports
- skiing
- hiking
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.03.0066 a-dd
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- Date
- 1935 – 1965
- Material
- hair; rubber
- Catalogue Number
- 103.03.0099 a,b
- Description
- Two pairs of socks that have had elastic added to the cuffs to help hold them up on the leg. (a,aa) off white , knitted of lightweight wool in a straight tube with no shaping for the heel, wide 7 cm cuff of ribbing. Threaded through at the top with a heavy round elastic cord which is knotted at the…
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- Title
- Socks
- Date
- 1935 – 1965
- Material
- hair; rubber
- Dimensions
- 14. 0 x 40.0 cm
- Description
- Two pairs of socks that have had elastic added to the cuffs to help hold them up on the leg. (a,aa) off white , knitted of lightweight wool in a straight tube with no shaping for the heel, wide 7 cm cuff of ribbing. Threaded through at the top with a heavy round elastic cord which is knotted at the ends. (b,bb) grey, heavy socks, thickly cabled around the leg with a triple cable, toe sole and heel plain. Ribbing cuff at top has been folded over to encase a piece of elastic, seamed to leg contour up back.
- Subject
- households
- sports
- hiking
- skiing
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.03.0099 a,b
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- Date
- prior to 1980
- Material
- skin; rubber; metal; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 103.03.1036 a,b
- Description
- Pair of rubber soled, leather uppers laced women's outdoor boot, moulded rubber sole and foot, chgain design tread, written on heel back "Maine Hunting Shoe, L. L. Beane Inc. Freeport, Me." and arch: "Made in the USA", leather uppers sewn on to shoe, 7 eyes for round woven laces, full tongue sewn t…
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- Title
- Boot
- Date
- prior to 1980
- Material
- skin; rubber; metal; fibre
- Dimensions
- 23.0 x 10.5 x 29.0 cm
- Description
- Pair of rubber soled, leather uppers laced women's outdoor boot, moulded rubber sole and foot, chgain design tread, written on heel back "Maine Hunting Shoe, L. L. Beane Inc. Freeport, Me." and arch: "Made in the USA", leather uppers sewn on to shoe, 7 eyes for round woven laces, full tongue sewn to sides, extra piece of leather up back of boot has a loop sewn at end to form pull tab.
- Subject
- sports
- hiking
- climbing
- Lillian Gest
- Credit
- Gift of Lillian Gest, Philadelphia, USA, 1986
- Catalogue Number
- 103.03.1036 a,b
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- Date
- 1965 – 1975
- Material
- leather; rubber; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 103.03.1047 a,b
- Description
- Reddish brown leather hiking boots, sturdy leather uppers mounted on black rubber and leather layered sole, square toe, orange-brown laces through gold metal eyelets, leather loop pull-off above heel on back, a split tongue, tan inner leather with white tag, green lettering "Lilly Whites, Picadilly…
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- Title
- Hiking Boots
- Date
- 1965 – 1975
- Material
- leather; rubber; fibre
- Dimensions
- 16.0 x 12.0 x 30.0 cm
- Description
- Reddish brown leather hiking boots, sturdy leather uppers mounted on black rubber and leather layered sole, square toe, orange-brown laces through gold metal eyelets, leather loop pull-off above heel on back, a split tongue, tan inner leather with white tag, green lettering "Lilly Whites, Picadilly Circus" on bottom, both on arch and heel, it says "Made in Itshide England, Commando, Design Reg'd 839218", heavy studded rubber grip sole, screwed onto boot with screws and latched with 8, (four on either side), metal clasps.
- Credit
- Gift of Elizabeth Kidd, Vancouver, 1986
- Catalogue Number
- 103.03.1047 a,b
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- Date
- 1965 – 1985
- Material
- skin; metal; fibre; rubber
- Catalogue Number
- 103.03.1068 a,b
- Description
- Pair of leather hiking/climbing boots.
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- Title
- Boots
- Date
- 1965 – 1985
- Material
- skin; metal; fibre; rubber
- Description
- Pair of leather hiking/climbing boots.
- Subject
- sports
- climbing
- hiking
- Chic Scott
- Credit
- Gift of Charles (Chic) Scott, Cochrane, 1991
- Catalogue Number
- 103.03.1068 a,b
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- Date
- 1960 – 1963
- Material
- skin; nylon; fibre; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 103.03.1076 a,b
- Description
- A pair of green nylon overboots with off-white leather soles. There are two strips of white nylon fabric sewn onto the boot on each side running from the leather sole to the top border. The strips have ten metal hooks one side and one hook followed by nine metal grommets on the other for the laces,…
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- Title
- Overboots
- Date
- 1960 – 1963
- Material
- skin; nylon; fibre; metal
- Dimensions
- 49.0 x 38.0 cm
- Description
- A pair of green nylon overboots with off-white leather soles. There are two strips of white nylon fabric sewn onto the boot on each side running from the leather sole to the top border. The strips have ten metal hooks one side and one hook followed by nine metal grommets on the other for the laces, which are attached. There is a manufacturer’s label attached: a logo of a circle with blue sky and white mountain with red “Gerry” in script across the mountain and underneath printed in black “MOUNTAIN CLIMBING EQUIPMENT”, underneath “WARD COLORADO” in red.
- Credit
- Gift of Hans and Margaret Gmoser, Harvie Heights, 1989
- Catalogue Number
- 103.03.1076 a,b
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