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Camps in the Rockies : being a narrative of life on the frontier, and sport in the Rocky Mountains
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue4013
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1882
- Author
- Baillie-Grohman, William Adolph
- Publisher
- London : Sampson Low
- Call Number
- 02.7 B15
- Publisher
- London : Sampson Low
- Published Date
- 1882
- Physical Description
- viii, 438p. : ill
- Subjects
- Hunting
- Accession Number
- 400
- Call Number
- 02.7 B15
- Collection
- Archives Library
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In the land of the moose, the bear and the beaver : adventures in the forests of the Athabasca
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue6773
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1885
- Author
- Daunt, Achilles
- Publisher
- London : T. Nelson
- Call Number
- 04.2 D26
- Author
- Daunt, Achilles
- Publisher
- London : T. Nelson
- Published Date
- 1885
- Physical Description
- 328p. : ill
- Accession Number
- 400
- Call Number
- 04.2 D26
- Collection
- Archives Library
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- Date
- 1887
- Material
- metal, steel; metal, brass; wood
- Catalogue Number
- 104.04.0002
- Description
- Single barrel lever-action Winchester rifle with a wooden stock and grip, a brass breech and butt, and a steel barrel. The stock is studded on one side with brass tacks in the design of a star and a cross. The bullets would load through a loading gate on the side of the breech. There is a hinged…
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- Title
- Rifle
- Date
- 1887
- Material
- metal, steel; metal, brass; wood
- Dimensions
- 11.0 x 3.7 x 100.0 cm
- Description
- Single barrel lever-action Winchester rifle with a wooden stock and grip, a brass breech and butt, and a steel barrel. The stock is studded on one side with brass tacks in the design of a star and a cross. The bullets would load through a loading gate on the side of the breech. There is a hinged metal sight on barrel that is marked with the numerals “3” and “5”. The rifle is also marked with “PW” a stylized trademark on the breech and barrel, and with the serial number “148108” on the bottom of the stock near the lever lock. This rifle has the patent date March 29, 1865. Model 1866. 44 Rim Fire. Manufactured 1877.
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.04.0002
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A sportsman's Eden
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue3755
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1888
- Author
- Phillipps-Wolley, Clive Oldnall
- Publisher
- London : Richard Bentley
- Call Number
- 02.5 B77p
- Publisher
- London : Richard Bentley
- Published Date
- 1888
- Physical Description
- ix, 261p.
- Subjects
- British Columbia
- Hunting
- Accession Number
- 400
- 7504 deaccessioned
- Call Number
- 02.5 B77p
- Collection
- Archives Library
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A goat hunt in the rocky mountains
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue15071
- Published Date
- 1889
- Physical Description
- p.281, ill.
- Medium
- Library - Periodical
- Subjects
- Rocky Mountains, Canada
- Hunting
- Notes
- In The Dominion Illustrated [newspaper], vol.II, no.44 (May 1889)
- photograph on p.281, description on p.278 under "Our Engravings"
- Call Number
- P
- Collection
- Archives Library
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- Date
- 1889
- Material
- steel, wood
- Catalogue Number
- 104.04.0001
- Description
- Marlin Safety rifle with a wooden stock and grip. The octagonally shaped barrel has a metal sight notch on top. The curved butt of the stock is lined with metal. A lever action pump forms a handle around the trigger. The rifle is stamped with “Marlin Safety” on top of the breech, “44 W” on top o…
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- Title
- Rifle
- Date
- 1889
- Material
- steel, wood
- Dimensions
- 11.0 x 3.5 x 105.5 cm
- Description
- Marlin Safety rifle with a wooden stock and grip. The octagonally shaped barrel has a metal sight notch on top. The curved butt of the stock is lined with metal. A lever action pump forms a handle around the trigger. The rifle is stamped with “Marlin Safety” on top of the breech, “44 W” on top of the barrel, and with “59843” on the bottom of the breech.Note: patent dates - October 11, 1887; April 2, 1889
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.04.0001
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A Canadian hunter in the Rockies
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue15103
- Published Date
- 1890
- Physical Description
- p.160, ill.
- Medium
- Library - Periodical
- Subjects
- Rocky Mountains, Canada
- Hunting
- Notes
- In The Dominion Illustrated [newspaper], vol.IV, no.88, (March 1890)
- photograph on p.160, description on p.151 under "Our Engravings"
- Call Number
- P
- Collection
- Archives Library
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- Date
- 1895
- Material
- wood; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 104.04.1010
- Description
- Single barrel lever-action rifle with a wide wood handle with a metal base at its end. Body marked “Manufactured by the Winchester Repeating Arms Co. New Haven Conn. USA Pat Nov.5.95 Nov 12.95. Aug.17.97.Jan.25.98.Aug.23.98.”. Marked at bottom of base “Model 1895 Winchester Trademark.”On top of bar…
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- Title
- Rifle
- Date
- 1895
- Material
- wood; metal
- Dimensions
- 11 x 109 cm
- Description
- Single barrel lever-action rifle with a wide wood handle with a metal base at its end. Body marked “Manufactured by the Winchester Repeating Arms Co. New Haven Conn. USA Pat Nov.5.95 Nov 12.95. Aug.17.97.Jan.25.98.Aug.23.98.”. Marked at bottom of base “Model 1895 Winchester Trademark.”On top of barrel 35 W.C.F.; on side of barrel “Nickel Steel Barrel” “Especially for smokeless powder”. On top of the site ”Pat.Feb.22.27”
- Subject
- sports
- hunting
- Elliott Barnes
- Credit
- Gift of Dale Barnes, Calgary, 2013
- Catalogue Number
- 104.04.1010
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Records of big game
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue6976
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1896
- Author
- Ward, Rowland
- Publisher
- London : R. Ward
- Call Number
- 04.2 W21
- Author
- Ward, Rowland
- Publisher
- London : R. Ward
- Published Date
- 1896
- Physical Description
- xvi, 325p. : ill
- Subjects
- Hunting
- Notes
- Index
- Call Number
- 04.2 W21
- Collection
- Archives Library
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- 1899
- Medium
- ink; graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.03.06
- Description
- Colour: black on white; a wounded bison with three arrows in his side and blood coming out of his mouth, kneels in the center of the picture;to the left and right are large leafless trees; a huge sun sits halfway on the horizon of rolling hills; in the background to the right, six figures with stic…
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Title
- Neolithic Age
- Date
- 1899
- Medium
- ink; graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 10.7 x 18.4 cm
- Description
- Colour: black on white; a wounded bison with three arrows in his side and blood coming out of his mouth, kneels in the center of the picture;to the left and right are large leafless trees; a huge sun sits halfway on the horizon of rolling hills; in the background to the right, six figures with sticks run up from behind a tree; to the left, in the background are two bears.
- Subject
- animal, buffalo
- hunting
- Credit
- Gift of Iva (Mrs. Len) Smith, 1970
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.03.06
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