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- Date
- 1924 – 1941
- Material
- wood; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 104.21.1006
- Description
- Two-handled saw with wooden handles and crossbars and a metal blade and metal tension rod with tightener. The tension rod is stamped “PAT. MAY 20 - 1924.”
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- Title
- Bucksaw
- Date
- 1924 – 1941
- Material
- wood; metal
- Dimensions
- 63.8 x 2.7 x 87.5 cm
- Description
- Two-handled saw with wooden handles and crossbars and a metal blade and metal tension rod with tightener. The tension rod is stamped “PAT. MAY 20 - 1924.”
- Credit
- Gift of Robert N. Smith, Canmore, 2003
- Catalogue Number
- 104.21.1006
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- Date
- 1920 – 1960
- Material
- metal; leather; paper;
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0556
- Description
- Small lighter wrapped in leather with a portrait of a First Nations man painted on one side and “LAKE LOUISE CANADA” branded on the other. There is a small screw on the bottom to access the fuel storage. The sparker mechanism may be missing a part, but the lighter has never been used, based on the …
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- Title
- Lighter
- Date
- 1920 – 1960
- Material
- metal; leather; paper;
- Dimensions
- 4.5 x 1.4 x 3.7 cm
- Description
- Small lighter wrapped in leather with a portrait of a First Nations man painted on one side and “LAKE LOUISE CANADA” branded on the other. There is a small screw on the bottom to access the fuel storage. The sparker mechanism may be missing a part, but the lighter has never been used, based on the state of the wick. A small paper tag attached to the sparker mechanism with a small piece of string has “NB 75” written on it in pencil.
- Subject
- Crosby family
- Abegweit
- souvineers
- Lake Louise;
- Credit
- Gift of Robert Crosby Family, Banff, 1998
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0556
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- Date
- 1929
- Catalogue Number
- LaC.03.01
- Description
- General colour: blue. The lake at the bottom is banked on the right by trees and on the left in the distance by a mountain face rising out of the water. Glacier is center with five peaks visible: The central one being left of center at the very top. Sky is yellow grey and mostly in the upper right …
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- Title
- Moraine Lake
- Date
- 1929
- Dimensions
- 40.3 x 51.9 cm
- Description
- General colour: blue. The lake at the bottom is banked on the right by trees and on the left in the distance by a mountain face rising out of the water. Glacier is center with five peaks visible: The central one being left of center at the very top. Sky is yellow grey and mostly in the upper right corner.
- Credit
- Gift of Peter and Judith Jekill, Calgary, 1973
- Catalogue Number
- LaC.03.01
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- Date
- 1925 – 1930
- Material
- stone; paint;
- Catalogue Number
- 104.02.0104 a-e
- Description
- Five samples of paint left on stones by J.E.H. MacDonald and Peter Whyte from Lake McArthur and Opabin, Lake O’Hara. Paint samples are mostly blue, green, and white in colour.Includes:a - blue and blue-green paint chips left by Peter Whyte at Lake McArthur [he sat below J.E.H. MacDonald] housed in …
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- Title
- Paint Sample
- Date
- 1925 – 1930
- Material
- stone; paint;
- Dimensions
- 3.1 x 5.0 x 10.8 cm
- Description
- Five samples of paint left on stones by J.E.H. MacDonald and Peter Whyte from Lake McArthur and Opabin, Lake O’Hara. Paint samples are mostly blue, green, and white in colour.Includes:a - blue and blue-green paint chips left by Peter Whyte at Lake McArthur [he sat below J.E.H. MacDonald] housed in a small round gold-coloured tin with “Pete Whyte McA sitting below JEH” on the lid, as well as four photographs of the paint samples in situb - white paint chips and a stone with more white paint on it from the Schaffer Bluffs at Lake McArthur [paint possibly left by Peter Whyte, J.E.H. MacDonald, or Richard Jack] - chips are housed in a small round gold-coloured tin with “MCARTHUR MISSING SCENE” written on the lid, as well as three photographs of the paint samples in situc - blue and white paint chips [possibly left by J.E.H. MacDonald] at the Lake McArthur Gully housed in a small round gold-coloured tin with “McA Gully” written on the lid, as well as three photographs of the paint samples in situd - blue and white paint chips left by J.E.H. MacDonald at Lake McArthur [he sat above Peter Whyte] housed in a small round gold-coloured tin with “JEH at McA sitting above Pete W.” written on the lid, as well as four photographs of the paint samples in situe - blue and white paint chips [possibly left by J.E.H. MacDonald] at Opabin near the Porcupine shelter housed in a small round gold-coloured tin with “Opabin near porcupine shelter” written on the lid, as well as two photographs of the paint samples in situ
- Subject
- Peter Whyte
- J.E.H. MacDonald
- James Edward Hervey MacDonald
- art
- artists
- paint
- painting
- Lake O’Hara region;;
- Credit
- Gift of Patricia Cucman, Calgary, 2021
- Catalogue Number
- 104.02.0104 a-e
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- Date
- 1924 – 1930
- Catalogue Number
- 104.02.0105 a-d
- Description
- four samples of paint left on stones and trees, presumably by J.E.H. MacDonald from Lake McArthur and Opabin, Lake O’Hara. Paint samples are mostly blue, green, and white in colour.
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- Title
- Paint Sample
- Date
- 1924 – 1930
- Description
- four samples of paint left on stones and trees, presumably by J.E.H. MacDonald from Lake McArthur and Opabin, Lake O’Hara. Paint samples are mostly blue, green, and white in colour.
- Subject
- J.E.H. MacDonald
- James Edward Hervey MacDonald
- art
- artists
- paint
- painting
- Lake O’Hara region;
- Credit
- Gift of Patricia Cucman, Calgary, 2021
- Catalogue Number
- 104.02.0105 a-d
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- Date
- 1920 – 1950
- Material
- ceramic
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.1137 a,b
- Description
- Two ceramic plates with Deer Lodge logo in green, logo consists of words “DEER LODGE” with image of branch and prancing deer above. Plates are white with burgundy edge border and a thin blue line around centre from each edge of the logo. Manufacturer’s stamp on back of plate.
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- Title
- Plate
- Date
- 1920 – 1950
- Material
- ceramic
- Dimensions
- 20.5 cm
- Description
- Two ceramic plates with Deer Lodge logo in green, logo consists of words “DEER LODGE” with image of branch and prancing deer above. Plates are white with burgundy edge border and a thin blue line around centre from each edge of the logo. Manufacturer’s stamp on back of plate.
- Subject
- Deer Lodge
- hotels
- Lake Louise
- Credit
- Gift of Carol Black, Banff, 2004
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.1137 a,b
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- Date
- 1929 – 1929
- Material
- mineral; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 103.01.0129 a,b
- Description
- Two pins made from small clusters of clear, large transparent crystals. Long, angular crystals with oblique ends are of quartz. Silver fitting on back roughly follows shape of each pin, with long curving prongs clasping around crevices and angles of crystals to hold them securely. Hinged pin spike …
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- Title
- Scatter Pin
- Date
- 1929 – 1929
- Material
- mineral; metal
- Dimensions
- 1.5 x 2.3 x 3.0 cm
- Description
- Two pins made from small clusters of clear, large transparent crystals. Long, angular crystals with oblique ends are of quartz. Silver fitting on back roughly follows shape of each pin, with long curving prongs clasping around crevices and angles of crystals to hold them securely. Hinged pin spike fastens into slotted clasp with locking mechanism. (a) larger - cloudy crystals lying in all directions, discolouration on back. (b) smaller - clear crystals all lying in same direction.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.01.0129 a,b
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Walking Stick Pin
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- Date
- 1925 – 1940
- Material
- metal
- Catalogue Number
- 103.09.1081
- Description
- A metal, semi-circular walking stick pin that reads “Emerald Lake, BC.”
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- Title
- Walking Stick Pin
- Date
- 1925 – 1940
- Material
- metal
- Description
- A metal, semi-circular walking stick pin that reads “Emerald Lake, BC.”
- Subject
- sports
- hiking
- souvenirs
- Emerald Lake
- Credit
- Gift of Richard Green, Canmore, 1987
- Catalogue Number
- 103.09.1081
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