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Sky-line hiking
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue8456
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Author
- Mackintosh, Norman
- Call Number
- 02.7 M18 Pam
- Author
- Mackintosh, Norman
- Physical Description
- p.512-513 : ill
- Notes
- In the Hiker & Camper, vol.2, no.11, December 1932
- Call Number
- 02.7 M18 Pam
- Collection
- Archives Library
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The inaugural hike in 1933
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue10543
- Author
- Somerville, Jan
- Medium
- Library - Periodical
- Notes
- In Skyliner, fall 1989
- Call Number
- P
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies 75th anniversary 1923-1998
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue11337
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1998
- Author
- Sandford, Robert W
- Call Number
- 08.3 Sa5t Pam
- Author
- Sandford, Robert W
- Published Date
- 1998
- Physical Description
- 29 p. : ill., ports
- Subjects
- Brewster family
- Canadian Pacific Railway
- Gibbon, John Murray
- Holiday on Horseback tour
- Outdoor life
- Outfitters, trail guides, packers
- Palenske, R.H
- Robinson, Bunny
- Rungius, Carl
- Sky Line Trail Hikers of the Canadian Rockies
- Townsend trophy
- Vaux family
- Watkins, Howard
- Accession Number
- 7097
- Call Number
- 08.3 Sa5t Pam
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Trails and tales, 1983-1999
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue11377
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Calgary : J&J Publishing
- Call Number
- 02.7 Sk9t
- Responsibility
- edited by Virginia Klatzel and Anne M. Stang
- Publisher
- Calgary : J&J Publishing
- Published Date
- 2000
- Physical Description
- 112 p. : ill
- Accession Number
- 7284
- Call Number
- 02.7 Sk9t
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Environmental groups in Alberta
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue12260
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- July 1974 (1st rev)
- October 1977 (2 rev)
- Call Number
- R 04 En8
- Responsibility
- originally compiled June 1972 by Kenneth Persson (and others)
- Published Date
- July 1974 (1st rev)
- October 1977 (2 rev)
- Physical Description
- 50p
- Subjects
- Alpine Club of Canada
- Bow Valley Naturalists
- Clubs
- Sky Line Trail Hikers of the Canadian Rockies
- Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies
- Accession Number
- 11000
- Call Number
- R 04 En8
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Posters of the Canadian Pacific
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue12855
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2004
- Author
- Choko, Marc H
- Publisher
- Richmond Hill, Ontario : Firefly Books
- Call Number
- 06.1 C45p
- Author
- Choko, Marc H
- Responsibility
- Marc H. Choko and David L. Jones
- Publisher
- Richmond Hill, Ontario : Firefly Books
- Published Date
- 2004
- Physical Description
- 223p. : ill
- Subjects
- Artists
- Canadian Pacific Railway
- Sky Line Trail Hikers of the Canadian Rockies
- Tourism
- Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies
- Notes
- Bibliography and index. Includes artwork by Peter Ewart, Norman Fraser, Charles J. Greenwood, R.H. Palenske, James Crockart, Kenneth Shoesmith, Wilfred Langdon Kihn and others
- ISBN
- 1-55297-917-2
- Accession Number
- 38000
- Call Number
- 06.1 C45p
- Collection
- Archives Library
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- Date
- 1933 – 1945
- Material
- wood; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.1023
- Description
- Round one piece cane with bark, Jimmy Simpson's, top bent into handle 16.9 long, handle is bent again with a knob, tapers slightly to bottom, a brass collar 1.8 wide is affixed to end, hole in centre of end, 4/5ths up handle is a silver collar 2.7 wide screwed onto shaft, embossed is trail hikers e…
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- Title
- Cane
- Date
- 1933 – 1945
- Material
- wood; metal
- Dimensions
- 94.0 cm
- Description
- Round one piece cane with bark, Jimmy Simpson's, top bent into handle 16.9 long, handle is bent again with a knob, tapers slightly to bottom, a brass collar 1.8 wide is affixed to end, hole in centre of end, 4/5ths up handle is a silver collar 2.7 wide screwed onto shaft, embossed is trail hikers emblem of alpenstock and with SLTH CR, "W" incised into handle
- Credit
- Gift of Yves Muselle, 1972
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.1023
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- Date
- 1800 – 1900
- Material
- metal; skin; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 104.05.0048 a-c
- Description
- A Japanese samurai sword with dirk and brown scabbard. (a) sword, long curved steel blade attached by brass collar to hilt. Handle of wood with pebbled texture of sharkskin applied and showing through diamond shaped openings left in decorative wrapping with leather strips over handle. Metal cap at…
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- Title
- Fighting Sword
- Date
- 1800 – 1900
- Material
- metal; skin; fibre
- Dimensions
- 7.0 x 6.5 x 72.1 cm
- Description
- A Japanese samurai sword with dirk and brown scabbard. (a) sword, long curved steel blade attached by brass collar to hilt. Handle of wood with pebbled texture of sharkskin applied and showing through diamond shaped openings left in decorative wrapping with leather strips over handle. Metal cap at end of handle has low relief casting of gilded dragonfly on one corner, a small bronze insect is caught below the leather wrapping on either side of the handle. Rectangular sword guard at hilt has incised design and vestiges of gold painted design with a decorative opening either side. (b) dirk, short narrow blade set into metal handle with inlay of bronze in shape of stem with leaves and two seed pods on one side, fits into slit in top of scabbard. Note: part of inlay missing. (c) scabbard, hollow wood shaped to fit the blade and covered with finely textured brown leather. Slots on either side near hilt are banded at top with smooth black strip, wood?, horn?, and further down as well, where dirk enters. Ornate metal cap at tip extends in a strip 16.0 cm along back edge and 5.0 cm along front edge with narrow metal band around scabbard 10.0 cm from tip. Small gilded dragonfly on one corner of cap at tip.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.05.0048 a-c
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Lantern Slide Box
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- Date
- 1931
- Material
- wood; varnish; metal; paper; felt; plastic
- Catalogue Number
- 104.41.1315 a-c
- Description
- three lantern slide boxes:(a) rectangular wooden box with lid hinged on one long side and two hooks on the opposite side; Dark brown varnish coating; rabbet joinery; on one of the box small sides, there is a Dymo label with archival number: “V353 / PS 1 - 78” above a yellowed label with red frame w…
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- Title
- Lantern Slide Box
- Date
- 1931
- Material
- wood; varnish; metal; paper; felt; plastic
- Dimensions
- (a) 12.0 ; (b) 12.5 ; (c) 14.4 x (a) 12.2 ; (b) 12.2 ; (c) 12.7 x (a) 32.0; (b) 32.7; (c) 33.0 cm
- Description
- three lantern slide boxes:(a) rectangular wooden box with lid hinged on one long side and two hooks on the opposite side; Dark brown varnish coating; rabbet joinery; on one of the box small sides, there is a Dymo label with archival number: “V353 / PS 1 - 78” above a yellowed label with red frame with number 19 in top left corner, circled in green and print: “LEACOCK SLIDES / 1925 - 1931 / 1 - 78”; black pen handwritten number “191” in top left corner of small side; three square compartments inside with sides padded with green felt(b) similarly built box to (a) with smaller dimensions ; Dymo label on one small side with archival number: “V353 / PS 79 - 156”; Black pen handwriting on the lid’s side: “191 LEACOCK / 79 - 156”; number 191 circled in green(c) rectangular wooden box with lid hinged on one long side and two hooks on the opposite side; dark brown varnish coating; dovetail joinery; on one of the box small sides, there is a Dymo label with archival number: “V353 / PS 157 - 234” above a yellowed label with red frame and number 19 in top left corner, circled in green and print: “LEACOCK SLIDES / 1925 - 1931 / 157 - 234”; three square compartments inside with sides padded with Bordeaux felt
- Credit
- Gift of Glenbow Archives, Calgary, 1995
- Catalogue Number
- 104.41.1315 a-c
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Letterpress Printing Plate
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact104.43.1017%20a-g
- Date
- n.d.
- Material
- wood; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 104.43.1017 a-g
- Description
- (a) metal letterpress printing plate mounted on wood block with image of a globe encircled by two words: “SIGHT-SEEING” on top and “EVERYWHERE” on the bottom; the globe is partly covered by a diamond with the inscription: “The / GRAY LINE / TRADEMARK / REGISTERED”; large version(b) metal letterpres…
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- Title
- Letterpress Printing Plate
- Date
- n.d.
- Material
- wood; metal
- Dimensions
- (a) 2.2; (b) 2.2; (c) 2.3; (d) 2.2; (e) 2.2; (f) 2.3; (g) 2.4 x (a) 7.1; (b) 1.4; (c) 4.0; (d) 1.0; (e) 2.0; (f) 2.2; (g) 5.9 x (a) 7.8; (b) 1.6; (c) 7.7; (d) 1.6; (e) 9.2; (f) 6.9; (g) 13.3 cm
- Description
- (a) metal letterpress printing plate mounted on wood block with image of a globe encircled by two words: “SIGHT-SEEING” on top and “EVERYWHERE” on the bottom; the globe is partly covered by a diamond with the inscription: “The / GRAY LINE / TRADEMARK / REGISTERED”; large version(b) metal letterpress printing plate mounted on wood block with The Gray Line logo and globe [see (a)]; small version(c) metal letterpress printing plate mounted on wood block with The Gray Line diamond logo alone [see (a)]; large version(d) metal letterpress printing plate mounted on wood block with The Gray Line diamond logo alone [see (a)]; small version(e) metal letterpress printing plate mounted on wood block with Norquay logo on the right [see 104.43.1015 (a)]; inscription on the left: “BANFF CABLELIFTS LTD / Operating Mt Norquay Ski Area and Banff Cablecars / BOX 40 BANFF. / ALBERTA. / CANADA”(f) metal letterpress printing plate mounted on wood block reading: “Brewster Transport / COMPANY LIMITED”(g) metal letterpress printing plate mounted on wood block figuring an advertisement for the Brewster stubby knife; image of the knife and its case in the centre with 15 arrows and captions describing the knife’s different features; label at the top: “YOUR / OUTDOOR FRIEND / the Brewster / STUBBY KNIFE / THE BEST ALL-ROUND OUT-DOOR [sic] KNIFE ON THE MARKET / 8” OVERALL LENGTH”; label at the bottom: “HIGHEST QUALITY IMPORTED STEEL / DEALERSHIPS OPEN / $3.95 / POSTPAID / BY MONEY ORDER / OR CHECK / BREWSTER STUBBY KNIFE / BOX 400. / BANFF. / ALTA. CANADA.”
- Subject
- Banff Crag and Canyon
- printing press
- media
- newspaper
- advertising
- The Gray Line
- Brewster Transport
- Brewster Stubby Knife
- Banff Cablelifts
- Credit
- Gift of Margaret Nicks, Canmore, 2020
- Catalogue Number
- 104.43.1017 a-g
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