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- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1906
- c1904
- Author
- White, Stewart Edward
- Publisher
- New York : McClure, Phillips
- Call Number
- 01.3 W58
- Author
- White, Stewart Edward
- Responsibility
- illustrated by Fernand Lungren
- Publisher
- New York : McClure, Phillips
- Published Date
- 1906
- c1904
- Physical Description
- 282p. : front, plates, ports
- Subjects
- Outdoor life
- Accession Number
- 2680
- Call Number
- 01.3 W58
- Collection
- Archives Library
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- Date
- 1900 – 1920
- Material
- wood; skin; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 106.04.0001 a,b
- Description
- A pair of round-tipped snowshoes. Each snowshoe has a bent wood frame screwed together at the tail, wooden cross braces, is strung quite openly with rawhide strips, and has woven canvas tie-on straps (homemade harness). The initials “P.A.M.” (Philip Augustus Moore) are scratched into the front cro…
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- Title
- Snowshoes
- Date
- 1900 – 1920
- Material
- wood; skin; fibre
- Dimensions
- 1.5 x 31.0 x 84.5 and 85.5 cm
- Description
- A pair of round-tipped snowshoes. Each snowshoe has a bent wood frame screwed together at the tail, wooden cross braces, is strung quite openly with rawhide strips, and has woven canvas tie-on straps (homemade harness). The initials “P.A.M.” (Philip Augustus Moore) are scratched into the front crossbrace of each snowshoe.
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 106.04.0001 a,b
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- Date
- 1900 – 1920
- Material
- wood; sinew; hair, sheep; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 106.04.0002 a-d
- Description
- Two pairs of slightly pointed snowshoes. Each snowshoe has a bent wood frame nailed together at the tail, is braced with flat carved pieces of wood and strung with sinew in a closely laced pattern in three areas. There are tufts of red wool nailed to the outside of the frame around the tip and at…
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- Title
- Snowshoes
- Date
- 1900 – 1920
- Material
- wood; sinew; hair, sheep; fibre
- Dimensions
- 1.5 x 27.5 x 93.0 (a); 92.0 (b); 95.0 (c,d) cm
- Description
- Two pairs of slightly pointed snowshoes. Each snowshoe has a bent wood frame nailed together at the tail, is braced with flat carved pieces of wood and strung with sinew in a closely laced pattern in three areas. There are tufts of red wool nailed to the outside of the frame around the tip and at the back as decoration on each snowshow. One pair, (a,b), has a homemade harness of white woven tie-on straps. The initials “RB” are are written on the side of (c).
- Subject
- sports
- outdoor activities
- transportation
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 106.04.0002 a-d
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