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- Date
- prior to 1970
- Material
- skin; plastic; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 104.44.1004
- Description
- Light brown folding leather case, insides have plastic covers. Long narrow leather strap
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- Title
- Map Case
- Date
- prior to 1970
- Material
- skin; plastic; metal
- Description
- Light brown folding leather case, insides have plastic covers. Long narrow leather strap
- Subject
- exploration
- surveying
- Credit
- Gift of Fred Brewster, Banff, 1970
- Catalogue Number
- 104.44.1004
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Map Measure Gauge
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact104.44.1003
- Date
- prior to 1970
- Material
- metal; glass; paper
- Catalogue Number
- 104.44.1003
- Description
- 3.5 dia. scale in inches and centimetres with thin metal dial. The case extends to a small rolling disc, handle is 7.2 cm long. On face "Made in Switzerland" on back "Keuffel & Esser Co. Switzerland". Paper case with lid has printed instructions for use on one side.
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- Title
- Map Measure Gauge
- Date
- prior to 1970
- Material
- metal; glass; paper
- Dimensions
- 12.0 cm
- Description
- 3.5 dia. scale in inches and centimetres with thin metal dial. The case extends to a small rolling disc, handle is 7.2 cm long. On face "Made in Switzerland" on back "Keuffel & Esser Co. Switzerland". Paper case with lid has printed instructions for use on one side.
- Subject
- exploration
- surveying
- Credit
- Gift of Unknown, 1968
- Catalogue Number
- 104.44.1003
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- Date
- 1811
- Material
- metal; glass; wood
- Catalogue Number
- 104.08.1006 a,b
- Description
- Two musket balls matted and framed with inscription. Frame is 15.5x23.2, behind glass.Inscription reads “Musket Balls lost by David Thompson at Athabaska (sic) Pass on January 13th, 1811, and discovered by The Interprovincial Boundary Survey July 1921. Presented by R.W. Cautley The Leader of the S…
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- Title
- Musket Ball
- Date
- 1811
- Material
- metal; glass; wood
- Description
- Two musket balls matted and framed with inscription. Frame is 15.5x23.2, behind glass.Inscription reads “Musket Balls lost by David Thompson at Athabaska (sic) Pass on January 13th, 1811, and discovered by The Interprovincial Boundary Survey July 1921. Presented by R.W. Cautley The Leader of the Survey Party.Note In frame Musket was originally spelled Muske1 and then a bar put through to make it look like a t.
- Credit
- Gift of Alpine Club of Canada, Canmore, 1973
- Catalogue Number
- 104.08.1006 a,b
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- Date
- 1811 – 1920
- Material
- metal
- Catalogue Number
- 104.08.1003
- Description
- Irregularly shaped round ball.
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- Title
- Musket Ball
- Date
- 1811 – 1920
- Material
- metal
- Description
- Irregularly shaped round ball.
- Credit
- Gift of anonymous, 1971
- Catalogue Number
- 104.08.1003
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- Date
- 1886 – 1956
- Material
- wood; metal, copper
- Catalogue Number
- 104.44.1005
- Description
- Weathered round post, pointed one end, traces of yellow paint. Mounted on stained and varnished board. Post placed at 1/4 section corner on east boundary of section 26, township 26, range 14, westof the 5th meridian, now in Banff National Park, by P.R.A. Belanger, D.L.S. in 1886. Replaced by a…
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- Title
- Survey Marker
- Date
- 1886 – 1956
- Material
- wood; metal, copper
- Dimensions
- 9.0 x 10.0 x 94.0 cm
- Description
- Weathered round post, pointed one end, traces of yellow paint. Mounted on stained and varnished board. Post placed at 1/4 section corner on east boundary of section 26, township 26, range 14, westof the 5th meridian, now in Banff National Park, by P.R.A. Belanger, D.L.S. in 1886. Replaced by an old-pattern iron post in 1959 by M. Wuhr, D.L.S. and A.L.S.
- Subject
- Banff National Park
- exploration
- surveying
- Credit
- Gift of National Museum of Science and Technology, Ottawa, 1995
- Catalogue Number
- 104.44.1005
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- Date
- 1914 – 1959
- Material
- wood; metal, copper
- Catalogue Number
- 104.44.1006
- Description
- Weathered, squared post, pointed one end, traces of yellow paint. "XXX" incised in face of post, "XXIX" incised in back. Post placed at northeast corner of Lot 30, Block 7, Villa lot section Banff, Ab by C.M. Walker, D.L.S. in 1914. Replaced by a Canada Lands survey standard post in 1959 by M. W…
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- Title
- Survey Marker
- Date
- 1914 – 1959
- Material
- wood; metal, copper
- Dimensions
- 4.5 x 4.3 x 43.2 cm
- Description
- Weathered, squared post, pointed one end, traces of yellow paint. "XXX" incised in face of post, "XXIX" incised in back. Post placed at northeast corner of Lot 30, Block 7, Villa lot section Banff, Ab by C.M. Walker, D.L.S. in 1914. Replaced by a Canada Lands survey standard post in 1959 by M. Wuhr, D.L.S., A.L.S.
- Subject
- exploration
- surveying
- Banff National Park
- Credit
- Gift of National Museum of Science and Technology, Ottawa, 1995
- Catalogue Number
- 104.44.1006
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- Date
- 1922 – 1961
- Material
- metal, iron
- Catalogue Number
- 104.44.1007
- Description
- Cast iron rod, squared tip and raised collar welded to round iron shaft, having a squared head. Point is 11.7 long. Mounted on board 95.0x10.2x2.0, board is stained and varnished. "IR" stamped in one face of squared post top, "#112" handwritten.
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- Title
- Survey Marker
- Date
- 1922 – 1961
- Material
- metal, iron
- Dimensions
- 2.8 x 2.7 x 90.2 cm
- Description
- Cast iron rod, squared tip and raised collar welded to round iron shaft, having a squared head. Point is 11.7 long. Mounted on board 95.0x10.2x2.0, board is stained and varnished. "IR" stamped in one face of squared post top, "#112" handwritten.
- Subject
- Banff National Park
- exploration
- surveying
- Credit
- Gift of National Museum of Science and Technology, Ottawa, 1995
- Catalogue Number
- 104.44.1007
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Survey Micrometer
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact104.48.1003
- Date
- 1895 – 1940
- Material
- metal; wood; glass
- Catalogue Number
- 104.48.1003
- Description
- Brass tube has a scale marked on both sides of an opening which has a sliding adjustable marker. 4.0 dia. lens one end, other end has a pullout extension. Inscribed on this shaft in script is "Docteur Arthur Chevalier Opt. 158 Palais Royal Paris". Fitted box made of wood has a keyhole and two me…
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- Title
- Survey Micrometer
- Date
- 1895 – 1940
- Material
- metal; wood; glass
- Dimensions
- 45.0 cm
- Description
- Brass tube has a scale marked on both sides of an opening which has a sliding adjustable marker. 4.0 dia. lens one end, other end has a pullout extension. Inscribed on this shaft in script is "Docteur Arthur Chevalier Opt. 158 Palais Royal Paris". Fitted box made of wood has a keyhole and two metal latch closures.
- Credit
- Gift of Edgar A. Korner, Tamarac, USA, 1991
- Catalogue Number
- 104.48.1003
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Surveying Tripod
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact104.44.1009%20a-c
- Date
- prior to 1970
- Material
- wood; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 104.44.1009 a-c
- Description
- Articulated wood arms with metal connectors.
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- Title
- Surveying Tripod
- Date
- prior to 1970
- Material
- wood; metal
- Dimensions
- 70.3 cm
- Description
- Articulated wood arms with metal connectors.
- Subject
- exploration
- surveying
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.44.1009 a-c
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Surveying Tripod
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact104.44.1010%20a-c
- Date
- prior to 1970
- Material
- wood; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 104.44.1010 a-c
- Description
- Three wooden articulated tripods with metal connectors.
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- Title
- Surveying Tripod
- Date
- prior to 1970
- Material
- wood; metal
- Dimensions
- 80.5 cm
- Description
- Three wooden articulated tripods with metal connectors.
- Subject
- surveying
- exploration
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.44.1010 a-c
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