Sub-series pertains to 84 b&w and colour prints depicting assorted activities and events around Banff National Park. Includes pack trips, skiing, backcountry huts [Abbot Pass Hut and Bow Hut], community events, shops, a Canada Day Parade, the Canadian Centennial in 1967, a Royal visit in 1959, chur…
84 photographs : b&w and col. ; 25.1 x 20.1 cm or smaller
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Sub-series pertains to 84 b&w and colour prints depicting assorted activities and events around Banff National Park. Includes pack trips, skiing, backcountry huts [Abbot Pass Hut and Bow Hut], community events, shops, a Canada Day Parade, the Canadian Centennial in 1967, a Royal visit in 1959, churches, school programs, the 1967 Mount Royal Hotel fire, Banff Indian Days, high altitude mountaineering, conferences, boating on the Bow River, and rodeos.
A young boy is sitting to the right of the picture, facing left. He is clothed, white long sleeved shirt, kakhi pants and a scarf tied around his head. Light yellow in background.
A young boy is sitting to the right of the picture, facing left. He is clothed, white long sleeved shirt, kakhi pants and a scarf tied around his head. Light yellow in background.
Black velvet vest with parallel machine sewn lines. The vest is lined with printed blue floral patterned cotton. The front of the vest is decorated with a floral motif in orange, red, green and yellow with red, blue and yellow buds and green leaves. The back of the vest is beaded with a man wear…
Black velvet vest with parallel machine sewn lines. The vest is lined with printed blue floral patterned cotton. The front of the vest is decorated with a floral motif in orange, red, green and yellow with red, blue and yellow buds and green leaves. The back of the vest is beaded with a man wearing a headress of black and white feathers and a blue shirt with red and yellow beadstrips.
Long sleeve green cotton shirt with brown buttons. Buttons read “Boy Scouts of Canada” and are emblazoned with a fleur-de-lis. Two symmetrical breast pockets with flaps and buttons. One patch on each sleeve 8.5 cm from shoulder seam. On the right sleeve the patch is bordered in gold with a blue bac…
Long sleeve green cotton shirt with brown buttons. Buttons read “Boy Scouts of Canada” and are emblazoned with a fleur-de-lis. Two symmetrical breast pockets with flaps and buttons. One patch on each sleeve 8.5 cm from shoulder seam. On the right sleeve the patch is bordered in gold with a blue background; it shows an embroidered man in white wearing a bicorne hat. The patch on the left sleeve is a square diamond and shows a red maple leaf, a green fleur-de-lis, and a green banner on a white background. Tag reads “Scouts Canada / Official Design”.
Green cotton long-sleeved shirt. Brown buttons engraved with “Boy Scouts of Canada” and the fleur-de-lis. Shirt has two breast pockets with flaps and buttons. Shirt has epaulettes held down by buttons. Tag reads “Official design/ from/ the Stores Department / the Boy Scouts Association/ Ottawa - Ca…
Green cotton long-sleeved shirt. Brown buttons engraved with “Boy Scouts of Canada” and the fleur-de-lis. Shirt has two breast pockets with flaps and buttons. Shirt has epaulettes held down by buttons. Tag reads “Official design/ from/ the Stores Department / the Boy Scouts Association/ Ottawa - Canada” in red lettering.
(a) Long sleeve green cotton shirt with badge, shirt has 2 pockets on chest with "Scouts - Canada" over left pocket. There are badges on each sleeve "1st Banff Mountain Troop" in green on a white background 6.0 cm from top of each sleeve. Underneath on right sleeve is a round blue badge with a wh…
(a) Long sleeve green cotton shirt with badge, shirt has 2 pockets on chest with "Scouts - Canada" over left pocket. There are badges on each sleeve "1st Banff Mountain Troop" in green on a white background 6.0 cm from top of each sleeve. Underneath on right sleeve is a round blue badge with a white eagle and white maple leaf and green fleur-de-lis and band embroidered over top of maple leaf. (b) In pocket of shirt is a red square badge, 5.5 x 5.5 cm edged in gold coloured embroidery. On left side "1875 CENTURY" and on right side "CALGARY 1975" embroidered in same colour. A fleur-de-lis at bottom side and outline of Calgary Tower with a cowboy hat on each side.
File pertains to black and white photographs of the Banff Boy Scouts troupe. Includes group portraits, camps, skiing and snowshoeing trips, an avalanche safety course, and construction of the new Scout Hall in 1959.
File pertains to black and white photographs of the Banff Boy Scouts troupe. Includes group portraits, camps, skiing and snowshoeing trips, an avalanche safety course, and construction of the new Scout Hall in 1959.
File pertains to black and white photographs of the Banff Boy Scouts troupe. Includes unidentified Scouts, camping trips, and the construction of the new Scout Hall in October 1959.
File pertains to black and white photographs of the Banff Boy Scouts troupe. Includes unidentified Scouts, camping trips, and the construction of the new Scout Hall in October 1959.
A forest-green felt Boys Scouts Canada beret. There is a diamond-shaped badge on the front of the beret. The badge is made of green felt with a yellow thread stitched as a border. Inside the border is a fleur de lis stitched from red thread, followed by the words BOY SCOUTS CANADA in yellow thread.…
A forest-green felt Boys Scouts Canada beret. There is a diamond-shaped badge on the front of the beret. The badge is made of green felt with a yellow thread stitched as a border. Inside the border is a fleur de lis stitched from red thread, followed by the words BOY SCOUTS CANADA in yellow thread. A leather band forms bottom of the beret, where the beret fits most snugly. At the back of the beret, above the fitted leather band are two pairs of holes for laces, secured with black laces. The inside of the beret is lined with shiny black fabric. Stamped in white, in the centre of this lining is a double ring with the following printed inside: OFFICIAL/ BERET/ BOY SCOUTS OF/ CANADA/ BY/ FASHION HAT & CAP/ TORONTO/ CANADAOutside and below of the double ring is: NAME and a white space for a name to be printed. The printing of the name has mostly been rubbed off; only a B at the beginning is clear.There is a cloth tag tucked above the leather band on the inside. This tag bears a tiny central emblem that reads in a circle: UNITED HATTERS CAP AND MILLINERY WKRS INT UNION.On the left side of this emblem is ONION LABEL, written vertically.On the right side of this emblem is ETIQUETTE SYNDICATEBelow the emblem is CANADA/ AFL CIO CLC/ MEDIUM
