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Alberta Oil Sands #8

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Artist
Edward Burtynsky (1955 – , Canadian)
Date
2007
Medium
photograph on board
Catalogue Number
BuE.18.28
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Artist
Edward Burtynsky (1955 – , Canadian)
Title
Alberta Oil Sands #8
Date
2007
Medium
photograph on board
Dimensions
121.9 x 152.4 cm
Subject
oil
oil sands
Alberta
Fort McMurray
Credit
Gift of Edward Burtynsky, Toronto, 2008
Catalogue Number
BuE.18.28
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Alberta Oil Sands #9

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Artist
Edward Burtynsky (1955 – , Canadian)
Date
2007
Medium
photograph on board
Catalogue Number
BuE.18.29
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Artist
Edward Burtynsky (1955 – , Canadian)
Title
Alberta Oil Sands #9
Date
2007
Medium
photograph on board
Dimensions
121.9 x 152.4 cm
Subject
oil
oil sands
Alberta
Fort McMurray
Credit
Gift of Edward Burtynsky, Toronto, 2008
Catalogue Number
BuE.18.29
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Alberta Oil Sands #10

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Artist
Edward Burtynsky (1955 – , Canadian)
Date
2007
Medium
photograph on board
Catalogue Number
BuE.18.30
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Artist
Edward Burtynsky (1955 – , Canadian)
Title
Alberta Oil Sands #10
Date
2007
Medium
photograph on board
Dimensions
121.9 x 152.4 cm
Subject
oil
oil sands
Alberta
Fort McMurray
Credit
Gift of Edward Burtynsky, Toronto, 2008
Catalogue Number
BuE.18.30
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Alberta Oil Sands #11

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Artist
Edward Burtynsky (1955 – , Canadian)
Date
2007
Medium
photograph on board
Catalogue Number
BuE.18.31
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Artist
Edward Burtynsky (1955 – , Canadian)
Title
Alberta Oil Sands #11
Date
2007
Medium
photograph on board
Dimensions
121.9 x 152.4 cm
Subject
oil
oil sands
Alberta
Fort McMurray
Credit
Gift of Edward Burtynsky, Toronto, 2008
Catalogue Number
BuE.18.31
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Alberta Oil Sands #14

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Artist
Edward Burtynsky (1955 – , Canadian)
Date
2007
Medium
photograph on board
Catalogue Number
BuE.18.01
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Artist
Edward Burtynsky (1955 – , Canadian)
Title
Alberta Oil Sands #14
Date
2007
Medium
photograph on board
Dimensions
162.56 x 121.92 cm
Subject
oil
water
chromogenic
print
Credit
Gift of Edward Burtynsky, Toronto, 2014
Catalogue Number
BuE.18.01
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Alpine Flower (Epilobium palustre or Epilobium ciliatum?)

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Artist
Mary Schäffer (1861 – 1939, Canadian)
Date
1903
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
ScM.05.26
Description
A single plant fills most of the paper; a thin stem from which emanates many smaller stems with leaves; small pink flowers and buds top the stems.
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Artist
Mary Schäffer (1861 – 1939, Canadian)
Title
Alpine Flower (Epilobium palustre or Epilobium ciliatum?)
Date
1903
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
25.5 x 18.0 cm
Description
A single plant fills most of the paper; a thin stem from which emanates many smaller stems with leaves; small pink flowers and buds top the stems.
Subject
botanical
flower
Credit
Gift of Charles C. Reid, Banff, Alberta, 1986
Catalogue Number
ScM.05.26
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Artist
Mary Schäffer (1861 – 1939, Canadian)
Date
c. 1912
Medium
ink on paper
Catalogue Number
ScM.11.01
Description
Illustration from Alpine Flora of the Canadian Rocky Mountains.
Artist
Mary Schäffer (1861 – 1939, Canadian)
Title
Alpine Flowers
Date
c. 1912
Medium
ink on paper
Dimensions
15.4 x 23.0 cm
Description
Illustration from Alpine Flora of the Canadian Rocky Mountains.
Subject
botanical
Canadian Rockies
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
ScM.11.01
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Date
1900 – 1950
Material
fibre
Catalogue Number
103.04.1047
Description
Olive green felt alpine hat with hatband made of three strands of gold cord. Broken black feather tucked into hatband. Two labels inside hat: “Made in Austria” & “ORIGINAL Tscher HUT.”
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Title
Alpine Hat
Date
1900 – 1950
Material
fibre
Dimensions
13.0 x 20.0 x 26.0 cm
Description
Olive green felt alpine hat with hatband made of three strands of gold cord. Broken black feather tucked into hatband. Two labels inside hat: “Made in Austria” & “ORIGINAL Tscher HUT.”
Subject
sports
climbing
packers and guides
Swiss guides
Ernest Feuz
Canadian Pacific Railway
Credit
Gift of Fred Feuz, Salmon Arm, 1999
Catalogue Number
103.04.1047
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Date
1905 – 1915
Material
metal
Catalogue Number
105.03.1008
Description
Large metal amplifying horn from phonograph. Flared shape in eleven sections. Blue paint worn off in many areas. Small red label reads: “‘Rex’ TRADEMARK STANDARD AMPLIFYING HORN. THE BEST FOR TONE. R.S.W. & S.”
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Title
Amplifying Horn
Date
1905 – 1915
Material
metal
Dimensions
55.0 cm
Description
Large metal amplifying horn from phonograph. Flared shape in eleven sections. Blue paint worn off in many areas. Small red label reads: “‘Rex’ TRADEMARK STANDARD AMPLIFYING HORN. THE BEST FOR TONE. R.S.W. & S.”
Subject
households
entertainment
music
Credit
Gift of Marika McCaffrey, Banff, 1998
Catalogue Number
105.03.1008
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Andiron Accessory, Fireplace

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Date
1900 – 1940
Material
metal, brass; metal, iron
Catalogue Number
102.07.0007 a,b
Description
A pair of three-legged andirons. Each andiron has a large, spool like, brass ornament topped with a large ball. This decoration sits on two curved solid brass legs. The third leg is attached behind the first two by a a curved, brass covered, horizontal iron bar. This third leg is topped by a s…
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Title
Andiron Accessory, Fireplace
Date
1900 – 1940
Material
metal, brass; metal, iron
Dimensions
40.0 x 29.5 x 60.0 cm
Description
A pair of three-legged andirons. Each andiron has a large, spool like, brass ornament topped with a large ball. This decoration sits on two curved solid brass legs. The third leg is attached behind the first two by a a curved, brass covered, horizontal iron bar. This third leg is topped by a smaller brass knob. The bar attching the third leg continues straight back and bends at a right angle down to form another leg and forms the section that supports logs. The knobs unscrew from the legs and each andiron breaks down.
Subject
households
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
102.07.0007 a,b
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Anemone patens (Prairie Crocus)

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Artist
Mary Schäffer (1861 – 1939, Canadian)
Date
1906
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
ScM.05.22
Description
A single plant and 2 cuttings, light purple flowers in various stages.
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Artist
Mary Schäffer (1861 – 1939, Canadian)
Title
Anemone patens (Prairie Crocus)
Date
1906
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
25.5 x 17.5 cm
Description
A single plant and 2 cuttings, light purple flowers in various stages.
Subject
botanical
flower
Credit
Gift of Leonard Leacock, 1968
Catalogue Number
ScM.05.22
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Date
1900 – 1905
Material
metal; glass; paper; skin
Catalogue Number
104.30.1006 a,b
Description
Two aneroid barometer-altimeters (a & b) labeled: “Keuffel & Esser Co. N.Y. MADE IN ENGLAND. Improved Surveying Aneroid Compensated” Black oxidized finish on the case. Altitude graduation up to 12,000 feet. Leather carrying cases contain comparative pressure test sheet dated 1903 and issued by Keuf…
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Title
Aneroid Barometer
Date
1900 – 1905
Material
metal; glass; paper; skin
Dimensions
10.5 x 8.5 cm
Description
Two aneroid barometer-altimeters (a & b) labeled: “Keuffel & Esser Co. N.Y. MADE IN ENGLAND. Improved Surveying Aneroid Compensated” Black oxidized finish on the case. Altitude graduation up to 12,000 feet. Leather carrying cases contain comparative pressure test sheet dated 1903 and issued by Keuffel & Esser.
Subject
photography
Vaux family
surveying
science
Credit
Gift of Molly Vaux, New York, USA, 1999
Catalogue Number
104.30.1006 a,b
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Date
1900 – 1940
Material
mineral, onyx
Catalogue Number
107.01.0010
Description
A stylized dragon carved from white onyx. The dragon’s body is flat and slightly arched over a round disk base with a dragon's head at one end looking back over the body. There is an ornate raised relief carving on the body. The base is marked with (Chinese?) characters inside a square.
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Title
Animal Figurine
Date
1900 – 1940
Material
mineral, onyx
Dimensions
2.0 x 12.0 cm
Description
A stylized dragon carved from white onyx. The dragon’s body is flat and slightly arched over a round disk base with a dragon's head at one end looking back over the body. There is an ornate raised relief carving on the body. The base is marked with (Chinese?) characters inside a square.
Subject
households
collectables
crafts
carving
animals, dragon
myths
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
107.01.0010
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Date
1900 – 1935
Material
wood
Catalogue Number
104.33.0011
Description
Bamboo musical instrument made of two hollow bamboo tubes suspended on split bamboo frame of three thin upright sticks supported in holes cut in hollow bamboo tube at bottom. Two flat pieces of bamboo are secured crosswise into the split uprights and each holds one of the bamboo tubes which are hun…
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Title
Anklung
Date
1900 – 1935
Material
wood
Dimensions
33.9 x 4.0 x 24.0 cm
Description
Bamboo musical instrument made of two hollow bamboo tubes suspended on split bamboo frame of three thin upright sticks supported in holes cut in hollow bamboo tube at bottom. Two flat pieces of bamboo are secured crosswise into the split uprights and each holds one of the bamboo tubes which are hung on them by a semicircular hole which fits into a notch on the crosspiece, half of the upper part of these tubes have been cut away lengthwise and at their bottom two small legs have been carved which fit into wells cut in the bamboo tube at the bottom. When the instrument is held by one of the uprights and shaken, the hollow bamboo clappers strike the sides of this well and make a musical sound.
Subject
households
entertainment
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
104.33.0011
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Date
1900 – 1930
Material
fibre, cotton
Catalogue Number
102.04.0168
Description
A white filigree lace antimacassar that has a straight edge across the top with sharp corners and is rounded on the bottom corners. A solid border is scalloped along the rounded edges. The border encloses a wide band of openwork lace containing a diamond shape pattern of thick dots around a solid…
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Title
Antimacassar
Date
1900 – 1930
Material
fibre, cotton
Dimensions
21.0 x 37.0 cm
Description
A white filigree lace antimacassar that has a straight edge across the top with sharp corners and is rounded on the bottom corners. A solid border is scalloped along the rounded edges. The border encloses a wide band of openwork lace containing a diamond shape pattern of thick dots around a solid rectangular centre with openwork bar across a repeating diamond pattern.
Subject
households
decorative
crafts
needlework
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
102.04.0168
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Approaching Rain - West Kootenay Plains #1

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Artist
Les Graff (1936 – , Canadian)
Date
2005 – 2005
Medium
oil on masonite board
Catalogue Number
GrL.01.39
Description
An oil sketch of a mountain landscape. The primary colours are grey, brown, and blue. From the left side of the image raises a dark grey mountain lined in blue. The lower part of this mountain extends to the right side of the canvas. The sky is grey with modeling that suggests the presence of cloud…
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Artist
Les Graff (1936 – , Canadian)
Title
Approaching Rain - West Kootenay Plains #1
Date
2005 – 2005
Medium
oil on masonite board
Dimensions
40.5 x 40.5 cm
Description
An oil sketch of a mountain landscape. The primary colours are grey, brown, and blue. From the left side of the image raises a dark grey mountain lined in blue. The lower part of this mountain extends to the right side of the canvas. The sky is grey with modeling that suggests the presence of clouds, or a storm. The bottom of the piece has a small strip of blue, above which there are a series of vertical forms in green, blue and grey which could represent trees. The artist’s signature is in the brhc in orange paint. Au verso, written in black ink in the tlhc, “49/W”.
Subject
landscape
mountain
Credit
Gift of Les Graff, Bashaw, 2008
Catalogue Number
GrL.01.39
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Approaching Rain - West Kootenay Plains #2

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Artist
Les Graff (1936 – , Canadian)
Date
2005 – 2005
Medium
oil on masonite board
Catalogue Number
GrL.01.40
Description
An oil sketch of a mountain landscape. The primary colours used are grey, purple and beige. The sky is composed of swirls of grey , and the mountain on the left rises high into the sky and runs low across the centre of the work towards the right. The lower third of thework is blue, with lines of mo…
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Artist
Les Graff (1936 – , Canadian)
Title
Approaching Rain - West Kootenay Plains #2
Date
2005 – 2005
Medium
oil on masonite board
Dimensions
40.5 x 40.5 cm
Description
An oil sketch of a mountain landscape. The primary colours used are grey, purple and beige. The sky is composed of swirls of grey , and the mountain on the left rises high into the sky and runs low across the centre of the work towards the right. The lower third of thework is blue, with lines of mottled green and beige. The artist’s signature is in the brhc in purple paint. Au verso, written in black ink in the tlhc, “49/X”.
Subject
landscape
mountains
Credit
Gift of Les Graff, Bashaw, 2008
Catalogue Number
GrL.01.40
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Approaching Rain - West Kootenay Plains #3

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Artist
Les Graff (1936 – , Canadian)
Date
2005 – 2005
Medium
oil on masonite board
Catalogue Number
GrL.01.41
Description
An oil sketch of a mountain landscape. The primary colours used are grey, purple, green and beige. From the left side of the image raises a grey mountain in light and dark grey sections. The lower part of this mountain extends to the right side of the canvas. The sky is grey with modeling that sugg…
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Artist
Les Graff (1936 – , Canadian)
Title
Approaching Rain - West Kootenay Plains #3
Date
2005 – 2005
Medium
oil on masonite board
Dimensions
35.6 x 45.7 cm
Description
An oil sketch of a mountain landscape. The primary colours used are grey, purple, green and beige. From the left side of the image raises a grey mountain in light and dark grey sections. The lower part of this mountain extends to the right side of the canvas. The sky is grey with modeling that suggests the presence of clouds, or a storm. The bottom of the piece has a small strip of grey-blue, above which there is a line of green. The artist’s signature is in the brhc in grey paint. Au verso, written in black ink in the tlhc, “49/Y”.
Subject
landscape
mountain
Credit
Gift of Les Graff, Bashaw, 2008
Catalogue Number
GrL.01.41
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Date
1900 – 1920
Material
carbon, paper
Catalogue Number
104.41.1001 a-i
Description
8 black carbon rods in box; (a - g); ca 30.6 long, 1.0 diameter; (h) ca 30.6 long, 1.3 diameter;printed on rod: "National trade mark Photographic white flame cored" made inU.S.A. 390" 671; (i) corrugated cardboard box 31.6 x 10.5 x 6.5; withmanufacturer's label "Macbeth Arc Lamp Co."
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Title
Arc Lamp Carbons
Date
1900 – 1920
Material
carbon, paper
Description
8 black carbon rods in box; (a - g); ca 30.6 long, 1.0 diameter; (h) ca 30.6 long, 1.3 diameter;printed on rod: "National trade mark Photographic white flame cored" made inU.S.A. 390" 671; (i) corrugated cardboard box 31.6 x 10.5 x 6.5; withmanufacturer's label "Macbeth Arc Lamp Co."
Subject
photography
Byron Harmon
Credit
Gift of Don Harmon, Banff, 1966
Catalogue Number
104.41.1001 a-i
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Arctostaphylos uva-ursi [Bear Berry]

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Artist
Mary Schäffer (1861 – 1939, Canadian)
Date
1904
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
ScM.05.35
Description
A stem with spoon-shaped green leaves, two bunches of round red berries, and small bunches of urn shaped white flowers with pink tips. Date and artist monogram are in the BRC. Written on verso in pencil is [alpina?] from Field. Flowers last of May. Fruit July or August + beautiful red leaves.” at t…
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Artist
Mary Schäffer (1861 – 1939, Canadian)
Title
Arctostaphylos uva-ursi [Bear Berry]
Date
1904
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
25.0 x 16.5 cm
Description
A stem with spoon-shaped green leaves, two bunches of round red berries, and small bunches of urn shaped white flowers with pink tips. Date and artist monogram are in the BRC. Written on verso in pencil is [alpina?] from Field. Flowers last of May. Fruit July or August + beautiful red leaves.” at the top and “arctostaphylos uva-urs: at bottom.
Subject
bearberry
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1969
Catalogue Number
ScM.05.35
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