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Approach of Night

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Artist: Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)

Date: c. 1900

Medium: watercolour on paper board

Catalogue Number: CoJ.05.11

Description: Landscape watercolour scene with horizontal coloured washes from the bottom up a green to blue to red to a blue/green yellow.

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Artist: Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)

Title: Approach of Night

Date: c. 1900

Medium: watercolour on paper board

Dimensions: 11 x 21.5 cm

Description: Landscape watercolour scene with horizontal coloured washes from the bottom up a green to blue to red to a blue/green yellow.

Subject: landscape

Credit: Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1982

Catalogue Number: CoJ.05.11

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Baker Lake from Deception Mountain

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Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Scope & Content: Image of an unidentified person posed on a cliff on Mt. Deception with Baker Lake in the distance

Date Range: [ca. 1885-1945]

Reference Code: V683 / III / A / 15 / PA - 720

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph; Postcard

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Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: M36 / V683 / S37

Series: V683 / III / A / 15 : Peter and Catharine Whyte: Collected Photographs

Sous-Fonds: V683

Accession Number: .

Reference Code: V683 / III / A / 15 / PA - 720

GMD: Photograph; Postcard

Date Range: [ca. 1885-1945]

Physical Description: Photograph: 1 print (front and back) ; b&w.

Scope & Content: Image of an unidentified person posed on a cliff on Mt. Deception with Baker Lake in the distance

Subject Access: Baker Lake; Mountains; Mt. Deception

Geographic Access: Banff National Park

Language: English

Title Source: Title based on item

Processing Status: Processed

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Banff Springs Hotel, Rocky Mountains 1887

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Artist: C. Firth

Date: 1887

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: FiC.05.01

Description: Scene showing Banff springs hotel at right perched on a hillside. In the background the Bow River winds through a valley between Tunnel Mountain and Mt. Roundly. More mountains in distance. Trees in foreground. My. Roundly is hazy, almost unfinished in appearance.

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Artist: C. Firth

Title: Banff Springs Hotel, Rocky Mountains 1887

Date: 1887

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 12.0 x 16.0 cm

Description: Scene showing Banff springs hotel at right perched on a hillside. In the background the Bow River winds through a valley between Tunnel Mountain and Mt. Roundly. More mountains in distance. Trees in foreground. My. Roundly is hazy, almost unfinished in appearance.

Subject: mountains; Banff; Bow River; Alberta; Banff Springs Hotel

Credit: Gift of Dorothy and Jim McLeod, Calgary, 2021

Catalogue Number: FiC.05.01

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Bill Olson friends and family photographs

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Part Of: Olson family fonds

Scope & Content: File pertains to photographs of Bill Olson at work and with his family. Also includes family pictures of various generations of the Olson family, army portraits, coworkers, a Cave & Basin postcard, and an interior shot of the Dave White Shop.

Date Range: 1889-1967

Reference Code: V475 / PA121 - 01 to 19

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Postcard; Photograph; Photograph print; Print

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Part Of: Olson family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M97 / V475

Sous-Fonds: V475

Accession Number: 670 ; 1107 ; 1021

Reference Code: V475 / PA121 - 01 to 19

GMD: Postcard; Photograph; Photograph print; Print

Date Range: 1889-1967

Physical Description: 19 prints : b&w and col. ; 17.5 x 12 cm or smaller

Scope & Content: File pertains to photographs of Bill Olson at work and with his family. Also includes family pictures of various generations of the Olson family, army portraits, coworkers, a Cave & Basin postcard, and an interior shot of the Dave White Shop.

Notes: Some of the people identified in the photos are Bill Kay, Jack Powell, Jack Doe, Fred Day, Charlie Fullhroch, Mac Lennat, Earl Squires, Bob Graham, Larry Foster, Willard Bell, Bush Ashley, Shorty Blasker, Casey Jones, Dan Zakaryk, Pete Finlay, Jon Douglas, Irene Straus, Marie Leong, and more.

Name Access: Olson, Bill; Olson, Irene; McTrowe, Florence

Subject Access: Activities; Biographical; Buffalo; Cave and Basin; Children; Family; Family and personal life; Garden; Home; Leisure; Mount Royal Hotel; Personal and Family Life; Personal and Professional Life; Portrait; War; World War I; WWI

Geographic Access: Banff; Banff National Park; Alberta; Canada

Language: English

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Bogside Scotland

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Artist: John Donaldson Curren (1852 – 1940, Canadian)

Date: later than 1883

Medium: ink; watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: CuJ.05.01

Description: General colour: green, orange. Central image is a house. Half of the roof is tiled with orange brick. There are trees to the left and behind. In front are fields and a cross the bottom, is a brown fence. Sky is grey.

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Artist: John Donaldson Curren (1852 – 1940, Canadian)

Title: Bogside Scotland

Date: later than 1883

Medium: ink; watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 14.25 x 18.75 cm

Description: General colour: green, orange. Central image is a house. Half of the roof is tiled with orange brick. There are trees to the left and behind. In front are fields and a cross the bottom, is a brown fence. Sky is grey.

Subject: landscape; architecture; rural

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1974

Catalogue Number: CuJ.05.01

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Bow River NWT, 1887

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Artist: C. Firth

Date: 1887

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: FiC.05.02

Description: Large river [The Bow River] with snow-capped mountains at back and stands of conifers on the banks. River winds from left foreground into right background. Stand of trees at right foreground.

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Artist: C. Firth

Title: Bow River NWT, 1887

Date: 1887

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 12.0 x 16.0 cm

Description: Large river [The Bow River] with snow-capped mountains at back and stands of conifers on the banks. River winds from left foreground into right background. Stand of trees at right foreground.

Subject: mountains; Banff; Bow River; Alberta

Credit: Gift of Dorothy and Jim McLeod, Calgary, 2021

Catalogue Number: FiC.05.02

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Cattle Roundup near Village

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Artist: Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)

Date: c. 1897

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: CoJ.05.57

Description: A figure on a horse moves from the left side of the image. A town sits in the centre background. The foreground is a grassy field and the upper half of the image is a cloudy sky.

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Artist: Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)

Title: Cattle Roundup near Village

Date: c. 1897

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 18.5 x 27 cm

Description: A figure on a horse moves from the left side of the image. A town sits in the centre background. The foreground is a grassy field and the upper half of the image is a cloudy sky.

Subject: landscape; horse; figure; grass; cloud

Credit: Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1997

Catalogue Number: CoJ.05.57

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Chipmunk

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Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Scope & Content: Image of a chipmunk on a rock

Date Range: [ca. 1885-1945]

Reference Code: V683 / III / A / 15 / PA - 722

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph; Postcard

2 images

Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: M36 / V683 / S37

Series: V683 / III / A / 15 : Peter and Catharine Whyte: Collected Photographs

Sous-Fonds: V683

Accession Number: .

Reference Code: V683 / III / A / 15 / PA - 722

GMD: Photograph; Postcard

Date Range: [ca. 1885-1945]

Physical Description: Photograph: 1 print (front and back) ; b&w.

Scope & Content: Image of a chipmunk on a rock

Subject Access: Animals; Chipmunk; Wildlife

Language: English

Title Source: Title based on item

Processing Status: Processed

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Couple By Seashore

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Artist: Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)

Date: c. 1900

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: CoJ.05.59

Description: Two figures walk closely together on a path which leads to the ocean in the upper right side of the image. On both sides the couple is centred by grass and hill landscape.

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Artist: Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)

Title: Couple By Seashore

Date: c. 1900

Medium: watercolour on paper

Description: Two figures walk closely together on a path which leads to the ocean in the upper right side of the image. On both sides the couple is centred by grass and hill landscape.

Subject: landscape; couple; figure; ocean; grass

Credit: Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1997

Catalogue Number: CoJ.05.59

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Douglas Glacier

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Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Scope & Content: Image of an unidentified woman posed on a boulder in front of Douglas Glacier

Date Range: [ca. 1885-1945]

Reference Code: V683 / III / A / 15 / PA - 721

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph; Postcard

2 images

Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: M36 / V683 / S37

Series: V683 / III / A / 15 : Peter and Catharine Whyte: Collected Photographs

Sous-Fonds: V683

Accession Number: .

Reference Code: V683 / III / A / 15 / PA - 721

GMD: Photograph; Postcard

Date Range: [ca. 1885-1945]

Physical Description: Photograph: 1 print (front and back) ; b&w.

Scope & Content: Image of an unidentified woman posed on a boulder in front of Douglas Glacier

Subject Access: Glaciers; Mountains; Mount Logan; Portrait; Women

Geographic Access: Washington; United States of America

Language: English

Title Source: Title based on item

Processing Status: Processed

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Dryas Octohetala[?] on Eagle Mountain

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Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Scope & Content: Image of a Dryas Octohetala[?] posed on Eagle Mountain with Temple Mountain visible in the background

Date Range: [ca. 1885-1945]

Reference Code: V683 / III / A / 15 / PA - 719

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph; Postcard

2 images

Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: M36 / V683 / S37

Series: V683 / III / A / 15 : Peter and Catharine Whyte: Collected Photographs

Sous-Fonds: V683

Accession Number: .

Reference Code: V683 / III / A / 15 / PA - 719

GMD: Photograph; Postcard

Date Range: [ca. 1885-1945]

Physical Description: Photograph: 1 print (front and back) ; b&w.

Scope & Content: Image of a Dryas Octohetala[?] posed on Eagle Mountain with Temple Mountain visible in the background

Subject Access: Eagle Mountain; Mountains; Temple Mountain

Geographic Access: Banff National Park

Language: English

Title Source: Title based on item

Processing Status: Processed

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The Fraser River at Yale BC

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Artist: Charles Jones Way (1835 – 1919, British)

Date: c. 1900

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: WaC.05.01

Description: River winding through rocky mountains. River is calm in foreground and rougher in background. 4 figures on beach with two canoes at center right. Another figure with white pack horse on rocky outcrop above. Mountains primarily brown and grey with one snowcapped peak in distance. Trees and other shr…

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Artist: Charles Jones Way (1835 – 1919, British)

Title: The Fraser River at Yale BC

Date: c. 1900

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 52.0 x 75.5 cm

Description: River winding through rocky mountains. River is calm in foreground and rougher in background. 4 figures on beach with two canoes at center right. Another figure with white pack horse on rocky outcrop above. Mountains primarily brown and grey with one snowcapped peak in distance. Trees and other shrubbery on rocky outcrop at right and on slopes at left and center distance. “CJ (overlapping) Way YALE BC” in red at lower right. In ornately carved gold painted wood frame with glass. White tag from Masters Gallery Ltd. on back.

Subject: mountains; Fraser River; British Columbia; landscape; canoeing; horses

Credit: Gift of Robyn L Fulton, 2021

Catalogue Number: WaC.05.01

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Group of men

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Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Scope & Content: Image of a group of seven men sitting on the steps of a wood building - Catharine Whyte has identified some on the back in pencil: "back Alf Capel upper left [/] Tom Grant upper right [/] lower right f. Fred Grant

Date Range: ca.1880 to ca.1935

Reference Code: V683 / III / A / 15 / PA - 822

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph; Postcard

2 images

Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: M36 / V683 / S37

Series: V683 / III / A / 15 : Peter and Catharine Whyte: Collected Photographs

Sous-Fonds: V683

Accession Number: .

Reference Code: V683 / III / A / 15 / PA - 822

GMD: Photograph; Postcard

Date Range: ca.1880 to ca.1935

Physical Description: Photograph: 1 print (front and back) ; b&w.

Scope & Content: Image of a group of seven men sitting on the steps of a wood building - Catharine Whyte has identified some on the back in pencil: "back Alf Capel upper left [/] Tom Grant upper right [/] lower right f. Fred Grant

Name Access: Grant, Fred; Grant, Tom; Capel, Alf

Subject Access: Buildings; Portrait

Language: English

Title Source: Title based on item

Processing Status: Processed

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Hazy Morn

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Artist: Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)

Date: c. 1890

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: CoJ.05.61

Description: A road runs up through the right side of the work. A small section of trees sit in the centre, and a house sits on the upper left. The image is dominated by green tones.

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Artist: Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)

Title: Hazy Morn

Date: c. 1890

Medium: watercolour on paper

Description: A road runs up through the right side of the work. A small section of trees sit in the centre, and a house sits on the upper left. The image is dominated by green tones.

Subject: landscape; building

Credit: Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1997

Catalogue Number: CoJ.05.61

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Hector Lake, Kicking Horse Pass, BC

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Artist: Frederic Marlett Bell-Smith, R. C. A. (1846 – 1923, Canadian)

Date: 1887

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: BeS.05.07

Description: Mountain landscape with large glassy lake in centre of painting. Abstract foliage and stand of dead trees in foreground at right. Brown treed slopes on opposite shore with large snow-capped mountains in distance. Small white and red buildings on far shore of lake. Title written in bottom left corne…

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Artist: Frederic Marlett Bell-Smith, R. C. A. (1846 – 1923, Canadian)

Title: Hector Lake, Kicking Horse Pass, BC

Date: 1887

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 32.8 x 48.0 cm

Description: Mountain landscape with large glassy lake in centre of painting. Abstract foliage and stand of dead trees in foreground at right. Brown treed slopes on opposite shore with large snow-capped mountains in distance. Small white and red buildings on far shore of lake. Title written in bottom left corner. “F.M. Bell-Smith 1887” at bottom right.

Subject: mountains; lake; CPR

Credit: Gift of Mark Cullen, 2021

Catalogue Number: BeS.05.07

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Japanese Woman and Child

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Artist: Watanabe Bunzo (1853 – 1942, Japanese)

Date: 1882

Medium: ink and colour on paper

Catalogue Number: BuW.05.01

Description: Frontispiece Japan Day by Day Volume I by Edward S. Morse. A farmyard scene. A woman wearing a grey kimono, blue sash, carries a baby on her back, he is dressed in blue and red and has a small kite in his left hand. She is looking down at a rooster who with a hen behind him are looking at three egg…

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Artist: Watanabe Bunzo (1853 – 1942, Japanese)

Title: Japanese Woman and Child

Date: 1882

Medium: ink and colour on paper

Dimensions: 36.1 x 25.2 cm

Description: Frontispiece Japan Day by Day Volume I by Edward S. Morse. A farmyard scene. A woman wearing a grey kimono, blue sash, carries a baby on her back, he is dressed in blue and red and has a small kite in his left hand. She is looking down at a rooster who with a hen behind him are looking at three eggs on the ground. Five figures in background, houses to right centre, a snow-capped mountain is in background, sky is blue with yellowish clouds. Written on back: Mrs. Russell Robb Concord, Mass.

Subject: farmyard; Mount Fujijama; buildings; people

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: BuW.05.01

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Landscape (Rocky Mountains)

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Artist: John Arthur Fraser (1838 – 1898, English)

Date: 1886

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: FsJ.05.01

Description: Flat body of water in foreground surrounded by plants. Large rounded snow-covered peak in background with smaller peaks behind.

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Artist: John Arthur Fraser (1838 – 1898, English)

Title: Landscape (Rocky Mountains)

Date: 1886

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 23.5 x 33.7 cm

Description: Flat body of water in foreground surrounded by plants. Large rounded snow-covered peak in background with smaller peaks behind.

Subject: mountains; Mount Baker?

Credit: Gift of Robyn L Fulton, 2023

Catalogue Number: FsJ.05.01

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Marble Halls

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Artist: Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)

Date: 1880

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: CoJ.05.45

Description: Scene of a valley with outcroppings of dark rust/red rocks to the right and forground right, trees to the left middle, and mountains in the distance.

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Artist: Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)

Title: Marble Halls

Date: 1880

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 13.5 x 14 cm

Description: Scene of a valley with outcroppings of dark rust/red rocks to the right and forground right, trees to the left middle, and mountains in the distance.