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Amaryllis #6

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Artist: Robert William Sinclair (1939 – , Canadian)

Date: 1994

Medium: watercolour sumi-e on rice paper

Catalogue Number: SiR.05.59

Description: A thin green stem extends upwards from the bottom centre. Three red sketchy blooms extend from the bloom at the top. At the bottom there are three red stamps.

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Artist: Robert William Sinclair (1939 – , Canadian)

Title: Amaryllis #6

Date: 1994

Medium: watercolour sumi-e on rice paper

Dimensions: 30.5 x 22.8 cm

Description: A thin green stem extends upwards from the bottom centre. Three red sketchy blooms extend from the bloom at the top. At the bottom there are three red stamps.

Subject: landscape; mountains

Credit: Gift of Robert William Sinclair, Edmonton, 2010

Catalogue Number: SiR.05.59

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Amaryllis #9

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Artist: Robert William Sinclair (1939 – , Canadian)

Date: 1994

Medium: watercolour on rice paper

Catalogue Number: SiR.05.69

Description: A thin green stem extends upwards from the bottom centre. Three red sketchy blooms extend from the bloom at the top. At the bottom there are three red stamps.

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Artist: Robert William Sinclair (1939 – , Canadian)

Title: Amaryllis #9

Date: 1994

Medium: watercolour on rice paper

Dimensions: 30.4 x 22.7 cm

Description: A thin green stem extends upwards from the bottom centre. Three red sketchy blooms extend from the bloom at the top. At the bottom there are three red stamps.

Subject: landscape

Credit: Gift of Robert William Sinclair, Edmonton, 2010

Catalogue Number: SiR.05.69

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An Indian Home on the Saskatchewan [River]

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Part Of: Moore family fonds

Date Range: [1907]

Reference Code: V439 / PS - 29

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph; Lantern slide; Transparency

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Part Of: Moore family fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: M307 / V439

Series: I. Philip Moore series

Sous-Fonds: V439

Sub-Series: B. Professional papers and photographs 2. Research, writing and lecturing d. Photographs i. Lantern slides (transparencies)

Reference Code: V439 / PS - 29

GMD: Photograph; Lantern slide; Transparency

Date Range: [1907]

Physical Description: 1 transparency : lantern slide

Subject Access: Buildings and memorials; Discovery and Exploration; Environment and Nature; First nations

Geographic Access: Alberta

Creator: [Mary Schaffer]

Processing Status: Processed

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An Indian Packer with an average load of 200 lbs.

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Part Of: Mary Schaffer fonds

Date Range: [ca. 1908 - 192-]

Reference Code: V527 / PS 1 - 1032

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph; Lantern slide; Transparency

1 image

Part Of: Mary Schaffer fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: M79 / V527

Series: II. Photography series

Sous-Fonds: V527

Sub-Series: A. Lantern slides 10. World travels

Reference Code: V527 / PS 1 - 1032

GMD: Photograph; Lantern slide; Transparency

Date Range: [ca. 1908 - 192-]

Physical Description: 1 transparency : lantern slide

Subject Access: Transportation; Environment and Nature

Geographic Access: [India]

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Androsace carinata

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Part Of: Vaux family fonds

Date Range: [between 1894 and 1912]

Reference Code: V653 / PS - 166

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Transparency; Lantern slide

1 image

Part Of: Vaux family fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: M107 / V653

Series: I. Photography

Sub-Series: V. Lantern slides

Reference Code: V653 / PS - 166

GMD: Transparency; Lantern slide

Date Range: [between 1894 and 1912]

Physical Description: 1 transparency : lantern slide

Subject Access: Discovery and Exploration

Creator: Mary Schaffer (Philadelphia, USA) - attributed to

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Androsace carinata

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Part Of: Vaux family fonds

Date Range: [between 1900 and 1906]

Reference Code: V653 / PS - 167

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Transparency; Lantern slide

1 image

Part Of: Vaux family fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: M107 / V653

Series: I. Photography

Sub-Series: V. Lantern slides

Reference Code: V653 / PS - 167

GMD: Transparency; Lantern slide

Date Range: [between 1900 and 1906]

Physical Description: 1 transparency : lantern slide

Subject Access: Discovery and Exploration

Creator: Mary Schaffer (Philadelphia, USA) - attributed to

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Anemone des prairies / Mary M. Vaux

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Part Of: Vaux family fonds

Scope & Content: Pasque flower or prairie crocus

Date Range: [between 1894 and 1912]

Reference Code: V653 / PS - 164

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Transparency; Lantern slide

1 image

Part Of: Vaux family fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: M107 / V653

Series: I. Photography

Sub-Series: V. Lantern slides

Reference Code: V653 / PS - 164

GMD: Transparency; Lantern slide

Date Range: [between 1894 and 1912]

Physical Description: 1 transparency : lantern slide

Scope & Content: Pasque flower or prairie crocus

Subject Access: Discovery and Exploration

Creator: Mary M. Vaux (Philadelphia USA)

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Athabasca Glacier

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Artist: Catherine Perehudoff Fowler (1958 – , Canadian)

Date: 1993

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: PeC.05.01

Description: The glacier is centred top, flowing down to the foreground, flanked on both sides by the mountain in colours of brown, yellow, grey, green. The light blue sky is cloudy.

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Artist: Catherine Perehudoff Fowler (1958 – , Canadian)

Title: Athabasca Glacier

Date: 1993

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 56.0 x 76.0 cm

Description: The glacier is centred top, flowing down to the foreground, flanked on both sides by the mountain in colours of brown, yellow, grey, green. The light blue sky is cloudy.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; mountain; glacier; Athabasca

Credit: Purchased from Catherine Perehudoff Fowler, Saskatoon, 1994

Catalogue Number: PeC.05.01

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Banff Indian Days [Stoney Nakoda camp at foot of Cascade Mountain]

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Part Of: Mary Schaffer fonds

Date Range: [ca. 1900 - 192-]

Reference Code: V527 / PS 1 - 683

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph; Lantern slide; Transparency

1 image

Part Of: Mary Schaffer fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: M79 / V527

Series: II. Photography series

Sous-Fonds: V527

Sub-Series: A. Lantern slides 8. Native people

Reference Code: V527 / PS 1 - 683

GMD: Photograph; Lantern slide; Transparency

Date Range: [ca. 1900 - 192-]

Physical Description: 1 transparency : lantern slide

Subject Access: Buildings and memorials; Environment and Nature; First nations; Public events

Geographic Access: Alberta

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Banff Lantern Slides

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Part Of: Archives General File Collection

Scope & Content: Series consists of 4 lantern slides. Slides are views of the Banff Hot Springs, Banff Avenue with Cascade Mountain, Devil's Lake, and the city of Calgary.

Date Range: [c. 1890]

Reference Code: V8 / 7919 / PS - 1 to PS - 4

Description Level: 3 / Series

GMD: Transparency; Lantern slide

4 images

Part Of: Archives General File Collection

Description Level: 3 / Series

Fonds Number: M8 / V8 / S8

Series: Accession Number : 7919

Sous-Fonds: V8

Accession Number: 7919

Reference Code: V8 / 7919 / PS - 1 to PS - 4

GMD: Transparency; Lantern slide

Date Range: [c. 1890]

Physical Description: 4 photographs : b&w slides ; 8.2 x 8.2 cm

Scope & Content: Series consists of 4 lantern slides. Slides are views of the Banff Hot Springs, Banff Avenue with Cascade Mountain, Devil's Lake, and the city of Calgary.

Subject Access: Lantern slide; Tourism

Geographic Access: Banff; Calgary; Alberta; Canada

Language: English

Conservation: All slides were cleaned prior to scanning.

Title Source: Title based on contents of series

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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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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Bridge at Spuzzum, Fraser River / W.S.V.Jr.

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Part Of: Vaux family fonds

Scope & Content: Hand-coloured by Mary M. Vaux

Date Range: [between 1900 and 1906]

Reference Code: V653 / PS - 3

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Transparency; Lantern slide

1 image

Part Of: Vaux family fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: M107 / V653

Series: I. Photography

Sub-Series: V. Lantern slides

Reference Code: V653 / PS - 3

GMD: Transparency; Lantern slide

Date Range: [between 1900 and 1906]

Physical Description: 1 transparency : lantern slide

Scope & Content: Hand-coloured by Mary M. Vaux

Subject Access: Discovery and Exploration

Creator: William S. Vaux Jr. (Philadelphia USA)

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Calla One

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Artist: Robert William Sinclair (1939 – , Canadian)

Date: 1994

Medium: watercolour; Sumi-e brush and ink; gold leaf on rice paper

Catalogue Number: SiR.05.67

Description: Two white calla lily blooms on the right of a circular space, with a long leaf in the foreground. Gold leaf is present at the top of the circle.

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Artist: Robert William Sinclair (1939 – , Canadian)

Title: Calla One

Date: 1994

Medium: watercolour; Sumi-e brush and ink; gold leaf on rice paper

Dimensions: 42.4 x 42.4 cm

Description: Two white calla lily blooms on the right of a circular space, with a long leaf in the foreground. Gold leaf is present at the top of the circle.

Subject: landscape; sky; mountains

Credit: Gift of Robert William Sinclair, Edmonton, 2010

Catalogue Number: SiR.05.67

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Calla Two

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Artist: Robert William Sinclair (1939 – , Canadian)

Date: 1994

Medium: watercolour; Sumi-e brush and ink; gold leaf on rice paper

Catalogue Number: SiR.05.68

Description: One white calla lily bloom on the right of a circular space, with a several green leaves in the foreground. Gold leaf is present at the top and side of the circle.

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Artist: Robert William Sinclair (1939 – , Canadian)

Title: Calla Two

Date: 1994

Medium: watercolour; Sumi-e brush and ink; gold leaf on rice paper

Dimensions: 61.1 x 61 cm

Description: One white calla lily bloom on the right of a circular space, with a several green leaves in the foreground. Gold leaf is present at the top and side of the circle.

Subject: landscape; sky; mountains

Credit: Gift of Robert William Sinclair, Edmonton, 2010

Catalogue Number: SiR.05.68

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[Camp in burnt timber]

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Part Of: Mary Schaffer fonds

Date Range: [1907 or 1908]

Reference Code: V527 / PS 1 - 155

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph; Lantern slide; Transparency

1 image

Part Of: Mary Schaffer fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Series: II. Photography series

Sub-Series: A. Lantern slides 1. Travels to Maligne Lake and Yellowhead area

Reference Code: V527 / PS 1 - 155

GMD: Photograph; Lantern slide; Transparency

Date Range: [1907 or 1908]

Physical Description: 1 transparency : lantern slide

Subject Access: Buildings and memorials; Discovery and Exploration; Environment and Nature

Geographic Access: Alberta; British Columbia

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[Camp in downed timber]

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Part Of: Mary Schaffer fonds

Date Range: [1907 or 1908]

Reference Code: V527 / PS 1 - 156

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph; Lantern slide; Transparency

1 image

Part Of: Mary Schaffer fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Series: II. Photography series

Sub-Series: A. Lantern slides 1. Travels to Maligne Lake and Yellowhead area

Reference Code: V527 / PS 1 - 156

GMD: Photograph; Lantern slide; Transparency

Date Range: [1907 or 1908]

Physical Description: 1 transparency : lantern slide

Subject Access: Buildings and memorials; Discovery and Exploration; Environment and Nature

Geographic Access: Alberta; British Columbia

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Canadian Pacific Railway Lantern Slides

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Part Of: Archives General File Collection

Scope & Content: Series consists of 14 lantern slides [ca.1900-ca.1925]. Slides are views along the Canadian Pacific Railway.

Date Range: [c. 1905]

Reference Code: V8 / 5486 / PS - 1 to PS - 14

Description Level: 3 / Series

GMD: Transparency; Lantern slide

14 images

Part Of: Archives General File Collection

Description Level: 3 / Series

Fonds Number: M8 / V8 / S8

Series: Accession Number: 5486

Sous-Fonds: V8

Accession Number: 5486

Reference Code: V8 / 5486 / PS - 1 to PS - 14

GMD: Transparency; Lantern slide

Date Range: [c. 1905]

Physical Description: 14 photographs : b&w and col. slides ; 10.2 x 8.2 cm

History / Biographical: The Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) was officially formed in Februray, 1881, to construct a railroad that would link the eastern provinces with British Columbia, a key component of the Canadian Confederation of 1867. Headed by William C. Van Horne as General Manager, the railroad arrived in the Canadian Rockies in 1883 and a siding was established just east of present-day Banff. When railroad workers discovered a natural hot spring on the south side of the Bow River, Van Horne ordered the construction of a hotel that would house visitors brought in by train to visit the springs. Construction of the Banff Springs Hotel finished in 1888 and joined a handful of CPR hotels throughout the Rocky and Selkirk Mountain ranges. The popularity of the hot springs and surrounding area led to the formation of a national park and to the town of Banff. After construction of the railway had completed, the CPR continued to survey and document the Rocky Mountains alongside federal agencies like the Department of the Interior and private outfitters. Utilizing coloured lantern slides the CPR was able to showcase the mountains as both tourist and settlement destinations. Magic lantern shows of these slides could be used for administrative purposes by the company to showcase land holdings and investments or in public shows as advertisements of the new railway.