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1908 Railway Tunnel (Continental Divide on back)

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

Date: c. 1911

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: CoJ.03.322

Description: Front: the entrance to a railway tunnel is on the left, and muontain and trees surround it. Above the entrance is written “1908” and then his writing for a colour scheme in the brc.Back: mountains and trees surround a valley running through the picture. Writing in the brc: “VICTORIA RIDGE OVER 10…

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

Title: 1908 Railway Tunnel (Continental Divide on back)

Date: c. 1911

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 28.0 x 35.5 cm

Description: Front: the entrance to a railway tunnel is on the left, and muontain and trees surround it. Above the entrance is written “1908” and then his writing for a colour scheme in the brc.Back: mountains and trees surround a valley running through the picture. Writing in the brc: “VICTORIA RIDGE OVER 10,000feet, 33 BELOW zero, CONTINENTAL DIVIDE FEB 23”

Subject: landscape

Credit: Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1997

Catalogue Number: CoJ.03.322

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Baby (Eggley baby?)

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Part Of: Elliott Barnes fonds

Scope & Content: Unidentified baby on bearskin

Date Range: [ca.1905-ca.1914]

Reference Code: V48 / NG - 55

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph

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Part Of: Elliott Barnes fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Series: I. Negative series

Reference Code: V48 / NG - 55

GMD: Photograph

Date Range: [ca.1905-ca.1914]

Physical Description: 1 photograph : negative, glass, 13 x 18 cm or smaller

Scope & Content: Unidentified baby on bearskin

Subject Access: Family and personal life

Geographic Access: Alberta

Creator: Elliott Barnes

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Banff Indian Days parade on Banff Avenue

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Part Of: Elliott Barnes fonds

Scope & Content: Banff Indian Days parade on Banff Avenue

Date Range: [1906?]

Reference Code: V48 / NA - 157

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph

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Part Of: Elliott Barnes fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: V48

Series: I. Negative series

Sous-Fonds: V48

Reference Code: V48 / NA - 157

GMD: Photograph

Date Range: [1906?]

Physical Description: 1 photograph : negative, stereo, 13 x 18 cm or smaller

Scope & Content: Banff Indian Days parade on Banff Avenue

Subject Access: First nations; Public events

Geographic Access: Alberta

Creator: Elliott Barnes

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Barnes cabin at Kootenay Plains, Elliott Barnes on step, Elliott Peak in background

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Part Of: Elliott Barnes fonds

Scope & Content: Reggie Holmes with horse at Elliott Barnes' cabin at Kootenay Plains, Alberta; Elliott Peak in background

Date Range: [ca.1905-ca.1914]

Reference Code: V48 / NG - 3

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph

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Part Of: Elliott Barnes fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Series: I. Negative series

Reference Code: V48 / NG - 3

GMD: Photograph

Date Range: [ca.1905-ca.1914]

Physical Description: 1 photograph : negative, glass, 13 x 18 cm or smaller

Scope & Content: Reggie Holmes with horse at Elliott Barnes' cabin at Kootenay Plains, Alberta; Elliott Peak in background

Subject Access: Buildings and memorials; Family and personal life; Immigration and homesteading

Geographic Access: Alberta

Creator: Elliott Barnes

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Barnes pack train on Siffleur River

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Part Of: Elliott Barnes fonds

Date Range: [ca.1905-ca.1914]

Reference Code: V48 / NG - 10

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph

1 image

Part Of: Elliott Barnes fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Series: I. Negative series

Reference Code: V48 / NG - 10

GMD: Photograph

Date Range: [ca.1905-ca.1914]

Physical Description: 1 photograph : negative, glass, stereo, 13 x 18 cm or smaller

Subject Access: Discovery and Exploration

Geographic Access: Alberta

Creator: Elliott Barnes

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The Battle of Cressy

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Artist: Unknown

Date: 1792

Medium: engraving on paper

Catalogue Number: UnK.04.03

Description: A black and white print showing a battle scene from a classical era with knights in armour. Script at the top reads “Engraved for Ashburton’s History of England” and the bottom reads “The Battle of Cressy” and “Published by W.&J. Stratfords No. 112 Helborn Hill, March 10, 1792”. A label on the back…

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Artist: Unknown

Title: The Battle of Cressy

Date: 1792

Medium: engraving on paper

Dimensions: 18.0 x 28.5 cm

Description: A black and white print showing a battle scene from a classical era with knights in armour. Script at the top reads “Engraved for Ashburton’s History of England” and the bottom reads “The Battle of Cressy” and “Published by W.&J. Stratfords No. 112 Helborn Hill, March 10, 1792”. A label on the back paper reads “Johnson Art Galleries Limited Pictures Fine Framing. Montreal 634 St. Catherine West.”

Subject: activity; war; figure; group; animal; horse

Credit: Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: UnK.04.03

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Bear

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Artist: Unknown

Date: later than 1900

Catalogue Number: UnK.06.04

Description: A realistic rendering of a walking grizzly bear. His head is turned slightly to the left. Open mouth shows white teeth and a pink tongue.

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Artist: Unknown

Title: Bear

Date: later than 1900

Dimensions: 13.0 x 8.0 x 24.0 cm

Description: A realistic rendering of a walking grizzly bear. His head is turned slightly to the left. Open mouth shows white teeth and a pink tongue.

Subject: amimal, bear; grizzly bear

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

Catalogue Number: UnK.06.04

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Bear attacking man

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Part Of: Elliott Barnes fonds

Scope & Content: Elliott Barnes in staged scene with mounted bear specimens

Date Range: [ca.1905-ca.1914]

Reference Code: V48 / NG - 59

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph

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Part Of: Elliott Barnes fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Series: I. Negative series

Reference Code: V48 / NG - 59

GMD: Photograph

Date Range: [ca.1905-ca.1914]

Physical Description: 1 photograph : negative, glass, 13 x 18 cm or smaller

Scope & Content: Elliott Barnes in staged scene with mounted bear specimens

Subject Access: Environment and Nature

Geographic Access: Alberta

Creator: Elliott Barnes

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Beaver dam

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Part Of: Elliott Barnes fonds

Date Range: [between 1905 and 1914]

Reference Code: V48 / NA - 420

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph

1 image

Part Of: Elliott Barnes fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Series: I. Negative series

Reference Code: V48 / NA - 420

GMD: Photograph

Date Range: [between 1905 and 1914]

Physical Description: 1 photograph : negative, 13 x 18 cm or smaller

Subject Access: Environment and Nature

Geographic Access: Alberta

Creator: Elliott Barnes

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Beaver dam

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Part Of: Elliott Barnes fonds

Date Range: [between 1905 and 1914]

Reference Code: V48 / NA - 421

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph

1 image

Part Of: Elliott Barnes fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Series: I. Negative series

Reference Code: V48 / NA - 421

GMD: Photograph

Date Range: [between 1905 and 1914]

Physical Description: 1 photograph : negative, 13 x 18 cm or smaller

Subject Access: Environment and Nature

Geographic Access: Alberta

Creator: Elliott Barnes

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Bighorn Sheep

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Artist: Unknown

Date: c. 1910

Catalogue Number: UnK.06.36

Description: A wooden sculpture of a bighorn sheep.

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Artist: Unknown

Title: Bighorn Sheep

Date: c. 1910

Dimensions: 14.5 x 16.0 cm

Description: A wooden sculpture of a bighorn sheep.

Subject: animal; Bighorn Sheep

Credit: Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: UnK.06.36

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The Bird Tree

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Artist: Unknown

Date: 1880 – 1900

Catalogue Number: UnK.06.06

Description: ornately carved ivory sculpture of a man and a bird under a tree.

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Artist: Unknown

Title: The Bird Tree

Date: 1880 – 1900

Dimensions: 20.8 x 4.7 x 10.0 cm

Description: ornately carved ivory sculpture of a man and a bird under a tree.

Subject: figure, male; animal; mythological

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

Catalogue Number: UnK.06.06

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Boats in Harbour

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

Date: c. 1885

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: CoJ.03.289

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

Title: Boats in Harbour

Date: c. 1885

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 8 x 19 cm

Subject: landscape

Credit: Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1997

Catalogue Number: CoJ.03.289

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Boys fishing on Jumping Pound Creek (Jack Leeson on right)

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Part Of: Elliott Barnes fonds

Scope & Content: Jack Leeson and [Elliott Barnes Jr.?] fishing on Jumping Pound Creek, Alberta]

Date Range: [ca.1905-ca.1914]

Reference Code: V48 / NG - 35

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph

1 image

Part Of: Elliott Barnes fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Series: I. Negative series

Reference Code: V48 / NG - 35

GMD: Photograph

Date Range: [ca.1905-ca.1914]

Physical Description: 1 photograph : negative, glass, stereo, 13 x 18 cm or smaller

Scope & Content: Jack Leeson and [Elliott Barnes Jr.?] fishing on Jumping Pound Creek, Alberta]

Subject Access: Family and personal life; Sports and Recreation

Geographic Access: Alberta

Creator: Elliott Barnes

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Boy's hockey on the Bow River

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Part Of: Elliott Barnes fonds

Scope & Content: Boy's hockey on the Bow River at Banff

Date Range: [1906 or 1907]

Reference Code: V48 / NA - 169

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph

1 image

Part Of: Elliott Barnes fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Series: I. Negative series

Reference Code: V48 / NA - 169

GMD: Photograph

Date Range: [1906 or 1907]

Physical Description: 1 photograph : negative, stereo half, 13 x 18 cm or smaller

Scope & Content: Boy's hockey on the Bow River at Banff

Subject Access: Sports and Recreation

Geographic Access: Alberta

Creator: Elliott Barnes

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Buckdeer

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Part Of: Elliott Barnes fonds

Date Range: [between 1905 and 1914]

Reference Code: V48 / NA - 436

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph

1 image

Part Of: Elliott Barnes fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Series: I. Negative series

Reference Code: V48 / NA - 436

GMD: Photograph

Date Range: [between 1905 and 1914]

Physical Description: 1 photograph : negative, stereo, 13 x 18 cm or smaller

Subject Access: Environment and Nature

Geographic Access: Alberta

Creator: Elliott Barnes

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Buddhist Icon

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Artist: Unknown

Date: 1900 – 1925

Medium: watercolour; gouache on paper

Catalogue Number: UnK.05.04

Description: Blue god or demon surrounded in flames, over nude figure; flames and border rust coloured; 5/ on back. CRW purchased it in Katmandu, Nepal in Autumn of 1970, approx. a month long trip which included Langtang Valley trek.

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Artist: Unknown

Title: Buddhist Icon

Date: 1900 – 1925

Medium: watercolour; gouache on paper

Dimensions: 8.4 x 6.6 cm

Description: Blue god or demon surrounded in flames, over nude figure; flames and border rust coloured; 5/ on back. CRW purchased it in Katmandu, Nepal in Autumn of 1970, approx. a month long trip which included Langtang Valley trek.