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Anne

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1916 – 1927

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.165

Description: Drawing of woman standing with both hands on hips, head facing left. “Anne” printed in pencil in BRC.

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Anne

Date: 1916 – 1927

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 30.4 x 22.7 cm

Description: Drawing of woman standing with both hands on hips, head facing left. “Anne” printed in pencil in BRC.

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.165

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Apple Tree

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1917 – 1966

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.527

Description: A pencil drawing of a leafless tree

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Apple Tree

Date: 1917 – 1966

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 15.1 x 22.5 cm

Description: A pencil drawing of a leafless tree

Subject: tree; apple

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.527

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Approaching Stewart B.C. Portland Canal

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Artist: Ernest C. W Lamarque (1879 – 1970, Canadian)

Date: 1919

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: LaE.05.51

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Artist: Ernest C. W Lamarque (1879 – 1970, Canadian)

Title: Approaching Stewart B.C. Portland Canal

Date: 1919

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 8.7 x 14.1 cm

Subject: landscape; mountains; water; urban, buildings;Ernest Lamarque

Credit: Gift of Ernest Lamarque (Estate), 1971

Catalogue Number: LaE.05.51

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Aprons in the Wind

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Artist: George Webber

Date: 1999 – 1999

Medium: photograph on paper

Catalogue Number: WeB.18.42

Description: Three unidentified individuals walking in a field holding aprons over their heads in the wind. Photograph was taken at the Little Bow Hutterite Colony in Southern, Alberta.

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Artist: George Webber

Title: Aprons in the Wind

Date: 1999 – 1999

Medium: photograph on paper

Dimensions: 11” x 14” cm

Description: Three unidentified individuals walking in a field holding aprons over their heads in the wind. Photograph was taken at the Little Bow Hutterite Colony in Southern, Alberta.

Subject: documentary photograph; colony

Credit: Gift of George Webber, Calgary, 2014

Catalogue Number: WeB.18.42

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Arched bridge and House

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

Date: c. 1920

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: CoJ.03.449

Description: Pencil drawing of a stream that leads under a small arched bridge into background where a simply drawn house appears behind trees.Verso: scalloped shape in pencil

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

Title: Arched bridge and House

Date: c. 1920

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 12.5 x 10.0 cm

Description: Pencil drawing of a stream that leads under a small arched bridge into background where a simply drawn house appears behind trees.Verso: scalloped shape in pencil

Subject: landscape

Credit: Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1997

Catalogue Number: CoJ.03.449

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Arrowhead

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

Date: c. 1920

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: CoJ.03.416

Description: Pencil sketch of a landscape with water in foreground, trees mid-ground and mountains in background.blc in cursive: Arrowhead

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

Title: Arrowhead

Date: c. 1920

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 20.5 x 26.0 cm

Description: Pencil sketch of a landscape with water in foreground, trees mid-ground and mountains in background.blc in cursive: Arrowhead

Subject: landscape

Credit: Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1997

Catalogue Number: CoJ.03.416

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Art

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1910 – 1920

Medium: on paper; card;

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.964

Description: A handmade portfolio with “ART” written in black ink across the cover underneath a rectangular watercolour painting of a sailboat with pink and green rocks on the right-hand edge, black hills in the background, and “Lila” signed in the bottom left corner. The painting is bordered in black ink. The …

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Art

Date: 1910 – 1920

Medium: on paper; card;

Dimensions: 33.5 x 25.8 cm

Description: A handmade portfolio with “ART” written in black ink across the cover underneath a rectangular watercolour painting of a sailboat with pink and green rocks on the right-hand edge, black hills in the background, and “Lila” signed in the bottom left corner. The painting is bordered in black ink. The pieces of the portfolio are made of green-grey paper wrapped around a piece of cardstock, sealed on the inside with a decorative page consisting of hand-drawn black and yellow hexagons with simple floral designs inside them. The covers are held together with a length of red cord wound through three holes punched along one edge. There is an additional hole punched in the middle of the open edge.

Subject: art supplies; paintings; drawings; Peter Whyte; Lila White;

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.964

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At Glacier

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

Date: prior to 1931

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: CoJ.03.032

Description: Mountain scene with surrounding mountains and a valley lake. - appears to be something man-made stretching across the lake from forground to the background.

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

Title: At Glacier

Date: prior to 1931

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 20 x 26 cm

Description: Mountain scene with surrounding mountains and a valley lake. - appears to be something man-made stretching across the lake from forground to the background.

Subject: landscape

Credit: Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1984

Catalogue Number: CoJ.03.032

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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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Athabasca Valley and River, B.C.

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Artist: William Hutchinson (1874 – 1918, Canadian)

Date: 1914

Medium: oil on paperboard

Catalogue Number: HuW.02.03

Description: Mountain range dominates top half of the picture, small glacier on one mountain. Foreground is a dark blue river with white currents. Forest at centre right and centre left. Yellow tinged river valley.

Artist: William Hutchinson (1874 – 1918, Canadian)

Title: Athabasca Valley and River, B.C.

Date: 1914

Medium: oil on paperboard

Dimensions: 90.6 x 103.5 cm

Description: Mountain range dominates top half of the picture, small glacier on one mountain. Foreground is a dark blue river with white currents. Forest at centre right and centre left. Yellow tinged river valley.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; river; valley; Athabasca

Credit: Gift of Dorothy Hutchinson, Winnipeg, 1994

Catalogue Number: HuW.02.03

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Athletic Medal

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Date: 1918

Material: metal; fibre

Catalogue Number: 103.09.1251

Description: Medal in the shape of a maple leaf. Inside a decorative raised circle at the centre of the leaf, there is a snowshoer in profile facing to the left, with foliage visible in the background. Attached at the top of the medal is a striped red, white, and blue ribbon. The back of the medal is engraved w…

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Title: Athletic Medal

Date: 1918

Material: metal; fibre

Dimensions: 5 x 4.5 cm

Description: Medal in the shape of a maple leaf. Inside a decorative raised circle at the centre of the leaf, there is a snowshoer in profile facing to the left, with foliage visible in the background. Attached at the top of the medal is a striped red, white, and blue ribbon. The back of the medal is engraved with “1st Ladies Snowshoe Race Banff 1918”. At the bottom of the back surface there is an insignia with two small animal shapes.

Subject: sport; snowshoe; award; snowshoer; race; Banff; 1918; medal, maple leaf

Credit: Gift of Kim Maser, Sherwood Park, 2013

Catalogue Number: 103.09.1251

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Axe and Stump

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1917 – 1929

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.557

Description: Pencil drawing of a stump with an axe left in it in the foreground. A squirrel aits on the blunt edge of the axe blade and another sits on a branch in the trees of the background. AXE AND STUMP [tlc, with STUMP underlined]

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Axe and Stump

Date: 1917 – 1929

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 15.1 x 22.5 cm

Description: Pencil drawing of a stump with an axe left in it in the foreground. A squirrel aits on the blunt edge of the axe blade and another sits on a branch in the trees of the background. AXE AND STUMP [tlc, with STUMP underlined]

Subject: axe; stump; squirrel; trees

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.557

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Baby Dress

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Date: 1836

Material: fibre

Catalogue Number: 103.05.1187

Description: Small cream coloured baby dress with puff sleeves. Lace around neckline, sleeves, and at bodice. Two ties are in bows at the neckline and just below. Circle of lace approx. 9 cm above hem of dress. Waist of dress is 20 cm, width at bottom 77.5 cm.

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Title: Baby Dress

Date: 1836

Material: fibre

Dimensions: 64 x 77.5 cm

Description: Small cream coloured baby dress with puff sleeves. Lace around neckline, sleeves, and at bodice. Two ties are in bows at the neckline and just below. Circle of lace approx. 9 cm above hem of dress. Waist of dress is 20 cm, width at bottom 77.5 cm.

Subject: households; clothing; children; Mary Schaffer Warren

Credit: Gift of Shelagh Nolan Lester, Calgary, 2005

Catalogue Number: 103.05.1187

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Bank of Heathers

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

Date: c. 1920

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: CoJ.03.410

Description: Pencil sketch of rocky landscape with trees in middle ground and mountains in background.

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

Title: Bank of Heathers

Date: c. 1920

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 20.0 x 26.0 cm

Description: Pencil sketch of rocky landscape with trees in middle ground and mountains in background.

Subject: landscape

Credit: Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1997

Catalogue Number: CoJ.03.410

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Banks of Fraser

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

Date: c. 1920

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: CoJ.03.464

Description: Pencil drawing of a body of water in the mid and foreground with trees and bushes on either side. Writing denotes details and colour scheme. Along bottom, in cursive: Banks -- Fraser

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

Title: Banks of Fraser

Date: c. 1920

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 25.0 x 19.5 cm

Description: Pencil drawing of a body of water in the mid and foreground with trees and bushes on either side. Writing denotes details and colour scheme. Along bottom, in cursive: Banks -- Fraser

Subject: landscape

Credit: Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1997

Catalogue Number: CoJ.03.464

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Barn and Storage Tower

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

Date: c. 1920

Medium: graphite on board

Catalogue Number: CoJ.03.519

Description: Pencil drawing of a rural scene where a path leads into the distance with a fence separating it from a wood structure and tower. There is a large tree behind the structure. Construction of building suggests it maybe a fort or barn.

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

Title: Barn and Storage Tower

Date: c. 1920

Medium: graphite on board

Dimensions: 37.5 x 27.0 cm

Description: Pencil drawing of a rural scene where a path leads into the distance with a fence separating it from a wood structure and tower. There is a large tree behind the structure. Construction of building suggests it maybe a fort or barn.

Subject: landscape; barn; trail; path; fence; tower

Credit: Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1997

Catalogue Number: CoJ.03.519

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Barometer

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Date: 1910 – 1950

Material: metal; glass

Catalogue Number: 104.30.1005

Description: Pocket watch-style barometer/altimeter marked “MADE IN FRANCE S. THAXTER & SON BOSTON COMPENSATED BAROMETER.”

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Title: Barometer

Date: 1910 – 1950

Material: metal; glass

Description: Pocket watch-style barometer/altimeter marked “MADE IN FRANCE S. THAXTER & SON BOSTON COMPENSATED BAROMETER.”

Subject: sports; climbing; F.O. “Pat” Brewster

Credit: Gift of Forrest (Pat) Oliver Brewster, Banff, 1984

Catalogue Number: 104.30.1005

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Bath Creek

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

Date: c. 1915

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: CoJ.03.358

Description: A rough sketch of a close up of a creek. Water and some grass is in foreground, midground is water, and rocks with trees behind them denote the shoreline.There are two small framed images along the bottom. The bottom left is drawn in heavily with pencil. The second is faint and to the right.Ther…

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

Title: Bath Creek

Date: c. 1915

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 27.5 x 20.5 cm

Description: A rough sketch of a close up of a creek. Water and some grass is in foreground, midground is water, and rocks with trees behind them denote the shoreline.There are two small framed images along the bottom. The bottom left is drawn in heavily with pencil. The second is faint and to the right.There is writing all over denoting the colour scheme.