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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 Sulphur Mountain Gondola Lift

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Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Scope & Content: Image of the Sulphur Mountain gondola with the townsite, Tunnel Mountain, and Cascade Mountain in the background - title and details on the back

Date Range: [ca. 1940-1960]

Reference Code: V683 / III / A / 5 / PA - 308

Description Level: 6 / Image

GMD: Postcard

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Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Description Level: 6 / Image

Fonds Number: M36 / V683 / S37

Series: V683 / III / A / 5 : Peter and Catharine Whyte: Landscapes

Sous-Fonds: V683

Accession Number: .

Reference Code: V683 / III / A / 5 / PA - 308

GMD: Postcard

Date Range: [ca. 1940-1960]

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

Scope & Content: Image of the Sulphur Mountain gondola with the townsite, Tunnel Mountain, and Cascade Mountain in the background - title and details on the back

Subject Access: Banff townsite; Banff Springs Hotel; Gondolas; Mountains

Geographic Access: Banff

Language: English

Title Source: Title based on item

Processing Status: Processed

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Before the White Man Came

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Artist: James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)

Date: 1969

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: SiJ.05.30

Description: The painting is dominated by a large bison midcentre left grazing in a herd in the foothills. The mountains are behind under a dark blue and yellow sky.

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Artist: James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)

Title: Before the White Man Came

Date: 1969

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 11.3 x 16.3 cm

Description: The painting is dominated by a large bison midcentre left grazing in a herd in the foothills. The mountains are behind under a dark blue and yellow sky.

Subject: animal, buffalo; landscape; Canadian Rockies; mountain; foothills

Credit: Gift of Unknown, 1978

Catalogue Number: SiJ.05.30

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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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Boats in Harbour, 1963

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Artist: Walter Joseph Phillips, R. C. A. (1884 – 1963, Canadian)

Date: 1963

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: PhW.05.03

Description: Colour: grey, brown, green. The lower two thirds is calm grey water in which a row of four boats is reflected. The boats fill the upper third. The second boat from the left is called Symphony II.

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Artist: Walter Joseph Phillips, R. C. A. (1884 – 1963, Canadian)

Title: Boats in Harbour, 1963

Date: 1963

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 41.6 x 45.0 cm

Description: Colour: grey, brown, green. The lower two thirds is calm grey water in which a row of four boats is reflected. The boats fill the upper third. The second boat from the left is called Symphony II.

Subject: ocean; boats

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1969

Catalogue Number: PhW.05.03

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Bow Lake, 1962

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Artist: James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)

Date: 1962

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: SiJ.05.59

Description: Blue sky with large cloud at left, mountains in background across image with Bow Lake below them. Green grassy area with trees in foreground of image. Title and “Canadian Rockies” written on mat.

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Artist: James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)

Title: Bow Lake, 1962

Date: 1962

Medium: watercolour on paper

Description: Blue sky with large cloud at left, mountains in background across image with Bow Lake below them. Green grassy area with trees in foreground of image. Title and “Canadian Rockies” written on mat.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; Bow Lake

Credit: Gift of James (Jr.) Simpson, Rocky Mountain House, 2000

Catalogue Number: SiJ.05.59

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Bow Lake and Crowfoot Glacier

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Artist: Janet Holly Middleton (1922 – 2018, Canadian)

Date: 1964

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: MiJ.05.06

Description: The general colours are green, blue, grey, brown, mauve, purple and white. The painting is divided in half for dominance. The bottom-half is the icy blue/green and white of the frozen lake; on the viewer’s far right there are two small evergreens in the snow. The top-half comprises the mountains an…

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Artist: Janet Holly Middleton (1922 – 2018, Canadian)

Title: Bow Lake and Crowfoot Glacier

Date: 1964

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 37.2 x 56.0 cm

Description: The general colours are green, blue, grey, brown, mauve, purple and white. The painting is divided in half for dominance. The bottom-half is the icy blue/green and white of the frozen lake; on the viewer’s far right there are two small evergreens in the snow. The top-half comprises the mountains and glacier; viewer’s right the scree slope and upward sweep of a mountain, moving to the left is the next mountain with its white and blue glacier top and blue sweep down the middle of the mountain. Lower mid-centre is the glacier snow field and to the left is a brown and white mountain. The gloomy sky is grey and white swirling clouds with hints of yellow through the grey and blue sky beyond.

Subject: landscape; mountain; Bow Glacier; Bow Lake; Janet Holly Middleton

Credit: Gift of Mary Garnham Andrews, Banff, 2009

Catalogue Number: MiJ.05.06

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Canadian Rockies, 1965

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Artist: James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)

Date: 1965

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: SiJ.05.67

Description: A mountain range runs horizontally across the painting in the upper centre. The mountains are painted in yellows, blues and purples. A snow covered area which looks like a glacier or lake is cropped at the left in the foreground. A few rocky outcrops stick up out of this area. A green slope ris…

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Artist: James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)

Title: Canadian Rockies, 1965

Date: 1965

Medium: watercolour on paper

Description: A mountain range runs horizontally across the painting in the upper centre. The mountains are painted in yellows, blues and purples. A snow covered area which looks like a glacier or lake is cropped at the left in the foreground. A few rocky outcrops stick up out of this area. A green slope rises up on the right and is cut off.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies

Credit: Gift of James (Jr.) Simpson, Rocky Mountain House, 2000

Catalogue Number: SiJ.05.67

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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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Coastal Scene, Tides Out, Dalhousie

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

Date: 1877

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: FsJ.05.04

Description: A bright scene of a rocky coast with water beyond. A rocky island topped with trees fills the centre of the image. The foreground has algae-covered rocks, two figures bending over a boat, and a large cliff at left. flocks of birds fly above the island.

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

Title: Coastal Scene, Tides Out, Dalhousie

Date: 1877

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 17.1 x 24.2 cm

Description: A bright scene of a rocky coast with water beyond. A rocky island topped with trees fills the centre of the image. The foreground has algae-covered rocks, two figures bending over a boat, and a large cliff at left. flocks of birds fly above the island.

Subject: Coast; Nova Scotia; fishing

Credit: Gift of Robyn L Fulton, 2023

Catalogue Number: FsJ.05.04

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Confluence of Liard and Toad River, B.C.

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

Date: 1960

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: LaE.05.30

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

Title: Confluence of Liard and Toad River, B.C.

Date: 1960

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 27.7 x 37.7 cm

Subject: landscape; mountains; rivers Liard, Toad; Ernest Lamarque

Credit: Gift of Ernest Lamarque (Estate), 1971

Catalogue Number: LaE.05.30

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The Cook, Louis Hill, and old dog Dooley

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Artist: James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)

Date: 1964

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: SiJ.05.08

Description: Colour: blue, green. A figure and a dog stand by a fire over which are hanging two pots - left of center. Right is a tent and surrounding this in the front is snow and behind snow and trees.

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Artist: James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)

Title: The Cook, Louis Hill, and old dog Dooley

Date: 1964

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 16.5 x 11.4 cm

Description: Colour: blue, green. A figure and a dog stand by a fire over which are hanging two pots - left of center. Right is a tent and surrounding this in the front is snow and behind snow and trees.

Subject: figure; man; animal; dog; activity; cooking; winter

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

Catalogue Number: SiJ.05.08

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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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Court of the Patriarchs

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Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Scope & Content: Image of the Court of the Patriarchs clifs in Zion National Park, Utah

Date Range: [ca. 1929-1972]

Reference Code: V683 / III / A / 15 / PA - 76

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 - 76

GMD: Photograph; Postcard

Date Range: [ca. 1929-1972]

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

Scope & Content: Image of the Court of the Patriarchs clifs in Zion National Park, Utah

Subject Access: Mountains

Geographic Access: Utah

Language: English

Title Source: Title based on item

Processing Status: Processed

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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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Family Photographs

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Part Of: Sid Unwin fonds

Scope & Content: File pertains to Ethel and Arthur Unwin, Unwin family homes in England, Ethel Unwin's Odd Craft Shop (Victoria, B. C.) and the Unwin family gravesite in Highgate, London.

Date Range: 1915-1968

Reference Code: V25 / II / PA - 16 to 28

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Postcard

22 images

Part Of: Sid Unwin fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M31 / V25

Series: II. Unwin family sous-fonds

Sous-Fonds: V25

Accession Number: .

Reference Code: V25 / II / PA - 16 to 28

GMD: Photograph; Postcard

Date Range: 1915-1968

Physical Description: 13 photographs : prints, postcards?

History / Biographical: See fonds level description

Scope & Content: File pertains to Ethel and Arthur Unwin, Unwin family homes in England, Ethel Unwin's Odd Craft Shop (Victoria, B. C.) and the Unwin family gravesite in Highgate, London.