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Alpine Ibex

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Artist: J. Monroe Thorington (1894 – 1989, American)

Date: 1940

Medium: charcoal on paper

Catalogue Number: ThM.03.04

Description: A charcoal drawing from the chest up of an alpine ibex. The ibex is facing to his right, long horns curve gracefully back.

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Artist: J. Monroe Thorington (1894 – 1989, American)

Title: Alpine Ibex

Date: 1940

Medium: charcoal on paper

Dimensions: 25.0 x 20.5 cm

Description: A charcoal drawing from the chest up of an alpine ibex. The ibex is facing to his right, long horns curve gracefully back.

Subject: animal; alpine ibex

Credit: Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: ThM.03.04

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Andre and A.Y. at Sunshine

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Artist: Kathleen Frances Daly Pepper (1898 – 1994, Canadian)

Date: 1947

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: DaK.03.04

Description: General colour: pencil on white. Two men in suits sitting at a table. The one in front faces right and is writing. The one behind faces more out and is reading. He wears glasses. Behind them in the upper left corner are book shelves. In the upper right corner is a lamp.

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Artist: Kathleen Frances Daly Pepper (1898 – 1994, Canadian)

Title: Andre and A.Y. at Sunshine

Date: 1947

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 29.0 x 36.5 cm

Description: General colour: pencil on white. Two men in suits sitting at a table. The one in front faces right and is writing. The one behind faces more out and is reading. He wears glasses. Behind them in the upper left corner are book shelves. In the upper right corner is a lamp.

Subject: figure; male

Credit: Purchased from Kathleen Frances Daly Pepper, 1970

Catalogue Number: DaK.03.04

Notes: Artistry Revealed: Peter Whyte, Catharine Robb Whyte and Their Contemporaries; June 17, 2018 to October 21, 2018

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Antelope head

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Artist: Carl Clemens Moritz Rungius (1869 – 1959, American)

Date: 1946

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: RuC.03.06

Description: A finely detailed drawing of an antelope head, the antelope is facing to the left

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Artist: Carl Clemens Moritz Rungius (1869 – 1959, American)

Title: Antelope head

Date: 1946

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 23.0 x 27.5 cm

Description: A finely detailed drawing of an antelope head, the antelope is facing to the left

Subject: animal, antelope

Credit: Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: RuC.03.06

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Banff Indian Days posters

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of 14 colour and b&w oversized promotional posters and information boards for Banff Indian Days celebrations, promoted by Canadian Pacific. Posters largely feature identified and unidentified Indigenous people, notably Chief Spotted Eagle and Blind Eagle. Art medium includes oil pain…

Date Range: [ca. 1930-1950]; 1936; 1937; 1949

Reference Code: LUX / I / D3 / 1 - 14

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Textual record; Poster; Drawing; Published record

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: LUX

Series: I.D.3. Personal and professional : Organizations

Sous-Fonds: I. Norman Luxton sous-fonds

Accession Number: LUX

Reference Code: LUX / I / D3 / 1 - 14

GMD: Textual record; Poster; Drawing; Published record

Responsibility: Published and artwork attributed to Ernie Kehr, W.L. Kihn, G.H.W. Ashley, Crag & Canyon Press, Palenske, Canadian Pacific and Multi Color Poster

Date Range: [ca. 1930-1950]; 1936; 1937; 1949

Physical Description: 14 posters : colour and b&w ; 35 x 56 cm or smaller

Scope & Content: File consists of 14 colour and b&w oversized promotional posters and information boards for Banff Indian Days celebrations, promoted by Canadian Pacific. Posters largely feature identified and unidentified Indigenous people, notably Chief Spotted Eagle and Blind Eagle. Art medium includes oil paint process mounted on cardboard made in Canada and distributed by Exhibits Branch Canadian Pacific, lithographic prints, and a mounted drawing attributed to Palenske. Some have annotations or stamps on the back.

Notes: Possibly unassociated shipping packing material addressed to Norman Luxton at the Trading Post from E.A. Kehr found in box - this has not been assigned a number. D3-10, a lithographic promotional material from 1936 has an identical design to LUX / II / F1 / 47, an Indian Days poster from 1928 Items LUX / I / D3 / 1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14 were originally associated with LUX / I / D3a / 6, which contains brochures and a flyer from Banff Indian Days LUX / I / D3 / 8, Palenske may have potentionally used photograph LUX / I / D3a / PA-26 as reference

Material Details: Some posters have foldable cardboard stand at back to place upright on surface, adhesives, and perhaps mounting additives.

Name Access: Luxton, Norman; Kehr, Ernie; Palenske, Reinhold H.; Canadian Pacific Railway

Subject Access: Activities; Advertising; Community events; Banff Indian Days; Indigenous Peoples; Tourism

Geographic Access: Banff; Alberta; Banff National Park

Reproduction Restrictions: Restrictions may apply

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Bear sketch

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Artist: Carl Clemens Moritz Rungius (1869 – 1959, American)

Date: 1943

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: RuC.03.02

Description: A grizzly bear is looking full face forward, face in fine detail, lightly sketched body, no feet

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Artist: Carl Clemens Moritz Rungius (1869 – 1959, American)

Title: Bear sketch

Date: 1943

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 31.0 x 24.0 cm

Description: A grizzly bear is looking full face forward, face in fine detail, lightly sketched body, no feet

Subject: animal, bear; grizzly bear

Credit: Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: RuC.03.02

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Beer Room, Canmore

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Artist: Kathleen Frances Daly Pepper (1898 – 1994, Canadian)

Date: 1944

Medium: wax crayon on paper

Catalogue Number: DaK.03.25

Description: A couple, man with hat and a woman is sitting at a table on which are glasses. The table is centre bottom, half round. The couple is in conversation, other people in the background.

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Artist: Kathleen Frances Daly Pepper (1898 – 1994, Canadian)

Title: Beer Room, Canmore

Date: 1944

Medium: wax crayon on paper

Dimensions: 29.2 x 36.7 cm

Description: A couple, man with hat and a woman is sitting at a table on which are glasses. The table is centre bottom, half round. The couple is in conversation, other people in the background.

Subject: figure, group; industry; coal mining

Credit: Purchased from Kathleen Frances Daly Pepper, 1989

Catalogue Number: DaK.03.25

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Between Shifts

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Artist: Kathleen Frances Daly Pepper (1898 – 1994, Canadian)

Date: 1944

Medium: wax crayon on paper

Catalogue Number: DaK.03.14

Description: The right side of the picture is dominated by on man sitting at a table with hat and coat, with a glass to his lips. A table is to centre left, glass on it, other men in background.

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Artist: Kathleen Frances Daly Pepper (1898 – 1994, Canadian)

Title: Between Shifts

Date: 1944

Medium: wax crayon on paper

Dimensions: 29.2 x 36.8 cm

Description: The right side of the picture is dominated by on man sitting at a table with hat and coat, with a glass to his lips. A table is to centre left, glass on it, other men in background.

Subject: figure; group; male; industry; coal mining

Credit: Purchased from Kathleen Frances Daly Pepper, 1989

Catalogue Number: DaK.03.14

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Bill Hargrave

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Artist: Nicholas Raffael de Grandmaison (1892 – 1978, Canadian)

Date: c. 1950

Medium: pastel on sandpaper

Catalogue Number: DgN.03.01

Description: A head and shoulder portrait of Bill Hargrave (see de Grandmaison file for information on Mr. Hargrave). He is wearing a tam, green-yellow-red with a pom-pon, a shirt and tie, and a shawl-necked sweater

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Artist: Nicholas Raffael de Grandmaison (1892 – 1978, Canadian)

Title: Bill Hargrave

Date: c. 1950

Medium: pastel on sandpaper

Dimensions: 61.0 x 50.5 cm

Description: A head and shoulder portrait of Bill Hargrave (see de Grandmaison file for information on Mr. Hargrave). He is wearing a tam, green-yellow-red with a pom-pon, a shirt and tie, and a shawl-necked sweater

Subject: portrait; male

Credit: Gift of Sonia de Grandmaison, West Vancouver, 1985

Catalogue Number: DgN.03.01

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Bill Neish

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Artist: Henry George Glyde (1906 – 1998, Canadian)

Date: 1936

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: GyH.03.10

Description: A portrait of a man, facing in three quarter profile to the left. He wears a cowboy hat and a knotted scarf around his neck. Inscribed at the bottom left “Bill Nish Warden”, signed “Glyde” at bottom right. On back “Bow Lake, 1936 with Reg Harvey.”

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Artist: Henry George Glyde (1906 – 1998, Canadian)

Title: Bill Neish

Date: 1936

Medium: graphite on paper

Description: A portrait of a man, facing in three quarter profile to the left. He wears a cowboy hat and a knotted scarf around his neck. Inscribed at the bottom left “Bill Nish Warden”, signed “Glyde” at bottom right. On back “Bow Lake, 1936 with Reg Harvey.”

Subject: Bill Neish; portrait; warden

Credit: Gift of Henry George Glyde, Victoria, 1997

Catalogue Number: GyH.03.10

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Bill Neish's Horse 1936

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Artist: Henry George Glyde (1906 – 1998, Canadian)

Date: 1936

Medium: ink; graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: GyH.03.01

Description: General colour: brown on white. A horse saddled and carrying a rifle, saddle bags, and another case. Stands facing left. His ears are perked. Around the edges are notes by the artist regarding colouration.

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Artist: Henry George Glyde (1906 – 1998, Canadian)

Title: Bill Neish's Horse 1936

Date: 1936

Medium: ink; graphite on paper

Dimensions: 28.0 x 38.0 cm

Description: General colour: brown on white. A horse saddled and carrying a rifle, saddle bags, and another case. Stands facing left. His ears are perked. Around the edges are notes by the artist regarding colouration.

Subject: animal; horse

Credit: Gift of Helen Collinson, Edmonton, 1974

Catalogue Number: GyH.03.01

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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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Briquette Plant, Canmore Mine 1944

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Artist: Kathleen Frances Daly Pepper (1898 – 1994, Canadian)

Date: 1944

Medium: wax crayon on paper

Catalogue Number: DaK.03.19

Description: Mine site with many buildings of various shapes is centre and foreground. Mountain range in background The Three Sisters. Between the mountains and the site is a row of trees.

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Artist: Kathleen Frances Daly Pepper (1898 – 1994, Canadian)

Title: Briquette Plant, Canmore Mine 1944

Date: 1944

Medium: wax crayon on paper

Dimensions: 29.2 x 36.6 cm

Description: Mine site with many buildings of various shapes is centre and foreground. Mountain range in background The Three Sisters. Between the mountains and the site is a row of trees.

Subject: industry; coal mining; Canadian Rockies; The Three Sisters

Credit: Purchased from Kathleen Frances Daly Pepper, 1989

Catalogue Number: DaK.03.19

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Building and Tree

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

Date: c. 1890

Medium: graphite on board

Catalogue Number: CoJ.03.516

Description: Drawing of a building in the background, framed by trees in the foreground.

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

Title: Building and Tree

Date: c. 1890

Medium: graphite on board

Dimensions: 28.0 x 38.0 cm

Description: Drawing of a building in the background, framed by trees in the foreground.

Subject: building; trees; foliage

Credit: Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1997

Catalogue Number: CoJ.03.516

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The Campbell's are Coming Hurrah' Hurrah'

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1939 – 1945

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.461

Description: A pencil drawing of a scene where a truck drives to the viewer’s left, while a plane/stork with parcel above. Animals chase the truck. On the right side there is a cabin labeled WUTHURING HEIGHTS, but crossed out[right side] -7Cbinchr... [left edge]The Campbell's are Coming Hurrah' Hurrah' [brc][bl…

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: The Campbell's are Coming Hurrah' Hurrah'

Date: 1939 – 1945

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 21.3 x 27.7 cm

Description: A pencil drawing of a scene where a truck drives to the viewer’s left, while a plane/stork with parcel above. Animals chase the truck. On the right side there is a cabin labeled WUTHURING HEIGHTS, but crossed out[right side] -7Cbinchr... [left edge]The Campbell's are Coming Hurrah' Hurrah' [brc][blc in cursive] Peter Whyte

Subject: RAF; plane; stork; cabin; Campbells; Wuthuring Heights

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.461

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Canadian Highlanders Are With You

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1939 – 1945

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.757

Description: Two images of what appears to be sketches for propaganda posters for World War II. The top image is a Canadian Highlander standing on a hill in a poised stance holding a lee enfield. In the background there is a mountain range, and below his feet is says “CANADIAN HIGHLANDERS ARE WITH YOU.” In the …

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Canadian Highlanders Are With You

Date: 1939 – 1945

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 25.3 x 16.2 cm

Description: Two images of what appears to be sketches for propaganda posters for World War II. The top image is a Canadian Highlander standing on a hill in a poised stance holding a lee enfield. In the background there is a mountain range, and below his feet is says “CANADIAN HIGHLANDERS ARE WITH YOU.” In the second image it is the Highlander again looking out to the mountain range with his back to the viewer.

Subject: World War II; Highlander; gun; lee enfield; mountains; reserves; army; propaganda

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.757

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Canmore Lads

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Artist: Kathleen Frances Daly Pepper (1898 – 1994, Canadian)

Date: 1944

Medium: wax crayon on paper

Catalogue Number: DaK.03.28

Description: Three seated boys fill the page. One has on a hat, with chin on hand. Boy on left has hands on knees. All seem happy

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Artist: Kathleen Frances Daly Pepper (1898 – 1994, Canadian)

Title: Canmore Lads

Date: 1944

Medium: wax crayon on paper

Dimensions: 36.5 x 29.5 cm

Description: Three seated boys fill the page. One has on a hat, with chin on hand. Boy on left has hands on knees. All seem happy

Subject: figure, group, male

Credit: Purchased from Kathleen Frances Daly Pepper, 1989

Catalogue Number: DaK.03.28

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Canmore Miner with Safety Lamp

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Artist: Kathleen Frances Daly Pepper (1898 – 1994, Canadian)

Date: 1945

Medium: graphite; charcoal on paper

Catalogue Number: DaK.03.08

Description: General colour: charcoal on white. Looking down at a man in a coat and hat sitting on a bench with a safety lamp on the floor between his legs. Behind him on the left is his lunch box. His hat shadows his face which looks down right.

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Artist: Kathleen Frances Daly Pepper (1898 – 1994, Canadian)

Title: Canmore Miner with Safety Lamp

Date: 1945

Medium: graphite; charcoal on paper

Dimensions: 29.0 x 37.0 cm

Description: General colour: charcoal on white. Looking down at a man in a coat and hat sitting on a bench with a safety lamp on the floor between his legs. Behind him on the left is his lunch box. His hat shadows his face which looks down right.

Subject: figure; male; industry; coal mining

Credit: Purchased from Kathleen Frances Daly Pepper, 1970

Catalogue Number: DaK.03.08

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Canmore Mining Town

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Artist: Kathleen Frances Daly Pepper (1898 – 1994, Canadian)

Date: 1944

Medium: graphite; charcoal on paper

Catalogue Number: DaK.03.10

Description: General colour: black on white. Looking down at the mine. Coal carts run up from the bottom to the buildings center. Mountains and trees can be seen in the upper quarter.

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Artist: Kathleen Frances Daly Pepper (1898 – 1994, Canadian)

Title: Canmore Mining Town

Date: 1944

Medium: graphite; charcoal on paper

Dimensions: 29.0 x 37.0 cm

Description: General colour: black on white. Looking down at the mine. Coal carts run up from the bottom to the buildings center. Mountains and trees can be seen in the upper quarter.