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The Canadian Pacific : the new highway to the Orient across the mountains, prairies and rivers of Canada

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: [1894?]

Publisher: Montreal : Canadian Pacific Railway

Call Number: 02.4 C16cp 1894 Pam

Publisher: Montreal : Canadian Pacific Railway

Published Date: [1894?]

Physical Description: 48p. : ill., maps

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: Banff National Park

Accession Number: 18000

Call Number: 02.4 C16cp 1894 Pam

Collection: Archives Library

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Canadian savage folk : the native tribes of Canada

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 1896

Author: Maclean, John

Publisher: Toronto : William Briggs

Call Number: 07.2 M22c

Author: Maclean, John

Publisher: Toronto : William Briggs

Published Date: 1896

Physical Description: 641p. : ill., port

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: Folklore; Kootenay Indians; Stoney Indians

Accession Number: 400

Call Number: 07.2 M22c

Collection: Archives Library

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Cardinal Richelieu

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Artist: Roberto Raimondi

Date: c. 1900

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: RaR.05.01

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Artist: Roberto Raimondi

Title: Cardinal Richelieu

Date: c. 1900

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 38.0 x 53.0 cm

Subject: figure; group; religious

Credit: Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: RaR.05.01

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Cart trail from Calgary to Edmonton

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Medium: Library - Maps and blueprints (unannotated; published); Map

Published Date: 1890

Publisher: Dept. of the Interior

Call Number: C9-7.31

Publisher: Dept. of the Interior

Published Date: 1890

Scale: 1 mile: 2 inches

Medium: Library - Maps and blueprints (unannotated; published); Map

Subjects: Township #31, Range 1, West of 5th Meridian

Notes: photostatic copy from Public Archives

Accession Number: 675

Call Number: C9-7.31

Collection: Archives Library

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Castle Mountain Siding

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Artist: C. Zollern

Date: 1895

Medium: watercolour; photograph on paper

Catalogue Number: ZoC.13.01

Description: Colour: green, yellow. Three frames inside one. Top picture is a painting of a group of wooden buildings left of center with a flag pole (flag is flying) and antlers on the roof. In front are railway tracks with a team of four workers going along on a cart. Behind is a river with a man fishing in i…

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Artist: C. Zollern

Title: Castle Mountain Siding

Date: 1895

Medium: watercolour; photograph on paper

Dimensions: 34.8 x 47.5 cm

Description: Colour: green, yellow. Three frames inside one. Top picture is a painting of a group of wooden buildings left of center with a flag pole (flag is flying) and antlers on the roof. In front are railway tracks with a team of four workers going along on a cart. Behind is a river with a man fishing in it on the right. On both sides of the river are trees and in the distance are mountains. Sky fills the top. The lower two pictures are photographs. The left is of the first Banff Springs Hotel and Rundle Mountain. The right is looking down the main street of Banff in 1895.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; mountain; architecture; rura;

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1974

Catalogue Number: ZoC.13.01

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(Castle Mtn. area)

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Medium: Library - Maps and blueprints (unannotated; published); Map

Published Date: April 26th, 1890

Publisher: Dominion Lands Office

Call Number: C9-7.25

Publisher: Dominion Lands Office

Published Date: April 26th, 1890

Physical Description: 1 map : col

Scale: 40 chains: 1 "

Medium: Library - Maps and blueprints (unannotated; published); Map

Subjects: Township #25, Range 13, West of 5th Meridian

Accession Number: SG7500

Call Number: C9-7.25

Collection: Archives Library

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Catalogue of Canadian plants

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 1892-1902

Author: Macoun, John

Publisher: Ottawa : Geological and Natural History Survey of Canada

Call Number: 04.1 M23

Author: Macoun, John

Publisher: Ottawa : Geological and Natural History Survey of Canada

Published Date: 1892-1902

Physical Description: 2v

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: Lichens; Mosses

Accession Number: 333

Call Number: 04.1 M23

Collection: Archives Library

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Catch of mountain trout at Devil's Lake, Banff National Park

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Medium: Library - Periodical

Published Date: August 22nd 1891

Call Number: P

Published Date: August 22nd 1891

Physical Description: p.187, ill.

Medium: Library - Periodical

Subjects: Banff National Park

Notes: In The Dominion Illustrated [newspaper], vol.VI, no.164, (August 1891)

Call Number: P

Collection: Archives Library

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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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Chandelier and Pillar, Savoy Hotel

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

Date: c. 1895

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: CoJ.03.270

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

Title: Chandelier and Pillar, Savoy Hotel

Date: c. 1895

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 26 x 20 cm

Subject: landscape; architecture

Credit: Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1997

Catalogue Number: CoJ.03.270

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Changing of Robes, Chiyoda Castle (Album of Women)

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Artist: Yoshu Chikanobu (1838 – 1912, Japanese)

Date: 1896

Medium: woodblock on paper

Catalogue Number: ChY.04.01 a-c

Description: (a)standing female figure, dressed in red kimono, holding a black box, in front of what appears to be a vanity table with mirror, artist's marks in the lower left hand corner (b) 36.9 x 25.3/35.5x23.7 kneeling female figure dressed in black kimono is helping another standing female figure adjust he…

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Artist: Yoshu Chikanobu (1838 – 1912, Japanese)

Title: Changing of Robes, Chiyoda Castle (Album of Women)

Date: 1896

Medium: woodblock on paper

Dimensions: 36 x 25 cm

Description: (a)standing female figure, dressed in red kimono, holding a black box, in front of what appears to be a vanity table with mirror, artist's marks in the lower left hand corner (b) 36.9 x 25.3/35.5x23.7 kneeling female figure dressed in black kimono is helping another standing female figure adjust her kimono, which is patterned with fans (c) 36.8x25.2/35.523.6 kneeling female figure in dark blue flowing kimono looking over her right shoulder, folding what appears to be a bed quilt, artist's marks in the lower right hand corner, and calligraphy in the upper right hand corner (a)(b) and (c) are a triptych, and all have a light background of scattered flowers

Subject: figure; female; group

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

Catalogue Number: ChY.04.01 a-c

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Character Study

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

Date: c. 1900

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: CoJ.03.335

Description: At the top are two rough sketches of a man’s head with a hat. Two figures stand in the middle, one is facing away from the viewer, and the other a semi-side view. At the bottom is a man’s profile.

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

Title: Character Study

Date: c. 1900

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 23.5 x 16.0 cm

Description: At the top are two rough sketches of a man’s head with a hat. Two figures stand in the middle, one is facing away from the viewer, and the other a semi-side view. At the bottom is a man’s profile.

Subject: figure; study; person

Credit: Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1997

Catalogue Number: CoJ.03.335

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Coastal Village (sailboats in anchor on back)

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

Date: c. 1900

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: CoJ.03.312

Description: Front: a smattering of houses are along the curving cliff that runs from the brc out to middle of work. The cliff and sea is to the left.Back: a simple scene of four boats out in the water. Top third of image is sky.Some colours in writing dictating a colour scheme

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

Title: Coastal Village (sailboats in anchor on back)

Date: c. 1900

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 20.0 x 26.0 cm

Description: Front: a smattering of houses are along the curving cliff that runs from the brc out to middle of work. The cliff and sea is to the left.Back: a simple scene of four boats out in the water. Top third of image is sky.Some colours in writing dictating a colour scheme

Subject: landscape; water

Credit: Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1997

Catalogue Number: CoJ.03.312

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The conspiracy of Pontiac and the Indian war after the conquest of Canada

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: c1898; 1897

Author: Parkman, Francis

Edition: [6th ed]

Call Number: 08 P23cp

Author: Parkman, Francis

Edition: [6th ed]

Published Date: c1898; 1897

Physical Description: 2v

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Notes: The works of Francis Parkman; vol.X,XI. France and England in North America

Call Number: 08 P23cp

Collection: Archives Library

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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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Crowd at Building, Deal

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

Date: c. 1900

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: CoJ.03.338

Description: A crowd stands in front of a few buildings. A steeple or tower can be seen to the left.At left is a stamp that reads “The Bungalow, Sandhills, Deal” [Kent]

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

Title: Crowd at Building, Deal

Date: c. 1900

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 15.0 x 18.0 cm

Description: A crowd stands in front of a few buildings. A steeple or tower can be seen to the left.At left is a stamp that reads “The Bungalow, Sandhills, Deal” [Kent]