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- Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian) 17
- Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian) 10
- Walter Joseph Phillips, R. C. A. (1884 – 1963, Canadian) 8
- Kathleen Frances Daly Pepper (1898 – 1994, Canadian) 3
- Unknown 3
- Al Mettel 2
- Margaret Dorothy Shelton (1915 – 1984, Canadian) 2
- McGuinness, Robert J. 2
- Nicholas Morant 2
- Aldro T. Hibbard (1886 – 1972, American) 1
- Alexander Young Jackson (1882 – 1974, Canadian) 1
- Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian) 1
- Date
- 1944
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.059
- Description
- Grain elevators on prairie in Fort Macleod area.
1 image
- Title
- Fort MacLeod
- Date
- 1944
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 22.8 x 28.0 cm
- Description
- Grain elevators on prairie in Fort Macleod area.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.059
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Grain Elevators, Fort McLeod
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactwyp.01.461
- Date
- 1944
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.01.461
1 image
- Title
- Grain Elevators, Fort McLeod
- Date
- 1944
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 27.8 x 35.2 cm
- Subject
- landscape
- architecture
- rural
- prairie
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.01.461
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'Hermit's Hut Castle Mt.' Harry Pollard Framed Print
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- Part Of
- Nicholas Morant fonds
- Scope & Content
- 1 framed print, black and white, titled 'Hermit's Hut Castle Mt'. Attached clear plastic pocket at back of the frame holding a biographical article about Harry Pollard (presumably the creator of the photograph).
- Date Range
- [ca. 1925 - ca. 1940]
- Reference Code
- V500 / III / D / 4 / PC - 9 O.S.
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- GMD
- Photograph
- Photograph print
- Framed print
- Part Of
- Nicholas Morant fonds
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Fonds Number
- M300 / V500 / S20
- Sous-Fonds
- V500
- Sub-Series
- V500 / III / D / 4 : Personal and Family Photography
- Accession Number
- 7784
- Reference Code
- V500 / III / D / 4 / PC - 9 O.S.
- Responsibility
- Nicholas Morant
- Date Range
- [ca. 1925 - ca. 1940]
- Physical Description
- 1 Framed Photograph: print; b&w
- History / Biographical
- Harry Pollard (1880 - 1968) was a famous photographer in Western Canada, who was notable for his photography of Canadian Indigenous peoples and cultures. From the Provincial Archives of Alberta: "In 1924 the Associated Screen News, a subsidiary of the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR), hired [Harry] Pollard to photograph their global ocean cruises for promotional purposes. It was this job that took him around the world 14 times".
- Scope & Content
- 1 framed print, black and white, titled 'Hermit's Hut Castle Mt'. Attached clear plastic pocket at back of the frame holding a biographical article about Harry Pollard (presumably the creator of the photograph).
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Alberta
- Canadian Rocky Mountains
- Access Restrictions
- This item is not to be accessed or distributed without the explicit permission of its identified copyright owner(s).
- Reproduction Restrictions
- This item is not to be reproduced without the explicit permission of its identified copyright owner(s).
- Language
- English
- Biographical Source Notes
- https://hermis.alberta.ca/paa/Details.aspx?ObjectID=PR0125&dv=True&deptID=1
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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House at Tofino
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactwyc.01.145
- Date
- 1943 – 1944
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.145
- Description
- Peter and Catharine’s house at Tofino.
1 image
- Title
- House at Tofino
- Date
- 1943 – 1944
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 28.0 x 35.5 cm
- Description
- Peter and Catharine’s house at Tofino.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.145
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House at Tofino
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactwyc.01.421
- Date
- 1943 – 1944
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.421
- Description
- A brown house with white shutters and a carport is in centre right foreground. Green grass and shrubs in foreground. Behind the house is blue water with mountains in the background. Sky top right.
1 image
- Title
- House at Tofino
- Date
- 1943 – 1944
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 12.2 x 17.7 cm
- Description
- A brown house with white shutters and a carport is in centre right foreground. Green grass and shrubs in foreground. Behind the house is blue water with mountains in the background. Sky top right.
- Subject
- architecture
- urban
- seascape
- Pacific
- mountain
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.421
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House near Tofino
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactwyc.01.197
- Date
- 1944
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.197
- Description
- Yellow house in Tofino.
1 image
- Title
- House near Tofino
- Date
- 1944
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 22.8 x 28.0 cm
- Description
- Yellow house in Tofino.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.197
- Notes
- Artistry Revealed: Peter Whyte, Catharine Robb Whyte and Their Contemporaries; June 17, 2018 to October 21, 2018
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Inuit Family Scene
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactunk.08.19
- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- prior to 1962
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.08.19
- Description
- Oval base and igloo are woven in grass. The igloo is round shaped with an arched door. Top of igloo and door opening have brown skin strips patterns. The figures are fully dressed with fibre parka, fur pants and skin boots. The parents have crochet burgandy coloured hats, skin mitts. The faces…
1 image
- Artist
- Unknown
- Title
- Inuit Family Scene
- Date
- prior to 1962
- Dimensions
- 11.5 x 20.0 x 28.2 cm
- Description
- Oval base and igloo are woven in grass. The igloo is round shaped with an arched door. Top of igloo and door opening have brown skin strips patterns. The figures are fully dressed with fibre parka, fur pants and skin boots. The parents have crochet burgandy coloured hats, skin mitts. The faces are made of skin, with shaped noses and stitched features. The baby is bound in cotton. The mother, with her baby in her arms, is lying inside the igloo while the man is outside looking in at them. Outside of the igloo is a two coloured fur dog, pointed ears, and stitched features. A small woven basket with fur inside is in front of the dog. A pair of skin, fur and fibre muklaks lay outside.
- Credit
- Gift of Doreen Hutchinson, Calgary, 1988
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.08.19
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Jimmy Simpson's Cabin, Crowfoot Glacier
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactwyc.01.140
- Date
- 1945 – 1955
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.140
- Description
- A cabin sitting in among a cluster of trees, lies to the left overlooking the shoreline in front. Several taller evergreens stand at the right hand side of the sketch also near the front bank. A green meadow lies in between. Crowfoot Glacier appears high above the turquoise green water. The glacier…
1 image
- Title
- Jimmy Simpson's Cabin, Crowfoot Glacier
- Date
- 1945 – 1955
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 28.0 x 35.5 cm
- Description
- A cabin sitting in among a cluster of trees, lies to the left overlooking the shoreline in front. Several taller evergreens stand at the right hand side of the sketch also near the front bank. A green meadow lies in between. Crowfoot Glacier appears high above the turquoise green water. The glacier can be seen in the upper levels of the mountains.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.140
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Jimmy Simpson's Cabin, the Octagon
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactwyc.01.311
- Date
- 1940 – 1950
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.311
- Description
- Large log cabin takes up most of the area, two trees to the right, one tree up left side, fireplace on side (left) of cabin, lake behind cabin, also mountains with snow, blue sky and one large cloud.
1 image
- Title
- Jimmy Simpson's Cabin, the Octagon
- Date
- 1940 – 1950
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 28.0 x 35.5 cm
- Description
- Large log cabin takes up most of the area, two trees to the right, one tree up left side, fireplace on side (left) of cabin, lake behind cabin, also mountains with snow, blue sky and one large cloud.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.311
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Jock McCowan scrapbook
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- Part Of
- McCowan (family) fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of a scrapbook of newspaper clippings, brochures, business cards, and advertisements for businesses around Banff and Lake Louise. Includes a mix of magazine and newspaper clippings in both black and white and in colour, postcards, advertising for hotels like the King Edward Hotel, Hom…
- Date Range
- 1913 - 1981
- Reference Code
- M135 / II / A / 1
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Scrapbook
1 image
1 Electronic Resource
- Part Of
- McCowan (family) fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- V407 / M135
- Series
- M135 / II - Textual Materials
- Sous-Fonds
- M135
- Sub-Series
- V407 / II / A - Scrapbooks
- Accession Number
- 7730
- Reference Code
- M135 / II / A / 1
- GMD
- Scrapbook
- Date Range
- 1913 - 1981
- Physical Description
- 2 cm of textual records (26 pages ; 30 x 37 cm)
- History / Biographical
- See fonds level description.
- Scope & Content
- File consists of a scrapbook of newspaper clippings, brochures, business cards, and advertisements for businesses around Banff and Lake Louise. Includes a mix of magazine and newspaper clippings in both black and white and in colour, postcards, advertising for hotels like the King Edward Hotel, Homestead Inn, Mount Royal Hotel, Castle Mountain Lodge, and the Chateau Lake Louise, and a cover of the Sky Line Trail Hiker bulletin featuring members of the Royal Family.
- Name Access
- McCowan, Jock
- Subject Access
- Advertising
- Animals
- Architecture
- Buildings and facilities
- Businesses
- Cascade Hotel
- Castle Mountain
- Chateau Lake Louise
- Entertainment
- Festival
- Leisure
- Newspaper
- Postcards
- Recreation
- Royal tours
- Skyline Trail Hikers of the Canadian Rockies
- Souvenir
- The Albertan
- Tourist information
- Travel
- Winter Carnival
- Geographic Access
- Banff
- Lake Louise
- Banff National Park
- Alberta
- Canada
- Language
- English
- Creator
- Jock McCowan
- Title Source
- From accession record
- Processing Status
- Processed
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