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654. H.M.S. "Swiftsure", Vancouver B.C.

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Date Range
[ca.1890]
Reference Code
V650 / 1987 - PA - 11
Description Level
6 / Item
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6 / Item
Fonds Number
V650
Reference Code
V650 / 1987 - PA - 11
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Photograph
Date Range
[ca.1890]
Physical Description
1 photograph : print, 11 x 18 cm
Subject Access
Discovery and Exploration
Transportation
Geographic Access
British Columbia
Creator
Unknown
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676. Devil's Lake, Banff National Park

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Scope & Content
Lake Minnewanka
Date Range
[ca.1890]
Reference Code
V650 / 1987 - PA - 16
Description Level
6 / Item
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Photograph
  1 image  
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Description Level
6 / Item
Fonds Number
V650
Reference Code
V650 / 1987 - PA - 16
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Photograph
Date Range
[ca.1890]
Physical Description
1 photograph : print, 11 x 18 cm
Scope & Content
Lake Minnewanka
Subject Access
Discovery and Exploration
Environment and Nature
Geographic Access
Alberta
Creator
Unknown
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697. Pioneer S. S. "Beaver"

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Scope & Content
Wreck of the Beaver, Vancouver
Date Range
[ca.1890]
Reference Code
V650 / 1987 - PA - 13
Description Level
6 / Item
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Photograph
  1 image  
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Professional photographers collection
Description Level
6 / Item
Fonds Number
V650
Reference Code
V650 / 1987 - PA - 13
GMD
Photograph
Date Range
[ca.1890]
Physical Description
1 photograph : print, 18 x 23 cm
Scope & Content
Wreck of the Beaver, Vancouver
Subject Access
Discovery and Exploration
Transportation
Geographic Access
British Columbia
Creator
Unknown
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Across the Southern States to the Blue Pacific and Vancouver

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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1925 – 1966
Medium
graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.375
Description
Side 1: Pencil drawing of car driving on a highway to the viewer’s right and into the distance. Other more roughly sketched vehicles are in oncoming lanes. A sign to the right of the road reads: ACROSS THE SOUTHERN STATES/ TO THE PACIFIC AND/ VANCOUVERIn the top left corner, the number 13 is circle…
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Across the Southern States to the Blue Pacific and Vancouver
Date
1925 – 1966
Medium
graphite on paper
Dimensions
14.5 x 21.0 cm
Description
Side 1: Pencil drawing of car driving on a highway to the viewer’s right and into the distance. Other more roughly sketched vehicles are in oncoming lanes. A sign to the right of the road reads: ACROSS THE SOUTHERN STATES/ TO THE PACIFIC AND/ VANCOUVERIn the top left corner, the number 13 is circled.Side 2: Pencil drawing of a car driving through a landscape of rolling hills. Mountains are barely visible in the background. This illustration is in a rectangular box. Below this box is a rectangle that is divided into four.
Subject
car
landscape
Peter Whyte
drawing
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.375
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Adventures of a Brownie

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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1921
Medium
graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.915
Description
A book standing upright, that has a little shading on the surface that it stands on. On the spine of the book it says “DUNLOP” and on the book cover “ADVENTURES OF A BROWNIE”.verso: a drawing of a coffee table or dining room table. In the TRC it says “Jan 5’/21”
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Adventures of a Brownie
Date
1921
Medium
graphite on paper
Dimensions
22.8 x 14.5 cm
Description
A book standing upright, that has a little shading on the surface that it stands on. On the spine of the book it says “DUNLOP” and on the book cover “ADVENTURES OF A BROWNIE”.verso: a drawing of a coffee table or dining room table. In the TRC it says “Jan 5’/21”
Subject
book
reading
furniture
table
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.915
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Albert Canon on Illecellewaet River

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Scope & Content
Illecillewaet River, Selkirk Mountains
Date Range
1889 Oct. 6
Reference Code
V650 / 2581 - PD 1 - 33
Description Level
6 / Item
GMD
Photograph
  1 image  
Part Of
Professional photographers collection
Description Level
6 / Item
Fonds Number
V650
Reference Code
V650 / 2581 - PD 1 - 33
GMD
Photograph
Date Range
1889 Oct. 6
Physical Description
1 photograph : print, in album
Scope & Content
Illecillewaet River, Selkirk Mountains
Subject Access
Discovery and Exploration
Geographic Access
British Columbia
Creator
Unknown
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Date Range
1889 Sept. 19
Reference Code
V650 / 2581 - PD 1 - 63
Description Level
6 / Item
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Photograph
  1 image  
Part Of
Professional photographers collection
Description Level
6 / Item
Fonds Number
V650
Reference Code
V650 / 2581 - PD 1 - 63
GMD
Photograph
Date Range
1889 Sept. 19
Physical Description
1 photograph : print, in album
Subject Access
Discovery and Exploration
Geographic Access
British Columbia
Creator
Unknown
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Date Range
1889 Sept. 19
Reference Code
V650 / 2581 - PD 1 - 64
Description Level
6 / Item
GMD
Photograph
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Part Of
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Description Level
6 / Item
Fonds Number
V650
Reference Code
V650 / 2581 - PD 1 - 64
GMD
Photograph
Date Range
1889 Sept. 19
Physical Description
1 photograph : print, in album
Subject Access
Discovery and Exploration
Geographic Access
British Columbia
Creator
Unknown
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1915 – 1925
Medium
graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.934
Description
A two dimensional drawing of a donkey who has been injured. He has a bandage on his head and right ear, and a bump on the top of his left ear. He has sweat droplets coming off of his head. To the right of the drawing it says “AN ASS”inside the fold: Two drawings: 1) a man with a huge smile, which m…
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
An Ass
Date
1915 – 1925
Medium
graphite on paper
Dimensions
9.0 x 10.1 cm
Description
A two dimensional drawing of a donkey who has been injured. He has a bandage on his head and right ear, and a bump on the top of his left ear. He has sweat droplets coming off of his head. To the right of the drawing it says “AN ASS”inside the fold: Two drawings: 1) a man with a huge smile, which makes his teeth look very boxy, and he is wearing a turtle neck, and 2) a goose. verso: a profile view of a man’s head, he has a look of surprise on his face.
Subject
animal
donkey
goose
person
people
men
clothing
sweater
expressions
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.934
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1910 – 1915
Medium
graphite; on paper;
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.965
Description
A graphite pencil drawing of several cars during a race. In the center of the page is a car numbered “20” with two people visible in the open top car that has an exhaust cloud and the words “BANG, BOOM” written beside it. Ranged around this central car are five others on the track. Along the left s…
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
An Auto Race
Date
1910 – 1915
Medium
graphite; on paper;
Dimensions
22.8 x 15.1 cm
Description
A graphite pencil drawing of several cars during a race. In the center of the page is a car numbered “20” with two people visible in the open top car that has an exhaust cloud and the words “BANG, BOOM” written beside it. Ranged around this central car are five others on the track. Along the left side is what appears to be an upside-down car in what is possibly the viewer stands.
Subject
drawing
children
cars
car race
Peter Whyte;
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.965
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An Awkward Juxtaposition

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Artist
Unknown
Date
n.d.
Medium
graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
UnK.03.11
Description
A man wearing a dark jacket, white pants, a hat down over his eyes, a cane and a cigarette in a long holder, stands facing left under a sign which reads Curios.
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Artist
Unknown
Title
An Awkward Juxtaposition
Date
n.d.
Medium
graphite on paper
Dimensions
25.8 x 20.2 cm
Description
A man wearing a dark jacket, white pants, a hat down over his eyes, a cane and a cigarette in a long holder, stands facing left under a sign which reads Curios.
Subject
figure, male
cartoon
Credit
Gift of Iva (Mrs. Len) Smith, 1976
Catalogue Number
UnK.03.11
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An Evolution in Leg Wear Commonly Known as Pants

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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1925 – 1966
Medium
graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.755
Description
Simple sketches of different types of pants wore throughout a man’s life, ranging from different types of work (or lack there of) and his childhood. Beside each pair of pants they are labelled with a number and the type of pants that are drawn. In the BRC it says “AN EVOLUTION IN LEG WEAR COMMONLY …
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
An Evolution in Leg Wear Commonly Known as Pants
Date
1925 – 1966
Medium
graphite on paper
Dimensions
14.0 x 21.0 cm
Description
Simple sketches of different types of pants wore throughout a man’s life, ranging from different types of work (or lack there of) and his childhood. Beside each pair of pants they are labelled with a number and the type of pants that are drawn. In the BRC it says “AN EVOLUTION IN LEG WEAR COMMONLY KNOWN AS PANTS. GO BY THE NUMBERS”verso: in the BRC there appears to be a sketch of a man signing, above him there are images of two people that have been cut off (making it difficult to tell what they are doing), and “ato min” written. To the left of the man signing there appears to be music notes and the letters “KT”
Subject
baby
kid
youth
army
R.N.W.M.P.
civic
tramp
pants
singing
men
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.755
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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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Anthracite and Cascade Mountain from Hoodoos, Alba / On Line of Canadian Pacific Railway. 16-42

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Scope & Content
Anthracite townsite and mine, Rocky Mountains
Date Range
[ca.1900]
Reference Code
V650 / 1883 - PA - 13
Description Level
6 / Item
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Photograph
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Description Level
6 / Item
Fonds Number
V650
Reference Code
V650 / 1883 - PA - 13
GMD
Photograph
Date Range
[ca.1900]
Physical Description
1 photograph : print, 19 x 24 cm
Scope & Content
Anthracite townsite and mine, Rocky Mountains
Subject Access
Discovery and Exploration
Environment and Nature
Railways
Geographic Access
Alberta
Creator
Unknown
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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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Around the World in One Month

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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1925 – 1966
Medium
graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.746
Description
A simple sketch of a man in a fancy vehicle wearing a mask driving off. There appears to be a sign erased to the left of the car. The hood ornament looks like a little man with giant hands. In the TRC it says “AROUND THE WORLD IN ONE MONTH,” on the vehicle is says “WHITE CAR,” and it is signed in t…
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Around the World in One Month
Date
1925 – 1966
Medium
graphite on paper
Dimensions
15.0 x 22.8 cm
Description
A simple sketch of a man in a fancy vehicle wearing a mask driving off. There appears to be a sign erased to the left of the car. The hood ornament looks like a little man with giant hands. In the TRC it says “AROUND THE WORLD IN ONE MONTH,” on the vehicle is says “WHITE CAR,” and it is signed in the BLC
Subject
driving
mask
man
vehicle
ornament
race
world
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.746
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The Asulkan (or Goat) Glacier, near Glacier House

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Date Range
1889 Oct. 8
Reference Code
V650 / 2581 - PD 1 - 22
Description Level
6 / Item
GMD
Photograph
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Part Of
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Description Level
6 / Item
Fonds Number
V650
Reference Code
V650 / 2581 - PD 1 - 22
GMD
Photograph
Date Range
1889 Oct. 8
Physical Description
1 photograph : print, in album
Subject Access
Discovery and Exploration
Geographic Access
British Columbia
Creator
Unknown
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At summit of Asulkan Glacier 7794 ft.

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Date Range
1889 Oct. 8
Reference Code
V650 / 2581 - PD 1 - 24
Description Level
6 / Item
GMD
Photograph
  1 image  
Part Of
Professional photographers collection
Description Level
6 / Item
Fonds Number
V650
Reference Code
V650 / 2581 - PD 1 - 24
GMD
Photograph
Date Range
1889 Oct. 8
Physical Description
1 photograph : print, in album
Subject Access
Discovery and Exploration
Geographic Access
British Columbia
Creator
Unknown
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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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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1925 – 1929
Medium
graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.868
Description
Boxed off is a study of balance. There are six separate drawings to emphasis balance in architecture, specifically windows. Each one has a number and their style written below: “II ITALIAN BROCADES”, “V MARBLE INLAID”, “IV ITALIAN BROCADES”, “III FRENCH GOTHIC”, “VIII HARP LUTE”, and “VIII ENGLISH …
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Balance
Date
1925 – 1929
Medium
graphite on paper
Dimensions
36.3 x 25.3 cm
Description
Boxed off is a study of balance. There are six separate drawings to emphasis balance in architecture, specifically windows. Each one has a number and their style written below: “II ITALIAN BROCADES”, “V MARBLE INLAID”, “IV ITALIAN BROCADES”, “III FRENCH GOTHIC”, “VIII HARP LUTE”, and “VIII ENGLISH GUITAR”. In the TRC “EB B-”, and it is signed by Peter near the BRC.
Subject
balance
Gothic
English Guitar
Harp Lute
French Gothic
Italian Brocades
Marble Inlaid
window
architecture
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.868
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