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Chinese Sampans, Hong Kong Harbour
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- Date
- 1929
- Medium
- graphite; watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.438
- Description
- A watercolour and pencil drawing of covered boats in Hong Kong Harbour.[blc] CHINESE SANPANS/ HONG KONG HARBOUR[brc, in cursive] Peter Whyte/ OCTOBER 1929
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- Title
- Chinese Sampans, Hong Kong Harbour
- Date
- 1929
- Medium
- graphite; watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 20.0 x 23.5 cm
- Description
- A watercolour and pencil drawing of covered boats in Hong Kong Harbour.[blc] CHINESE SANPANS/ HONG KONG HARBOUR[brc, in cursive] Peter Whyte/ OCTOBER 1929
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.438
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The Future way of Teaching Geography
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactwyp.03.928
- Date
- 1925 – 1966
- Medium
- graphite; ink on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.928
- Description
- An blimp/Zeppelin carries a group of people in space where they are looking at the different planets and stars, though Earth is the most prominent in the sky. Below the drawing it says “THE FUTURE WAY OF TEACHING GEOGRAPHY”
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- Title
- The Future way of Teaching Geography
- Date
- 1925 – 1966
- Medium
- graphite; ink on paper
- Dimensions
- 15.0 x 22.5 cm
- Description
- An blimp/Zeppelin carries a group of people in space where they are looking at the different planets and stars, though Earth is the most prominent in the sky. Below the drawing it says “THE FUTURE WAY OF TEACHING GEOGRAPHY”
- Subject
- airship
- blimp
- Zeppelin
- aircraft
- flying
- space
- travel
- people
- passengers
- education
- star
- planet
- Earth
- geography
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.928
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Seasons Greetings Catharine and Peter
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- Date
- 1956
- Medium
- graphite; ink on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.938
- Description
- A Christmas card design of a group of vehicles in a convoy travelling down a road to the mountains. The last car is filled with a group of animals, and beside this vehicle there is a post with a bunch of signs pointing to directions to different cities. These signs say “HOMER, FAIRBANKS, EDMONTON, …
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- Title
- Seasons Greetings Catharine and Peter
- Date
- 1956
- Medium
- graphite; ink on paper
- Dimensions
- 18.2 x 28.6 cm
- Description
- A Christmas card design of a group of vehicles in a convoy travelling down a road to the mountains. The last car is filled with a group of animals, and beside this vehicle there is a post with a bunch of signs pointing to directions to different cities. These signs say “HOMER, FAIRBANKS, EDMONTON, DAWSON CITY, BANFF, ANCHORAGE, VALDEZ, WHITEHORSE, FORT ST. JOHN, AND SEWARD”. The licence plate on the last vehicle says “B.N.P. 1956 CANADA”. While below the drawing it says “SEASONS GREETINGS CATHARINE AND PETER”. Around the edges of the drawing it says “6 inches” and “3 3/4”
- Subject
- travel
- driving
- vehicle
- car
- Christmas card
- sign
- mountain
- Rocky Mountain
- animal
- moose
- bird
- bear
- deer
- wolf
- rabbit
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.938
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Traveling Camp
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- Artist
- Lorraine Gilbert
- Date
- 1988 – 1994
- Medium
- photograph on paper
- Catalogue Number
- GiL.18.51
- Description
- Photograph of a truck traveling to camp in Bella Coola, British Columbia. Camper truck is loaded with photo-studio backdrop and tree-planting gear. On the sides of the road are trees that have suffered a slash burn.
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- Artist
- Lorraine Gilbert
- Title
- Traveling Camp
- Date
- 1988 – 1994
- Medium
- photograph on paper
- Dimensions
- 20” x 24” cm
- Description
- Photograph of a truck traveling to camp in Bella Coola, British Columbia. Camper truck is loaded with photo-studio backdrop and tree-planting gear. On the sides of the road are trees that have suffered a slash burn.
- Credit
- Gift of Lorraine Gilbert, Ottawa, 2014
- Catalogue Number
- GiL.18.51
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- Date
- 1921 – 1966
- Medium
- graphite; ink on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.332
- Description
- An ink and pencil drawing of a car driving, from viewer’s left to right, on a landscape. There are three figures inside the vehicle. The landscape is characterized by rolling, empty hills, with a wooden railing to the right of the car. An ink line frames the drawing.
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- Title
- untitled
- Date
- 1921 – 1966
- Medium
- graphite; ink on paper
- Dimensions
- 27.5 x 21.5 cm
- Description
- An ink and pencil drawing of a car driving, from viewer’s left to right, on a landscape. There are three figures inside the vehicle. The landscape is characterized by rolling, empty hills, with a wooden railing to the right of the car. An ink line frames the drawing.
- Subject
- travel
- cars
- roads
- drawing
- Peter Whyte
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.332
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- Date
- 1921 – 1966
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.341
- Description
- A pencil drawing of a car driving towards the viewer. In the background, the road winds over a hilly landscape. There is a rail on the car’s left. The drawing is framed by a hand drawn rectangle.
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1921 – 1966
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 21.5 x 27.9 cm
- Description
- A pencil drawing of a car driving towards the viewer. In the background, the road winds over a hilly landscape. There is a rail on the car’s left. The drawing is framed by a hand drawn rectangle.
- Subject
- cars
- travel
- roads
- landscape
- Peter Whyte,
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.341
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- Date
- 1921 – 1966
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.345
- Description
- There are pencil drawings on both sides of the paper. On the first side, a car drives away from the viewer into the distance. The road is on a hilly landscape. This drawing is enclosed in a square.On the opposite side of the paper, the drawing is oriented landscape, as opposed to the portrait orien…
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1921 – 1966
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 21.4 x 15.0 cm
- Description
- There are pencil drawings on both sides of the paper. On the first side, a car drives away from the viewer into the distance. The road is on a hilly landscape. This drawing is enclosed in a square.On the opposite side of the paper, the drawing is oriented landscape, as opposed to the portrait orientation on the first side. This drawing is of the side of a car that faces to the viewer’s right. There is minimal indication of a horizon line and the people in the car are crudely rendered.
- Subject
- cars
- travel
- roads
- highways
- Peter Whyte,
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.345
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- Date
- 1930 – 1966
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.249
- Description
- A man and woman (Peter and Catharine?) in travel clothes and holding baggage are walking on a globe, indicating they are traveling.
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1930 – 1966
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- 23.5 x 15.5 cm
- Description
- A man and woman (Peter and Catharine?) in travel clothes and holding baggage are walking on a globe, indicating they are traveling.
- Subject
- travel
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.249
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- Date
- 1930 – 1939
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.389
- Description
- 5 men gather in front of rickshaw, men appear to be in Asian dress
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1930 – 1939
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 28.3 x 22.1 cm
- Description
- 5 men gather in front of rickshaw, men appear to be in Asian dress
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.389
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- Date
- 1930 – 1939
- Medium
- graphite; watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.390
- Description
- Several sketches some in watercolour of male figures in Asian attire, one wears conical hat and slippers
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1930 – 1939
- Medium
- graphite; watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 22.0 x 29.5 cm
- Description
- Several sketches some in watercolour of male figures in Asian attire, one wears conical hat and slippers
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.390
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- Date
- 1916 – 1927
- Medium
- graphite on paper card
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.448
- Description
- Two pencil drawings, oriented 180 degrees opposite of eachother, of a dragon boat. The drawings are separated by the intentional folding of the card. Below the fold, the drawing includes people inside the boat and the boat’s surroundings, while the drawing above the fold is simply an empty boat. Th…
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1916 – 1927
- Medium
- graphite on paper card
- Dimensions
- 27.5 x 16.5 cm
- Description
- Two pencil drawings, oriented 180 degrees opposite of eachother, of a dragon boat. The drawings are separated by the intentional folding of the card. Below the fold, the drawing includes people inside the boat and the boat’s surroundings, while the drawing above the fold is simply an empty boat. The support is a card marked with Honolulu’s Moana Seaside Resort logo.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.448
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- Date
- 1928
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.509
- Description
- Nine ink drawings of different scenes from foreign locations, possibly travel experienced. One example in the bottom left corner are two Asian men, one in a conical hat. He carries a large stick.
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1928
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- 25.4 x 20.3 cm
- Description
- Nine ink drawings of different scenes from foreign locations, possibly travel experienced. One example in the bottom left corner are two Asian men, one in a conical hat. He carries a large stick.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.509
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- Date
- 1923
- Medium
- graphite; ink on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.743
- Description
- A rough sketch outlines a jeep driving up a mountain hill carrying luggage. In the background there is a mountain range and clouds in the sky. In the middle of the page near the bottom edge is says “SEE AMERICA FIRST” and above it you can see Peter’s signature. inside the fold along the length: qui…
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1923
- Medium
- graphite; ink on paper
- Dimensions
- 14.0 x 21.5 cm
- Description
- A rough sketch outlines a jeep driving up a mountain hill carrying luggage. In the background there is a mountain range and clouds in the sky. In the middle of the page near the bottom edge is says “SEE AMERICA FIRST” and above it you can see Peter’s signature. inside the fold along the length: quick sketches - very cartoonish - throughout the page. There are five drawings of men and one of woman, two that appear to be of wolves, one duck, a plane and a rough landscape. verso: printed advertisement for Glacier National Park, with a cartoon drawing of a man to the right of the printed image. In the BLC “magnificent” is crossed out, and near the fold in the middle of the page it says “for mudit”
- Subject
- jeep
- mountain
- travel
- cloud
- hill
- America
- luggage
- duck
- man
- woman
- wolf
- plane
- cigarette
- Glacier National Park
- advertisement
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.743
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- Date
- 1925 – 1966
- Medium
- graphite; ink on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.828
- Description
- Multiple studies of some area related to travel (i.e. airport, train station, dock, etc.). Near the BLC there multiple people drawn walking in different directions, most of which are pushing their luggage on trolleys/carts or carrying their bags. Near the middle of the paper there is mostly pencil …
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1925 – 1966
- Medium
- graphite; ink on paper
- Dimensions
- 21.5 x 27.6 cm
- Description
- Multiple studies of some area related to travel (i.e. airport, train station, dock, etc.). Near the BLC there multiple people drawn walking in different directions, most of which are pushing their luggage on trolleys/carts or carrying their bags. Near the middle of the paper there is mostly pencil drawings of different types of luggage being sketched out. Near the centre right edge there is a drawing of one person pushing multiple bags and trunk on a trolley/cart, to the right of this there is a sketch of what appears to be mans torso and below this there is quick scribbles of ink. Near the TRC there is a person pushing a trolley/cart with multiple luggage. To the left of this drawing in the TRC there is a larger study of a group of people waiting with their baggage and a conveyor belt being manned by some worker. One of the figures waiting appears to have dropped some of their baggage.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.828
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- Date
- 1925 – 1966
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.893
- Description
- Two sketches of horses. One of the horse appears to be walking up some path and is carrying packs on his back. The second drawing has the horse facing the viewer and is carrying packs on his back. Near the BRC there is a a word that can be made out through the loose cursive and the letter “s”.
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1925 – 1966
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- 13.8 x 21.4 cm
- Description
- Two sketches of horses. One of the horse appears to be walking up some path and is carrying packs on his back. The second drawing has the horse facing the viewer and is carrying packs on his back. Near the BRC there is a a word that can be made out through the loose cursive and the letter “s”.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.893
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- Date
- 1925 – 1966
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.901
- Description
- Boxed off a person on a horse is travelling on a road/path. The road/path ascends up a hill.verso: written along the right edge “c 1-o, c 2-g, x 3-p, c 4 - sam, x 5-enw, x 6-nne, c 7-t, x 8-n, c 9-h, c 10-q, c 11-d, c 12-c, c 13-r, c 14-a, c 15-b b, x 16-e”
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1925 – 1966
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 12.0 x 13.9 cm
- Description
- Boxed off a person on a horse is travelling on a road/path. The road/path ascends up a hill.verso: written along the right edge “c 1-o, c 2-g, x 3-p, c 4 - sam, x 5-enw, x 6-nne, c 7-t, x 8-n, c 9-h, c 10-q, c 11-d, c 12-c, c 13-r, c 14-a, c 15-b b, x 16-e”
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.901
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- Date
- 1925 – 1966
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.910
- Description
- A covered wagon being pulled by a team of horses travels through the desert. There is a cactus in the foreground, and a large cloud coming up over a smooth rocky ridge.
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1925 – 1966
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- 11.6 x 18.4 cm
- Description
- A covered wagon being pulled by a team of horses travels through the desert. There is a cactus in the foreground, and a large cloud coming up over a smooth rocky ridge.
- Subject
- travel
- wagon
- covered wagon
- desert
- landscape
- cactus
- vegetation
- animal
- horse
- cloud
- rocky
- ridge
- land formation
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.910
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- Date
- 1956 – 1956
- Medium
- graphite; watercolour; on paper;
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.09.23
- Description
- Flip book-style coil-bound sketchbook with pressed paper covers. “REEVES, Series 60, SKETCH BOOK” printed on the cover in black. Also written on the cover in pencil [upside-down at the bottom] is “MRS. ELMER GAUMDROUE, (MUSEUM) DAWSON, Y.T. YUKON.” Contents include sketches of various buildings ar…
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1956 – 1956
- Medium
- graphite; watercolour; on paper;
- Dimensions
- 26.1 x 17.3 cm
- Description
- Flip book-style coil-bound sketchbook with pressed paper covers. “REEVES, Series 60, SKETCH BOOK” printed on the cover in black. Also written on the cover in pencil [upside-down at the bottom] is “MRS. ELMER GAUMDROUE, (MUSEUM) DAWSON, Y.T. YUKON.” Contents include sketches of various buildings around the town of Dawson, Yukon done during July 1956, a car Peter & Catharine helped pull out of a ditch in Northern BC, figure studies of people and animals, and buildings/attractions around Fairbanks and Homer, Alaska.
- Subject
- sketching
- drawing
- buildings
- travel
- automobiles
- tourism
- Dawson City
- Yukon
- Alaska
- Peter Whyte
- Catharine Robb Whyte;
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.09.23
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- Date
- 1930 – 1936
- Medium
- ink; watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.302
- Description
- Christmas card. A man in a grey suit, holds a camera, a woman in a green dress carries three suitcases. Both figures are walking on a globe.Across bottom it reads: MERRY CHRISTMAS/ HAPPY NEW YEARbottom right: Peter Whyteverso: handwritten in Catharine’s cursive: A Merry Christmas and a Happy New …
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1930 – 1936
- Medium
- ink; watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 16.0 x 10.3 cm
- Description
- Christmas card. A man in a grey suit, holds a camera, a woman in a green dress carries three suitcases. Both figures are walking on a globe.Across bottom it reads: MERRY CHRISTMAS/ HAPPY NEW YEARbottom right: Peter Whyteverso: handwritten in Catharine’s cursive: A Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you both! We have been very busy the last few weeks enlarging Leica pictures and seeing people, but we are certainly looking forward to getting back to Banff. I guess the time goes much faster for us than for anyone else, and I even think of “last winter” as the one skiing, and Honolulu as part of the summer. We were awfully glad to hear from you Papa, and will answer the letter soon. Loads of love,Catharine
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.302
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