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Young Willow Branches - Moon Crescent

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Artist: Takada Kakushu

Date: 1881

Medium: ink on paper

Catalogue Number: KaD.03.01

Description: Willow branches fall into the page from the top edge, and one of these branches stretches all the way to the bottom center of the page. Through the leaves a crescent moon is visible.

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Artist: Takada Kakushu

Title: Young Willow Branches - Moon Crescent

Date: 1881

Medium: ink on paper

Dimensions: 32 x 35 cm

Description: Willow branches fall into the page from the top edge, and one of these branches stretches all the way to the bottom center of the page. Through the leaves a crescent moon is visible.

Subject: botanical; willow branches; landscape; moon

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

Catalogue Number: KaD.03.01

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Ink Leaves

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Artist: Kotani (or, Odani) Kingaku

Date: 1883 – 1883

Medium: drawing on paper

Catalogue Number: KiO.03.01

Description: an ink wash drawing of four leaves. There are 2 different types of leaves, one type with a stem and many branches; the other with a stem down the middle and two sides. There is writing along the rs.

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Artist: Kotani (or, Odani) Kingaku

Title: Ink Leaves

Date: 1883 – 1883

Medium: drawing on paper

Dimensions: 32.5 x 35.5 cm

Description: an ink wash drawing of four leaves. There are 2 different types of leaves, one type with a stem and many branches; the other with a stem down the middle and two sides. There is writing along the rs.

Subject: botanical; leaves

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

Catalogue Number: KiO.03.01

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Untitled [Emblem]

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Artist: Takahashi

Date: 1884

Medium: ink on paper

Catalogue Number: BoA.03.01

Description: Centered on the page is a fishing float design. It is circular with a diamond center. On each tip of the diamond is a small circle that joins the larger circle. The inside of the diamond, and the space between the diamond and the circle are shaded with a grey.

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Artist: Takahashi

Title: Untitled [Emblem]

Date: 1884

Medium: ink on paper

Dimensions: 18.0 x 32.5 cm

Description: Centered on the page is a fishing float design. It is circular with a diamond center. On each tip of the diamond is a small circle that joins the larger circle. The inside of the diamond, and the space between the diamond and the circle are shaded with a grey.

Subject: design; fishing float

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

Catalogue Number: BoA.03.01

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Untitled [two egg plants]

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Artist: Umehala Kolyo

Date: 1884 – 1884

Medium: ink on paper

Catalogue Number: KoU.03.01

Description: an ink drawing featuring two eggplants which are both shaded in darkly, and one line drawing of a marrow vegetable. This line drawn vegetable is placed behind the largest eggplant. The drawing is set towards the bottom right of the paper. A 9cm x approx. 9cm piece is torn from the bottom right c…

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Artist: Umehala Kolyo

Title: Untitled [two egg plants]

Date: 1884 – 1884

Medium: ink on paper

Dimensions: 32.5 x 34.5 cm

Description: an ink drawing featuring two eggplants which are both shaded in darkly, and one line drawing of a marrow vegetable. This line drawn vegetable is placed behind the largest eggplant. The drawing is set towards the bottom right of the paper. A 9cm x approx. 9cm piece is torn from the bottom right corner.

Subject: still life; vegetables; eggplant

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

Catalogue Number: KoU.03.01

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First Time Bean Pods

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Artist: Ito Sojun

Date: 1885 – 1885

Medium: ink on paper

Catalogue Number: SoI.03.01

Description: This drawing features a branch which extends from the blc, starting as one branch, and reaches into the tr side of the work where it branches into three grouping of leaves. The leaves are a black ink wash. Green ink is used to depict bean pods which are growing underneath the leaves closer to the…

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Artist: Ito Sojun

Title: First Time Bean Pods

Date: 1885 – 1885

Medium: ink on paper

Dimensions: 32.0 x 33.5 cm

Description: This drawing features a branch which extends from the blc, starting as one branch, and reaches into the tr side of the work where it branches into three grouping of leaves. The leaves are a black ink wash. Green ink is used to depict bean pods which are growing underneath the leaves closer to the bottom of the branch.

Subject: botanical; bean pods

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

Catalogue Number: SoI.03.01

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Untitled [Cucumber, Its Flower, Vine, Leaf]

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Artist: Ito Sojun

Date: 1887 – 1887

Medium: ink on paper

Catalogue Number: SoI.03.02

Description: This drawing features a cucumber, and it vine with leaves. There is a slight green tint at the top of the Cucumber, and a yellow colour for one of its flowers. The vine starts in the trc of the paper and slopes to the blc.

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Artist: Ito Sojun

Title: Untitled [Cucumber, Its Flower, Vine, Leaf]

Date: 1887 – 1887

Medium: ink on paper

Dimensions: 21.0 x 35.0 cm

Description: This drawing features a cucumber, and it vine with leaves. There is a slight green tint at the top of the Cucumber, and a yellow colour for one of its flowers. The vine starts in the trc of the paper and slopes to the blc.

Subject: botanical; cucumber

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

Catalogue Number: SoI.03.02

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Untitled [Leaves and Flower]

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Artist: Ito Sojun

Date: 1887 – 1887

Medium: ink on paper

Catalogue Number: SoI.03.03

Description: This drawing features a curious looking portion of a plant. It extends with soft lines from the brc to the tlc. At the top of this extended branch is a dark pointy leaf, and under this leaf is a branch of blossoms with pale yellow centers.

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Artist: Ito Sojun

Title: Untitled [Leaves and Flower]

Date: 1887 – 1887

Medium: ink on paper

Dimensions: 23.0 x 32.2 cm

Description: This drawing features a curious looking portion of a plant. It extends with soft lines from the brc to the tlc. At the top of this extended branch is a dark pointy leaf, and under this leaf is a branch of blossoms with pale yellow centers.

Subject: Botanical

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

Catalogue Number: SoI.03.03

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Untitled [Insect and Basket]

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Artist: Hobun Tani

Date: 1887 – 1887

Medium: ink on paper

Catalogue Number: TaH.03.01

Description: A brown insect with long antenna’s is inside of a basket. The basket has four sides with lines going across to form a trap of sorts and is quite tall. There are green leaves around the basket, with little blue flowers or berries on them.

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Artist: Hobun Tani

Title: Untitled [Insect and Basket]

Date: 1887 – 1887

Medium: ink on paper

Dimensions: 33.0 x 35.0 cm

Description: A brown insect with long antenna’s is inside of a basket. The basket has four sides with lines going across to form a trap of sorts and is quite tall. There are green leaves around the basket, with little blue flowers or berries on them.

Subject: still life; basket; insect; leaves

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

Catalogue Number: TaH.03.01

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Bill Olson friends and family photographs

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Part Of: Olson family fonds

Scope & Content: File pertains to photographs of Bill Olson at work and with his family. Also includes family pictures of various generations of the Olson family, army portraits, coworkers, a Cave & Basin postcard, and an interior shot of the Dave White Shop.

Date Range: 1889-1967

Reference Code: V475 / PA121 - 01 to 19

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Postcard; Photograph; Photograph print; Print

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Part Of: Olson family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M97 / V475

Sous-Fonds: V475

Accession Number: 670 ; 1107 ; 1021

Reference Code: V475 / PA121 - 01 to 19

GMD: Postcard; Photograph; Photograph print; Print

Date Range: 1889-1967

Physical Description: 19 prints : b&w and col. ; 17.5 x 12 cm or smaller

Scope & Content: File pertains to photographs of Bill Olson at work and with his family. Also includes family pictures of various generations of the Olson family, army portraits, coworkers, a Cave & Basin postcard, and an interior shot of the Dave White Shop.

Notes: Some of the people identified in the photos are Bill Kay, Jack Powell, Jack Doe, Fred Day, Charlie Fullhroch, Mac Lennat, Earl Squires, Bob Graham, Larry Foster, Willard Bell, Bush Ashley, Shorty Blasker, Casey Jones, Dan Zakaryk, Pete Finlay, Jon Douglas, Irene Straus, Marie Leong, and more.