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Trestles at the Loop
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactbes.05.04
- Date
- 1890
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- BeS.05.04
- Description
- Kicking Horse Pass. Train trestle bridges wind around bases of mountains in valley.Ross Peak in background.
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- Title
- Trestles at the Loop
- Date
- 1890
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 31.0 x 47.7 cm
- Description
- Kicking Horse Pass. Train trestle bridges wind around bases of mountains in valley.Ross Peak in background.
- Credit
- Purchased from Masters Gallery ltd., Calgary, 2004
- Catalogue Number
- BeS.05.04
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Lake Minnewanka and Mount Inglismaldie
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactbes.02.01
- Date
- 1890
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- BeS.02.01
- Description
- Colour: blue, green. The lower half is a lake with two people in a canoe right of center. A piece of land with evergreens comes out at the right side. The upper half is a mountain range. At the left side in the distance is another range. Above is clear blue sky.This painting was lent to the Winnipe…
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- Title
- Lake Minnewanka and Mount Inglismaldie
- Date
- 1890
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 34.0 x 57.0 cm
- Description
- Colour: blue, green. The lower half is a lake with two people in a canoe right of center. A piece of land with evergreens comes out at the right side. The upper half is a mountain range. At the left side in the distance is another range. Above is clear blue sky.This painting was lent to the Winnipeg Art Gallery in 1975 to be included in the exhibition The Railway: A Patron of the Arts in Canada. The exhibition was circulated accross the country for two years.
- Credit
- Purchased from Red River Books, 1968
- Catalogue Number
- BeS.02.01
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Erythronium grandiflorum (Glacier Lily)
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactscm.05.12
- Date
- 1890
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- ScM.05.12
- Description
- A thick green leaf rises from centre left at the bottom of the picture to top right; from inside the leaf protrude 2 yellow blossoms.
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- Title
- Erythronium grandiflorum (Glacier Lily)
- Date
- 1890
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 25.0 x 17.5 cm
- Description
- A thick green leaf rises from centre left at the bottom of the picture to top right; from inside the leaf protrude 2 yellow blossoms.
- Credit
- Gift of Charles C. Reid, Banff, Alberta, 1986
- Catalogue Number
- ScM.05.12
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Beaded Necklace
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact103.01.0014
- Date
- 1890
- Material
- fibre; glass; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 103.01.0014
- Description
- A thick necklace formed by wrapping a strand of small glass beads around a length of cloth with one large brass metal bead at each end. The small beads are black, blue, and green, attached in colour-block sections along the length of the necklace. The two ends of the length of cloth are beaded tog…
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- Title
- Beaded Necklace
- Date
- 1890
- Material
- fibre; glass; metal
- Dimensions
- 57.0 cm
- Description
- A thick necklace formed by wrapping a strand of small glass beads around a length of cloth with one large brass metal bead at each end. The small beads are black, blue, and green, attached in colour-block sections along the length of the necklace. The two ends of the length of cloth are beaded together so the necklace forms a loop.
- Subject
- decorative
- Indigenous
- Stoney
- beadwork
- regalia
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.01.0014
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- Date
- 1890
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- VhW.02.01
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- Title
- Okanagan Lake
- Date
- 1890
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 43.5 x 75 cm
- Subject
- landscape, lake
- architecture, rural
- Credit
- Gift of Esso Resources Ltd., 1980
- Catalogue Number
- VhW.02.01
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- Date
- 1890
- Medium
- woodblock on paper
- Catalogue Number
- ChY.04.15
- Description
- A group of six women dressed in kimonos are surrounded by large leafy taro plants. They are and are reacting to a woman falling on the right side of the image. The background left and right is decorated with silhouettes of trees. There are signatures or markings at the bottom right and the upper le…
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- Title
- Ki ippogan
- Date
- 1890
- Medium
- woodblock on paper
- Dimensions
- 35.5 x 70 cm
- Description
- A group of six women dressed in kimonos are surrounded by large leafy taro plants. They are and are reacting to a woman falling on the right side of the image. The background left and right is decorated with silhouettes of trees. There are signatures or markings at the bottom right and the upper left.
- Subject
- women
- Japanese
- vegetation
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- ChY.04.15
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Beaded Necklace
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact103.01.0001
- Date
- 1890
- Material
- glass; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 103.01.0001
- Description
- A necklace made of two thick strands wrapped with dark blue and red beads. Hanging from the centre of the necklace there are two thick ropes of wrapped beads which split into two pieces at each end. Cotton ribbons secure the necklace at the neck.
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- Title
- Beaded Necklace
- Date
- 1890
- Material
- glass; fibre
- Dimensions
- 150.0 cm
- Description
- A necklace made of two thick strands wrapped with dark blue and red beads. Hanging from the centre of the necklace there are two thick ropes of wrapped beads which split into two pieces at each end. Cotton ribbons secure the necklace at the neck.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- Stoney
- decorative
- beadwork
- regalia
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.01.0001
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- Date
- 1890
- Material
- glass; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 103.01.0003 a,b
- Description
- A pair of armlets, each consisting of three thick strands wrapped with stripes of dark blue, yellow and red beads. Two wrapped strands hang from the centre of each armlet with loops of beads at the ends and where they attach.
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- Title
- Beaded Armlet
- Date
- 1890
- Material
- glass; fibre
- Dimensions
- 32.5 cm
- Description
- A pair of armlets, each consisting of three thick strands wrapped with stripes of dark blue, yellow and red beads. Two wrapped strands hang from the centre of each armlet with loops of beads at the ends and where they attach.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- Stoney
- beadwork
- regalia
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.01.0003 a,b
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The Shuswap people of British Columbia
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue4915
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1891
- Author
- Dawson, George M
- Call Number
- 07.2 D32s Pam
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- Author
- Dawson, George M
- Published Date
- 1891
- Physical Description
- p.3-44 : ill., plan., map
- Subjects
- Stoney Indians
- Notes
- From Transactions / Royal Society of Canada, section II
- Accession Number
- 19000
- Call Number
- 07.2 D32s Pam
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Calypso bulbosa (Calypso Orchid/Pink Fairy's Slipper)
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactscm.05.19
- Date
- 1891
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- ScM.05.19
- Description
- A single green stem from bottom centre curves to centre with 2 flowers, both are dark pink with yellow centre, pink petals flare out from bottom of flowers.
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- Title
- Calypso bulbosa (Calypso Orchid/Pink Fairy's Slipper)
- Date
- 1891
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 25.3 x 17.5 cm
- Description
- A single green stem from bottom centre curves to centre with 2 flowers, both are dark pink with yellow centre, pink petals flare out from bottom of flowers.
- Credit
- Gift of Charles C. Reid, Banff, Alberta, 1986
- Catalogue Number
- ScM.05.19
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Pyrola picta (Wintergreen)
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactscm.05.13
- Date
- 1891
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- ScM.05.13
- Description
- Broad green leaves with white veins are at the bottom centre of the picture; a long red/brown stem protrudes straight up, many small buds hang from the stem near the top.
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- Title
- Pyrola picta (Wintergreen)
- Date
- 1891
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 25.0 x 17.5 cm
- Description
- Broad green leaves with white veins are at the bottom centre of the picture; a long red/brown stem protrudes straight up, many small buds hang from the stem near the top.
- Credit
- Gift of Charles C. Reid, Banff, Alberta, 1986
- Catalogue Number
- ScM.05.13
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Dodecathem meadia (Shooting Star)
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactscm.05.09
- Date
- 1891
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- ScM.05.09
- Description
- Short, thick green leaves cluster at base, 4 long pink stems extend from root; dart-like pink and yellow flowers at top of stems.
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- Title
- Dodecathem meadia (Shooting Star)
- Date
- 1891
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 25.5 x 17.5 cm
- Description
- Short, thick green leaves cluster at base, 4 long pink stems extend from root; dart-like pink and yellow flowers at top of stems.
- Credit
- Gift of Charles C. Reid, Banff, Alberta, 1986
- Catalogue Number
- ScM.05.09
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Oncideum forbesii / Brasilidium forbesii? (Wildflower)
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactscm.05.01
- Date
- 1891
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- ScM.05.01
- Description
- A light green stem branches off into three stems on which a dark yellow and brown flower with scalloped petals on each end.
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- Title
- Oncideum forbesii / Brasilidium forbesii? (Wildflower)
- Date
- 1891
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 25.5 x 17.5 cm
- Description
- A light green stem branches off into three stems on which a dark yellow and brown flower with scalloped petals on each end.
- Credit
- Gift of Charles C. Reid, Banff, Alberta, 1986
- Catalogue Number
- ScM.05.01
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Rhododendron albifloriem (White-flowered Rhododendron)
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactscm.05.31
- Date
- 1891
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- ScM.05.31
- Description
- The plant has long narrow oblong green leaves top and bottom of the stem with small white flowers in between.
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- Title
- Rhododendron albifloriem (White-flowered Rhododendron)
- Date
- 1891
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 25.0 x 17.5 cm
- Description
- The plant has long narrow oblong green leaves top and bottom of the stem with small white flowers in between.
- Subject
- botanical
- flower, rhododendron
- Credit
- Gift of James (Sr.) Simpson, 1968
- Catalogue Number
- ScM.05.31
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Maria begegneteinem Hertenknaben
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactscy.04.01
- Artist
- Y. Scheurenberg
- Date
- 1892
- Medium
- lithograph on paper
- Catalogue Number
- ScY.04.01
- Description
- Black and white reproduction of a sketch showing a woman in a long robe holding a naked baby [likely Mary and Jesus] out towards a young shepherd boy who is handing a dandelion to the baby. There are sheep behind the boy and a background of meadows and trees.
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- Artist
- Y. Scheurenberg
- Title
- Maria begegneteinem Hertenknaben
- Date
- 1892
- Medium
- lithograph on paper
- Dimensions
- 15.0 x 11.5 cm
- Description
- Black and white reproduction of a sketch showing a woman in a long robe holding a naked baby [likely Mary and Jesus] out towards a young shepherd boy who is handing a dandelion to the baby. There are sheep behind the boy and a background of meadows and trees.
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- ScY.04.01
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- Date
- 1892 – 1892
- Material
- metal, silver
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.0122
- Description
- A small silver bowl with a rounded bottom that is decorated with a swirled design. There is a gadroon band around the neck which flares slightly at the lip. The bottom of the bowl has an inset British coin and is marked “old Sterling Silver London H.M. 1892”.
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- Title
- Bowl
- Date
- 1892 – 1892
- Material
- metal, silver
- Description
- A small silver bowl with a rounded bottom that is decorated with a swirled design. There is a gadroon band around the neck which flares slightly at the lip. The bottom of the bowl has an inset British coin and is marked “old Sterling Silver London H.M. 1892”.
- Subject
- households
- decorative
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.0122
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Souvenir Spoon
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact104.20.1142
- Date
- 1893
- Material
- metal
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.1142
- Description
- One sterling souvenir spoon from the World’s Columbia Exposition, Chicago, Illinois in 1893. The front of the spoon has, in relief: a head surrounded by a laurel leaf wreath on the tip of the handle, underneath that “WORLD’S COLUMBIA EXPOSITION”, Maritime emblems on the handle, and a ship at sea on…
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- Title
- Souvenir Spoon
- Date
- 1893
- Material
- metal
- Dimensions
- 2.2 x 10.2 cm
- Description
- One sterling souvenir spoon from the World’s Columbia Exposition, Chicago, Illinois in 1893. The front of the spoon has, in relief: a head surrounded by a laurel leaf wreath on the tip of the handle, underneath that “WORLD’S COLUMBIA EXPOSITION”, Maritime emblems on the handle, and a ship at sea on the bowl. On the back, on the tip of the handle, is a circle of laurel leaves, inside the wreath a king wearing a crown, below crossed swords, underneath that a globe with “1492 1893”, below that a circle with “ THE WORLD’S COLUMBIA EXPOSITION SEAL CHICAGO, ILLINOIS”, under that “STERLING”.
- Credit
- Gift of Kerry Guenter, 2009
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.1142
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- Date
- 1893
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- CoJ.02.03
- Description
- Scene in a forest with a stream. Overall green value of the painting, - there is a herring standing in the steam just below center at the narrowest part where the stream seems to drop to a lower level. - dark green shadows across the top of the trees where they appear to canopy the scene. - dark br…
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- Title
- His Haunt
- Date
- 1893
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 45.5 x 30.5 cm
- Description
- Scene in a forest with a stream. Overall green value of the painting, - there is a herring standing in the steam just below center at the narrowest part where the stream seems to drop to a lower level. - dark green shadows across the top of the trees where they appear to canopy the scene. - dark brown bank to the left of the steam, and a dark green/yellow to the right of the stream.
- Subject
- landscape
- Canadian Rockies
- heron
- stream
- Credit
- Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1982
- Catalogue Number
- CoJ.02.03
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- Date
- 1893
- Material
- metal
- Catalogue Number
- 103.01.0145
- Description
- A small brass coloured, metal disk from World's Fair in 1893. Coin-like charm has hole drilled through top with small brass ring though for hanging. Face contains portrait of man with hair falling over his ears and "World's Fair 1893" around the edge. Obverse is printed with raised letters, the e…
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- Title
- Charm
- Date
- 1893
- Material
- metal
- Dimensions
- 1.9 x 0.1 cm
- Description
- A small brass coloured, metal disk from World's Fair in 1893. Coin-like charm has hole drilled through top with small brass ring though for hanging. Face contains portrait of man with hair falling over his ears and "World's Fair 1893" around the edge. Obverse is printed with raised letters, the entire Lord's Prayer. Gold plate over copper.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.01.0145
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First Banff Indian Days [Chief Hector Crawler (Wachegiye) (Prayer Giver) and Tom Wilson front centre]
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- Part Of
- Tom Wilson family fonds
- Scope & Content
- Image of a group of people posed for a photograph - the two men standing in front centre identified as Hector Crawler (Wachegiye) (Prayer Giver) (left) and Tom Wilson (right).
- Date Range
- 1894
- Reference Code
- v701 / 4 / na66 - 488
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- GMD
- Photograph
- Negative, copy
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- Part Of
- Tom Wilson family fonds
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Fonds Number
- V701
- Sous-Fonds
- V701
- Reference Code
- v701 / 4 / na66 - 488
- Date Range
- 1894
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : negative : copy negative
- Scope & Content
- Image of a group of people posed for a photograph - the two men standing in front centre identified as Hector Crawler (Wachegiye) (Prayer Giver) (left) and Tom Wilson (right).
- Subject Access
- Banff Indian Days
- First nations
- Public events
- Regalia
- Women
- Geographic Access
- Alberta
- British Columbia
- Title Source
- copy negative envelope
- Processing Status
- Processed
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