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- Luxton family fonds 111
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- Date
- 1948
- Medium
- oil on board
- Catalogue Number
- LoT.02.09
- Description
- The bottom two thirds is a marshy scene with water, shrubs and a beaver dam; greens, yellow and oranges; the right side has a tall tree; the top third is mountain slopes with a snow covered mountain down the valley.
- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1948
- Medium
- oil on board
- Dimensions
- 35.4 x 38.2 cm
- Description
- The bottom two thirds is a marshy scene with water, shrubs and a beaver dam; greens, yellow and oranges; the right side has a tall tree; the top third is mountain slopes with a snow covered mountain down the valley.
- Subject
- landscape, mountain
- Credit
- Gift of Mary and William Allan, Calgary, 1989
- Catalogue Number
- LoT.02.09
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Canmore, Alberta
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- Date
- 1947
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- JaA.02.01
- Description
- General colour: green greys, blue. Cluster of buildings across the lower third. Mountains sweeps up behind to a clouded blue sky.
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- Title
- Canmore, Alberta
- Date
- 1947
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 52.8 x 43.8 cm
- Description
- General colour: green greys, blue. Cluster of buildings across the lower third. Mountains sweeps up behind to a clouded blue sky.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1977
- Catalogue Number
- JaA.02.01
- Notes
- Artistry Revealed: Peter Whyte, Catharine Robb Whyte and Their Contemporaries; June 17, 2018 to October 21, 2018
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Georgia Engelhard
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactfoe.02.01
- Artist
- Edward Forn
- Date
- 1946
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- FoE.02.01
- Description
- A woman, Georgia Engelhard, stands in the centre of the picture, her legs cut off at centre thigh at bottom of picture, she is wearing blue pants and red checkered shirt, a blue/green hat in her right hand at her waist, she is looking straight forward, short blond hair, blue eyes and rosy cheeks, …
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- Artist
- Edward Forn
- Title
- Georgia Engelhard
- Date
- 1946
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 81.0 x 66.0 cm
- Description
- A woman, Georgia Engelhard, stands in the centre of the picture, her legs cut off at centre thigh at bottom of picture, she is wearing blue pants and red checkered shirt, a blue/green hat in her right hand at her waist, she is looking straight forward, short blond hair, blue eyes and rosy cheeks, the background top quarter is a cloudy sky, centre a range of mountains (Mount Assiniboine), a line of green and yellow trees, the bottom of the picture behind the lady is a lake
- Subject
- portrait
- female
- Georgia Engelhard
- Credit
- Gift of Eaton Cromwell, Bryn Mawr, USA, 1988
- Catalogue Number
- FoE.02.01
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Trail ride album
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- Scope & Content
- Photograph album contains 182 black and white prints pertaining to trail rides in July/August, 1945 through Baker Creek, Ptarmigan Lake, Skoki and Lake Louise; and Lake O'Hara, Lake McArthur and Odaray Trail. Images depict riders on horseback, scenic views of mountains, waterfalls, forests and land…
- Date Range
- 1945
- Reference Code
- V635 / I / PD - 3
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Album
- Photograph
- Photograph print
- Textual record
1 image
1 Electronic Resource
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M545 / V635
- Series
- V635 / I : Events and Activities
- Sous-Fonds
- V635
- Accession Number
- 5757
- Reference Code
- V635 / I / PD - 3
- Responsibility
- Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies
- Date Range
- 1945
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph album (182 prints)
- Scope & Content
- Photograph album contains 182 black and white prints pertaining to trail rides in July/August, 1945 through Baker Creek, Ptarmigan Lake, Skoki and Lake Louise; and Lake O'Hara, Lake McArthur and Odaray Trail. Images depict riders on horseback, scenic views of mountains, waterfalls, forests and landscapes, individual and group photographs of riders, and campsites. Most photographs not annotated and people in photographs not named. Album also contains three pamphlets pertaining to 1945 trail rides with lists of locations and attendees.
- Subject Access
- Travel
- Hiking
- Packing
- Horses
- Mountain
- Waterfall
- Landscapes
- Trail
- Lake
- Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Alberta
- Canadian Rocky Mountains
- Language
- English
- Creator
- Unknown
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Father Jean Louis Levern
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- Date
- 1945
- Medium
- painting on board
- Catalogue Number
- DgN.02.04
- Description
- An oil painting portrait of a man. An elderly man dominates the painting. The man has grey hair and is wearing a black high-necked coat with a large gold cross hanging on a black string around his neck. The background is a yellow-brown. The primary colours used are black, brown, yellow and red. The…
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- Title
- Father Jean Louis Levern
- Date
- 1945
- Medium
- painting on board
- Dimensions
- 59.0 x 41.7 cm
- Description
- An oil painting portrait of a man. An elderly man dominates the painting. The man has grey hair and is wearing a black high-necked coat with a large gold cross hanging on a black string around his neck. The background is a yellow-brown. The primary colours used are black, brown, yellow and red. The bottom of the canvas is unfinished/ left blank except for the artist signature in pencil in the blhc and in the brhc, “F. J. Levern, A.M.I - 1945 Cardston, Alberta”. Au verso, in black ink in the top lhc, “# 47”. And left of centre near the bottom is a piece of white paper with black text taped onto the board, see Narrative.
- Subject
- portrait
- man
- priest
- Nicolas de Grandmaison
- Credit
- Gift of Nicolas Jr. de Grandmaison, Vancouver, 2011
- Catalogue Number
- DgN.02.04
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- Date
- 1945 – 1945
- Material
- stone
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0201
- Description
- A hand-carved, well-made, lidded box carved from soft Rocky Mountain marble. The box has a front and a back. The front has bevelled corners, whereas the back has square corners. The box interior has rounded corners and the lid fits smoothly and flushly into the cutout. Base is felted with green fel…
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- Title
- Trinket Box
- Date
- 1945 – 1945
- Material
- stone
- Dimensions
- 4.3 x 5.7 x 9.2 cm
- Description
- A hand-carved, well-made, lidded box carved from soft Rocky Mountain marble. The box has a front and a back. The front has bevelled corners, whereas the back has square corners. The box interior has rounded corners and the lid fits smoothly and flushly into the cutout. Base is felted with green felt. The marble is black, streaked with white.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0201
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1944 packing contest and trail ride photos
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- Scope & Content
- File consists of 27 black and white prints. Content pertains to a 1944 packing contest and trail rides led by the Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies [includes promotional photographs, possibly by Canadian Pacific]. Photographs include trail guides Don Edge, Ken Teare, Edith Edge and Horace Hollow…
- Date Range
- 1944
- Reference Code
- V635 / III / PA - 117 to 143
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Photograph
- Photograph print
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M545 / V635
- Series
- V635 / III : Published records
- Sous-Fonds
- V635
- Accession Number
- 5757
- Reference Code
- V635 / III / PA - 117 to 143
- Date Range
- 1944
- Physical Description
- 27 photographs : b&w prints ; 25.5 x 20.5 cm or smaller
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 27 black and white prints. Content pertains to a 1944 packing contest and trail rides led by the Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies [includes promotional photographs, possibly by Canadian Pacific]. Photographs include trail guides Don Edge, Ken Teare, Edith Edge and Horace Holloway. Some photographs may be attributed to Canadian Pacific.
- Notes
- Many of photographs are annotated on reverse with date, description of photograph, etc. Some dated 1944.
- Name Access
- Edge, Don
- Edge, Edith
- Teare, Ken
- Holloway, Horace
- Subject Access
- Trails
- Travel
- Tourism
- Guide
- Pack trips
- Landscapes
- Mountain
- Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Alberta
- Banff National Park
- Reproduction Restrictions
- Restrictions may apply
- Language
- English
- Category
- Sports, recreation and leisure
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Tobacco dance, 1944
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- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of one miniature photograph album [12.5 x 7.5 cm] made of black construction paper containing 4 b&w photograph prints pertaining to a Tobacco Dance event in Gleichen, Alberta in 1944. Photographs depict landscape views, teepees, and groups of unidentified Indigenous people [possibly …
- Date Range
- 1944
- Reference Code
- LUX / I / E6 / PD - 1
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Album
- Photograph
- Photograph print
- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- LUX
- Series
- LUX / I / E : Collected material
- Sous-Fonds
- LUX / I : Norman Luxton sous-fonds
- Sub-Series
- LUX / I / E6 : Photographs : Stoney
- Accession Number
- LUX
- Reference Code
- LUX / I / E6 / PD - 1
- Date Range
- 1944
- Physical Description
- 1 album (4 photographs : b&w ; 8 x 5.5 cm)
- Scope & Content
- File consists of one miniature photograph album [12.5 x 7.5 cm] made of black construction paper containing 4 b&w photograph prints pertaining to a Tobacco Dance event in Gleichen, Alberta in 1944. Photographs depict landscape views, teepees, and groups of unidentified Indigenous people [possibly members of the nearby Siksika Nation]. The rest of the album is blank.
- Material Details
- Album bound with thin pink string
- Subject Access
- Cultural pluralism
- Events
- Dance
- Environment
- Community events
- First Nations
- Indigenous Peoples
- Landscapes
- Multiculturalism
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Alberta
- Gleichen
- Language
- N/A
- Category
- Cultural pluralism
- Environment
- First nations
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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- Date
- 1944
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.058
- Description
- House in foreground, big sky with clouds, in Fort Macleod area.
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- Title
- Fort MacLeod
- Date
- 1944
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 22.8 x 28.0 cm
- Description
- House in foreground, big sky with clouds, in Fort Macleod area.
- Subject
- landscape
- prairie
- architecture, rural
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.058
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- 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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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.
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- 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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Whytes' House at Tofino
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactwyc.01.199
- Date
- 1944
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.199
- Description
- Peter and Catharine’s house in Tofino.
1 image
- Title
- Whytes' House at Tofino
- Date
- 1944
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 22.8 x 28.0 cm
- Description
- Peter and Catharine’s house in Tofino.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.199
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Whytes' House at Tofino
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactwyc.01.198
- Date
- 1944
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.198
- Description
- Peter and Catharine’s home in Tofino.
1 image
- Title
- Whytes' House at Tofino
- Date
- 1944
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 22.8 x 28.0 cm
- Description
- Peter and Catharine’s home in Tofino.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.198
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Whytes' House at Tofino
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactwyc.01.196
- Date
- 1944
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.196
- Description
- Peter and Catharine’s home in Tofino on Vancouver Island.
1 image
- Title
- Whytes' House at Tofino
- Date
- 1944
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 22.8 x 28.0 cm
- Description
- Peter and Catharine’s home in Tofino on Vancouver Island.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.196
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RCAF Airfield, Tofino
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- Date
- 1944
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.01.090
- Description
- Two grey airplanes fly over a landing strip in foreground. To the right of strip are two red vehicles, some tall green evergreens behind them. Other side of airstrip are some buildings with the silhouette of mountains in the background. A grey streaked sky is top half.
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- Title
- RCAF Airfield, Tofino
- Date
- 1944
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 27.6 x 35.0 cm
- Description
- Two grey airplanes fly over a landing strip in foreground. To the right of strip are two red vehicles, some tall green evergreens behind them. Other side of airstrip are some buildings with the silhouette of mountains in the background. A grey streaked sky is top half.
- Subject
- transportation
- World War
- mountains
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1968
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.01.090
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- Date
- 1944
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.01.092
- Description
- A grey road runs from left of centre bottom to the left at the centre, on either side are buildings including a church to the left. To the right at centre is the blue ocean and rimming it to the left are green trees. Two large stumps are at left and right in foreground. Cloudy streaked sky is t…
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- Title
- Tofino
- Date
- 1944
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 27.5 x 35.1 cm
- Description
- A grey road runs from left of centre bottom to the left at the centre, on either side are buildings including a church to the left. To the right at centre is the blue ocean and rimming it to the left are green trees. Two large stumps are at left and right in foreground. Cloudy streaked sky is top quarter.
- Subject
- architecture
- urban
- Pacific Ocean
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1968
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.01.092
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- Date
- 1944
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.01.093
- Description
- Roof tops and houses, including at church to the left, cover bottom half of picture, a grey road meanders between the buildings. Green mountains in background. Streaked grey sky covers top third.
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- Title
- Tofino
- Date
- 1944
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 27.6 x 35.1 cm
- Description
- Roof tops and houses, including at church to the left, cover bottom half of picture, a grey road meanders between the buildings. Green mountains in background. Streaked grey sky covers top third.
- Subject
- transportation
- World War
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1968
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.01.093
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- Date
- 1944
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.01.176
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- Title
- Tofino
- Date
- 1944
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 27.8 x 35.2 cm
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.01.176
- Notes
- Artistry Revealed: Peter Whyte, Catharine Robb Whyte and Their Contemporaries; June 17, 2018 to October 21, 2018
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Lincoln Field, Calgary
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- Date
- 1944
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.01.229
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- Title
- Lincoln Field, Calgary
- Date
- 1944
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 27.7 x 35.1 cm
- Subject
- landscape
- architecture, barracks
- war
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.01.229
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Crowd Entering Tramcar, Calgary
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- Date
- 1944
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.01.230
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- Title
- Crowd Entering Tramcar, Calgary
- Date
- 1944
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 27.7 x 35.3 cm
- Subject
- group
- transportation
- landscape
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.01.230
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