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Ray Wardell fonds
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- Part Of
- Ray Wardell fonds
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of unpublished report titled "Mount Norquay Memories, 1948- 1956" by Ray Wardell. Report is a chronological history of development at Mount Norquay ski area by George Encil's Banff Chairlift Corporation Ltd. It discusses the Banff Chairlift, rope tows, electrification, passenger an…
- Date Range
- 1993
- Reference Code
- M252
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- GMD
- Textual record
- Private record
- Published record
- Part Of
- Ray Wardell fonds
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- Fonds Number
- M 252
- Sous-Fonds
- M 252
- Accession Number
- 6505
- Reference Code
- M252
- Date Range
- 1993
- Physical Description
- 6 cm of textual records (ca.130 p.)
- History / Biographical
- Ray Wardell, 1922-1994, was an engineer at Banff, Alberta, Canada from 1948 until 1958, and lived at Oakville, Ontario until his death. Wardell worked on early construction at Mount Norquay ski area and rose to the position of Superintendent of Construction and Maintenance for the Banff Chairlift Corporation.
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of unpublished report titled "Mount Norquay Memories, 1948- 1956" by Ray Wardell. Report is a chronological history of development at Mount Norquay ski area by George Encil's Banff Chairlift Corporation Ltd. It discusses the Banff Chairlift, rope tows, electrification, passenger and safety services, Upper Terminal Tea Room and improvements to Mount Norquay Lodge. Contents include technical details, construction photographs and articles from trade journals
- Name Access
- Wardell, Ray
- Access Restrictions
- No restrictions on access
- Copyright, privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply
- Language
- Language is English
- Creator
- Wardell, Ray
- Category
- Sports, recreation and leisure
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of fonds
- Processing Status
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Foreign Alpine Club Correspondence 1947-50
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- Part Of
- Alpine Club of Canada fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of the annual report of the Alpine Club of Canada for 1948.
- Date Range
- 1948
- Reference Code
- M200 / I / A / 12
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Textual record
- Organization record
- Part Of
- Alpine Club of Canada fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M200
- V14
- S6
- Series
- M200 / I: Administrative records
- Sous-Fonds
- M200
- Sub-Series
- M200 / I / A: Club meeting minutes and reports
- Accession Number
- accn. 5343
- Reference Code
- M200 / I / A / 12
- Date Range
- 1948
- Physical Description
- 1 cm of textual records
- Scope & Content
- File consists of the annual report of the Alpine Club of Canada for 1948.
- Name Access
- Alpine Club of Canada
- Brooks, Eric
- Subject Access
- Alpine Club of Canada
- Administration
- Club
- Record keeping
- Records
- Report
- Geographic Access
- England
- England, London
- London, England
- London
- Language
- English
- Title Source
- Original title
- Processing Status
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Foreign Alpine Club Correspondence 1947-50
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- Part Of
- Alpine Club of Canada fonds
- Scope & Content
- File includes the Alpine Club Accounts for 1948 Statement of Income and Expenditure.
- Date Range
- 1948
- Reference Code
- M200 / II / A / 8
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Textual record
- Organization record
- Part Of
- Alpine Club of Canada fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M200
- V14
- S6
- Series
- M200 / II: Financial Records
- Sous-Fonds
- M200
- Sub-Series
- M200 / II / A: Financial Statements and Reports
- Accession Number
- accn. 5343
- Reference Code
- M200 / II / A / 8
- Date Range
- 1948
- Physical Description
- 0.5 cm of textual records
- Scope & Content
- File includes the Alpine Club Accounts for 1948 Statement of Income and Expenditure.
- Name Access
- Alpine Club of Canada
- Brooks, Eric
- Subject Access
- Administration
- Alpine Club of Canada
- Club
- Record keeping
- Records
- Report
- Finances
- Organizations
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Language
- English
- Title Source
- Original title
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Correspondence between Brooks and S. R. Vallance President, J. Wilson Secretary-Treasurer, Frank Smith Man. Com. 1949-50 + Plans for Maligne Lake 1950 Camps
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- Part Of
- Alpine Club of Canada fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of a financial summary report of the Peyto Lake Camp from 1948.
- Date Range
- 1948
- Reference Code
- M200 / II / A / 9
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Textual record
- Organization record
- Part Of
- Alpine Club of Canada fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M200
- V14
- S6
- Series
- M200 / II: Financial Records
- Sous-Fonds
- M200
- Sub-Series
- M200 / II / A: Financial Statements and Reports
- Accession Number
- accn. 5343
- Reference Code
- M200 / II / A / 9
- Date Range
- 1948
- Physical Description
- 0.5 cm of textual records
- Scope & Content
- File consists of a financial summary report of the Peyto Lake Camp from 1948.
- Name Access
- Alpine Club of Canada
- Brooks, Eric
- Subject Access
- Administration
- Alpine Club of Canada
- Club
- Record keeping
- Records
- Report
- Organizations
- Finances
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Alberta
- Banff National Park
- Peyto Lake
- Calgary
- Calgary, AB
- Calgary, Alberta
- Language
- English
- Title Source
- Original title
- Processing Status
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Louis Luxton court summons
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- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of one Alberta government document sent to Louis Luxton, summoning Louis to court on October 29, 1948 as a witness to the death of William Strosta.
- Date Range
- 1948
- Reference Code
- LUX / III / C1 / 26
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Textual record
- Private record
- Government record
- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- LUX
- Series
- LUX / III / C : Related family
- Sous-Fonds
- LUX / III : Luxton family sous-fonds
- Sub-Series
- LUX / III / C1 : William Luxton family papers and photographs
- Accession Number
- LUX
- Reference Code
- LUX / III / C1 / 26
- Date Range
- 1948
- Physical Description
- 0.1 cm of textual records (1 page ; 21.5 x 35.5 cm)
- Scope & Content
- File consists of one Alberta government document sent to Louis Luxton, summoning Louis to court on October 29, 1948 as a witness to the death of William Strosta.
- Name Access
- Luxton, Louis
- Strosta, William
- Subject Access
- Government
- Funeral
- Laws and legislation
- Legal and Financial
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Alberta
- Banff
- Language
- English
- Category
- Government
- Law and justice
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
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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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W.G. Milne fonds
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- Part Of
- W.G. Milne fonds
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of two files titled "Proposal for the development of the Ptarmigan Valley" 1947 and relates to Milne's work on a development proposal for the Ski Club of the Canadian Rockies Ltd. at Lake Louise, ca.1960.
- Date Range
- 1947
- Reference Code
- M27
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- GMD
- Textual record
- Private record
- Part Of
- W.G. Milne fonds
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- Fonds Number
- M 27
- Sous-Fonds
- M 27
- Accession Number
- 7834 (unproc)
- Reference Code
- M27
- Date Range
- 1947
- Physical Description
- 2 cm textual records
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of two files titled "Proposal for the development of the Ptarmigan Valley" 1947 and relates to Milne's work on a development proposal for the Ski Club of the Canadian Rockies Ltd. at Lake Louise, ca.1960.
- Name Access
- Milne, W. G.
- Subject Access
- Commerce and industry
- Language
- Language is English
- Finding Aid
- No finding aid
- Creator
- Milne, W. G.
- Category
- Commerce and industry
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of fonds
- Processing Status
- Unprocessed
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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
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- 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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Canada. National Parks Bureau fonds
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- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of a single file titled "Material on bears in the national parks." Contains carbon copies directed to the Controller, National Parks Bureau, including: copies of letters from park superintendents; copies of reports or extracts from reports by park wardens; general articles, "The Bla…
- Date Range
- 1944
- Reference Code
- M499
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- GMD
- Textual record
- Government record
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- Fonds Number
- M 499
- Sous-Fonds
- M 499
- Accession Number
- 6187
- Reference Code
- M499
- Date Range
- 1944
- Physical Description
- .5 cm of textual records
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of a single file titled "Material on bears in the national parks." Contains carbon copies directed to the Controller, National Parks Bureau, including: copies of letters from park superintendents; copies of reports or extracts from reports by park wardens; general articles, "The Black Bear" and "The Grizzly Bear", describing black and grizzly bears and bear encounters in Waterton Lakes, Jasper, Yoho, Banff, Kootenay, Glacier and Prince Albert National Parks.
- Name Access
- Canada. National Parks Bureau
- Subject Access
- Bears, Black
- Bears, Grizzly
- Environment
- Government
- Access Restrictions
- Reference use only
- Other restrictions may apply
- Language
- Language is English
- Creator
- Canada. National Parks Bureau
- Category
- Environment
- Government
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of fonds
- Processing Status
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Letter from Cornelia Adams to Roger Cook Adams
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- Part Of
- Mary (Molly) Wright Adams fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of one letter sent from Cornelia Adams to her brother, Roger Cook Adams, in 1944. Letter pertains to Cornelia's progress transcribing family correspondence from ca.1860 to 1869, including letters from their mother [Cornelia Ann Cook Adams] to Mary [Cook] Wright and "Annie" [possibly A…
- Date Range
- 1944
- Reference Code
- M555 / I / B / 2
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Textual record
- Private record
- Part Of
- Mary (Molly) Wright Adams fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M555
- V777
- Series
- M555 / I : Correspondence
- Sous-Fonds
- M555
- Sub-Series
- M555 / I / B : Extended family correspondence
- Accession Number
- 2018.8685
- Reference Code
- M555 / I / B / 2
- Date Range
- 1944
- Physical Description
- 1 cm of textual records
- Scope & Content
- File consists of one letter sent from Cornelia Adams to her brother, Roger Cook Adams, in 1944. Letter pertains to Cornelia's progress transcribing family correspondence from ca.1860 to 1869, including letters from their mother [Cornelia Ann Cook Adams] to Mary [Cook] Wright and "Annie" [possibly Anna (Cook) Smillie].
- Subject Access
- Family and personal life
- Correspondence
- Geographic Access
- United States of America
- New York
- Language
- English
- Category
- Family and personal life
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
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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
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- Date
- 1944
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.197
- Description
- Yellow house in Tofino.
1 image
- 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
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- 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
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- 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
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- 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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