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Letters to Mother [July - December 1954]
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions7481
- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to 49 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from July 6 to December 26, 1954. Topics include day to day life, Banff events, visits from friends, painting, photography, wildlife, travel, camping, weather, events and people in Concord, radio programs [m…
- Date Range
- 1954
- Reference Code
- M36 / I / A / 2b / i / 135
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Private record
1 image
1 Electronic Resource
- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M36 / V683 / S37
- Series
- I.A.2. Catharine Robb Whyte papers / photographs
- Sous-Fonds
- M36
- Accession Number
- .
- Reference Code
- M36 / I / A / 2b / i / 135
- GMD
- Private record
- Date Range
- 1954
- Physical Description
- 1.7 cm of textual records (75 pages ; 22.3 x 27.4 cm or smaller)
- History / Biographical
- See fonds level description.
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to 49 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from July 6 to December 26, 1954. Topics include day to day life, Banff events, visits from friends, painting, photography, wildlife, travel, camping, weather, events and people in Concord, radio programs [mostly news and hockey games], various holidays [both Canadian and American], the Calgary Stampede, Banff Indian Days, Peter getting his new trifocal glasses, trips to Bow Lake [mostly to sketch], hurricans hitting the eastern seaboard in mid-September, sketching trips into British Columbia, a visit to the Campbell's ranch in Cowley, meeting Eric Harvie, construction of the Luxton Musuem [including asking Peter for paintings to hang inside], putting together the annual Christmas card, Edith's 90th birthday in December, and various Christmas activites and parties. Also includes notecards.
- Notes
- Please note: language pertaining to Indigenous Peoples used throughout is outdated and may be offensive. Most letters typed, some hand-written. Many typed letters have hand-written notes and post scripts added throughout. Some letters are marked with a small x in pencil, indicating where Jon Whyte made notes for use in his project "Catharine Robb Whyte, Peter Whyte: Commemorative Portfolio," originally published in 1981. Many letters written from Bow Lake are on Tum-Ti-Jah Lodge letterhead
- Name Access
- Whyte, Catharine
- Whyte, Peter
- Robb, Edith Morse
- Simpson, Jimmy, Sr.
- Simpson, Billie
- Simpson, Jimmy, Jr.
- Morant, Nicholas (Nick)
- Morant, Willie
- Vallance, Sydney
- Vallance, Doris
- Phillips, Walter J.
- Campbell, Gray
- Campbell, Eleanor
- Harvie, Eric
- Rungius, Carl
- Beil, Charlie
- Subject Access
- Activities
- Animals
- Art
- Artists
- Banff
- Banff Indian Days
- Banff Winter Carnival
- Birthday
- Businesses
- Calgary Stampede
- Camping
- Canadian Pacific Railway
- Children
- Christmas
- Community events
- Community life
- Correspondence
- Deer
- Family
- Family and personal life
- First Nations
- Funeral
- Home
- Indigenous Peoples
- Lake Louise
- Leisure
- Luxton Museum
- Moose
- Mountain
- Painting
- Personal and Family Life
- Post Office
- Ranches
- Scenery
- Stoney Nakoda
- Trains
- Trans-Canada Highway
- Travel
- Weather
- Geographic Access
- Banff
- Lake Louise
- Banff National Park
- Morley
- Alberta
- Concord
- Massachusetts
- Canada
- United States of America
- Language
- English
- Creator
- Robb Whyte, Catharine
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
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Letters to Mother [January - June 1949]
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions7470
- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to 67 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from January 3 to June 26, 1949. Topics include holiday activities, day to day life, Banff events, visits from friends, bonspiels, watching local hockey games, the Banff Winter Carnival, weather, events and …
- Date Range
- 1949
- Reference Code
- M36 / I / A / 2b / i / 124
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Private record
1 image
1 Electronic Resource
- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M36 / V683 / S37
- Series
- I.A.2. Catharine Robb Whyte papers / photographs
- Sous-Fonds
- M36
- Accession Number
- .
- Reference Code
- M36 / I / A / 2b / i / 124
- GMD
- Private record
- Date Range
- 1949
- Physical Description
- 1.7 cm of textual records (101 pages ; 21.4 x 27.5 cm or smaller)
- History / Biographical
- See fonds level description.
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to 67 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from January 3 to June 26, 1949. Topics include holiday activities, day to day life, Banff events, visits from friends, bonspiels, watching local hockey games, the Banff Winter Carnival, weather, events and people in Concord, a train crash east of Banff in late February [no one was injured, Syd Vallance was on the train], new household appliances like a washing machine [Bendix] and electric sewing machine, world news, radio programs, photography, painting, Catharine going to Concord in May [she was called back to Banff early due to concerns for Pete's mental health], the death and funeral of Norman Sanson, and Pete and Catharine going to Victoria and Vancouver for the month of June [they stayed at the Empress in Victoria and the Hotel Georgia in Vancouver before moving to an apartment at the Ritz Vancouver].
- Notes
- Please note: language pertaining to Indigenous Peoples used throughout is outdated and may be offensive. Letters are mostly typed, some hand-written. Many typed letters have hand-written notes and post scripts added throughout. Some letters are marked with a small x in pencil, indicating where Jon Whyte made notes for use in his project "Catharine Robb Whyte, Peter Whyte: Commemorative Portfolio," originally published in 1981. 124-21 contains a note written after Catharine's post script, possibly by Pete.
- Name Access
- Whyte, Catharine
- Whyte, Peter
- Robb, Edith Morse
- Moore, Pearl
- Moore, Edmee
- Moore, Phil
- Campbell, Gray
- Campbell, Eleanor
- Simpson, Jimmy, Sr.
- Simpson, Billie
- Simpson, Jimmy, Jr.
- White, Annie
- Morant, Nicholas (Nick)
- Morant, Willie
- Whyte, Jon
- Brewster, Pat
- Kaquitts, Tom
- Greenham, Margaret
- Greenham, Henry
- Link, George K. K. (Tommy)
- Hunter, Enos
- Vallance, Sydney
- James, Frances
- Adaskin, Murray
- Phillips, Walter J.
- Sanson, Norman
- Subject Access
- Activities
- Animals
- Art
- Artists
- Banff
- Banff Winter Carnival
- Birds
- Bird watching
- Birthday
- Businesses
- Canadian Pacific Hotels
- Canadian Pacific Railway
- Children
- Christmas
- Community events
- Community life
- Correspondence
- Curling
- Deer
- Family
- Family and personal life
- First Nations
- Funeral
- Hockey
- Home
- Hospital
- Indigenous Peoples
- Lake Louise
- Leisure
- Mountain
- Norquay Ski Hill
- Painting
- Personal and Family Life
- Photography
- Post Office
- Royalty
- Scenery
- Ski areas
- Ski jumping
- Ski racing
- Skiers
- Skiing
- Stoney Nakoda
- Trains
- Transportation
- Travel
- Weather
- Weddings
- Wildlife
- Winter
- Winter sports
- Geographic Access
- Banff
- Bow Lake
- Banff National Park
- Morley
- Calgary
- Alberta
- Vancouver
- Victoria
- British Columbia
- Concord
- Massachusetts
- Canada
- United States of America
- Language
- English
- Creator
- Robb Whyte, Catharine
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file.
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Letters to Mother [June - December 1949]
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions7471
- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to 66 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from June 28 to December 29, 1949. Topics include day to day life, Banff events, visits from friends, trips to Moraine Lake throughout the summer [they stayed at the Lodge], photography, painting, weather, e…
- Date Range
- 1949
- Reference Code
- M36 / I / A / 2b / i / 125
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Private record
1 image
1 Electronic Resource
- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M36 / V683 / S37
- Series
- I.A.2. Catharine Robb Whyte papers / photographs
- Sous-Fonds
- M36
- Accession Number
- .
- Reference Code
- M36 / I / A / 2b / i / 125
- GMD
- Private record
- Date Range
- 1949
- Physical Description
- 1.4 cm of textual records (98 pages ; 21.4 x 27.5 cm or smaller)
- History / Biographical
- See fonds level description.
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to 66 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from June 28 to December 29, 1949. Topics include day to day life, Banff events, visits from friends, trips to Moraine Lake throughout the summer [they stayed at the Lodge], photography, painting, weather, events and people in Concord, world news, radio programs, the Calgary Stampede, Banff Indian Days [Pete and Catharine managed the finances for Norman Luxton, who was organizing it that year], exhibiting their work at the Banff School of Fine Arts in August, day trips to Bow Lake, a track meet competition between the Banff and Canmore schools, Jimmy Simpson Jr getting married in October, installing a oil tanks for their house and for Annie White's house, Pete making pins and awards [models of skiers to be cast in bronze] for George Encil, working on the annual Christmas card, and various holiday activities.
- Notes
- Please note: language pertaining to Indigenous Peoples used throughout is outdated and may be offensive. Letters are mostly typed, some hand-written. Many typed letters have hand-written notes and post scripts added throughout. Some letters are marked with a small x in pencil, indicating where Jon Whyte made notes for use in his project "Catharine Robb Whyte, Peter Whyte: Commemorative Portfolio," originally published in 1981. 125-01 is an image, possibly part of a card, not noticeably attached to a letter. 125-60 - possible names written on page 02 in pencil, most likely by Edith Morse Robb.
- Name Access
- Whyte, Catharine
- Whyte, Peter
- Robb, Edith Morse
- Moore, Pearl
- Moore, Edmee
- Moore, Phil
- Campbell, Gray
- Campbell, Eleanor
- Simpson, Jimmy, Sr.
- Simpson, Billie
- Simpson, Jimmy, Jr.
- White, Annie
- Morant, Nicholas (Nick)
- Morant, Willie
- Whyte, Jon
- Luxton, Norman
- Twoyoungmen, Jacob
- McLean, George
- Jackson, A. Y.
- Encil, George
- LaCasse, Ulysses
- Subject Access
- Activities
- Animals
- Art
- Artists
- Banff
- Banff Centre
- Banff Indian Days
- Banff School of Fine Arts
- Banff Winter Carnival
- Birds
- Bird watching
- Birthday
- Businesses
- Camping
- Canadian Pacific Railway
- Children
- Christmas
- Community events
- Community life
- Correspondence
- Deer
- Family
- Family and personal life
- First Nations
- Funeral
- Home
- Hospital
- Indigenous Peoples
- Lake Louise
- Leisure
- Mountain
- Norquay Ski Hill
- Num-Ti-Jah Lodge
- Painting
- Personal and Family Life
- Photography
- Post Office
- Royalty
- Scenery
- Ski areas
- Ski jumping
- Ski racing
- Skiers
- Skiing
- Stoney Nakoda
- Trains
- Transportation
- Travel
- Weather
- Weddings
- Wildlife
- Winter
- Winter sports
- Geographic Access
- Banff
- Lake Louise
- Moraine Lake
- Bow Lake
- Banff National Park
- Morley
- Calgary
- Alberta
- Concord
- Massachusetts
- Canada
- United States of America
- Language
- English
- Creator
- Robb Whyte, Catharine
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
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Deer in the Woods, 1949
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- Date
- 1949
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- PhW.05.01
- Description
- Colour: white, brown. Lower half is snow. In the upper half are four tree trunks left of center behind which are two deer - one facing right and the other behind her and left, facing right but looking out. Along the upper edge of the picture are the lower sections of the trunks.
1 image
- Title
- Deer in the Woods, 1949
- Date
- 1949
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 26.4 x 37.2 cm
- Description
- Colour: white, brown. Lower half is snow. In the upper half are four tree trunks left of center behind which are two deer - one facing right and the other behind her and left, facing right but looking out. Along the upper edge of the picture are the lower sections of the trunks.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1969
- Catalogue Number
- PhW.05.01
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Pipestone Creek Facing Mount Temple
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactphw.05.05
- Date
- 1949
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- PhW.05.05
- Description
- Colour: green, purple. Across the bottom and up into the right of center area is a river. Rocks sit here and there across it. On each side shrubs and trees grow. In the background to the right side is a purple green hill and in the center behind is a snow capped mountain. The sky is cloudy with a b…
1 image
- Title
- Pipestone Creek Facing Mount Temple
- Date
- 1949
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 39.1 x 55.3 cm
- Description
- Colour: green, purple. Across the bottom and up into the right of center area is a river. Rocks sit here and there across it. On each side shrubs and trees grow. In the background to the right side is a purple green hill and in the center behind is a snow capped mountain. The sky is cloudy with a break upper cnter and in the upper right corner.
- Credit
- Gift of Louise Wilson, Banff, 1969
- Catalogue Number
- PhW.05.05
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Josiah or Joe Kaquitts (left) and Tom Kaquitts (Sûga Wakâ) (Dog God) (right) at ice palace, Banff Winter Carnival
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions49203
- Part Of
- Bill Gibbons fonds
- Scope & Content
- Item consists of Josiah or Joe Kaquitts (left) and Tom Kaquitts (Sûga Wakâ) (Dog God) (right) at the Banff Winter Carnival ice palace.
- Date Range
- 1949
- Reference Code
- V227 / 4417
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- GMD
- Photograph
- Negative
1 image
- Part Of
- Bill Gibbons fonds
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Fonds Number
- V227
- Sous-Fonds
- V227
- Accession Number
- n/a
- Reference Code
- V227 / 4417
- GMD
- Photograph
- Negative
- Date Range
- 1949
- Physical Description
- 1 Negative
- Scope & Content
- Item consists of Josiah or Joe Kaquitts (left) and Tom Kaquitts (Sûga Wakâ) (Dog God) (right) at the Banff Winter Carnival ice palace.
- Notes
- Note: Any descriptive information or identification of people has been provided by research done through the Recognizing Relations
- Name Access
- Gibbons, Bill
- Kaquitts, Josiah
- Kaquitts, Tom
- Subject Access
- Banff Winter Carnival
- First Nations
- Indigenous Peoples
- Stoney Nakoda
- Stoney
- Geographic Access
- Alberta
- Language
- English
- Related Material
- Recognizing Relations number: RR 294
- Creator
- Gibbons, Bill
- Title Source
- Stoney Nakoda Elders provided naming and other culturally relevant information during interviews held for Recognizing Relations, an archives initiative active from 2014-2023.
- The goal of this initiative was to name local Indigenous peoples in photographs held in the WMCR archives as well as encouraging access for Indigenous communities to these images.
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- Processed
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Jack Hayes Wedding. -- [1949]
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions2650
- Part Of
- Bill Gibbons fonds
- Scope & Content
- Sample retained as example.
- Date Range
- 1949
- Reference Code
- V227 / I. / 2014 to 2023
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Photograph
- Negative
1 image
- Part Of
- Bill Gibbons fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- V227
- Series
- I.A. Black and white series : Portraits and documentary views
- Sous-Fonds
- V227
- Reference Code
- V227 / I. / 2014 to 2023
- GMD
- Photograph
- Negative
- Date Range
- 1949
- Physical Description
- 10 negatives : 9.5 x 12 cm, 55 mm. sq.
- Scope & Content
- Sample retained as example.
- Access Restrictions
- Access by appointment only
- Processing Status
- Processed
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John Hunter, Large Head Studies . -- 1949
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions3337
- Part Of
- Bill Gibbons fonds
- Date Range
- 1949
- Reference Code
- V227 / I. / 4104 to 4107
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Photograph
- Negative
1 image
- Part Of
- Bill Gibbons fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- V227
- Series
- I.D. Black and white series : "T" series
- Sous-Fonds
- V227
- Reference Code
- V227 / I. / 4104 to 4107
- GMD
- Photograph
- Negative
- Date Range
- 1949
- Physical Description
- 4 negatives : 9.5 x 12 cm.
- Access Restrictions
- Access by appointment only
- Location (Copy)
- V227 / 4104
- Processing Status
- Processed
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- Date
- 1949
- Material
- grass; wood; paper
- Catalogue Number
- 108.04.0018
- Description
- Straw broom with "Happy Birthday Skip 1949" on handle. Long, corn bristles attached to sturdy wooden handle at neck with wire. Five rows of faded red stitching hold bristles flat and in place. Base of broom worn on diagonal with the bristles curling off to one side. Wide colourful paper label w…
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- Title
- Curling Broom
- Date
- 1949
- Material
- grass; wood; paper
- Dimensions
- 17.0 x 131.0 cm
- Description
- Straw broom with "Happy Birthday Skip 1949" on handle. Long, corn bristles attached to sturdy wooden handle at neck with wire. Five rows of faded red stitching hold bristles flat and in place. Base of broom worn on diagonal with the bristles curling off to one side. Wide colourful paper label with a metal band of maple leaves around the top indicates that it is a Keystone brand, Monarch curling broom, made in Canada. Written in ballpoint pen under the word 'Skip' is "Mrs. Dave White"
- Subject
- Whyte home
- activities
- sports
- curling
- Annie White
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 108.04.0018
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- Date
- 1949 – 1949
- Material
- silver; metal; enamel;
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.1284
- Description
- Small round silver dish with a decorative rim. Embedded into the dish is a small metal and enamel Rotary Club logo with “Banff 1949” engraved below it.
1 image
- Title
- Dish
- Date
- 1949 – 1949
- Material
- silver; metal; enamel;
- Dimensions
- 1.3 cm
- Description
- Small round silver dish with a decorative rim. Embedded into the dish is a small metal and enamel Rotary Club logo with “Banff 1949” engraved below it.
- Credit
- Gift of Robert Crosby Family, Banff, 1998
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.1284
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- Date
- 1949
- Medium
- watercolour on heavy paper
- Catalogue Number
- SiJ.05.32
- Description
- A Gift for You card To Catharine & Pete from Jim & Billie S 1949
1 image
- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1949
- Medium
- watercolour on heavy paper
- Dimensions
- 14.7 x 19.5 cm
- Description
- A Gift for You card To Catharine & Pete from Jim & Billie S 1949
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
- Catalogue Number
- SiJ.05.32
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Rundle, Winter
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactphw.04.39
- Date
- 1949
- Medium
- coloured woodcut on paper
- Catalogue Number
- PhW.04.39
- Description
- Landscape of Mount Rundle from the first Vermilion Lake. Dominant mauve, green colours. Signed W.J. Phillips brc. Was mailed in off-white A Happy Christmas card from the Phillips, print was glued at its top edge to inside of card. This print is #242 in R. Boulet Catalogue.
1 image
- Title
- Rundle, Winter
- Date
- 1949
- Medium
- coloured woodcut on paper
- Dimensions
- 15.5 x 19.7 cm
- Description
- Landscape of Mount Rundle from the first Vermilion Lake. Dominant mauve, green colours. Signed W.J. Phillips brc. Was mailed in off-white A Happy Christmas card from the Phillips, print was glued at its top edge to inside of card. This print is #242 in R. Boulet Catalogue.
- Subject
- landscape
- mountain
- Mount Rundle
- lake
- Vermilion Lakes
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- PhW.04.39
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- Date
- 1949
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- SiJ.05.12
- Description
- Mountains to the the left, a small hill mid-centre right with some rocks in the foreground hiding part of of a small blue lake. Clear blue sky.
1 image
- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1949
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 11.5 x 16.5 cm
- Description
- Mountains to the the left, a small hill mid-centre right with some rocks in the foreground hiding part of of a small blue lake. Clear blue sky.
- Subject
- landscape
- Canadian Rockies
- mountain
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- SiJ.05.12
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- Date
- 1949
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- SiJ.05.49
- Description
- Green meadow in the foreground, a few dark evergreens to the left, with brown trees above, darker trees meet the mountain and what appears to be a green ledge mid centre. A touch of blue lower mid third could be a stream, a stand of brown trees to the right meeting the mountains which are mostly wh…
1 image
- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1949
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 12.7 x 14.9 cm
- Description
- Green meadow in the foreground, a few dark evergreens to the left, with brown trees above, darker trees meet the mountain and what appears to be a green ledge mid centre. A touch of blue lower mid third could be a stream, a stand of brown trees to the right meeting the mountains which are mostly white, tinged with blue. A very light blue sky.
- Subject
- landscape
- Canadian Rockies
- mountain
- Credit
- Gift of Albert Roberge, Edmonton, 1993
- Catalogue Number
- SiJ.05.49
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Untitled [Native Man]
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactchg.03.01
- Date
- 1949
- Medium
- pastel on paper
- Catalogue Number
- ChG.03.01
- Description
- A portrait of an Indigenous man. His hair is grey and worn in two braids. He is wearing several strings of beads around his neck. His shirt or tunic is purple. A purple and orange checked blanket is wrapped around his shoulders. It is visible in both the bottom left corner and the bottom right…
1 image
- Title
- Untitled [Native Man]
- Date
- 1949
- Medium
- pastel on paper
- Description
- A portrait of an Indigenous man. His hair is grey and worn in two braids. He is wearing several strings of beads around his neck. His shirt or tunic is purple. A purple and orange checked blanket is wrapped around his shoulders. It is visible in both the bottom left corner and the bottom right corner. Behind his shoulder on the left, a tipi is visible. Smoke is coming out of the top of it. Brown, craggy mountains are visible across the horizon. The sky moves up from yellow to green to blue. Clouds at the top of the image are orange.
- Subject
- portrait
- male
- Indigenous
- Credit
- Gift of Doris Gammon, Banff, 2000
- Catalogue Number
- ChG.03.01
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Chief John Hunter
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactchg.03.02
- Date
- 1949
- Medium
- pastel on paper
- Catalogue Number
- ChG.03.02
- Description
- Portrait of Chief John Hunter, facing toward the right of the image. His hair is black and in two braids. Wisps of hair are loose and blowing in the wind. His face is wrinked, particularly around his mouth. His coat is white and he is wearing orange and green scarves. In the bottom right corne…
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- Title
- Chief John Hunter
- Date
- 1949
- Medium
- pastel on paper
- Description
- Portrait of Chief John Hunter, facing toward the right of the image. His hair is black and in two braids. Wisps of hair are loose and blowing in the wind. His face is wrinked, particularly around his mouth. His coat is white and he is wearing orange and green scarves. In the bottom right corner, trees are visible. Above them are loosely drawn mountains. The sky is green (light and dark) and mauve.
- Subject
- portrait
- male
- Chief John Hunter
- Credit
- Gift of Doris Gammon, Banff, 2000
- Catalogue Number
- ChG.03.02
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- Date
- 1949
- Material
- fabric; paint
- Catalogue Number
- 103.09.1228
- Description
- A Banff High School gold sew-on felt patch with black arced stencilled lettering “LABOR OMNIA VINCIT” (1.0x.50w cm) on the top part of the patch surrounded by a black arced outline on the gold background. Underneath this are black arced simulated mountains, underneath that are the stencilled black …
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- Title
- School Patch
- Date
- 1949
- Material
- fabric; paint
- Dimensions
- 9.50 x 9.50 cm
- Description
- A Banff High School gold sew-on felt patch with black arced stencilled lettering “LABOR OMNIA VINCIT” (1.0x.50w cm) on the top part of the patch surrounded by a black arced outline on the gold background. Underneath this are black arced simulated mountains, underneath that are the stencilled black letters “KNOWLEDGE” (.50x.25w cm), and underneath that another black arced line. The bottom of the patch is a black shield shape with gold lettering “BS” (2.0x1.3w cm) superimposed with a larger size “H” (3.3x1.60w cm).
- Credit
- Gift of Catherine Fuller, 2009
- Catalogue Number
- 103.09.1228
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Logs and Mountain on Ellesmere Island
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactlae.05.22
- Date
- 1949
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- LaE.05.22
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- Title
- Logs and Mountain on Ellesmere Island
- Date
- 1949
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 30.3 x 45.4 cm
- Subject
- landscape
- mountains
- water
- Ernest Lamarque
- Credit
- Gift of Ernest Lamarque (Estate), 1971
- Catalogue Number
- LaE.05.22
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Ruins at Bankhead
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactgyh.03.38
- Date
- 1949
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- GyH.03.38
- Description
- Mountain peaks on left and right top of work. Suggestion of a building or dam dominates the centre of the work. On back: “Ruins at Bankhead, August 1949.”
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- Title
- Ruins at Bankhead
- Date
- 1949
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Description
- Mountain peaks on left and right top of work. Suggestion of a building or dam dominates the centre of the work. On back: “Ruins at Bankhead, August 1949.”
- Credit
- Gift of Henry George Glyde, Victoria, 1997
- Catalogue Number
- GyH.03.38
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- Date
- 1949
- Medium
- graphite; ink on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.237
- Description
- Sketch and well-rendered versions of a Peter and Catharine Christmas card. The left is a rough colour sketch of a woman skiing down a hill meeting a man at the bottom with a camera. Hill is scattered with skiers that have fallen. A house or cabin peeks over the hill to the right in the background…
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1949
- Medium
- graphite; ink on paper
- Dimensions
- 23.5 x 30.5 cm
- Description
- Sketch and well-rendered versions of a Peter and Catharine Christmas card. The left is a rough colour sketch of a woman skiing down a hill meeting a man at the bottom with a camera. Hill is scattered with skiers that have fallen. A house or cabin peeks over the hill to the right in the background. The woman leaves a curving line in the snow down the hill. The right side is a more final version in ink with more details. “Greetings 1949” printed in BRC.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.237
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