Search Results - Research Collections - Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies

Moraine Lake

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions53154

Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Scope & Content: Image of Moraine Lake and the Valley of the Ten Peaks with two unidentified people on the shore at right

Date Range: [ca. 1885-1945]

Reference Code: V683 / III / A / 15 / PA - 718

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph; Postcard

2 images

Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: M36 / V683 / S37

Series: V683 / III / A / 15 : Peter and Catharine Whyte: Collected Photographs

Sous-Fonds: V683

Accession Number: .

Reference Code: V683 / III / A / 15 / PA - 718

GMD: Photograph; Postcard

Date Range: [ca. 1885-1945]

Physical Description: Photograph: 1 print (front and back) ; b&w.

Scope & Content: Image of Moraine Lake and the Valley of the Ten Peaks with two unidentified people on the shore at right

Subject Access: Mountains

Geographic Access: Banff National Park

Language: English

Title Source: Title based on item

Processing Status: Processed

Images

This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and potentially offensive content. Read more.

Dryas Octohetala[?] on Eagle Mountain

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions53155

Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Scope & Content: Image of a Dryas Octohetala[?] posed on Eagle Mountain with Temple Mountain visible in the background

Date Range: [ca. 1885-1945]

Reference Code: V683 / III / A / 15 / PA - 719

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph; Postcard

2 images

Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: M36 / V683 / S37

Series: V683 / III / A / 15 : Peter and Catharine Whyte: Collected Photographs

Sous-Fonds: V683

Accession Number: .

Reference Code: V683 / III / A / 15 / PA - 719

GMD: Photograph; Postcard

Date Range: [ca. 1885-1945]

Physical Description: Photograph: 1 print (front and back) ; b&w.

Scope & Content: Image of a Dryas Octohetala[?] posed on Eagle Mountain with Temple Mountain visible in the background

Subject Access: Eagle Mountain; Mountains; Temple Mountain

Geographic Access: Banff National Park

Language: English

Title Source: Title based on item

Processing Status: Processed

Images

This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and potentially offensive content. Read more.

Baker Lake from Deception Mountain

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions53156

Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Scope & Content: Image of an unidentified person posed on a cliff on Mt. Deception with Baker Lake in the distance

Date Range: [ca. 1885-1945]

Reference Code: V683 / III / A / 15 / PA - 720

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph; Postcard

2 images

Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: M36 / V683 / S37

Series: V683 / III / A / 15 : Peter and Catharine Whyte: Collected Photographs

Sous-Fonds: V683

Accession Number: .

Reference Code: V683 / III / A / 15 / PA - 720

GMD: Photograph; Postcard

Date Range: [ca. 1885-1945]

Physical Description: Photograph: 1 print (front and back) ; b&w.

Scope & Content: Image of an unidentified person posed on a cliff on Mt. Deception with Baker Lake in the distance

Subject Access: Baker Lake; Mountains; Mt. Deception

Geographic Access: Banff National Park

Language: English

Title Source: Title based on item

Processing Status: Processed

Images

This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and potentially offensive content. Read more.

Douglas Glacier

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions53157

Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Scope & Content: Image of an unidentified woman posed on a boulder in front of Douglas Glacier

Date Range: [ca. 1885-1945]

Reference Code: V683 / III / A / 15 / PA - 721

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph; Postcard

2 images

Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: M36 / V683 / S37

Series: V683 / III / A / 15 : Peter and Catharine Whyte: Collected Photographs

Sous-Fonds: V683

Accession Number: .

Reference Code: V683 / III / A / 15 / PA - 721

GMD: Photograph; Postcard

Date Range: [ca. 1885-1945]

Physical Description: Photograph: 1 print (front and back) ; b&w.

Scope & Content: Image of an unidentified woman posed on a boulder in front of Douglas Glacier

Subject Access: Glaciers; Mountains; Mount Logan; Portrait; Women

Geographic Access: Washington; United States of America

Language: English

Title Source: Title based on item

Processing Status: Processed

Images

This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and potentially offensive content. Read more.

Chipmunk

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions53158

Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Scope & Content: Image of a chipmunk on a rock

Date Range: [ca. 1885-1945]

Reference Code: V683 / III / A / 15 / PA - 722

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph; Postcard

2 images

Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: M36 / V683 / S37

Series: V683 / III / A / 15 : Peter and Catharine Whyte: Collected Photographs

Sous-Fonds: V683

Accession Number: .

Reference Code: V683 / III / A / 15 / PA - 722

GMD: Photograph; Postcard

Date Range: [ca. 1885-1945]

Physical Description: Photograph: 1 print (front and back) ; b&w.

Scope & Content: Image of a chipmunk on a rock

Subject Access: Animals; Chipmunk; Wildlife

Language: English

Title Source: Title based on item

Processing Status: Processed

Images

This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and potentially offensive content. Read more.

Marmot

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions53159

Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Scope & Content: Image of a marmot on a rock

Date Range: [ca. 1885-1945]

Reference Code: V683 / III / A / 15 / PA - 723

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph; Postcard

2 images

Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: M36 / V683 / S37

Series: V683 / III / A / 15 : Peter and Catharine Whyte: Collected Photographs

Sous-Fonds: V683

Accession Number: .

Reference Code: V683 / III / A / 15 / PA - 723

GMD: Photograph; Postcard

Date Range: [ca. 1885-1945]

Physical Description: Photograph: 1 print (front and back) ; b&w.

Scope & Content: Image of a marmot on a rock

Subject Access: Animals; Marmot; Wildlife

Language: English

Title Source: Title based on item

Processing Status: Processed

Images

This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and potentially offensive content. Read more.

Ptarmigan Mountain and creek

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions53160

Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Scope & Content: Image of Ptarmigan Mountain and Ptarmigan creek with a waterfall

Date Range: [ca. 1885-1945]

Reference Code: V683 / III / A / 15 / PA - 724

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph; Postcard

2 images

Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: M36 / V683 / S37

Series: V683 / III / A / 15 : Peter and Catharine Whyte: Collected Photographs

Sous-Fonds: V683

Accession Number: .

Reference Code: V683 / III / A / 15 / PA - 724

GMD: Photograph; Postcard

Date Range: [ca. 1885-1945]

Physical Description: Photograph: 1 print (front and back) ; b&w.

Scope & Content: Image of Ptarmigan Mountain and Ptarmigan creek with a waterfall

Subject Access: Mountains; Rivers; Waterfalls

Geographic Access: Banff National Park

Language: English

Title Source: Title based on item

Processing Status: Processed

Images

This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and potentially offensive content. Read more.

Mount Temple and Victoria Range from Temple Lodge

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions53161

Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Scope & Content: Image of Temple Mountain and the Victoria Range from across a tree-covered valley

Date Range: [ca. 1885-1945]

Reference Code: V683 / III / A / 15 / PA - 725

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph; Postcard

2 images

Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: M36 / V683 / S37

Series: V683 / III / A / 15 : Peter and Catharine Whyte: Collected Photographs

Sous-Fonds: V683

Accession Number: .

Reference Code: V683 / III / A / 15 / PA - 725

GMD: Photograph; Postcard

Date Range: [ca. 1885-1945]

Physical Description: Photograph: 1 print (front and back) ; b&w.

Scope & Content: Image of Temple Mountain and the Victoria Range from across a tree-covered valley

Subject Access: Mountains; Temple Mountain; Victoria Range

Geographic Access: Banff National Park

Language: English

Title Source: Title based on item

Processing Status: Processed

Images

This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and potentially offensive content. Read more.

Ptarmigan Mountain from Baker Lake

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions53162

Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Scope & Content: Image of an unidentified woman on horseback with Ptarmigan Mountain in the background

Date Range: [ca. 1885-1945]

Reference Code: V683 / III / A / 15 / PA - 726

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph; Postcard

2 images

Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: M36 / V683 / S37

Series: V683 / III / A / 15 : Peter and Catharine Whyte: Collected Photographs

Sous-Fonds: V683

Accession Number: .

Reference Code: V683 / III / A / 15 / PA - 726

GMD: Photograph; Postcard

Date Range: [ca. 1885-1945]

Physical Description: Photograph: 1 print (front and back) ; b&w.

Scope & Content: Image of an unidentified woman on horseback with Ptarmigan Mountain in the background

Subject Access: Baker Lake; Horses; Mountains; Portrait; Ptarmigan Mountain; Women

Geographic Access: Banff National Park

Language: English

Title Source: Title based on item

Processing Status: Processed

Images

This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and potentially offensive content. Read more.

Unidentified woman near top of Ptarmigan Glacier

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions53163

Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Scope & Content: Image of an unidentified woman holding a pickaxe standing on Ptarmigan Glacier with mountains in the background

Date Range: [ca. 1885-1945]

Reference Code: V683 / III / A / 15 / PA - 727

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph; Postcard

2 images

Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: M36 / V683 / S37

Series: V683 / III / A / 15 : Peter and Catharine Whyte: Collected Photographs

Sous-Fonds: V683

Accession Number: .

Reference Code: V683 / III / A / 15 / PA - 727

GMD: Photograph; Postcard

Date Range: [ca. 1885-1945]

Physical Description: Photograph: 1 print (front and back) ; b&w.

Scope & Content: Image of an unidentified woman holding a pickaxe standing on Ptarmigan Glacier with mountains in the background

Subject Access: Glaciers; Mountains; Mountaineers; Mountaineering; Portrait; Women

Geographic Access: Banff National Park

Language: English

Title Source: Title based on item

Processing Status: Processed

Images

This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and potentially offensive content. Read more.

Redoubt Mountain

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions53164

Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Scope & Content: Image of Redoubt Mountain with Redoubt Lake and Ptarmigan Lake

Date Range: [ca. 1885-1945]

Reference Code: V683 / III / A / 15 / PA - 728

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph; Postcard

2 images

Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: M36 / V683 / S37

Series: V683 / III / A / 15 : Peter and Catharine Whyte: Collected Photographs

Sous-Fonds: V683

Accession Number: .

Reference Code: V683 / III / A / 15 / PA - 728

GMD: Photograph; Postcard

Date Range: [ca. 1885-1945]

Physical Description: Photograph: 1 print (front and back) ; b&w.

Scope & Content: Image of Redoubt Mountain with Redoubt Lake and Ptarmigan Lake

Subject Access: Mountains

Geographic Access: Banff National Park

Language: English

Title Source: Title based on item

Processing Status: Processed

Images

This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and potentially offensive content. Read more.

Ptarmigan Peak

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions53165

Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Scope & Content: Image of Ptarmigan Peak with mountain ranges in the background

Date Range: [ca. 1885-1945]

Reference Code: V683 / III / A / 15 / PA - 729

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph; Postcard

2 images

Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: M36 / V683 / S37

Series: V683 / III / A / 15 : Peter and Catharine Whyte: Collected Photographs

Sous-Fonds: V683

Accession Number: .

Reference Code: V683 / III / A / 15 / PA - 729

GMD: Photograph; Postcard

Date Range: [ca. 1885-1945]

Physical Description: Photograph: 1 print (front and back) ; b&w.

Scope & Content: Image of Ptarmigan Peak with mountain ranges in the background

Subject Access: Mountains

Geographic Access: Banff National Park

Language: English

Title Source: Title based on item

Processing Status: Processed

Images

This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and potentially offensive content. Read more.

Temple Mountain

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions53166

Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Scope & Content: Image of Temple Mountain from Saddleback

Date Range: [ca. 1885-1945]

Reference Code: V683 / III / A / 15 / PA - 730

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph; Postcard

2 images

Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: M36 / V683 / S37

Series: V683 / III / A / 15 : Peter and Catharine Whyte: Collected Photographs

Sous-Fonds: V683

Accession Number: .

Reference Code: V683 / III / A / 15 / PA - 730

GMD: Photograph; Postcard

Date Range: [ca. 1885-1945]

Physical Description: Photograph: 1 print (front and back) ; b&w.

Scope & Content: Image of Temple Mountain from Saddleback

Subject Access: Glaciers; Mountains

Geographic Access: Banff National Park

Language: English

Title Source: Title based on item

Processing Status: Processed

Images

This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and potentially offensive content. Read more.

Ptarmigan Peak

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions53167

Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Scope & Content: Image of Ptarmigan Peak from the Mount Temple Lodge

Date Range: [ca. 1885-1945]

Reference Code: V683 / III / A / 15 / PA - 731

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph; Postcard

2 images

Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: M36 / V683 / S37

Series: V683 / III / A / 15 : Peter and Catharine Whyte: Collected Photographs

Sous-Fonds: V683

Accession Number: .

Reference Code: V683 / III / A / 15 / PA - 731

GMD: Photograph; Postcard

Date Range: [ca. 1885-1945]

Physical Description: Photograph: 1 print (front and back) ; b&w.

Scope & Content: Image of Ptarmigan Peak from the Mount Temple Lodge

Subject Access: Mountains

Geographic Access: Banff National Park

Language: English

Title Source: Title based on item

Processing Status: Processed

Images

This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and potentially offensive content. Read more.

Group of men

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions53255

Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Scope & Content: Image of a group of seven men sitting on the steps of a wood building - Catharine Whyte has identified some on the back in pencil: "back Alf Capel upper left [/] Tom Grant upper right [/] lower right f. Fred Grant

Date Range: ca.1880 to ca.1935

Reference Code: V683 / III / A / 15 / PA - 822

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph; Postcard

2 images

Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: M36 / V683 / S37

Series: V683 / III / A / 15 : Peter and Catharine Whyte: Collected Photographs

Sous-Fonds: V683

Accession Number: .

Reference Code: V683 / III / A / 15 / PA - 822

GMD: Photograph; Postcard

Date Range: ca.1880 to ca.1935

Physical Description: Photograph: 1 print (front and back) ; b&w.

Scope & Content: Image of a group of seven men sitting on the steps of a wood building - Catharine Whyte has identified some on the back in pencil: "back Alf Capel upper left [/] Tom Grant upper right [/] lower right f. Fred Grant

Name Access: Grant, Fred; Grant, Tom; Capel, Alf

Subject Access: Buildings; Portrait

Language: English

Title Source: Title based on item

Processing Status: Processed

Images

This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and potentially offensive content. Read more.

A Little Ditty Bird

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactcoj.03.023

Artist: Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)

Date: c. 1895

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: CoJ.03.023

Description: Drawing of a designed goblet standing fully in the center of the page. The area surrounding the goblet has been completely shaded in. The drawing au verso is a nose, ear, and hand study.“The dark background with the still darker goblet allowed Collings to achieve bright metallic-like highlights on …

1 image

Artist: Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)

Title: A Little Ditty Bird

Date: c. 1895

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 19 x 12.5 cm

Description: Drawing of a designed goblet standing fully in the center of the page. The area surrounding the goblet has been completely shaded in. The drawing au verso is a nose, ear, and hand study.“The dark background with the still darker goblet allowed Collings to achieve bright metallic-like highlights on the embossed goblet. Barely visible, a tiny, whimsical “Ditty” bird peaks over the lip of the cup.” -- “Charles John Collings, 1848-1931” Catalogue Raisonne by Linda Heath

Subject: landscape

Credit: Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1984

Catalogue Number: CoJ.03.023

Images

This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and potentially offensive content. Read more.

Melora

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactcoj.03.097

Artist: Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)

Date: c. 1890

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: CoJ.03.097

Description: Profile portrait of the bust of a woman with her head gazing downwards.“The woman’s head is bowed as though she is preoccupied with something in front of her; perhaps it is the artist’s wife, Mellora, playing the piano. The woman’s eyes and mouth, and tendrils of hair at the nape are treated sensit…

1 image

Artist: Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)

Title: Melora

Date: c. 1890

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 25 x 18 cm

Description: Profile portrait of the bust of a woman with her head gazing downwards.“The woman’s head is bowed as though she is preoccupied with something in front of her; perhaps it is the artist’s wife, Mellora, playing the piano. The woman’s eyes and mouth, and tendrils of hair at the nape are treated sensitively while flowers in the background underscore her femininity.” -- “Charles John Collings, 1848-1931” Catalogue Raisonne by Linda Heath

Subject: portrait; Mellora Collings

Credit: Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1984

Catalogue Number: CoJ.03.097

Images

This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and potentially offensive content. Read more.

Rusty Disk

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactcoj.03.071

Artist: Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)

Date: c. 1885

Medium: graphite on paper board

Catalogue Number: CoJ.03.071

Description: Drawing of a farming disc, the first few discs are show as the disappear into the piece, and the seat sits high up on the piece.“An unlikely combination of practical entrepreneur and preoccupied artist, Collings was involved with farm machinery sales between 1882 and 1888 in England. A writer who i…

1 image

Artist: Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)

Title: Rusty Disk

Date: c. 1885

Medium: graphite on paper board

Dimensions: 25 x 30 cm

Description: Drawing of a farming disc, the first few discs are show as the disappear into the piece, and the seat sits high up on the piece.“An unlikely combination of practical entrepreneur and preoccupied artist, Collings was involved with farm machinery sales between 1882 and 1888 in England. A writer who interviewed the artist in 1924 had the impression that Collings envisaged farm equipment as means for creating an enormous painting-like but three-dimensional “landscape.” -- “Charles John Collings, 1848-1931” Catalogue Raisonne by Linda Heath