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Purse

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Date: 1950 – 1960

Material: hair, sheep

Catalogue Number: 103.08.0062

Description: A rectangular, flat, red wool bag with pink, orange, yellow, green and white narrow stripes between three vertical red and white patterned bands. The purse has a green tassel at each of the bottom corners and a pink tassel at the middle of each side and the bottom.

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Title: Purse

Date: 1950 – 1960

Material: hair, sheep

Dimensions: 15.0 x 19.5 cm

Description: A rectangular, flat, red wool bag with pink, orange, yellow, green and white narrow stripes between three vertical red and white patterned bands. The purse has a green tassel at each of the bottom corners and a pink tassel at the middle of each side and the bottom.

Subject: households; crafts; weaving; needlework

Credit: Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: 103.08.0062

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Molar Pass

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Artist: Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)

Date: 1954

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: LaC.05.10

Description: General colour: blue, grey. Rocks go along the bottom edge and out from the left in big boulders. These mark the edge of a pool of water. A piece of land with boulders comes out from the right one third up. Behind are blue mountains partly hidden by enveloping clouds.

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Artist: Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)

Title: Molar Pass

Date: 1954

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 26.5 x 38.0 cm

Description: General colour: blue, grey. Rocks go along the bottom edge and out from the left in big boulders. These mark the edge of a pool of water. A piece of land with boulders comes out from the right one third up. Behind are blue mountains partly hidden by enveloping clouds.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies

Credit: Gift of Peter and Judith Jekill, Calgary, 1973

Catalogue Number: LaC.05.10

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Japanese Sketchbook

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Part Of: Alpine Club of Canada fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of a sketchbook containing Japanese writing, hand-drawn maps, and illustrations. Many of the illustrations are done in either watercolour paint or crayon.

Date Range: [ca. 1950-1960]

Reference Code: M200 / AC 093M / 2

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Scrapbook; Painting

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Part Of: Alpine Club of Canada fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M200 / S6 / V14

Series: I.A.1.b. Administration: general

Sous-Fonds: AC 093M

Accession Number: .

Reference Code: M200 / AC 093M / 2

GMD: Scrapbook; Painting

Date Range: [ca. 1950-1960]

Physical Description: 0.5 cm of textual records (30 pages ; 37.5 x 28.5 cm)

History / Biographical: See fonds level description.

Scope & Content: File consists of a sketchbook containing Japanese writing, hand-drawn maps, and illustrations. Many of the illustrations are done in either watercolour paint or crayon.

Name Access: Alpine Club of Canada

Subject Access: Art; Arts and crafts; Backpacking; Calligraphy; Climbing; Club; Environment and Nature; Painting; Map; Mountaineering; Mountaineers

Language: Japanese

Title Source: Title based on material

Processing Status: Processed

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Kananaskis Lakes

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Artist: Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)

Date: 1950 – 1955

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.404

Description: A blue lake is centre foreground surrounded by mountains. Evergreen trees in both right and left foreground. Cloudy sky.

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Artist: Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)

Title: Kananaskis Lakes

Date: 1950 – 1955

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 12.7 x 17.7 cm

Description: A blue lake is centre foreground surrounded by mountains. Evergreen trees in both right and left foreground. Cloudy sky.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; mountain; lake; forest

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.404

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Untitled

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Artist: Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)

Date: prior to 1979

Medium: waterc olour on paper

Catalogue Number: WyC.05.01

Description: Located in the top right corner of the paper there is a pink flower. This flower has been painted using different shades of pink for highlights and darker shades in the shadow areas. Some violet has been used at the base of the flower. In the lower left corner are two more flowers with heavy outli…

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Artist: Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)

Title: Untitled

Date: prior to 1979

Medium: waterc olour on paper

Dimensions: 27.8 x 21.5 cm

Description: Located in the top right corner of the paper there is a pink flower. This flower has been painted using different shades of pink for highlights and darker shades in the shadow areas. Some violet has been used at the base of the flower. In the lower left corner are two more flowers with heavy outlines made from a graphite pencil. These flowers are also pink. They have green and yellow stems and centers. The remainder of the paper is blank.

Subject: botanical; flowers

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: WyC.05.01

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Untitled

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Artist: Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)

Date: prior to 1979

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: WyC.05.02

Description: Along the top edge of the paper is a green leaf with three stems that have purple and pink flowers at the ends. The flowers are hanging down toward the bottom of the paper. Located in the tlc is a pink and yellow flower facing the left edge of the paper. In the middle and positioned a bit to the ri…

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Artist: Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)

Title: Untitled

Date: prior to 1979

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 21.5 x 27.6 cm

Description: Along the top edge of the paper is a green leaf with three stems that have purple and pink flowers at the ends. The flowers are hanging down toward the bottom of the paper. Located in the tlc is a pink and yellow flower facing the left edge of the paper. In the middle and positioned a bit to the right there is another flower light green/brown, pink and yellow in colour with a medium to dark blue center. A small square shape has been drawn with graphite at the center left of the paper. The remainder of the paper is blank.

Subject: botanical; flowers

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: WyC.05.02

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Crowfoot Glacier, Bow Lake

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1954

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.424

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Crowfoot Glacier, Bow Lake

Date: 1954

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 25.1 x 30.2 cm

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; mountain; lake; glacier

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.424

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Corral, Bow Lake

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1950 – 1960

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.452

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Corral, Bow Lake

Date: 1950 – 1960

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 27.5 x 35.2 cm

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; mountain; camp

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.452

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Peyto Lake

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1950 – 1960

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.484

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Peyto Lake

Date: 1950 – 1960

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 27.3 x 35.0 cm

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; mountain; lake

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.484

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Crowfoot Glacier, Bow Lake

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1950 – 1960

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.514

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Crowfoot Glacier, Bow Lake

Date: 1950 – 1960

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 27.5 x 35.4 cm

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; mountain; lake; glacier

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.514

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Indian Days

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1950 – 1960

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.551

Description: Three decorated tepees stand in a row, blue mountains in the background, green grass in foreground. People in various colours of dress are sitting around the teepees.

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Indian Days

Date: 1950 – 1960

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 30.3 x 40.1 cm

Description: Three decorated tepees stand in a row, blue mountains in the background, green grass in foreground. People in various colours of dress are sitting around the teepees.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; mountain; teepee; Indian Days; figure; group

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.551

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Sketch for Horse

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1950 – 1960

Medium: graphite on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.554

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Sketch for Horse

Date: 1950 – 1960

Medium: graphite on canvas

Dimensions: 12.5 x 17.5 cm

Subject: animal; horse

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.554

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Sketch for Going to the Sundance

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1953 – 1957

Medium: oil on masonite

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.563

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Sketch for Going to the Sundance

Date: 1953 – 1957

Medium: oil on masonite

Dimensions: 30.5 x 61.0 cm

Subject: landscape; activity; wagon train; animal; horse; figure; group

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.563

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Sundance Camp

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1950 – 1957

Medium: oil on masonite

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.564

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Sundance Camp

Date: 1950 – 1957

Medium: oil on masonite

Dimensions: 25.5 x 71.1 cm

Subject: landscape; camp; teepee; religious; Sundance

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.564

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Making Camp

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1950 – 1957

Medium: oil on masonite

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.565

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Making Camp

Date: 1950 – 1957

Medium: oil on masonite

Dimensions: 28.5 x 69.0 cm

Subject: landscape; activity; camp; figure; group

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.565

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Camp at Dusk

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1950 – 1957

Medium: oil on masonite

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.566

Description: A sketch or unfinished painting of a ring of nine teepees. The teepee in the foreground, viewer’s right, is the largest, has inside firelight and shadows visible. The teepee, in the foreground, viewer’s left, is partially visible, with shadows and light from within visible. There are two figures in…

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Camp at Dusk

Date: 1950 – 1957

Medium: oil on masonite

Dimensions: 27.0 x 71.0 cm

Description: A sketch or unfinished painting of a ring of nine teepees. The teepee in the foreground, viewer’s right, is the largest, has inside firelight and shadows visible. The teepee, in the foreground, viewer’s left, is partially visible, with shadows and light from within visible. There are two figures in the foreground, one in red, and one in blue and yellow and suggestions of others in the background. There is a low blue sky dusk descending overhead.