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Banff Springs Hotel, Rocky Mountains 1887
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- Artist
- C. Firth
- Date
- 1887
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- FiC.05.01
- Description
- Scene showing Banff springs hotel at right perched on a hillside. In the background the Bow River winds through a valley between Tunnel Mountain and Mt. Roundly. More mountains in distance. Trees in foreground. My. Roundly is hazy, almost unfinished in appearance.
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- Artist
- C. Firth
- Title
- Banff Springs Hotel, Rocky Mountains 1887
- Date
- 1887
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 12.0 x 16.0 cm
- Description
- Scene showing Banff springs hotel at right perched on a hillside. In the background the Bow River winds through a valley between Tunnel Mountain and Mt. Roundly. More mountains in distance. Trees in foreground. My. Roundly is hazy, almost unfinished in appearance.
- Credit
- Gift of Dorothy and Jim McLeod, Calgary, 2021
- Catalogue Number
- FiC.05.01
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Bow River NWT, 1887
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- Artist
- C. Firth
- Date
- 1887
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- FiC.05.02
- Description
- Large river [The Bow River] with snow-capped mountains at back and stands of conifers on the banks. River winds from left foreground into right background. Stand of trees at right foreground.
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- Artist
- C. Firth
- Title
- Bow River NWT, 1887
- Date
- 1887
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 12.0 x 16.0 cm
- Description
- Large river [The Bow River] with snow-capped mountains at back and stands of conifers on the banks. River winds from left foreground into right background. Stand of trees at right foreground.
- Credit
- Gift of Dorothy and Jim McLeod, Calgary, 2021
- Catalogue Number
- FiC.05.02
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Part of Old Banff
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- Artist
- D. Clark
- Date
- 1888
- Medium
- watercolour on heavy paper
- Catalogue Number
- CiD.05.01
- Description
- The oldest known painting of the Banff townsite. It shows Stoney Squaw to the left, Cascade to the right with Brewster in background. A false fronted building in left foreground has Groceries, dry goods, L.C. Fulmer written on front, bigger building to the right foreground Banff Hotel, Keefe, ????.…
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- Artist
- D. Clark
- Title
- Part of Old Banff
- Date
- 1888
- Medium
- watercolour on heavy paper
- Dimensions
- 21 x 35.5 cm
- Description
- The oldest known painting of the Banff townsite. It shows Stoney Squaw to the left, Cascade to the right with Brewster in background. A false fronted building in left foreground has Groceries, dry goods, L.C. Fulmer written on front, bigger building to the right foreground Banff Hotel, Keefe, ????. A log structure to centre left, a small red building centre right, five trees in centre, numerous stumps. The grass and trees are green. Along the bottom of the picture is inscribed: Part of original Banff Siding 29? 1888 Cascade Mtn 8K - D Clark, Agent CPR.Siding 29 was established in 1883 at the base of Cascade Mtn. The CPR moved the station to its current Banff location in 1889 and by 1897 all the residents of the old town had moved to the new town of Banff. Eleanor Luxton, Banff Canada’s First National Park... pg. 68
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1974
- Catalogue Number
- CiD.05.01
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- Date
- 1913 – 1921
- Medium
- graphite; watercolour on paper; board; canvas
- Catalogue Number
- DmN.09.03
- Description
- Rectangular, tan coloured canvas sketchbook. Has metal button embedded in back cover 3cm from width’s edge and 5cm from height’s edges. Various sketches of landscapes and animals, 2 watercolours of Bow Valley and blankets. Some written notes.
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1913 – 1921
- Medium
- graphite; watercolour on paper; board; canvas
- Dimensions
- 10 x 15.5 cm
- Description
- Rectangular, tan coloured canvas sketchbook. Has metal button embedded in back cover 3cm from width’s edge and 5cm from height’s edges. Various sketches of landscapes and animals, 2 watercolours of Bow Valley and blankets. Some written notes.
- Subject
- animal, landscape
- Banff
- Bow Valley
- Credit
- Gift of Marilyn Jones, Cochrane, 2015
- Catalogue Number
- DmN.09.03
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- Date
- 1916
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.228
- Description
- Drawing of car with 5 figures, all sitting in car. In front of the car is a sign that reads “To Spokane” and the back end of a horse. Figures are labeled “J.Walker” “C.Walker” “C.Whyte” “D.W.” “R.Holmes”. “Banff” written on back part of car behind figures. Figures may be “Jackie White”, “Cliff Whit…
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1916
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 20 x 25.5 cm
- Description
- Drawing of car with 5 figures, all sitting in car. In front of the car is a sign that reads “To Spokane” and the back end of a horse. Figures are labeled “J.Walker” “C.Walker” “C.Whyte” “D.W.” “R.Holmes”. “Banff” written on back part of car behind figures. Figures may be “Jackie White”, “Cliff White”, “Reggie Holmes”, “Charlie Walker”, and “Jim Walker”.This drawing is on a piece of foolscap (lined paper).
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.228
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- Date
- 1917 – 1939
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.651
- Description
- A handmade, unfinished card with a drawing of a haughtily-dressed man striding to the viewer’s right. He wears a jacket with coattails, checkered pants, and a hat with a turned-up brim. He carries a walking stick and wears glasses.On verso (back of folded card) a pencil sketch of what appears to b…
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1917 – 1939
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 12.1 x 9.9 cm
- Description
- A handmade, unfinished card with a drawing of a haughtily-dressed man striding to the viewer’s right. He wears a jacket with coattails, checkered pants, and a hat with a turned-up brim. He carries a walking stick and wears glasses.On verso (back of folded card) a pencil sketch of what appears to be a guide for the drawing on the front. Lines mirror the general shape of the drawing of the man.Inside the card, and oriented in the opposite direction from the drawing, is the following inscription in cursive:Dear Mark -I received your letter and I am glad to hear you are making those moccasins for me. I am away from Banff at present and I want yo to send [...]
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.651
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- Date
- 1916 – 1966
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.751
- Description
- A quick sketch - has a cartoon quality to it - of performers doing their act on stage, with a orchestra playing music in the orchestra pit. Above the performers there are three small drawings referencing activities to do in Banff: near the TLC of drawing is one about the theatre “LUX THEATRE”, in t…
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1916 – 1966
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 21.0 x 23.3 cm
- Description
- A quick sketch - has a cartoon quality to it - of performers doing their act on stage, with a orchestra playing music in the orchestra pit. Above the performers there are three small drawings referencing activities to do in Banff: near the TLC of drawing is one about the theatre “LUX THEATRE”, in the middle near the top edge of drawing a boat with people “TO ENJOY BANFF GO ON THE RIVER,” and near the TRC of the drawing a vehicle “BREWSTER TRANSPORT.”
- Subject
- Lux theatre
- Banff
- Bow River
- Brewster Transport
- dancing
- ballerina
- acrobatics
- comedy
- actors
- acting
- music
- orchestra
- orchestra pit
- boat
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.751
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First Shack at Cave + Basin
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- Date
- 1910 – 1925
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.835
- Description
- A simple log cabin that is shaped in a simple square is in the foreground. Just in front of the structure there is some logs on on the ground, off to the side is a wooden fence, and behind the building there is a tree without leaves (suggesting that the drawing is later in the year). In the backgro…
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- Title
- First Shack at Cave + Basin
- Date
- 1910 – 1925
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 20.4 x 25.3 cm
- Description
- A simple log cabin that is shaped in a simple square is in the foreground. Just in front of the structure there is some logs on on the ground, off to the side is a wooden fence, and behind the building there is a tree without leaves (suggesting that the drawing is later in the year). In the background there is pine trees, and the Rocky Mountains. In the sky their is a couple clouds. On the door of the building says “HOTEL”, and on the bottom edge is says “FIRST SHACK AT CAVE + BASIN”. Peter signed the drawing in the BRC “PETE WHiTE”
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 0
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.835
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- Date
- 1910 – 1925
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.854
- Description
- A simple square log structure that has trees surrounding it. There are mountains that rise up behind the building. The cabin’s door reads “HOTEL”.
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1910 – 1925
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 15.0 x 22.5 cm
- Description
- A simple square log structure that has trees surrounding it. There are mountains that rise up behind the building. The cabin’s door reads “HOTEL”.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 0
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.854
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