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Painting; Fine Art Easel; Presentation Case
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact104.39.1011%20a%2cb
- Date
- 1930 – 1940
- Material
- wood; fibre; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 104.39.1011 a,b
- Description
- Elaborately carved, W. J. Phillips' (a) presentation case: 61.5x79.3x12.5, hinged lid drops open, held by 52.5 long chains both sides. Lid elaborately carved, centre design 34.0x27.0,leaves, berries, etc. Border 8.0 wide carved square chain design, corners pinwheel, inside lined with green velvet …
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- Title
- Painting; Fine Art Easel; Presentation Case
- Date
- 1930 – 1940
- Material
- wood; fibre; metal
- Description
- Elaborately carved, W. J. Phillips' (a) presentation case: 61.5x79.3x12.5, hinged lid drops open, held by 52.5 long chains both sides. Lid elaborately carved, centre design 34.0x27.0,leaves, berries, etc. Border 8.0 wide carved square chain design, corners pinwheel, inside lined with green velvet (b) easel: 183.0x71.0, top of upright ca 40.0x30.0 elaborately carved, also carving on upright and both wings, more carving at cross bar. Feet of wings curve out into scroll. Tray has turned outer edge with carved design brace, brace broken in 2 places (old), the upright has 9 holes for movement of tray, the 2 wings have 2 holes near top for installation of case. The back lever is 140.0 long with 21.5 foot, attached to the back of the upright with a bolt and brace mechanism. Condition: water spots over all, left wing foot broken off and secured with 3 screws, piece broken off right wing top, glued back on, gouges from improper moving of tray, lever slightly warped.
- Credit
- Gift of Grace Turner, Calgary, 1988
- Catalogue Number
- 104.39.1011 a,b
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Camp Many-Haw-Haw-s
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact107.02.1027
- Date
- 1930 – 1970
- Material
- paper; glass; wood
- Catalogue Number
- 107.02.1027
- Description
- A mixed media picture of a Girl Guides camp scene. Mountains in the background. Girls are involved in the many camp activities. Signed brc "CJL" Titled "Camp Many-Haw-Haw-s”.
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- Title
- Camp Many-Haw-Haw-s
- Date
- 1930 – 1970
- Material
- paper; glass; wood
- Dimensions
- 51.0 x 58.5 cm
- Description
- A mixed media picture of a Girl Guides camp scene. Mountains in the background. Girls are involved in the many camp activities. Signed brc "CJL" Titled "Camp Many-Haw-Haw-s”.
- Credit
- Gift of Unknown, 1968
- Catalogue Number
- 107.02.1027
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- Date
- 1930 – 1970
- Material
- paper; glass; wood
- Catalogue Number
- 107.02.1028
- Description
- A watercolour of a Girl Guides camp scene. Forest in the background. Girls are involved in the many camp activities. Signed brc "Gail Grady" blc red ribbon with" First Handicraft" printed on it. In tlc is a blue card "Class 1, Age 14, Name Gail Grady, Company or Pack 2nd"
- Title
- Painting
- Date
- 1930 – 1970
- Material
- paper; glass; wood
- Dimensions
- 49.5 x 57.3 cm
- Description
- A watercolour of a Girl Guides camp scene. Forest in the background. Girls are involved in the many camp activities. Signed brc "Gail Grady" blc red ribbon with" First Handicraft" printed on it. In tlc is a blue card "Class 1, Age 14, Name Gail Grady, Company or Pack 2nd"
- Credit
- Gift of Unknown, 1968
- Catalogue Number
- 107.02.1028
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Untitled [cowboy roping horse]
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- Date
- 1930
- Medium
- watercolour on pressed paper
- Catalogue Number
- BeC.05.01
- Description
- A cowboy wearing a blue shirt, brown vest, green neckerchief, orange/yellow chaps, a holster and gun, in bottom right of picture, has roped a horse on front legs, center left. The roped horse is falling forward. Six other horses are running in the background, a lot of dust in corral. The sky is yel…
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- Title
- Untitled [cowboy roping horse]
- Date
- 1930
- Medium
- watercolour on pressed paper
- Dimensions
- 32.5 x 25.4 cm
- Description
- A cowboy wearing a blue shirt, brown vest, green neckerchief, orange/yellow chaps, a holster and gun, in bottom right of picture, has roped a horse on front legs, center left. The roped horse is falling forward. Six other horses are running in the background, a lot of dust in corral. The sky is yellow. The roped horse has a brand on left shoulder: lazy N over bar one.
- Subject
- figure, cowboy
- animal, horse
- Credit
- Gift of Les Peters, Great Falls, USA, 1983
- Catalogue Number
- BeC.05.01
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Autumn in the Canadian Rockies
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactdak.02.03
- Date
- 1944 – 1962
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- DaK.02.03
- Description
- More than half the painting is a lake with the reflection of fall trees, yellow and green, and a mountain range behind. The top half is yellow aspens and evergreens on lakeshore and blue, purple, grey and white mountains with a light blue sky.
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- Title
- Autumn in the Canadian Rockies
- Date
- 1944 – 1962
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 40.2 x 50.5 cm
- Description
- More than half the painting is a lake with the reflection of fall trees, yellow and green, and a mountain range behind. The top half is yellow aspens and evergreens on lakeshore and blue, purple, grey and white mountains with a light blue sky.
- Subject
- Canadian Rockies
- mountain
- lake
- Credit
- Gift of Moore Gallery Ltd, Hamilton, 1995
- Catalogue Number
- DaK.02.03
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- Date
- 1944 – 1962
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- DaK.02.04
- Description
- Unfinished sketch. Bottom half of lake and bushes are outline only. Trees are outlined in green and white, hills green and white mountains outlined in brown. Strokes of blue for the sky.
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- Title
- Wind Mountain
- Date
- 1944 – 1962
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 40.5 x 50.8 cm
- Description
- Unfinished sketch. Bottom half of lake and bushes are outline only. Trees are outlined in green and white, hills green and white mountains outlined in brown. Strokes of blue for the sky.
- Subject
- Canadian Rockies
- mountain
- lake
- Credit
- Gift of Moore Gallery Ltd, Hamilton, 1995
- Catalogue Number
- DaK.02.04
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- Date
- 1944 – 1962
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- DaK.02.06
- Description
- Bottom half is the blue lake with relflection of mountains above. Lakeshore with trees extends to the left. Mountain glacier white and grey meets water in the centre of the painting. Evergreens to the lakeshore edge on the right.
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- Title
- Lake
- Date
- 1944 – 1962
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 38.2 x 45.7 cm
- Description
- Bottom half is the blue lake with relflection of mountains above. Lakeshore with trees extends to the left. Mountain glacier white and grey meets water in the centre of the painting. Evergreens to the lakeshore edge on the right.
- Subject
- Canadian Rockies
- mountains
- lake
- Credit
- Gift of Moore Gallery Ltd, Hamilton, 1995
- Catalogue Number
- DaK.02.06
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- Date
- 1944 – 1962
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- DaK.02.08
- Description
- brc is grey rocks, more than half the painting is the lake, blue with grey and white reflections. Top third is shoreline with mountain base in background. Evergreens dot the rocky shore on the left, evergreens up the the slope mid to right centre.
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1944 – 1962
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 35.5 x 45.5 cm
- Description
- brc is grey rocks, more than half the painting is the lake, blue with grey and white reflections. Top third is shoreline with mountain base in background. Evergreens dot the rocky shore on the left, evergreens up the the slope mid to right centre.
- Subject
- Canadian Rockies
- mountain
- lake
- Credit
- Gift of Moore Gallery Ltd, Hamilton, 1995
- Catalogue Number
- DaK.02.08
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- Date
- 1944 – 1962
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- DaK.02.09
- Description
- Blue, white and brown mountains dominate the painting. Snow capped peaks meet a blue sky. Foreground is light green, hints of light brown to the left for trees, a road centre and turning left. Right middle is blue, green and brown strokes and also to the right trees climbing up a small ridge.
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1944 – 1962
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 41.5 x 50.5 cm
- Description
- Blue, white and brown mountains dominate the painting. Snow capped peaks meet a blue sky. Foreground is light green, hints of light brown to the left for trees, a road centre and turning left. Right middle is blue, green and brown strokes and also to the right trees climbing up a small ridge.
- Subject
- Canadian Rockies
- mountain
- Credit
- Gift of Moore Gallery Ltd, Hamilton, 1995
- Catalogue Number
- DaK.02.09
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Canadian Dominion
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactdak.02.10
- Date
- 1944 – 1962
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- DaK.02.10
- Description
- Blue, white and brown and green mountains dominate the painting. Snow capped peaks meet a blue and grey sky. Foreground is white, green and grey, late fall or early winter, strokes of of gree to the left for trees, a road centre and turning left. Right middle is blue, green and brown strokes and al…
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- Title
- Canadian Dominion
- Date
- 1944 – 1962
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 33.0 x 40.5 cm
- Description
- Blue, white and brown and green mountains dominate the painting. Snow capped peaks meet a blue and grey sky. Foreground is white, green and grey, late fall or early winter, strokes of of gree to the left for trees, a road centre and turning left. Right middle is blue, green and brown strokes and also to the right trees climbing up a small ridge.
- Subject
- Canadian Rockies
- mountain
- Credit
- Gift of Moore Gallery Ltd, Hamilton, 1995
- Catalogue Number
- DaK.02.10
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Bow Valley, Canmore, Alberta
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactdak.02.11
- Date
- 1944 – 1962
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- DaK.02.11
- Description
- Bottom third of painting is a wide expanse of water with reflections of the mountains and riverbank. The water narrows mid-centre and has green reflections of treelined riverbank. The top half is grey, blue and white mountains with cloudy sky.
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- Title
- Bow Valley, Canmore, Alberta
- Date
- 1944 – 1962
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 38.0 x 45.8 cm
- Description
- Bottom third of painting is a wide expanse of water with reflections of the mountains and riverbank. The water narrows mid-centre and has green reflections of treelined riverbank. The top half is grey, blue and white mountains with cloudy sky.
- Subject
- Canadian Rockies
- mountain
- river
- Credit
- Gift of Moore Gallery Ltd, Hamilton, 1995
- Catalogue Number
- DaK.02.11
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- Date
- 1944 – 1962
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- DaK.02.12
- Description
- The top half of the painting is mountain range of green, brown, blue and white. The sky is cloudy; blue, grey and white. A treelined escarpment meets the foot of the mountain range, sloping down toward the right half. The sandy cliffs are mostly white, with strokes of blue and green. The bottom qua…
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1944 – 1962
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 40.3 x 55.0 cm
- Description
- The top half of the painting is mountain range of green, brown, blue and white. The sky is cloudy; blue, grey and white. A treelined escarpment meets the foot of the mountain range, sloping down toward the right half. The sandy cliffs are mostly white, with strokes of blue and green. The bottom quarter of the painting is strokes of dark green for evergreens and swirls of green and blue for other trees and bushes.
- Subject
- Canadian Rockies
- mountain
- Credit
- Gift of Moore Gallery Ltd, Hamilton, 1995
- Catalogue Number
- DaK.02.12
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- Date
- 1944 – 1962
- Medium
- oil on medium
- Catalogue Number
- DaK.02.13
- Description
- The foreground is a light yellow field with a grove of yellow fall aspen in the background. A grey ridge of rock behind these, topped by dark evergreens to the left, mid-centre there is a green embankment with a few evergreens dotting it and a line of yellow aspens to the right. The top half is gre…
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1944 – 1962
- Medium
- oil on medium
- Dimensions
- 38.0 x 45.8 cm
- Description
- The foreground is a light yellow field with a grove of yellow fall aspen in the background. A grey ridge of rock behind these, topped by dark evergreens to the left, mid-centre there is a green embankment with a few evergreens dotting it and a line of yellow aspens to the right. The top half is green, blue, grey and white mountains topped by a cloudy sky.
- Subject
- Canadian Rockies
- mountain
- Credit
- Gift of Moore Gallery Ltd, Hamilton, 1995
- Catalogue Number
- DaK.02.13
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- Date
- 1944 – 1962
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- DaK.02.14
- Description
- In the foreground is a brown and yellow field. Yellow aspen line the bottom of a dark brown and grey ridge. Evergreen and yellow aspen stand out on the top of ridge mid-centre. The top half of the painting is dark green, blue and brown with white tipped mountains topped by a dark blue and white sk…
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1944 – 1962
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 30.0 x 41.0 cm
- Description
- In the foreground is a brown and yellow field. Yellow aspen line the bottom of a dark brown and grey ridge. Evergreen and yellow aspen stand out on the top of ridge mid-centre. The top half of the painting is dark green, blue and brown with white tipped mountains topped by a dark blue and white sky. It is a dark painting suggesting a stormy fall day in the mountains.
- Subject
- Canadian Rockies
- mountain
- Credit
- Gift of Moore Gallery Ltd, Hamilton, 1995
- Catalogue Number
- DaK.02.14
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- Date
- 1944 – 1962
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- DaK.02.15
- Description
- The central figure is a reclining deer on the bank of a small mountain lake in the forest. On either side of the deer are trees, some without leaves, a few evergreens and a small larch to the right. The lake is dark green and blue with light vegetation on the opposite side and a dark forest of ever…
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1944 – 1962
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 30.0 x 40.0 cm
- Description
- The central figure is a reclining deer on the bank of a small mountain lake in the forest. On either side of the deer are trees, some without leaves, a few evergreens and a small larch to the right. The lake is dark green and blue with light vegetation on the opposite side and a dark forest of evergreens behind.
- Subject
- Canadian Rockies
- lake
- animal
- deer
- Credit
- Gift of Moore Gallery Ltd, Hamilton, 1995
- Catalogue Number
- DaK.02.15
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- Date
- 1944 – 1962
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- DaK.02.16
- Description
- Half of the painting is a brilliant blue lake with sunlit reflection slanting through. On the bottom of the painting mid-centre left there are three rocks with five small evergreens. The top half of the painting is forest, glacial silt and the rugged grey, blue and white mountain above.
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1944 – 1962
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 38.0 x 46.0 cm
- Description
- Half of the painting is a brilliant blue lake with sunlit reflection slanting through. On the bottom of the painting mid-centre left there are three rocks with five small evergreens. The top half of the painting is forest, glacial silt and the rugged grey, blue and white mountain above.
- Subject
- Canadian Rockies
- mountain
- lake
- Credit
- Gift of Moore Gallery Ltd, Hamilton, 1995
- Catalogue Number
- DaK.02.16
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- Artist
- A Hunter
- Title
- Yoho Valley
- Date
- 1932
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 19.5 x 25.0 cm
- Subject
- landscape
- mountain
- Canadian Rockies
- forest
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- HuA.05.01
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Evening, Lake O'Hara
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- Date
- 1931
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- JkR.02.02
- Description
- In the foreground on the right side of the painting there are four green trees and a shore made out of mostly rocks. To the left and along the bottom edge a lake of bluegreen water sits in front of a brown mountain range. The mountains have snow on parts of the peaks and the sky is blue with white …
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- Title
- Evening, Lake O'Hara
- Date
- 1931
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 69.9 x 90.0 cm
- Description
- In the foreground on the right side of the painting there are four green trees and a shore made out of mostly rocks. To the left and along the bottom edge a lake of bluegreen water sits in front of a brown mountain range. The mountains have snow on parts of the peaks and the sky is blue with white clouds.
- Subject
- landscape
- Canadian Rockies
- lake
- Lake O'Hara
- Credit
- Gift of Donald Grace, Saanichton, 1996
- Catalogue Number
- JkR.02.02
- Notes
- Artistry Revealed: Peter Whyte, Catharine Robb Whyte and Their Contemporaries; June 17, 2018 to October 21, 2018
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Banff Paddock album
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- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of one photograph album containing 9 b&w prints. Photographs pertain to animal caretaker Adam Dalgleish with moose and antelope during winter season at the Banff Paddock [ca. 1900-1910]. Front cover of album has personal letter written to Norman Luxton from Mary Schaffer Warren [ca. 1…
- Date Range
- [1900-1910]
- [1930]
- Reference Code
- LUX / I / E4 / PD - 1
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Photograph
- Photograph print
- Album
- Scrapbook
- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- LUX
- Series
- LUX / I / E : Collected material
- Sous-Fonds
- LUX / I : Norman Luxton sous-fonds
- Sub-Series
- LUX / I / E4 : Photographs
- Accession Number
- LUX
- Reference Code
- LUX / I / E4 / PD - 1
- Date Range
- [1900-1910]
- [1930]
- Physical Description
- 1 album (9 photographs : b&w ; 11.5 x 6.5 cm)
- Scope & Content
- File consists of one photograph album containing 9 b&w prints. Photographs pertain to animal caretaker Adam Dalgleish with moose and antelope during winter season at the Banff Paddock [ca. 1900-1910]. Front cover of album has personal letter written to Norman Luxton from Mary Schaffer Warren [ca. 1930?].
- Notes
- Date provided is estimate by Processing Archivist based on format and context of file contents.
- Material Details
- Album pages bound with light purple ribbon tied in bow
- Name Access
- Warren, Mary Schaffer
- Luxton, Norman
- Dalgleish, Adam
- Subject Access
- Animals
- Moose
- Personal and Family Life
- Wildlife
- Winter
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Alberta
- Banff
- Language
- English
- Category
- Family and personal life
- Environment
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Tobacco dance, 1944
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- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of one miniature photograph album [12.5 x 7.5 cm] made of black construction paper containing 4 b&w photograph prints pertaining to a Tobacco Dance event in Gleichen, Alberta in 1944. Photographs depict landscape views, teepees, and groups of unidentified Indigenous people [possibly …
- Date Range
- 1944
- Reference Code
- LUX / I / E6 / PD - 1
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Album
- Photograph
- Photograph print
- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- LUX
- Series
- LUX / I / E : Collected material
- Sous-Fonds
- LUX / I : Norman Luxton sous-fonds
- Sub-Series
- LUX / I / E6 : Photographs : Stoney
- Accession Number
- LUX
- Reference Code
- LUX / I / E6 / PD - 1
- Date Range
- 1944
- Physical Description
- 1 album (4 photographs : b&w ; 8 x 5.5 cm)
- Scope & Content
- File consists of one miniature photograph album [12.5 x 7.5 cm] made of black construction paper containing 4 b&w photograph prints pertaining to a Tobacco Dance event in Gleichen, Alberta in 1944. Photographs depict landscape views, teepees, and groups of unidentified Indigenous people [possibly members of the nearby Siksika Nation]. The rest of the album is blank.
- Material Details
- Album bound with thin pink string
- Subject Access
- Cultural pluralism
- Events
- Dance
- Environment
- Community events
- First Nations
- Indigenous Peoples
- Landscapes
- Multiculturalism
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Alberta
- Gleichen
- Language
- N/A
- Category
- Cultural pluralism
- Environment
- First nations
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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