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[Hunting party preparing to depart from Banff Indian Grounds or Brewster Corrals, Banff]

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Part Of
Pat Brewster fonds
Scope & Content
Image of five people on horseback with five pack horses
Date Range
1850-1910
Reference Code
v91 / 12 / a / na66 - 1716
Description Level
6 / Item
GMD
Photograph
Negative, copy
Photograph, print
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Part Of
Pat Brewster fonds
Description Level
6 / Item
Fonds Number
M2 / V91 / S21
Sous-Fonds
V91
Reference Code
v91 / 12 / a / na66 - 1716
GMD
Photograph
Negative, copy
Photograph, print
Date Range
1850-1910
Physical Description
1 photograph : negative : copy negative
Scope & Content
Image of five people on horseback with five pack horses
Subject Access
Discovery and Exploration
Environment and Nature
Sports and Recreation
Transportation
Geographic Access
Alberta
British Columbia
Title Source
Title based on contents of file
Processing Status
Processed
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Artist
Cornelius David Krieghoff (1815 – 1872, Canadian)
Date
prior to 1878
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
KrC.02.02
Description
General colour: grey, green, blue, pink. A figure wearing snow shoes, a green coat with a red sash and a red tam with feathers in it, carries a rifle over his right shoulder and trudges to the left. Behind to the right is a snow covered rock. To the left are trees. Grey clouds in a pink and blue sk…
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Artist
Cornelius David Krieghoff (1815 – 1872, Canadian)
Title
Tracking the Moose
Date
prior to 1878
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
21.9 x 26.1 cm
Description
General colour: grey, green, blue, pink. A figure wearing snow shoes, a green coat with a red sash and a red tam with feathers in it, carries a rifle over his right shoulder and trudges to the left. Behind to the right is a snow covered rock. To the left are trees. Grey clouds in a pink and blue sky come down to meet a distant hill.
Subject
figure, male
winter
hunting
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1971
Catalogue Number
KrC.02.02
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Artist
Cornelius David Krieghoff (1815 – 1872, Canadian)
Date
prior to 1878
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
KrC.02.01
Description
General colour: grey. A heavily cloaked figure wearing snow shoes and carrying a basket on her back from her forehead and with mocassins clasped in her right hand, trudges to the right in front of chunks of snow covered ice. In the distance on the left is an embankment with a flag flying at the top…
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Artist
Cornelius David Krieghoff (1815 – 1872, Canadian)
Title
Moccasin Seller
Date
prior to 1878
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
26.3 x 21.8 cm
Description
General colour: grey. A heavily cloaked figure wearing snow shoes and carrying a basket on her back from her forehead and with mocassins clasped in her right hand, trudges to the right in front of chunks of snow covered ice. In the distance on the left is an embankment with a flag flying at the top. The sky is grey with a patch of blue in the upper left area.
Subject
figure, female
winter
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1971
Catalogue Number
KrC.02.01
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Artist
Utagawa Yoshitora
Date
1853
Medium
woodblock on paper
Catalogue Number
YoU.04.01 a-c
Description
This print features 9 woman and 1 man playing musical instruments in a room with a green floor, yellow walls, and a large window which spans through all the panels. Through the window a tree with blossoms can be noticed. Lamps and dishes of goodies are lain about. The first panel contains three w…
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Artist
Utagawa Yoshitora
Title
Twelve Symphonies
Date
1853
Medium
woodblock on paper
Dimensions
37.5 x 73.5 cm
Description
This print features 9 woman and 1 man playing musical instruments in a room with a green floor, yellow walls, and a large window which spans through all the panels. Through the window a tree with blossoms can be noticed. Lamps and dishes of goodies are lain about. The first panel contains three woman kneeling on the floor facing the right. The woman in the blc is playing a drum. Between the first and second panel spans a colourful gong type instrument on a black stand. In the second panel kneel three people (2 women and one man) The man is playing a flute. The third panel has three women: one playing a long stringed instrument.
Subject
figures
group
women
man
activity
musical gathering
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
YoU.04.01 a-c
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Date
1832
Material
fibre; paper; metal
Catalogue Number
103.04.1021
Description
Bright green bonnet (calash) with eight folds. Fabric is stitched around shaped metal stays, 14 in all. Neck piece is padded and shaped with wire. Rim has fabric folded or pleated in ribbon effect. Long green ribbon ties at front of neck. Additional long grey ribbon attached to brim higher on face.…
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Title
Bonnet
Date
1832
Material
fibre; paper; metal
Description
Bright green bonnet (calash) with eight folds. Fabric is stitched around shaped metal stays, 14 in all. Neck piece is padded and shaped with wire. Rim has fabric folded or pleated in ribbon effect. Long green ribbon ties at front of neck. Additional long grey ribbon attached to brim higher on face. Inside back is reinforced with burlap on which is glued brown paper. Written in Mary Schaffer’s hand: “18 S.M. Potts 1832 Calasche”. On back, ribbon is tied in bow. Green fabric stitched on back to cover neck.
Subject
clothing
S.M. Potts
Mary Schaffer
Credit
Gift of Charles C. Reid, Banff, Alberta, 1986
Catalogue Number
103.04.1021
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Date
1850 – 1900
Material
metal; glass
Catalogue Number
103.08.1067
Description
Small oval-shaped eyeglasses framed with silver metal. Ear arms are extendable.
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Title
Eyeglasses
Date
1850 – 1900
Material
metal; glass
Description
Small oval-shaped eyeglasses framed with silver metal. Ear arms are extendable.
Subject
Mary Schaffer
Credit
Gift of Charles C. Reid, Banff, Alberta, 1986
Catalogue Number
103.08.1067
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Date
1850 – 1940
Material
skin; glass; fibre
Catalogue Number
103.07.1011
Description
A beaded belt with an orange border and a blue background. The belt has a repeating geometric pattern in red, white, black and orange.
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Title
Beaded Belt
Date
1850 – 1940
Material
skin; glass; fibre
Dimensions
99.0 x 8.5 cm
Description
A beaded belt with an orange border and a blue background. The belt has a repeating geometric pattern in red, white, black and orange.
Subject
Indigenous
regalia
beadwork
Credit
Gift of Unknown, 1968
Catalogue Number
103.07.1011
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Date
1850 – 1975
Material
metal
Catalogue Number
104.04.3001
Description
Skeleton of revolver. Handle, hammer and cylinder missing, barrel broken at end. Accompanied by papers, yellow with CRW writing: “Old Navy Cap and Ball Revolver 36 Calibre a 6 shooter Whitney Whitneyville, Conn. 1850 - 1860. Found by Larry, son of Archie Daniels in remians of a cabin in Kanan…
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Title
Fragment
Date
1850 – 1975
Material
metal
Dimensions
3.5 x 13.0 x 23.0 cm
Description
Skeleton of revolver. Handle, hammer and cylinder missing, barrel broken at end. Accompanied by papers, yellow with CRW writing: “Old Navy Cap and Ball Revolver 36 Calibre a 6 shooter Whitney Whitneyville, Conn. 1850 - 1860. Found by Larry, son of Archie Daniels in remians of a cabin in Kananaskis Valley above lakes. Found in 1975.” and a white paper with “Dr. Pactos; Thankyou for your trouble. I think it is a Stan Arms Co. .44 made in new York around the 1850s would be interested in how close I came. Again Thanks John M” along with “Whitney, .36 Calibre Navy Cap & Ball 1850-60.”
Subject
households
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
104.04.3001
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Part Of
Alpine Club of Canada fonds
Scope & Content
File consists of a scrapbook pertaining primarily to the Calgary Stampede and the Banff Indian Days. Contains newspaper clippings, photographs, and leaflets. Also includes newspaper clippings pertaining to Mt. Assiniboine, Timber Carnivals, and other ACC-affliated events.
Date Range
1850-1952
Reference Code
M200 / AC 148M / 1
Description Level
5 / File
GMD
Scrapbook
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Part Of
Alpine Club of Canada fonds
Description Level
5 / File
Fonds Number
M200 / S6 / V14
Series
IV.A. Other material: textual
Sous-Fonds
AC 148M
Accession Number
.
Reference Code
M200 / AC 148M / 1
GMD
Scrapbook
Date Range
1850-1952
Physical Description
2.5 cm of textual material (42 pages ; 30.5 x 25.5 cm)
History / Biographical
See fonds level description.
Scope & Content
File consists of a scrapbook pertaining primarily to the Calgary Stampede and the Banff Indian Days. Contains newspaper clippings, photographs, and leaflets. Also includes newspaper clippings pertaining to Mt. Assiniboine, Timber Carnivals, and other ACC-affliated events.
Name Access
Alpine Club of Canada
Subject Access
Banff Indian Days
Banff Indian Grounds
Calgary Stampede
Rodeo
Festival
Winter Carnival
Ranching
Winter sports
Geographic Access
Banff
Lake Louise
Mount Assiniboine
Mount Assiniboine Park
Calgary
Alberta
British Columbia
Canada
Language
English
Title Source
Title based on material
Processing Status
Processed
Electronic Resources

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Catharine Newbury Robb

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Part Of
Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
Scope & Content
Case contains 1 b&w ambrotype. Ambrotype documents an young woman (possibly Catharine Newbury Robb) posed for a portrait.
Date Range
[ca. 1850 - ca. 1870]
Reference Code
V683 / IV / A / PT - 16
Description Level
6 / Item
GMD
Photograph
Tintype
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Part Of
Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
Description Level
6 / Item
Fonds Number
M36 / V683 / S37
Series
V683 / IV / A : Robb / Morse Family Personal Series
Sous-Fonds
V683
Accession Number
.
Reference Code
V683 / IV / A / PT - 16
GMD
Photograph
Tintype
Date Range
[ca. 1850 - ca. 1870]
Physical Description
Cased Photograph : 1 b&w ambrotype --
Scope & Content
Case contains 1 b&w ambrotype. Ambrotype documents an young woman (possibly Catharine Newbury Robb) posed for a portrait.
Subject Access
Portrait
Language
English
Title Source
Title as found on item
Content Details
Ambrotype in case. Case covered with black coated paper. Front and back covers feature architectural and vegetal design in relief. The inside cover features a design debossed in red velvet and an adhesive sticker that reads “Catharine Newbury Robb.” The Ambrotype is framed in a brass coloured, decorative metal mat.
Processing Status
Processed
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Part Of
Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
Scope & Content
Case contains 1 b&w ambrotype. Ambrotype documents a young man posing for a portrait. Possibly E.S. Morse.
Date Range
[ca. 1850 - ca. 1870]
Reference Code
V683 / IV / A / PT - 21
Description Level
6 / Item
GMD
Photograph
Tintype
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Part Of
Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
Description Level
6 / Item
Fonds Number
M36 / V683 / S37
Series
V683 / IV / A : Robb / Morse Family Personal Series
Sous-Fonds
V683
Accession Number
.
Reference Code
V683 / IV / A / PT - 21
GMD
Photograph
Tintype
Date Range
[ca. 1850 - ca. 1870]
Physical Description
Cased Photograph : 1 b&w ambrotype --
Scope & Content
Case contains 1 b&w ambrotype. Ambrotype documents a young man posing for a portrait. Possibly E.S. Morse.
Subject Access
Portrait
Language
English
Title Source
Title as found on item
Content Details
Ambrotype in wooden case. Case covered with black coated paper. Front and back covers feature architectural and vegetal design in relief. The inside cover features a design debossed in red velvet and an adhesive sticker that reads “E.S. Morse.” The Ambrotype is framed in a brass coloured, decorative metal mat
Processing Status
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Date
1850 – 1920
Material
ceramics;
Catalogue Number
102.04.0600
Description
Small round deep-sided decorative ceramic dish with blue and gilded gold stripes around the rim and a picture of a portly bald man wearing purple pants and a green coat with one hand raised in a room with a table, chairs, and windows behind him - printed at the bottom is “MR PICKWICK” and “BANFF” h…
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Title
Dish
Date
1850 – 1920
Material
ceramics;
Dimensions
4.0 cm
Description
Small round deep-sided decorative ceramic dish with blue and gilded gold stripes around the rim and a picture of a portly bald man wearing purple pants and a green coat with one hand raised in a room with a table, chairs, and windows behind him - printed at the bottom is “MR PICKWICK” and “BANFF” has been written above that in gold ink. A makers mark is stamped on the bottom - online research shows this image was a popular motif with Grimwades in the mid-1900s as Mr Pickwick was the main character of Charles Dickens’ first novel, “The Pickwick Papers.”
Subject
Charles Dickens
souvenir
household wares
literature
Credit
Gift of Bill Mather, Edmonton, 1991
Catalogue Number
102.04.0600
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Artist
Robert William Sinclair (1939 – , Canadian)
Date
2021
Medium
on arches paper
Catalogue Number
SiR.15.58
Description
“• 21 •” engraved at centre bottom under cut out shape of a snowy peak. “sinclairs” with two orange dots written inside. “cornice” written at back.
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Artist
Robert William Sinclair (1939 – , Canadian)
Title
cornice
Date
2021
Medium
on arches paper
Dimensions
9.5 x 16.5 cm
Description
“• 21 •” engraved at centre bottom under cut out shape of a snowy peak. “sinclairs” with two orange dots written inside. “cornice” written at back.
Subject
mountain
cornice
snow
cut paper
Christmas
Credit
Gift of Robert William Sinclair, Edmonton, 2014
Catalogue Number
SiR.15.58
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Date
2022
Material
paper; glass
Catalogue Number
105.02.0162
Description
A dark glass beer bottle with a printed label showing a stylized mountain scene with “ROCKIES REPEAT TONKA PORTER” below and “BREWED IN BANFF ALBERTA” above. Label also has Rockies Repeat and Banff Ave Brewing logos.
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Title
Beer Bottle
Date
2022
Material
paper; glass
Dimensions
17.5 cm
Description
A dark glass beer bottle with a printed label showing a stylized mountain scene with “ROCKIES REPEAT TONKA PORTER” below and “BREWED IN BANFF ALBERTA” above. Label also has Rockies Repeat and Banff Ave Brewing logos.
Subject
Rockies Repeat
Banff avenue Brewing
beer
community
Banff
Credit
Gift of Banff Avenue Brewing, Banff, 2022
Catalogue Number
105.02.0162
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Artist
Bev Tosh (1948 – , Canadian)
Date
2020
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
TsB.02.02
Description
Oil on canvas with a central, forward facing, figure in green and pink and wearing a blue surgical mask on face Ear length brown hair. White background bleeds into figure.
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Artist
Bev Tosh (1948 – , Canadian)
Title
Mask Up Buttercup
Date
2020
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
64.0 x 49.0 cm
Description
Oil on canvas with a central, forward facing, figure in green and pink and wearing a blue surgical mask on face Ear length brown hair. White background bleeds into figure.
Subject
mask
covid-19, Bev Tosh
self portrait
Credit
Purchased from Bev Tosh, 2023
Catalogue Number
TsB.02.02
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Under the Mountain’s Shadow

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Artist
Elise Findlay (1987 – , Canadian)
Date
2021
Medium
mixed media; acrylic paint; garbage
Catalogue Number
FiE.13.01 a-c
Description
A triptych all measured at the same size that form into one landscape collage of mountains, showing Cascade mountain at left, Sleeping Buffalo mountain in centre right, and the edge of Rundle at right. The town of Banff lays beneath them. The mountain formations are composed of strips of paper, and…
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Artist
Elise Findlay (1987 – , Canadian)
Title
Under the Mountain’s Shadow
Date
2021
Medium
mixed media; acrylic paint; garbage
Dimensions
61.0 x 51.0 cm
Description
A triptych all measured at the same size that form into one landscape collage of mountains, showing Cascade mountain at left, Sleeping Buffalo mountain in centre right, and the edge of Rundle at right. The town of Banff lays beneath them. The mountain formations are composed of strips of paper, and garbage with varying colours of blue, pink, black, and orange. Some of the strips of paper have text on it about lived experiences in Banff.
Subject
Mountains
collage
mental health
community
Banff
Credit
Purchased from Elise Findlay, Banff, 2023
Catalogue Number
FiE.13.01 a-c
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Hand Sanitizer Bottle

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Date
later than 2020
Material
glass; paper; rubber
Catalogue Number
110.01.0311
Description
A small glass bottle with a black lid with rubber stopper. A white label takes up the front of the bottle. The label reads “PARK DISTILLERY HAND SANITIZER -- W.H.O RECOMMENDED HANDRUB FORMULATION NOT FOR CONSUMPTION” with directions for use and barcode below. The bottle is sealed.
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Title
Hand Sanitizer Bottle
Date
later than 2020
Material
glass; paper; rubber
Dimensions
16.0 x 5.9 x 5.9 cm
Description
A small glass bottle with a black lid with rubber stopper. A white label takes up the front of the bottle. The label reads “PARK DISTILLERY HAND SANITIZER -- W.H.O RECOMMENDED HANDRUB FORMULATION NOT FOR CONSUMPTION” with directions for use and barcode below. The bottle is sealed.
Subject
Banff
Park Distillery
Covid-19
Credit
Gift of Amie Lalonde, 2023
Catalogue Number
110.01.0311
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Artist
Mary Vaux Walcott (1860 – 1940, American)
Date
2025
Medium
ink on paper
Catalogue Number
WaM.04.016
Description
Reproduction print from Mary Vaux Wallcott’s North American wildflowers book. Print shows a red stem with large green leaves and purple, anemone like flower at left with closed flowers above and at right. Tendrils curling into spirals are also on the stem. “324 M V W 1925” is printed in blue in low…
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Artist
Mary Vaux Walcott (1860 – 1940, American)
Title
Maypop
Date
2025
Medium
ink on paper
Dimensions
31.5 x 23.5 cm
Description
Reproduction print from Mary Vaux Wallcott’s North American wildflowers book. Print shows a red stem with large green leaves and purple, anemone like flower at left with closed flowers above and at right. Tendrils curling into spirals are also on the stem. “324 M V W 1925” is printed in blue in lower left corner.
Subject
botanical
flowers
Credit
Gift of Bobbye Ruth Potter, 2012
Catalogue Number
WaM.04.016
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Where has Peyto gone? (sm)

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Artist
Kelsey Stephenson
Date
2021
Medium
ink on paper
Catalogue Number
StK.04.02
Description
A colour photograph of Bow Glacier overlayed with green digital drawing showing where the glacier reached in 1902.
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Artist
Kelsey Stephenson
Title
Where has Peyto gone? (sm)
Date
2021
Medium
ink on paper
Dimensions
23.0 x 31.0 cm
Description
A colour photograph of Bow Glacier overlayed with green digital drawing showing where the glacier reached in 1902.
Subject
Peyto glacier
Banff National Park
Credit
Gift of Kelsey Stephenson, Edmonton, 2023
Catalogue Number
StK.04.02
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Artist
Kelsey Stephenson
Date
2021
Medium
ink on paper
Catalogue Number
StK.04.03
Description
A digital print in which the top half is a full colour image of Bow Lake with trees in front, Bow Glacier Falls, and Bow Glacier sitting atop of rocky ridge in the background. The photograph is overlaid with digital ink drawing of the glacier’s reach in 1902 from an archival photograph. The bottom …
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Artist
Kelsey Stephenson
Title
Bow Lake, 1902/2021
Date
2021
Medium
ink on paper
Dimensions
35.5 x 28.0 cm
Description
A digital print in which the top half is a full colour image of Bow Lake with trees in front, Bow Glacier Falls, and Bow Glacier sitting atop of rocky ridge in the background. The photograph is overlaid with digital ink drawing of the glacier’s reach in 1902 from an archival photograph. The bottom half of the image is a cyanotype of the glacier in 1902.
Subject
Bow Lake
Bow Glacier
Banff National Park
Credit
Gift of Kelsey Stephenson, Edmonton, 2023
Catalogue Number
StK.04.03
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