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Essays on the historical geography of the Canadian West : regional perspectives on the settlement process

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1987
Publisher
Calgary : Dept. of Geography, University of Calgary
Call Number
08.2 Es7
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Responsibility
edited by L.A. Rosenvall, S.M. Evans
Publisher
Calgary : Dept. of Geography, University of Calgary
Published Date
1987
Physical Description
195p. : ill., maps, plans
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Stoney Nakoda
Indigenous
Stoney Indians
Notes
Partial contents: The Canmore corridor, 1880-1914 / John D.R Holmes; Photography, tourism and the C.P.R. / Margery Tanner Hadley; The past in the present : spatial and land use change on two Indian reserves / Claudia Notzke
Accession Number
5444
Call Number
08.2 Es7
Collection
Archives Library
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The Sarcee Indians of Alberta

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1938
Author
Jenness, Diamond
Publisher
Ottawa : National Museum of Canada
King's Printer
Call Number
07.2 J43sa
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Author
Jenness, Diamond
Publisher
Ottawa : National Museum of Canada
King's Printer
Published Date
1938
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Folklore
Indigenous
Tsuut'ina
Accession Number
223
Call Number
07.2 J43sa
Collection
Archives Library
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Indian Smoke Houses, Hagwelget Canyon, B.C.

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Artist
George Douglas Pepper (1903 – 1962, Canadian)
Date
c. 1928
Medium
oil on wood panel
Catalogue Number
PeG.01.01
Description
Colour: brown, green. A green slope in the foreground goes down to three buildings center. Five totems run behind to the right, where there is another building. The green lake fills in behind, trees in the upper left and beach along the left side and rock cliffs in the upper right.
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Artist
George Douglas Pepper (1903 – 1962, Canadian)
Title
Indian Smoke Houses, Hagwelget Canyon, B.C.
Date
c. 1928
Medium
oil on wood panel
Dimensions
30.5 x 35.6 cm
Description
Colour: brown, green. A green slope in the foreground goes down to three buildings center. Five totems run behind to the right, where there is another building. The green lake fills in behind, trees in the upper left and beach along the left side and rock cliffs in the upper right.
Subject
architecture
rural
Indigenous
Credit
Purchased from Kathleen Frances Daly Pepper, 1969
Catalogue Number
PeG.01.01
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Indian Smoke Houses, Hagwelget Canyon, B.C.

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Artist
George Douglas Pepper (1903 – 1962, Canadian)
Date
c. 1928
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
PeG.02.01
Description
Colour: green. Looking down on wooden buildings. The two in the lower left are up on four posts, one at each corner. The two buildings in the lower center have broken roofs. Behind them stand a row of tall totems which go along the waters edge. On the right side, parts of 2 more buildings can be se…
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Artist
George Douglas Pepper (1903 – 1962, Canadian)
Title
Indian Smoke Houses, Hagwelget Canyon, B.C.
Date
c. 1928
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
79.7 x 84.8 cm
Description
Colour: green. Looking down on wooden buildings. The two in the lower left are up on four posts, one at each corner. The two buildings in the lower center have broken roofs. Behind them stand a row of tall totems which go along the waters edge. On the right side, parts of 2 more buildings can be seen. The rocky cliffs rise out of the water on the right side. In the background in the upper left are trees and hills on the far shore.
Subject
architecture
rural
Indigenous
Credit
Gift of Kathleen Frances Daly Pepper, 1968
Catalogue Number
PeG.02.01
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Portrait of Paul Amos

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Artist
Theodore Marie Schintz (1904 – 1975, Canadian)
Date
n.d.
Medium
oil on canvas board
Catalogue Number
ScT.02.01
Description
Colour: brown, blue. Frontal view, head and shoulders of a man. His hair in two braids has two feathers sticking up from the back. His shirt is blue and he wears a necklace of claws around his neck.
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Artist
Theodore Marie Schintz (1904 – 1975, Canadian)
Title
Portrait of Paul Amos
Date
n.d.
Medium
oil on canvas board
Dimensions
29.8 x 38.0 cm
Description
Colour: brown, blue. Frontal view, head and shoulders of a man. His hair in two braids has two feathers sticking up from the back. His shirt is blue and he wears a necklace of claws around his neck.
Subject
portrait, male
Indigenous
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1968
Catalogue Number
ScT.02.01
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Artist
Sarain Stump (1945 – 1974, Canadian)
Date
1969
Medium
ink; graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
StS.03.04
Description
Colour: black on white. At viewer’s left and forefront, a man,is facing left and sitting on an oil drum. He is is wearing a cap, shirt, jeans and cowboy boots and is playing a guitar. Behind the man and toward viewer’s right is a telephone pole with a figure of a man hanging from a rope. In the bac…
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Artist
Sarain Stump (1945 – 1974, Canadian)
Title
Just Playing
Date
1969
Medium
ink; graphite on paper
Dimensions
27.5 x 37.0 cm
Description
Colour: black on white. At viewer’s left and forefront, a man,is facing left and sitting on an oil drum. He is is wearing a cap, shirt, jeans and cowboy boots and is playing a guitar. Behind the man and toward viewer’s right is a telephone pole with a figure of a man hanging from a rope. In the background are a gentle range of hills.Au verso printed in pencil “JUST PLAYING”, rhtc “115” encircled, blhc “20” encircled with “25” on top
Subject
figures, male
Indigenous
Credit
Purchased from Archives of the Canadian Rockies, Banff, 1970
Catalogue Number
StS.03.04
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1932 – 1935
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyP.02.004
Description
Indigenous encampment containing seven teepees and small groups of people, a dog, background horses and mountains. There is green grass in the foreground, white and beige teepees and grey-blue mountains in the distance.
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Seven Teepees
Date
1932 – 1935
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
56.0 x 152.5 cm
Description
Indigenous encampment containing seven teepees and small groups of people, a dog, background horses and mountains. There is green grass in the foreground, white and beige teepees and grey-blue mountains in the distance.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
mountain
lake
figure
group
teepee
Indigenous
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1968
Catalogue Number
WyP.02.004
Notes
Artistry Revealed: Peter Whyte, Catharine Robb Whyte and Their Contemporaries; June 17, 2018 to October 21, 2018
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Chief Hector Crawler

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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1931
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyP.02.017
Description
Colour: grey, yellow, red, black. The head and upper torso of an Indigenous man wearing a large feather headdress and a beaded buckskin jacket. A white beaded neckpiece hangs down in front. The background in grey.
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Chief Hector Crawler
Date
1931
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
76.5 x 63.0 cm
Description
Colour: grey, yellow, red, black. The head and upper torso of an Indigenous man wearing a large feather headdress and a beaded buckskin jacket. A white beaded neckpiece hangs down in front. The background in grey.
Subject
portrait, male
Indigenous
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1968
Catalogue Number
WyP.02.017
Notes
Artistry Revealed: Peter Whyte, Catharine Robb Whyte and Their Contemporaries; June 17, 2018 to October 21, 2018
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1931
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyP.02.025
Description
Colour: red, brown, black. The right profile of the head and upper torso of an Indigenous woman. Her hair is in braids and she wears a yellow band around her head and a red garment with a white beaded belt. The background is tan.
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Mrs. Tom Simeon
Date
1931
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
75 x 62 cm
Description
Colour: red, brown, black. The right profile of the head and upper torso of an Indigenous woman. Her hair is in braids and she wears a yellow band around her head and a red garment with a white beaded belt. The background is tan.
Subject
portrait
female
Cinderella Simeon
Indigenous
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1968
Catalogue Number
WyP.02.025
Notes
Artistry Revealed: Peter Whyte, Catharine Robb Whyte and Their Contemporaries; June 17, 2018 to October 21, 2018
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Mrs. Tom Poucette; Nancy Abraham

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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1930 – 1935
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyP.02.022
Description
Colour: blue, yellow, brown. Indigenous woman looks right. Her braided hair is hidden under a yellow scarf tied on her head. Her garment is bright blue.
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Mrs. Tom Poucette; Nancy Abraham
Date
1930 – 1935
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
53.3 x 63.9 cm
Description
Colour: blue, yellow, brown. Indigenous woman looks right. Her braided hair is hidden under a yellow scarf tied on her head. Her garment is bright blue.
Subject
portrait, female
Indigenous
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1968
Catalogue Number
WyP.02.022
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1930 – 1936
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyP.02.023
Description
Colour: brown, yellow on white. The head and shoulders of an Indigenous man looking right. He wears a white vest over a red brown shirt. The background is yellow.
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Paul Francis
Date
1930 – 1936
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
53.5 x 63 cm
Description
Colour: brown, yellow on white. The head and shoulders of an Indigenous man looking right. He wears a white vest over a red brown shirt. The background is yellow.
Subject
portrait, male
Indigenous
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1968
Catalogue Number
WyP.02.023
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1930 – 1940
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyP.02.024
Description
Colour: blue, brown, red. The head and shoulders on a man facing left. He has short hair and wears a hat. There is a red scarf around his neck. The background is blue.
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
George McLean
Date
1930 – 1940
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
40.5 x 51 cm
Description
Colour: blue, brown, red. The head and shoulders on a man facing left. He has short hair and wears a hat. There is a red scarf around his neck. The background is blue.
Subject
portrait
male
George McLean
Walking Buffalo
Indigenous
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1968
Catalogue Number
WyP.02.024
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1930 – 1940
Medium
oil on masonite
Catalogue Number
WyP.02.019
Description
Colour: dark grey, blue, orange. In the foreground is a teepee at the left and right sides. The fires within glow through the tents. In between twelve more teepees are situated forming a partial circle around the central area where there are figures moving around in the darkness. Behind are hills a…
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Stoney Camp at Dusk
Date
1930 – 1940
Medium
oil on masonite
Dimensions
59.0 x 160.9 cm
Description
Colour: dark grey, blue, orange. In the foreground is a teepee at the left and right sides. The fires within glow through the tents. In between twelve more teepees are situated forming a partial circle around the central area where there are figures moving around in the darkness. Behind are hills and mountains and blue sky which becomes dark grey with yellow streaks. Smoke can be seen coming out of the top flaps.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
mountain
figure
group
camp
Indigenous
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1968
Catalogue Number
WyP.02.019
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On the Way to Indian Days

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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1952 – 1957
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyP.02.020
Description
Colour: blue, green, yellow, black. The lower two thirds is long yellow and green grass. Where the blue sky meets the grass there is a caravan of horses and wagons. Seven horses and riders on the left side moving right and one wagon center and one wagon right pulled by two horses each and piled hig…
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
On the Way to Indian Days
Date
1952 – 1957
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
51.1 x 150.8 cm
Description
Colour: blue, green, yellow, black. The lower two thirds is long yellow and green grass. Where the blue sky meets the grass there is a caravan of horses and wagons. Seven horses and riders on the left side moving right and one wagon center and one wagon right pulled by two horses each and piled high with baggage and people. At the very front on the right side runs a little black dog.
Subject
landscape
figure
group
transportation
animal
horse
Indigenous
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1968
Catalogue Number
WyP.02.020
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Artist
Blake
Date
n.d.
Catalogue Number
BlK.06.01
Description
A realistic rendering of a woman's head and neck; hair parted in centre with braids coming together in front; left earring; necklace; a plaster of paris casting painted brown; flat back has a metal wire loop near top for hanging; is a pair with B1.06.02.
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Artist
Blake
Title
Untitled
Date
n.d.
Dimensions
22.5 x 7.0 x 10.5 cm
Description
A realistic rendering of a woman's head and neck; hair parted in centre with braids coming together in front; left earring; necklace; a plaster of paris casting painted brown; flat back has a metal wire loop near top for hanging; is a pair with B1.06.02.
Subject
portrait, female
Indigenous
Credit
Gift of D. S. Harvie, 1969
Catalogue Number
BlK.06.01
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Saddle Bronc Rider Banff Indian Days Coin Model

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Artist
Charles A. Beil (1894 – 1976, Canadian)
Date
1969 – 1976
Medium
plaster
Catalogue Number
BeC.17.02
Description
A realistic rendering of a saddle bronc rider; horse is bucking, all feet off the ground, facing to the left; signed lower right: C. A. Beil R. C. A. Beil contributed a coin design to the Banff Indian Days program between the years of 1969 to 1976. The original model was reduced to coin size at the…
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Artist
Charles A. Beil (1894 – 1976, Canadian)
Title
Saddle Bronc Rider Banff Indian Days Coin Model
Date
1969 – 1976
Medium
plaster
Dimensions
20.5 x 20.5 cm
Description
A realistic rendering of a saddle bronc rider; horse is bucking, all feet off the ground, facing to the left; signed lower right: C. A. Beil R. C. A. Beil contributed a coin design to the Banff Indian Days program between the years of 1969 to 1976. The original model was reduced to coin size at the minting plant. Part of the display Charlie Beil - Man of Versatility which is one part of four Charlie Beil - A Western Sculptor.
Subject
animal, horse
Indigenous
Credit
Gift of Devonian Group of Charitable Foundations, 1979
Catalogue Number
BeC.17.02
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Bull Rider Banff Indian Days Coin Model

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Artist
Charles A. Beil (1894 – 1976, Canadian)
Date
1969 – 1976
Medium
plaster
Catalogue Number
BeC.17.03
Description
A realistic rendering of a bull rider; the bull is bucking has his left front foot on the ground, facing to the right; signed bl: C. A. Beil R. Part of the display Charlie Beil - Man of Versatility which is one part of four Charlie Beil - A Western Sculptor. C. A. Beil contributed a coin design to …
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Artist
Charles A. Beil (1894 – 1976, Canadian)
Title
Bull Rider Banff Indian Days Coin Model
Date
1969 – 1976
Medium
plaster
Dimensions
20.5 x 20.5 cm
Description
A realistic rendering of a bull rider; the bull is bucking has his left front foot on the ground, facing to the right; signed bl: C. A. Beil R. Part of the display Charlie Beil - Man of Versatility which is one part of four Charlie Beil - A Western Sculptor. C. A. Beil contributed a coin design to the Banff Indian Days program between the years of 1969 to 1976. The original model was reduced to coin size at the minting plant.
Subject
animal, bull
Indigenous
Credit
Gift of Devonian Group of Charitable Foundations, 1979
Catalogue Number
BeC.17.03
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Shorty White-Grass A-PO-TO-YE-SEE

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Artist
Wilfred Langdon Kihn (1898 – 1957, American)
Date
1924
Medium
pastel on paper
Catalogue Number
KiW.03.02
Description
A very brightly coloured pastel drawing. The portrait of the man dominates almost the entire picture. A dark blue background behind his head, the face is drawin in good detail, black braids to the front. A red undershirt, yellow vest with white/red/purple diamond designs over shoulders. A necklace …
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Artist
Wilfred Langdon Kihn (1898 – 1957, American)
Title
Shorty White-Grass A-PO-TO-YE-SEE
Date
1924
Medium
pastel on paper
Dimensions
49.8 x 38.0 cm
Description
A very brightly coloured pastel drawing. The portrait of the man dominates almost the entire picture. A dark blue background behind his head, the face is drawin in good detail, black braids to the front. A red undershirt, yellow vest with white/red/purple diamond designs over shoulders. A necklace of black-tipped weasel tails and long, black horse tails. He is wearing a brown (buckskin ?) shirt. On the back of the heavy card backing: Shorty White-Grass A-PO-TO-YE-SEE Blackfeet Tribe of Browning Mont. in blue; in black: #54.
Subject
portrait, male
Indigenous
Credit
Gift of Banff Centre Brewster Donation, Banff, 1986
Catalogue Number
KiW.03.02
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Artist
Pegi Nicol MacLeod (1904 – 1949, Canadian)
Date
1927
Medium
oil on wood
Catalogue Number
McP.02.01
Description
Head and shoulder portrait of a woman, she is wearing a scarf wrapped around her head, purple/green with red stripes, covering her shoulders blue with light green stripes, the features are cubistic, eyes looking straight out of the picture, mouth light purple and opened, bottom teeth visible, t…
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Artist
Pegi Nicol MacLeod (1904 – 1949, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
1927
Medium
oil on wood
Dimensions
25.5 x 20.5 cm
Description
Head and shoulder portrait of a woman, she is wearing a scarf wrapped around her head, purple/green with red stripes, covering her shoulders blue with light green stripes, the features are cubistic, eyes looking straight out of the picture, mouth light purple and opened, bottom teeth visible, the portrait is very close cropped to the outer edges. Linen mat, gold coloured frame with a small brass plate centered Pegi Nicol MacLeod 1904 - 1949.
Subject
portrait
female
Indigenous
Credit
Gift of Christopher Varley, Toronto, 1986
Catalogue Number
McP.02.01
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Date
1910 – 1920
Material
skin; fibre; glass; metal
Catalogue Number
103.03.1112 a,b
Description
One pair of women’s slipper-style moccasins. Velvet edging around opening. Floral beadwork on vamp and around ankle in green, red, blue, pink and metallic beads. Pink and purple piping outlining vamp.
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Title
Beaded Moccasins
Date
1910 – 1920
Material
skin; fibre; glass; metal
Dimensions
24.0 x 11.0 cm
Description
One pair of women’s slipper-style moccasins. Velvet edging around opening. Floral beadwork on vamp and around ankle in green, red, blue, pink and metallic beads. Pink and purple piping outlining vamp.
Subject
Indigenous
beadwork
Cree
Bertha Oliver
regalia
Credit
Gift of Gwen Barker, Banff, 1999
Catalogue Number
103.03.1112 a,b
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