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View of Goat Mountain

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Artist
Frederic Marlett Bell-Smith, R. C. A. (1846 – 1923, Canadian)
Date
1888
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
BeS.05.01
Description
Colour: blue, green, yellow. Two people in a canoe paddle across the lake in the lower part of the picture. Two shore lines are seen on both sides. Beyond are yellow and green hills rising up to purple mountain One pear is prominent in the distance. Clear blue fills the top.This painting was lent t…
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Artist
Frederic Marlett Bell-Smith, R. C. A. (1846 – 1923, Canadian)
Title
View of Goat Mountain
Date
1888
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
40.5 x 30.3 cm
Description
Colour: blue, green, yellow. Two people in a canoe paddle across the lake in the lower part of the picture. Two shore lines are seen on both sides. Beyond are yellow and green hills rising up to purple mountain One pear is prominent in the distance. Clear blue fills the top.This painting was lent to the Winnipeg Art Gallery in 1975 to be included in the exhibition The Railway: A patron of the Arts in Canada. The exhibition was circulated across the country for two years.
Subject
landscape, lake, mountain
Vermilion Lake ?
figure, male
Credit
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Norman Tabuteau, Banff, 1966
Catalogue Number
BeS.05.01
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Artist
Harry Brett ( – 1925, Canadian)
Date
1887
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
BrH.05.01
Description
General colour: red, yellow, blue. The left profile and torso of a boy dressed in a uniform. Blue pants with a yellow stripe and a red jacket and a blue hat. He holds a trumpet and faces left.
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Artist
Harry Brett ( – 1925, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
1887
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
26 x 19 cm
Description
General colour: red, yellow, blue. The left profile and torso of a boy dressed in a uniform. Blue pants with a yellow stripe and a red jacket and a blue hat. He holds a trumpet and faces left.
Subject
NWMP
figure
male
Credit
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Norman Tabuteau, Banff, 1966
Catalogue Number
BrH.05.01
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Artist
John Donaldson Curren (1852 – 1940, Canadian)
Date
later than 1883
Medium
ink; watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
CuJ.05.01
Description
General colour: green, orange. Central image is a house. Half of the roof is tiled with orange brick. There are trees to the left and behind. In front are fields and a cross the bottom, is a brown fence. Sky is grey.
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Artist
John Donaldson Curren (1852 – 1940, Canadian)
Title
Bogside Scotland
Date
later than 1883
Medium
ink; watercolour on paper
Dimensions
14.25 x 18.75 cm
Description
General colour: green, orange. Central image is a house. Half of the roof is tiled with orange brick. There are trees to the left and behind. In front are fields and a cross the bottom, is a brown fence. Sky is grey.
Subject
landscape
architecture
rural
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1974
Catalogue Number
CuJ.05.01
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Artist
Thomas Mower Martin, R. C. A. (1838 – 1934, Canadian)
Date
later than 1886
Medium
oil on board
Catalogue Number
MrT.02.01
Description
General colour: green, brown. Central image is a wooden grave marker stuck at the end of a mound of dirt left of center. It reads Sacred to A.R. Underwood. Died July 31, 1886. It is shadowed by a tree whose double trunk is at the right side. Behind is woods, dark trees and light underbrush.
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Artist
Thomas Mower Martin, R. C. A. (1838 – 1934, Canadian)
Title
Pioneer Grave
Date
later than 1886
Medium
oil on board
Dimensions
16.5 x 27.5 cm
Description
General colour: green, brown. Central image is a wooden grave marker stuck at the end of a mound of dirt left of center. It reads Sacred to A.R. Underwood. Died July 31, 1886. It is shadowed by a tree whose double trunk is at the right side. Behind is woods, dark trees and light underbrush.
Subject
landscape, forest
historical
Credit
Purchased from Bashford's Corner Ltd, Calgary, 1970
Catalogue Number
MrT.02.01
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Artist
Carl Clemens Moritz Rungius (1869 – 1959, American)
Date
prior to 1905
Medium
photoengraving on paper
Catalogue Number
RuC.11.01
Description
Colour: greys as in a black and white photograph. At the waters edge in the center are two bull moose fighting. To the right, half way up in the background is a female moose looking on. Dead logs and grass fill the lower part of the picture.
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Artist
Carl Clemens Moritz Rungius (1869 – 1959, American)
Title
Battling Moose
Date
prior to 1905
Medium
photoengraving on paper
Dimensions
30.1 x 50.4 cm
Description
Colour: greys as in a black and white photograph. At the waters edge in the center are two bull moose fighting. To the right, half way up in the background is a female moose looking on. Dead logs and grass fill the lower part of the picture.
Subject
landscape
animal, moose
Credit
Gift of W. J. Wright, Kamloops, 1969
Catalogue Number
RuC.11.01
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Artist
Sydney C. Vick (1855 – 1922, Canadian)
Date
c. 1890
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
ViS.02.05
Description
Colour: brown, mauve. Central image is a bucking pack horse. To the left is a pack horse going away from the viewer and a rider on a black horse facing out.To the right are two more pack horses running to the center, and a rider on a horse behind. Underfoot is prairie scrub and behind in the distan…
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Artist
Sydney C. Vick (1855 – 1922, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
c. 1890
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
47.3 x 62.1 cm
Description
Colour: brown, mauve. Central image is a bucking pack horse. To the left is a pack horse going away from the viewer and a rider on a black horse facing out.To the right are two more pack horses running to the center, and a rider on a horse behind. Underfoot is prairie scrub and behind in the distance purple mountains.
Subject
landscape, mountain
animal, horse
activity, packing
figure, male
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1968
Catalogue Number
ViS.02.05
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Artist
Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)
Date
c. 1890
Medium
graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
CoJ.03.097
Description
Profile portrait of the bust of a woman with her head gazing downwards.“The woman’s head is bowed as though she is preoccupied with something in front of her; perhaps it is the artist’s wife, Mellora, playing the piano. The woman’s eyes and mouth, and tendrils of hair at the nape are treated sensit…
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Artist
Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)
Title
Melora
Date
c. 1890
Medium
graphite on paper
Dimensions
25 x 18 cm
Description
Profile portrait of the bust of a woman with her head gazing downwards.“The woman’s head is bowed as though she is preoccupied with something in front of her; perhaps it is the artist’s wife, Mellora, playing the piano. The woman’s eyes and mouth, and tendrils of hair at the nape are treated sensitively while flowers in the background underscore her femininity.” -- “Charles John Collings, 1848-1931” Catalogue Raisonne by Linda Heath
Subject
portrait
Mellora Collings
Credit
Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1984
Catalogue Number
CoJ.03.097
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Artist
Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)
Date
1880
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
CoJ.05.45
Description
Scene of a valley with outcroppings of dark rust/red rocks to the right and forground right, trees to the left middle, and mountains in the distance.
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Artist
Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)
Title
Marble Halls
Date
1880
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
13.5 x 14 cm
Description
Scene of a valley with outcroppings of dark rust/red rocks to the right and forground right, trees to the left middle, and mountains in the distance.
Subject
landscape
Credit
Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1986
Catalogue Number
CoJ.05.45
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Our Bear/Red Toy Box

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Artist
Therese Boyle (1952 – , Canadian)
Date
1986
Medium
oil; chalk on canvas
Catalogue Number
BoT.02.01
Description
Top half of picture is predominantly red, a little yellow and light blue, yellow top left corner, down left side and foreground, written in red at top: for Brian. A teddy bear with blue polka dot pants is sitting in bottom left corner, behind and to the left of him a house, across the bottom our b…
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Artist
Therese Boyle (1952 – , Canadian)
Title
Our Bear/Red Toy Box
Date
1986
Medium
oil; chalk on canvas
Dimensions
96.7 x 71.2 cm
Description
Top half of picture is predominantly red, a little yellow and light blue, yellow top left corner, down left side and foreground, written in red at top: for Brian. A teddy bear with blue polka dot pants is sitting in bottom left corner, behind and to the left of him a house, across the bottom our bear/red toy box 86 Boyle.
Subject
whimsical
teddy bear
Therese (Terri) Boyle
Credit
Purchased from Therese Boyle, Edmonton, 1987
Catalogue Number
BoT.02.01
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Artist
David Brown (1955 – , Canadian)
Date
1985
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
BrD.02.01
Description
The church dominates the centre, bottom half of picture, green evergreen trees around it, behind the church is Mount Rundle, with some snow, the top third of the picture is sky, light indication of clouds, 2 men with red sweaters are walking across the street towards the church corner, the immedia…
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Artist
David Brown (1955 – , Canadian)
Title
St. Paul's Church
Date
1985
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
243.8 x 91.4 cm
Description
The church dominates the centre, bottom half of picture, green evergreen trees around it, behind the church is Mount Rundle, with some snow, the top third of the picture is sky, light indication of clouds, 2 men with red sweaters are walking across the street towards the church corner, the immediate foreground is grey pavement.
Subject
architecture, church
church, St. Paul's Presbyterian, Banff
mountain, Mount Rundle
Credit
Purchased from David Brown, 1987
Catalogue Number
BrD.02.01
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Artist
Katie Anderson
Date
1987
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
AnK.05.01
Description
Centered in the picture is a vertical rectangle in which is a steaming tea pot and cup and saucer, the steam turns into butterflies and books, trees and mountains in background, around the edge of this picture are other scenes, the sides show various kinds of cakes and cookies, top and bottom shows…
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Artist
Katie Anderson
Title
The Magic Teapot
Date
1987
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
38.0 x 28.0 cm
Description
Centered in the picture is a vertical rectangle in which is a steaming tea pot and cup and saucer, the steam turns into butterflies and books, trees and mountains in background, around the edge of this picture are other scenes, the sides show various kinds of cakes and cookies, top and bottom shows shelves of books, each with a teacup.
Subject
mythological
event
Tea at the Whyte
Credit
Purchased from Katie Anderson, Canmore, 1988
Catalogue Number
AnK.05.01
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Artist
Barbara Ballachey (1949 – , Canadian)
Date
1983
Medium
acrylic on paper
Catalogue Number
BaB.12.01
Description
A blue/purple pond is in centre foreground, surrounded with brownish and green solid shapes. Green foliage, with some distinct trees, are over all the picture, mainly in top third with some distinct trees in immediate foreground. Five grey, stark trees are in center of picture, some more grey at ex…
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Artist
Barbara Ballachey (1949 – , Canadian)
Title
View of Beaver Pond
Date
1983
Medium
acrylic on paper
Dimensions
77.5 x 57.3 cm
Description
A blue/purple pond is in centre foreground, surrounded with brownish and green solid shapes. Green foliage, with some distinct trees, are over all the picture, mainly in top third with some distinct trees in immediate foreground. Five grey, stark trees are in center of picture, some more grey at extreme bottom left.
Subject
landscape
pond
Credit
Purchased from Paul Kuhn Fine Arts, Calgary, 1985
Catalogue Number
BaB.12.01
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New Railway Overpass, East of Banff

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Artist
Douglas Curran (1952 – , Canadian)
Date
1985
Medium
ektacolour on paper
Catalogue Number
CuD.18.01
Description
Cloudy sky, mountains - background; highway construction site - left; railway overpass construction - right. Adocumentary photography exhibition entitled Structured Paradise was organized by the Walter Phillips Gallery, in response to Parks Canada centennial celebration, 1985, and then donated to t…
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Artist
Douglas Curran (1952 – , Canadian)
Title
New Railway Overpass, East of Banff
Date
1985
Medium
ektacolour on paper
Dimensions
36.6;40.5 x 46.4;50.8 cm
Description
Cloudy sky, mountains - background; highway construction site - left; railway overpass construction - right. Adocumentary photography exhibition entitled Structured Paradise was organized by the Walter Phillips Gallery, in response to Parks Canada centennial celebration, 1985, and then donated to the Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies.
Credit
Gift of Walter Phillips Gallery, 1985
Catalogue Number
CuD.18.01
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Man impatient for taxi, Banff

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Artist
Douglas Curran (1952 – , Canadian)
Date
1985
Medium
silver gelatin on paper
Catalogue Number
CuD.18.02
Description
Train station depot; VIA sign - right; that with white hat and a suitcases standing centre. A documentary photography exhibition entitled Structured Paradise, was organized by the Walter Phillips Gallery, in response to Parks Canada centennial celebration, 1985, and then donated to the Whyte Museum…
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Artist
Douglas Curran (1952 – , Canadian)
Title
Man impatient for taxi, Banff
Date
1985
Medium
silver gelatin on paper
Dimensions
30.6;40.5 x 46.0;50.5 cm
Description
Train station depot; VIA sign - right; that with white hat and a suitcases standing centre. A documentary photography exhibition entitled Structured Paradise, was organized by the Walter Phillips Gallery, in response to Parks Canada centennial celebration, 1985, and then donated to the Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies.
Credit
Gift of Walter Phillips Gallery, 1985
Catalogue Number
CuD.18.02
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Artist
Douglas Curran (1952 – , Canadian)
Date
1985
Medium
silver gelatin on paper
Catalogue Number
CuD.18.03
Description
Interior of a bus, v.p. to right; left foreground - two women wearing hats and sunglasses leaning right to look at something. A documetary A documentary photography exhibition entitled Structured Paradise. was organized by the Walter Phillips Gallery, in response to Parks Canada centennial celebrat…
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Artist
Douglas Curran (1952 – , Canadian)
Title
Tour Bus
Date
1985
Medium
silver gelatin on paper
Dimensions
30.6;40.5 x 46.2;50.5 cm
Description
Interior of a bus, v.p. to right; left foreground - two women wearing hats and sunglasses leaning right to look at something. A documetary A documentary photography exhibition entitled Structured Paradise. was organized by the Walter Phillips Gallery, in response to Parks Canada centennial celebration, 1985, and then donated to the Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies.
Credit
Gift of Walter Phillips Gallery, 1985
Catalogue Number
CuD.18.03
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Artist
Douglas Curran (1952 – , Canadian)
Date
1985
Medium
silver gelatin on paper
Catalogue Number
CuD.18.05
Description
Cascade mountain - background, Banff town site - middle; back view of man crossing bridge, carrying a suitcase and bag over his shoulder - foreground. A documentary photography exhibition entitled Structured Paradise, was organized by the Walter Phillips Gallery, in response to Parks Canada centenn…
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Artist
Douglas Curran (1952 – , Canadian)
Title
Banff
Date
1985
Medium
silver gelatin on paper
Dimensions
30.6;40.5 x 46.0;50.5 cm
Description
Cascade mountain - background, Banff town site - middle; back view of man crossing bridge, carrying a suitcase and bag over his shoulder - foreground. A documentary photography exhibition entitled Structured Paradise, was organized by the Walter Phillips Gallery, in response to Parks Canada centennial celebration, 1985, and then donated to the Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies.
Credit
Gift of Walter Phillips Gallery, 1985
Catalogue Number
CuD.18.05
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Safeway Store, Banff

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Artist
Douglas Curran (1952 – , Canadian)
Date
1985
Medium
silver gelatin on paper
Catalogue Number
CuD.18.06
Description
A black and white photograph of the interior of a grocery store; a stand of pictures in centre foreground; a family with a shopping cart, one child riding in the card is being pushed by an older boy, the mother is leading holding on to the cart; the produce department is on the right. A documentary…
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Artist
Douglas Curran (1952 – , Canadian)
Title
Safeway Store, Banff
Date
1985
Medium
silver gelatin on paper
Dimensions
30.6;40.3 x 46.0;50.4 cm
Description
A black and white photograph of the interior of a grocery store; a stand of pictures in centre foreground; a family with a shopping cart, one child riding in the card is being pushed by an older boy, the mother is leading holding on to the cart; the produce department is on the right. A documentary photography exhibition entitled Structured Paradise was organized by the Walter Phillips Gallery, in response to Parks Canada centennial celebration in 1985, and then donated to The Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies.
Credit
Gift of Walter Phillips Gallery, 1985
Catalogue Number
CuD.18.06
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Preparing for Climb, Columbia Icefields, Americans from Rochester, N.Y.

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Artist
Douglas Curran (1952 – , Canadian)
Date
1985
Medium
silver gelatin on paper
Catalogue Number
CuD.18.07
Description
A black and white photograph of a van parked centre right with various backpacks and other equipment lying around it; 2 more vehicles to the left; a mountain base is seen in the background, with snow. A documentary photography exhibition entitled Structured Paradise was organized by the Walter Phil…
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Artist
Douglas Curran (1952 – , Canadian)
Title
Preparing for Climb, Columbia Icefields, Americans from Rochester, N.Y.
Date
1985
Medium
silver gelatin on paper
Dimensions
30.6;40.1 x 40.1;50.4 cm
Description
A black and white photograph of a van parked centre right with various backpacks and other equipment lying around it; 2 more vehicles to the left; a mountain base is seen in the background, with snow. A documentary photography exhibition entitled Structured Paradise was organized by the Walter Phillips Gallery in response to Parks Canada centennial celebration in 1985, and then donated to The Whyte Museum of the Canadain Rockies.
Credit
Gift of Walter Phillips Gallery, 1985
Catalogue Number
CuD.18.07
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Artist
Douglas Curran (1952 – , Canadian)
Date
1985
Medium
silver gelatin on paper
Catalogue Number
CuD.18.08
Description
A black and white photograph of 2 Japanese women in a souvenir shop; they are both holding T-shirts looking at them; they both have hats and sunglasses; the background is shelves with souvenirs. A documentary photography exhibition entitled Structured Paradise was organized by the Walter Phillips G…
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Artist
Douglas Curran (1952 – , Canadian)
Title
Buying T-Shirts
Date
1985
Medium
silver gelatin on paper
Dimensions
30.5;32.5 x 46.1;50.3 cm
Description
A black and white photograph of 2 Japanese women in a souvenir shop; they are both holding T-shirts looking at them; they both have hats and sunglasses; the background is shelves with souvenirs. A documentary photography exhibition entitled Structured Paradise was organized by the Walter Phillips Gallery in response to Parks Canada Centennial celebration in 1985, and then donated to the Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies.
Credit
Gift of Walter Phillips Gallery, 1985
Catalogue Number
CuD.18.08
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Buying T-Shirts, Icefields Souvenir Shop

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Artist
Douglas Curran (1952 – , Canadian)
Date
1985
Medium
silver gelatin on paper
Catalogue Number
CuD.18.09
Description
A black and white photograph of 4 Japanese ladies in a souvenir shop; they all have on hats; the lady in the foreground is holding a sweatshirt on the back of another lady in the centre; the sweatshirt has a round emblem Columbia Icefields. A documentary photography exhibition entitled Structured P…
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Artist
Douglas Curran (1952 – , Canadian)
Title
Buying T-Shirts, Icefields Souvenir Shop
Date
1985
Medium
silver gelatin on paper
Dimensions
30.6; 46.2 x 40.5; 50.4 cm
Description
A black and white photograph of 4 Japanese ladies in a souvenir shop; they all have on hats; the lady in the foreground is holding a sweatshirt on the back of another lady in the centre; the sweatshirt has a round emblem Columbia Icefields. A documentary photography exhibition entitled Structured Paradise was organized by the Walter Phillips Gallery in response to Parks Canada Centennial celebration in 1985, and then donated to the Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies.
Credit
Gift of Walter Phillips Gallery, 1985
Catalogue Number
CuD.18.09
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