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624. The Loop, C.P.R. Selkirks

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Part Of: Professional photographers collection

Scope & Content: Selkirk Mountains

Date Range: [ca.1890]

Reference Code: V650 / 1987 - PA - 3

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph

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Part Of: Professional photographers collection

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: V650

Reference Code: V650 / 1987 - PA - 3

GMD: Photograph

Date Range: [ca.1890]

Physical Description: 1 photograph : print, 11 x 18 cm

Scope & Content: Selkirk Mountains

Subject Access: Discovery and Exploration; Railways

Geographic Access: British Columbia

Creator: Unknown

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Anthracite and Cascade Mountain from Hoodoos, Alba / On Line of Canadian Pacific Railway. 16-42

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Part Of: Professional photographers collection

Scope & Content: Anthracite townsite and mine, Rocky Mountains

Date Range: [ca.1900]

Reference Code: V650 / 1883 - PA - 13

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph

1 image

Part Of: Professional photographers collection

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: V650

Reference Code: V650 / 1883 - PA - 13

GMD: Photograph

Date Range: [ca.1900]

Physical Description: 1 photograph : print, 19 x 24 cm

Scope & Content: Anthracite townsite and mine, Rocky Mountains

Subject Access: Discovery and Exploration; Environment and Nature; Railways

Geographic Access: Alberta

Creator: Unknown

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Banff Hotel and Bow River, Banff Alba / On Line of Canadian Pacific Railway. 16-93

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Part Of: Professional photographers collection

Scope & Content: Rocky Mountains

Date Range: [ca.1900]

Reference Code: V650 / 1883 - PA - 12

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph

1 image

Part Of: Professional photographers collection

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: V650

Reference Code: V650 / 1883 - PA - 12

GMD: Photograph

Date Range: [ca.1900]

Physical Description: 1 photograph : print, 19 x 24 cm

Scope & Content: Rocky Mountains

Subject Access: Discovery and Exploration; Environment and Nature; Railways

Geographic Access: Alberta

Creator: Unknown

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Beaver Gates and Canon, Beavermouth B.C. / On Line of Canadian Pacific Railway. 18-140

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Part Of: Professional photographers collection

Scope & Content: Beaver Canyon, Selkirk Mountains

Date Range: [ca.1900]

Reference Code: V650 / 1883 - PA - 4

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph

1 image

Part Of: Professional photographers collection

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: V650

Reference Code: V650 / 1883 - PA - 4

GMD: Photograph

Date Range: [ca.1900]

Physical Description: 1 photograph : print, 19 x 24 cm

Scope & Content: Beaver Canyon, Selkirk Mountains

Subject Access: Discovery and Exploration; Environment and Nature; Railways

Geographic Access: British Columbia

Creator: Unknown

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Bow River Valley, Banff Alba / On Line of Canadian Pacific Railway. 16-70

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Part Of: Professional photographers collection

Scope & Content: Banff townsite, Rocky Mountains

Date Range: [ca.1900]

Reference Code: V650 / 1883 - PA - 11

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph

1 image

Part Of: Professional photographers collection

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: V650

Reference Code: V650 / 1883 - PA - 11

GMD: Photograph

Date Range: [ca.1900]

Physical Description: 1 photograph : print, 18 x 24 cm

Scope & Content: Banff townsite, Rocky Mountains

Subject Access: Discovery and Exploration; Environment and Nature; Railways

Geographic Access: Alberta

Creator: Unknown

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Caribou Hunt, Bird Hunt

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Artist: Unknown

Date: prior to 1962

Catalogue Number: UnK.08.11 a,b

Description: hunting scenes; appliqued figures; (a) Bird Hunt (46.0x69.0) white background; bound edges; purple fabric with red and green stitching; 2 hunters, pink and black, with blue weapons; one hunter pulling 2 pink fish; blue bird on black patch; tail and back legs of animal with black patch brc; blue k…

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Artist: Unknown

Title: Caribou Hunt, Bird Hunt

Date: prior to 1962

Description: hunting scenes; appliqued figures; (a) Bird Hunt (46.0x69.0) white background; bound edges; purple fabric with red and green stitching; 2 hunters, pink and black, with blue weapons; one hunter pulling 2 pink fish; blue bird on black patch; tail and back legs of animal with black patch brc; blue knit loops at each corner; (b) Caribou Hunt; (46.0x69.0) white background, bound edges; purple fabric with red and green stitching; 3 hunters, pink and black; 2 black dogs, one pulling a sled; pink caribou with arrow in shoulder, bleeding from wound and mouth; blue knit loops at each corner.

Subject: figure; male; female; activity; hunting; animal; caribou; fish; dog; bird

Credit: Gift of Doreen Hutchinson, Calgary, 1988

Catalogue Number: UnK.08.11 a,b

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Castleguard Meadows

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1929

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.594

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Castleguard Meadows

Date: 1929

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 27.7 x 27.8 cm

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; mountain; camp; tent; figure; male

Credit: Gift of James (Sr.) Simpson, 1968

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.594

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Cathedral Peak B.C. from Mt. Stephen / On Line of Canadian Pacific Railway. 18-10

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Part Of: Professional photographers collection

Scope & Content: Rocky Mountains

Date Range: [ca.1900]

Reference Code: V650 / 1883 - PA - 7

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph

1 image

Part Of: Professional photographers collection

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: V650

Reference Code: V650 / 1883 - PA - 7

GMD: Photograph

Date Range: [ca.1900]

Physical Description: 1 photograph : print, 24 x 19 cm

Scope & Content: Rocky Mountains

Subject Access: Discovery and Exploration; Environment and Nature; Railways

Geographic Access: British Columbia

Creator: Unknown

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Chief Dan Wildman

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1930

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.02.075

Description: Dan Wildman is facing toward the left side of the image and takes up most of the right side of the image. The left half of the painting is a grey-green colour. Dan Wildman is wearing traditional Stoney clothing and head dress. He wears a bear tooth necklace and extensive beadwork is visible on h…

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Chief Dan Wildman

Date: 1930

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 75.0 x 62.3 cm

Description: Dan Wildman is facing toward the left side of the image and takes up most of the right side of the image. The left half of the painting is a grey-green colour. Dan Wildman is wearing traditional Stoney clothing and head dress. He wears a bear tooth necklace and extensive beadwork is visible on his shirt. His eyes appear as if they are slightly closed.

Subject: portrait; male; Stoney; Dan Wildman

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: WyP.02.075

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Chief David Bearspaw

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1933

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.120

Description: Colour: white, brown, red, orange. A man looks to the right, wearing a feather headress which runs off the picture at the upper left. While ermine streamers come down either side of his face. He wears a red neckerchief. There is blue, orange and red trim on the headress.

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Chief David Bearspaw

Date: 1933

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 27.5 x 35 cm

Description: Colour: white, brown, red, orange. A man looks to the right, wearing a feather headress which runs off the picture at the upper left. While ermine streamers come down either side of his face. He wears a red neckerchief. There is blue, orange and red trim on the headress.

Subject: portrait; male; Chief David Bearspaw

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1968

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.120

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Chief David Bearspaw

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1931 – 1934

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.02.058

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Chief David Bearspaw

Date: 1931 – 1934

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 64.0 x 53.5 cm

Subject: portrait; male

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: WyP.02.058

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Chief George McLean

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1945 – 1950

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.02.062

Description: A front facing portrait of Chief George McLean (Walking Buffalo) in full regalia, including a large headdress, orange beaded shirt, and blue belt.

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Chief George McLean

Date: 1945 – 1950

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 75.5 x 63.0 cm

Description: A front facing portrait of Chief George McLean (Walking Buffalo) in full regalia, including a large headdress, orange beaded shirt, and blue belt.

Subject: portrait; male; Indigenous; costumes

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: WyP.02.062

Notes: Artistry Revealed: Peter Whyte, Catharine Robb Whyte and Their Contemporaries; June 17, 2018 to October 21, 2018

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Family Caribou Hunt

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Artist: Unknown

Date: prior to 1962

Medium: wool; hide

Catalogue Number: UnK.08.07

Description: This square wall hanging has green and black stitching all around the edges and in the corners. In the light background the scene includes in the upper section a male with a bow and arrow aiming at a caribou. The middle section shows a woman with a child on her back and a male figure with an arm ra…

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Artist: Unknown

Title: Family Caribou Hunt

Date: prior to 1962

Medium: wool; hide

Dimensions: 58.0 x 66.0 cm

Description: This square wall hanging has green and black stitching all around the edges and in the corners. In the light background the scene includes in the upper section a male with a bow and arrow aiming at a caribou. The middle section shows a woman with a child on her back and a male figure with an arm raised. Just right of the center is a tee pee. Above the tee pee area is another woman with two children. The bottom area shows a dog tied to a fixed peg in the ground and another figure working on the tee pee. All the image shapes have been cut out of fibre with the exception of the tee pee, it is made from skin. The overall colour in this wall hanging is yellow, black,green and off white.

Subject: figures; male; female; child; activity; hunting; animals; caribou; dog; architecture; teepee

Credit: Gift of Doreen Hutchinson, Calgary, 1988

Catalogue Number: UnK.08.07

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George McLean

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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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Glacier, Selkirk Mts., C.P.R.R

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Part Of: Professional photographers collection

Scope & Content: Canadian Pacific Railway at Glacier House

Date Range: [ca.1890]

Reference Code: V650 / 1987 - PA - 17

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph

1 image

Part Of: Professional photographers collection

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: V650

Reference Code: V650 / 1987 - PA - 17

GMD: Photograph

Date Range: [ca.1890]

Physical Description: 1 photograph : print, 11 x 18 cm

Scope & Content: Canadian Pacific Railway at Glacier House

Subject Access: Discovery and Exploration; Railways

Geographic Access: British Columbia

Creator: Unknown

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The Great Divide, near Hector B.C. / On Line of Canadian Pacific Railway. 18-1

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Part Of: Professional photographers collection

Scope & Content: Rocky Mountains

Date Range: [ca.1900]

Reference Code: V650 / 1883 - PA - 9

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph

1 image

Part Of: Professional photographers collection

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: V650

Reference Code: V650 / 1883 - PA - 9

GMD: Photograph

Date Range: [ca.1900]

Physical Description: 1 photograph : print, 19 x 24 cm

Scope & Content: Rocky Mountains

Subject Access: Discovery and Exploration; Environment and Nature; Railways

Geographic Access: British Columbia

Creator: Unknown

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Head of Moraine Lake, Laggan, Alba / On Line of Canadian Pacific Railway. 17-5

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Part Of: Professional photographers collection

Scope & Content: Rocky Mountains

Date Range: [ca.1900]

Reference Code: V650 / 1883 - PA - 10

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph

1 image

Part Of: Professional photographers collection

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: V650

Reference Code: V650 / 1883 - PA - 10

GMD: Photograph

Date Range: [ca.1900]

Physical Description: 1 photograph : print, 19 x 24 cm

Scope & Content: Rocky Mountains

Subject Access: Discovery and Exploration; Environment and Nature; Railways

Geographic Access: Alberta

Creator: Unknown

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Hunter with Two Ivory Bears

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Artist: Unknown

Date: prior to 1962

Medium: stone; ivory; bone; sinew

Catalogue Number: UnK.06.42 a-e

Description: Mottled green stone for the base is shaped with a ledge. (a) Lower base has 2 holes drilled for the man. (b) The man is dressed in full parka , his face is carved out of ivory and set into parka, carved features with red orange markings. Both hands have a hole drilled through, no fingers. The t…

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Artist: Unknown

Title: Hunter with Two Ivory Bears

Date: prior to 1962

Medium: stone; ivory; bone; sinew

Dimensions: 11.5 x 6.2 x 16.5 cm

Description: Mottled green stone for the base is shaped with a ledge. (a) Lower base has 2 holes drilled for the man. (b) The man is dressed in full parka , his face is carved out of ivory and set into parka, carved features with red orange markings. Both hands have a hole drilled through, no fingers. The two bears are carved out of ivory. Both have carved features with black and claws in black. (d) One is sitting and looking over his left shoulder, (c) the other is standing on his back legs, he has a hole drilled in right chest. The bow (e) is slightly curved with notched both ends to which is tied a long piece of very thin sinew. It appears that a spear is missing.