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Banff Indian Days posters

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Part Of
Luxton family fonds
Scope & Content
File consists of 14 colour and b&w oversized promotional posters and information boards for Banff Indian Days celebrations, promoted by Canadian Pacific. Posters largely feature identified and unidentified Indigenous people, notably Chief Spotted Eagle and Blind Eagle. Art medium includes oil pain…
Date Range
[ca. 1930-1950]
1936
1937
1949
Reference Code
LUX / I / D3 / 1 - 14
Description Level
5 / File
GMD
Textual record
Poster
Drawing
Published record
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Part Of
Luxton family fonds
Description Level
5 / File
Fonds Number
LUX
Series
I.D.3. Personal and professional : Organizations
Sous-Fonds
I. Norman Luxton sous-fonds
Accession Number
LUX
Reference Code
LUX / I / D3 / 1 - 14
GMD
Textual record
Poster
Drawing
Published record
Responsibility
Published and artwork attributed to Ernie Kehr, W.L. Kihn, G.H.W. Ashley, Crag & Canyon Press, Palenske, Canadian Pacific and Multi Color Poster
Date Range
[ca. 1930-1950]
1936
1937
1949
Physical Description
14 posters : colour and b&w ; 35 x 56 cm or smaller
Scope & Content
File consists of 14 colour and b&w oversized promotional posters and information boards for Banff Indian Days celebrations, promoted by Canadian Pacific. Posters largely feature identified and unidentified Indigenous people, notably Chief Spotted Eagle and Blind Eagle. Art medium includes oil paint process mounted on cardboard made in Canada and distributed by Exhibits Branch Canadian Pacific, lithographic prints, and a mounted drawing attributed to Palenske. Some have annotations or stamps on the back.
Notes
Possibly unassociated shipping packing material addressed to Norman Luxton at the Trading Post from E.A. Kehr found in box - this has not been assigned a number. D3-10, a lithographic promotional material from 1936 has an identical design to LUX / II / F1 / 47, an Indian Days poster from 1928 Items LUX / I / D3 / 1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14 were originally associated with LUX / I / D3a / 6, which contains brochures and a flyer from Banff Indian Days LUX / I / D3 / 8, Palenske may have potentionally used photograph LUX / I / D3a / PA-26 as reference
Material Details
Some posters have foldable cardboard stand at back to place upright on surface, adhesives, and perhaps mounting additives.
Name Access
Luxton, Norman
Kehr, Ernie
Palenske, Reinhold H.
Canadian Pacific Railway
Subject Access
Activities
Advertising
Community events
Banff Indian Days
Indigenous Peoples
Tourism
Geographic Access
Banff
Alberta
Banff National Park
Reproduction Restrictions
Restrictions may apply
Title Source
Title based on contents of file
Processing Status
Processed
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Artist
John Davenall Turner (1900 – 1980, Canadian)
Date
1951 – 1959
Medium
ink; watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
TuJ.03.01
Description
TuJ.03.01 (1951) roadside church, pen & ink, signed brc J.D. Turner Xmas card sent to the Whytes.
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Artist
John Davenall Turner (1900 – 1980, Canadian)
Title
Card Sketches
Date
1951 – 1959
Medium
ink; watercolour on paper
Dimensions
12.5 x 17.0 cm
Description
TuJ.03.01 (1951) roadside church, pen & ink, signed brc J.D. Turner Xmas card sent to the Whytes.
Subject
landscape
Christmas
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
TuJ.03.01
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Artist
John Davenall Turner (1900 – 1980, Canadian)
Date
1951 – 1959
Medium
ink; watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
TuJ.03.02
Description
TuJ.03.02 (1955) fence and foothills, gouache, initialled JDT brc Xmas card sent to the Whytes.
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Artist
John Davenall Turner (1900 – 1980, Canadian)
Title
Card Sketches
Date
1951 – 1959
Medium
ink; watercolour on paper
Dimensions
12.5 x 17.0 cm
Description
TuJ.03.02 (1955) fence and foothills, gouache, initialled JDT brc Xmas card sent to the Whytes.
Subject
landscape
Christmas
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
TuJ.03.02
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Artist
John Davenall Turner (1900 – 1980, Canadian)
Date
1951 – 1959
Medium
ink; watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
TuJ.03.03
Description
TuJ.03.03 (1959) Sunfield on fencepost (artist's residence west of Calgary); gouache. Xmas card sent to the Whytes.
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Artist
John Davenall Turner (1900 – 1980, Canadian)
Title
Card Sketches
Date
1951 – 1959
Medium
ink; watercolour on paper
Dimensions
12.5 x 17.0 cm
Description
TuJ.03.03 (1959) Sunfield on fencepost (artist's residence west of Calgary); gouache. Xmas card sent to the Whytes.
Subject
landscape
Christmas
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
TuJ.03.03
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Artist
R. L. Hunter
Date
1952
Medium
felt maker; ink; graphite crayon on paper
Catalogue Number
HlR.03.01
Description
Four figures sitting in the centre left foreground, group of people centre of drawing around a green clump of bush and multi-coloured banners flying on the air centre. Tents and teepees set around the central banner area.
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Artist
R. L. Hunter
Title
Indian Life 1952
Date
1952
Medium
felt maker; ink; graphite crayon on paper
Dimensions
45.0 x 56.0 cm
Description
Four figures sitting in the centre left foreground, group of people centre of drawing around a green clump of bush and multi-coloured banners flying on the air centre. Tents and teepees set around the central banner area.
Subject
figure
group
ceremonial
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
HlR.03.01
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Moose at water's edge

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Artist
R. L. Hunter
Date
prior to 1979
Medium
felt pen; graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
HlR.03.03
Description
The foreground is a green grass and tree rimmed lake, a moose enters the lake near centre edge, grey mountains in background, light blue sky, large white cloud covers most of sky, edge of another cloud at right border
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Artist
R. L. Hunter
Title
Moose at water's edge
Date
prior to 1979
Medium
felt pen; graphite on paper
Dimensions
27.8 x 42.5 cm
Description
The foreground is a green grass and tree rimmed lake, a moose enters the lake near centre edge, grey mountains in background, light blue sky, large white cloud covers most of sky, edge of another cloud at right border
Subject
landscape
mountain
animal
moose
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
HlR.03.03
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Artist
William Townsend (1909 – 1973, British)
Date
1951 – 1972
Medium
oil pastel on paper (sketchbook)
Catalogue Number
ToW.03.01
Description
Blacktop highway covers bottom of picture going to center right, a yellow line runs in middle; yellow beside road, brown hills on either side, red on horizon, blue over the red, very sketchy.
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Artist
William Townsend (1909 – 1973, British)
Title
Prairie Highway
Date
1951 – 1972
Medium
oil pastel on paper (sketchbook)
Dimensions
22.8 x 30.5 cm
Description
Blacktop highway covers bottom of picture going to center right, a yellow line runs in middle; yellow beside road, brown hills on either side, red on horizon, blue over the red, very sketchy.
Subject
landscape, prairie
Credit
Purchased from Virginia Christopher Galleries, Calgary, 1984
Catalogue Number
ToW.03.01
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Profile of a Young Girl

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Artist
Unknown
Date
c. 1890
Medium
graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
UnK.03.02
Description
A graphite sketch of a young girl, sitting in profile. The sketch is in a black and gold frame with a hook at the top for hanging.
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Artist
Unknown
Title
Profile of a Young Girl
Date
c. 1890
Medium
graphite on paper
Dimensions
6.0 x 7.0 cm
Description
A graphite sketch of a young girl, sitting in profile. The sketch is in a black and gold frame with a hook at the top for hanging.
Subject
portrait
child
girl
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
UnK.03.02
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Artist
J. Monroe Thorington (1894 – 1989, American)
Date
prior to 1970
Medium
charcoal on paper
Catalogue Number
ThM.03.05
Description
A left profile drawing of a Rocky Mountain Goat.
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Artist
J. Monroe Thorington (1894 – 1989, American)
Title
Rocky Mountain Goat
Date
prior to 1970
Medium
charcoal on paper
Dimensions
38.0 x 23.0 cm
Description
A left profile drawing of a Rocky Mountain Goat.
Subject
animal, mountain goat
Credit
Gift of Lillian Gest, Philadelphia, USA, 1969
Catalogue Number
ThM.03.05
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Artist
Kathleen Frances Daly Pepper (1898 – 1994, Canadian)
Date
1957
Medium
crayon on paper
Catalogue Number
DaK.03.34
Description
Mountains dominate top two thirds of picture. Running along base of mountains are a line of trees, a lake is indicated in bottom third foreground.
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Artist
Kathleen Frances Daly Pepper (1898 – 1994, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
1957
Medium
crayon on paper
Dimensions
29.4 x 37.0 cm
Description
Mountains dominate top two thirds of picture. Running along base of mountains are a line of trees, a lake is indicated in bottom third foreground.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
Credit
Purchased from Kathleen Frances Daly Pepper, 1989
Catalogue Number
DaK.03.34
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Whyte Museum and Eric Harvie Theatre Scrapbook

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Part Of
Kidney family fonds
Scope & Content
File consists of one scrapbook, mostly empty, containing ca. 48 newspaper clippings, a pamphlet re: the Banff Elementary School Spring Concert in May 1969, and a signed original sketch by Peter Whyte. Content pertains to the openings of the Whyte Museum Archives and the Harvie Theatre in Banff, Pet…
Date Range
1959
1968
1969
Reference Code
M74 / I / C / 4
Description Level
5 / File
GMD
Scrapbook
Textual record
Drawing
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Part Of
Kidney family fonds
Description Level
5 / File
Fonds Number
M74 / V324
Series
M74 / I : Maud (Woodworth) Kidney records
Sous-Fonds
M74
Sub-Series
M74 / I / C : 1951 - 1977
Accession Number
2016.8581
Reference Code
M74 / I / C / 4
GMD
Scrapbook
Textual record
Drawing
Date Range
1959
1968
1969
Physical Description
4 cm of textual records (1 scrapbook : 18 pages ; 30 x 37 cm)
Scope & Content
File consists of one scrapbook, mostly empty, containing ca. 48 newspaper clippings, a pamphlet re: the Banff Elementary School Spring Concert in May 1969, and a signed original sketch by Peter Whyte. Content pertains to the openings of the Whyte Museum Archives and the Harvie Theatre in Banff, Peter and Catharine Whyte, Senator Donald Cameron and Margaret Greenham.
Name Access
Cameron, Donald
Greenham, Margaret
Whyte, Peter
Whyte, Catharine
Subject Access
Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies
Heritage
Tourism
Concert
Music
Art
Geographic Access
Canada
Alberta
Banff
Access Restrictions
Restrictions may apply
Reproduction Restrictions
Restrictions may apply
Language
English
Conservation
Many items in scrapbook are loose, handle with caution
Category
Arts
Title Source
Title based on contents of file
Processing Status
Processed
Electronic Resources
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