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1 Hour

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1925

Medium: graphite; ink on paper

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.954 h

Description: Perspective drawing box, cone, jack (six sided star shape)

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: 1 Hour

Date: 1925

Medium: graphite; ink on paper

Dimensions: 23.0 x 29.5 cm

Description: Perspective drawing box, cone, jack (six sided star shape)

Subject: box; cone; jack

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.954 h

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Ah, A Pour End

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1922

Medium: ink on paper

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.953 h

Description: Man holding a broom

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Ah, A Pour End

Date: 1922

Medium: ink on paper

Dimensions: 26.0 x 12.0 cm

Description: Man holding a broom

Subject: curling; broom

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.953 h

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Any Shoelaces Mister?

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1924

Medium: ink on paper

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.073

Description: Two men, one with pipe walking dog, one sitting. Obviously windy.

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Any Shoelaces Mister?

Date: 1924

Medium: ink on paper

Dimensions: 28.4 x 19.4 cm

Description: Two men, one with pipe walking dog, one sitting. Obviously windy.

Subject: man; dog; wind

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.073

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Banff, Alberta, Canada

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1929 – 1966

Medium: ink on lined note paper

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.464

Description: A doodle of a skier on notepad paper with the tile, in cursive: Banff, Alberta, Canada.

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Banff, Alberta, Canada

Date: 1929 – 1966

Medium: ink on lined note paper

Dimensions: 21.3 x 16.9 cm

Description: A doodle of a skier on notepad paper with the tile, in cursive: Banff, Alberta, Canada.

Subject: skier; Banff; Alberta; Canada

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.464

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Banff Winter Carnival

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1924 – 1925

Medium: graphite; ink on paper

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.834

Description: In the top section of the poster design there is a cartoon drawing of a man in a suit jacket, vest, and tie flying through the air on skis. He has no poles in his hands suggesting that he could be ski jumping. Below the man there is three distinct mountains, with clouds behind them, and trees frami…

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Banff Winter Carnival

Date: 1924 – 1925

Medium: graphite; ink on paper

Dimensions: 45.1 x 29.7 cm

Description: In the top section of the poster design there is a cartoon drawing of a man in a suit jacket, vest, and tie flying through the air on skis. He has no poles in his hands suggesting that he could be ski jumping. Below the man there is three distinct mountains, with clouds behind them, and trees framing the the edges of the drawing. Below the drawing it says “WITH APOLOGIES TO DEBECK”, “Peter White - 1924”, and “Banff WINTER CARNIVAL - FEBRUARY 7-14. 1925 - The Peoples Playground SKI-ING SWIMMING SKATING TOBOGGANING, ETC.” Surrounding the inscription it is bordered with 3mm design: two lines running parallel to each other with circles drawn in the middle.

Subject: winter; sports; snow; mountains; Rocky Mountains; Banff; Winter Carnival; skiing; swimming; skating; tobogganing; skijumping; man; suit; suit jacket; vest; tie; skis; trees; clouds

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 0

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.834

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Brewster Transport Co. Canadian National Parks

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1925 – 1966

Medium: graphite; ink on paper

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.882

Description: Multiple sketches throughout paper: 1) Boxed off drawing of a mountain, with clouds above it and trees framing the edges, 2) A cabin surrounded by snow, with smoke coming out of the chimney, and there are some trees on either side of the cabin, 3) A lighthouse/fort like structure on the edge of a r…

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Brewster Transport Co. Canadian National Parks

Date: 1925 – 1966

Medium: graphite; ink on paper

Dimensions: 46.0 x 30.8 cm

Description: Multiple sketches throughout paper: 1) Boxed off drawing of a mountain, with clouds above it and trees framing the edges, 2) A cabin surrounded by snow, with smoke coming out of the chimney, and there are some trees on either side of the cabin, 3) A lighthouse/fort like structure on the edge of a rocky cliff that has ocean waves beating up against the rocks, 4) A small cabin at the bottom of a mountain surrounded by snow, there are trees in the background and smoke coming out of the chimney, 5) In an almond shaped outline there is a profile cartoon sketch of a man with a large nose, wearing glasses, and he has a mustache, 6) A sketch of three trees, 7) Profile cartoon sketch of a man in a dress shirt and tie that is wearing a hat, 8) A mountain that is framed by trees and has a single cloud up above the peak, 9) Full body sketch of a man in profile cartoon style, and he is wearing a suit, 10) Cartoon sketch of a man’s head in profile, he appears to be wearing a scarf, 11) A cactus in the middle of a desert, 12) A sketch of a field that has trees off in the background, and is lined with a fence made from rope and two linear objects put together in an ‘x’ shape. In between 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, and 11 it says “BREWSTER TRANSPORT Co. Canadian National Parks.”

Subject: mountains; Rocky Mountains; trees; snow; winter; home; house; cabin; smoke; fire; chimney; ocean; water; waves; light house; fort; people; men; glasses; mustache; facial hair; hat; tie; suit; scarf; cactus; desert; fence; rope; field; clothing

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.882

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Catharine and Peter Season’s Greetings

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1930 – 1960

Medium: graphite; ink on paper

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.939

Description: Christmas card drawing. A group of animals are painting canvases that are resting on easels. They are facing the viewer suggesting they could be painting you. Below the drawing it says “CATHARINE AND PETER SEASON’S GREETINGS” and in the TRC “164”

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Catharine and Peter Season’s Greetings

Date: 1930 – 1960

Medium: graphite; ink on paper

Dimensions: 17.7 x 25.9 cm

Description: Christmas card drawing. A group of animals are painting canvases that are resting on easels. They are facing the viewer suggesting they could be painting you. Below the drawing it says “CATHARINE AND PETER SEASON’S GREETINGS” and in the TRC “164”

Subject: animal; moose; bird; squirrel; mouse; deer; bear; rabbit; wolf; easel; canvas; paint; painting; brush; palette; Christmas card

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.939

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A Critical Moment

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1922

Medium: ink on paper

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.953 f

Description: man bending left toward curling rock holding broom

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: A Critical Moment

Date: 1922

Medium: ink on paper

Dimensions: 16.0 x 25.7 cm

Description: man bending left toward curling rock holding broom

Subject: curling; broom; rock

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.953 f

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Drunk Last Night... Drunk the Night Before [I]

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1921

Medium: ink on paper

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.621

Description: Ink cartoon drawing of a man in a top hat and tuxedo yawning amongst musical notes. His squinting eyes are represented by crosses on his face. In the bottom left corner, the words DRUNK LAST NIGHT/ DRUNK THE NIGHT BEFORE appear. Signed P.W /21 in bottom left.

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Drunk Last Night... Drunk the Night Before [I]

Date: 1921

Medium: ink on paper

Dimensions: 22.0 x 14.5 cm

Description: Ink cartoon drawing of a man in a top hat and tuxedo yawning amongst musical notes. His squinting eyes are represented by crosses on his face. In the bottom left corner, the words DRUNK LAST NIGHT/ DRUNK THE NIGHT BEFORE appear. Signed P.W /21 in bottom left.

Subject: drinking; drunk; top hat; yawn; man; tuxedo; liquor; music

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.621

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Drunk Last Night... Drunk the Night Before [II]

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1922

Medium: ink on paper

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.623

Description: An ink cartoon drawing of a very tall thin man in a tuxedo ramming his head into a lamppost as he walks down a street. He wears a top hat, white gloves, and spats. There is a brick wall behind him. Below the drawing is the inscription DRUNK LAST NIGHT/ DRUNK THE NIGHT BEFOREsigned P.W /22. in brc

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Drunk Last Night... Drunk the Night Before [II]

Date: 1922

Medium: ink on paper

Dimensions: 22.0 x 14.5 cm

Description: An ink cartoon drawing of a very tall thin man in a tuxedo ramming his head into a lamppost as he walks down a street. He wears a top hat, white gloves, and spats. There is a brick wall behind him. Below the drawing is the inscription DRUNK LAST NIGHT/ DRUNK THE NIGHT BEFOREsigned P.W /22. in brc

Subject: drunk; liquor; alcohol; tuxedo; man; lamppost; cartoon

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.623

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The Future way of Teaching Geography

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1925 – 1966

Medium: graphite; ink on paper

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.928

Description: An blimp/Zeppelin carries a group of people in space where they are looking at the different planets and stars, though Earth is the most prominent in the sky. Below the drawing it says “THE FUTURE WAY OF TEACHING GEOGRAPHY”

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: The Future way of Teaching Geography

Date: 1925 – 1966

Medium: graphite; ink on paper

Dimensions: 15.0 x 22.5 cm

Description: An blimp/Zeppelin carries a group of people in space where they are looking at the different planets and stars, though Earth is the most prominent in the sky. Below the drawing it says “THE FUTURE WAY OF TEACHING GEOGRAPHY”

Subject: airship; blimp; Zeppelin; aircraft; flying; space; travel; people; passengers; education; star; planet; Earth; geography

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.928

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Honolulu 1934 [I]

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1934

Medium: watercolour; ink on paper

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.286

Description: Beach scene with many people. In the foreground, a man lays in his back with arms outstretched, knees and his bald head facing the viewer. Two dogs play in the middle ground, right side, one appears to be digging. Children run and people sunbathe with umbrellas in the background.paper support has b…

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Honolulu 1934 [I]

Date: 1934

Medium: watercolour; ink on paper

Dimensions: 27.5 x 35.5 cm

Description: Beach scene with many people. In the foreground, a man lays in his back with arms outstretched, knees and his bald head facing the viewer. Two dogs play in the middle ground, right side, one appears to be digging. Children run and people sunbathe with umbrellas in the background.paper support has been glues to stiffer matting, possibly by previous cataloguer or preparator (pre-2016)

Subject: beach; sunbathing; leisure; dogs; Hawaii; Honolulu

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.286

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Honolulu 1934 [II]

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1934

Medium: ink; watercolour

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.287

Description: Watercolour and ink drawing of many people on a beach. A man in the right of foreground lies on his back suntanning. A larger woman in a pink bathing suit and blue cap, and blue floater in her right had. She wears blue sandals and gestures to someone farther down the beach. To the right a man in a…

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Honolulu 1934 [II]

Date: 1934

Medium: ink; watercolour

Dimensions: 27.5 x 35.5 cm

Description: Watercolour and ink drawing of many people on a beach. A man in the right of foreground lies on his back suntanning. A larger woman in a pink bathing suit and blue cap, and blue floater in her right had. She wears blue sandals and gestures to someone farther down the beach. To the right a man in a hat is putting on his blue pants. Other people are sun tanning, sitting, or playing in the midground. In the background, people are in the water and there is a ship on the horizon.

Subject: beach; leisure; sunbathing; Hawaii; Honolulu

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.287

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How A Large Number of Banff Faces Appeared on Wednesday Dec- 7 -1921

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1921

Medium: ink on paper

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.953 j

Description: Portrait of man with elongated frown “HOW A LARGE NUMBER OF BANFF FACES APPEARED ON WEDNESDAY DEC - 7 - 1921”

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: How A Large Number of Banff Faces Appeared on Wednesday Dec- 7 -1921

Date: 1921

Medium: ink on paper

Dimensions: 25.0 x 20.0 cm

Description: Portrait of man with elongated frown “HOW A LARGE NUMBER OF BANFF FACES APPEARED ON WEDNESDAY DEC - 7 - 1921”

Subject: Banff; faces; Wednesday December 7 1921

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.953 j

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Ichabod Sr.

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1921

Medium: ink on paper

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.600

Description: Ink caricature of a man in a windowpane-check suit, a hat, dress shoes and spats. Is left side is presented to the viewer and he extends his left hand, as if to shake someone’s hand.Below the drawing is the inscription ICHABOD SR. and P.W. /21

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Ichabod Sr.

Date: 1921

Medium: ink on paper

Dimensions: 22.0 x 14.5 cm

Description: Ink caricature of a man in a windowpane-check suit, a hat, dress shoes and spats. Is left side is presented to the viewer and he extends his left hand, as if to shake someone’s hand.Below the drawing is the inscription ICHABOD SR. and P.W. /21

Subject: caricature; man; suit; spats

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.600

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Merry Christmas

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1939 – 1945

Medium: ink on paper

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.421

Description: Three men under an umbrella. Left man holds the umbrella, centre man holds a camera, and right man hold a FRAGILE suitcase labeled RCAF TOFINO

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Merry Christmas

Date: 1939 – 1945

Medium: ink on paper

Dimensions: 25.2 x 17.5 cm

Description: Three men under an umbrella. Left man holds the umbrella, centre man holds a camera, and right man hold a FRAGILE suitcase labeled RCAF TOFINO

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.421

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A Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1930 – 1960

Medium: graphite; ink on paper

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.773

Description: Peter is taking a nap on three logs that have three squirrels on the top, three birds rest on his body. At his feet there is a stump with an axe in it, with three more birds watching Peter and beside the stump there is a bear. Peter has comic “z’s” coming up from his body where in a conversation bu…

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: A Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year

Date: 1930 – 1960

Medium: graphite; ink on paper

Dimensions: 10.0 x 16.0 cm

Description: Peter is taking a nap on three logs that have three squirrels on the top, three birds rest on his body. At his feet there is a stump with an axe in it, with three more birds watching Peter and beside the stump there is a bear. Peter has comic “z’s” coming up from his body where in a conversation bubble he describes his dream of sitting at a table with Catharine around a meal. Written along the top edge “TO MOTHER ROBB FROM PETER” and along the bottom edge “A MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR”