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5 Mile Point, West of Banff

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Artist
Henry George Glyde (1906 – 1998, Canadian)
Date
1957
Medium
graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
GyH.03.04
Description
Large jagged rocks encompass the centre of this work, with grass and foliage surrounding. A large tree rises on the right.
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Artist
Henry George Glyde (1906 – 1998, Canadian)
Title
5 Mile Point, West of Banff
Date
1957
Medium
graphite on paper
Description
Large jagged rocks encompass the centre of this work, with grass and foliage surrounding. A large tree rises on the right.
Subject
landscape
Canadian
mountain
Credit
Gift of Henry George Glyde, Victoria, 1997
Catalogue Number
GyH.03.04
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1917 – 1966
Medium
graphite; ink on paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.516
Description
A pencil and ink drawing of a map of British Columbia. Notable is Highway 1 and the significant places through which it passes.
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
B.C.
Date
1917 – 1966
Medium
graphite; ink on paper
Dimensions
22.5 x 15.1 cm
Description
A pencil and ink drawing of a map of British Columbia. Notable is Highway 1 and the significant places through which it passes.
Subject
British Columbia
Highway 1
Revelstoke
Vancouver
Hope
geography
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.516
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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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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1915 – 1925
Medium
graphite; ink on paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.924
Description
Three cartoon sketches of men: 1) a bald man is laughing, and only has three teeth, 2) a man with a stern look on his face. He is wearing what appears to be a suit, and has glasses, 3) a man of Asian descent looks laboured since he has sweat coming off his brow. Above the drawings it says “LESSON N…
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Expression
Date
1915 – 1925
Medium
graphite; ink on paper
Dimensions
15.6 x 25.3 cm
Description
Three cartoon sketches of men: 1) a bald man is laughing, and only has three teeth, 2) a man with a stern look on his face. He is wearing what appears to be a suit, and has glasses, 3) a man of Asian descent looks laboured since he has sweat coming off his brow. Above the drawings it says “LESSON No. 4 EXPRESSION”
Subject
people
men
clothing
suit
hair
bald
Asian
eye wear
glasses
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.924
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First Time Bean Pods

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Artist
Ito Sojun
Date
1885 – 1885
Medium
ink on paper
Catalogue Number
SoI.03.01
Description
This drawing features a branch which extends from the blc, starting as one branch, and reaches into the tr side of the work where it branches into three grouping of leaves. The leaves are a black ink wash. Green ink is used to depict bean pods which are growing underneath the leaves closer to the…
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Artist
Ito Sojun
Title
First Time Bean Pods
Date
1885 – 1885
Medium
ink on paper
Dimensions
32.0 x 33.5 cm
Description
This drawing features a branch which extends from the blc, starting as one branch, and reaches into the tr side of the work where it branches into three grouping of leaves. The leaves are a black ink wash. Green ink is used to depict bean pods which are growing underneath the leaves closer to the bottom of the branch.
Subject
botanical
bean pods
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
SoI.03.01
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A Good Way to Reduce and Midnight Exercise

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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1917 – 1929
Medium
ink on paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.602
Description
Two comical scenes drawn in ink that depict, in cartoon style, ways to lose weight or get exercise. The left scene is titled A GOOD WAY TO REDUCE, the one on the right is titled MIDNIGHT EXERCISE. The scene on the left shows a man whose leg has been cut off from a car driving over it with a speech …
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
A Good Way to Reduce and Midnight Exercise
Date
1917 – 1929
Medium
ink on paper
Dimensions
15.2 x 25.0 cm
Description
Two comical scenes drawn in ink that depict, in cartoon style, ways to lose weight or get exercise. The left scene is titled A GOOD WAY TO REDUCE, the one on the right is titled MIDNIGHT EXERCISE. The scene on the left shows a man whose leg has been cut off from a car driving over it with a speech bubble that says “NOW I’M DOWN TO A HUNDRED AND EIGHTY AT LAST.” The scene on the right shows a man walking inside with a crying baby with a speech bubble that says “AH WAWA WOW” and another speech bubble coming from the man saying “IF I WAS SINGLE AGAIN GEE WHIZ.”
Subject
weight loss
exercise
baby
health
comic
cartoon
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.602
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The Great Lakes and the States that Bound Them

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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1917 – 1966
Medium
ink on paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.514
Description
Ink drawing of a geographic perspective of the Great Lakes region, including the states that border on Canada
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
The Great Lakes and the States that Bound Them
Date
1917 – 1966
Medium
ink on paper
Dimensions
15.1 x 22.5 cm
Description
Ink drawing of a geographic perspective of the Great Lakes region, including the states that border on Canada
Subject
map
Great Lakes
Canada
United States
geography
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.514
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1916 – 1927
Medium
graphite; ink on paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.635
Description
Cartoon of two men, side views, from chest up. Man on left has a tie, round glasses and is smoking a cigarette. Man on right is wearing a top hat and smoking a cigar.Mounted on matte board along with WyP.03.634, WyP.03.636, and WyP.03.637
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
The Head
Date
1916 – 1927
Medium
graphite; ink on paper
Dimensions
15.5 x 25.4 cm
Description
Cartoon of two men, side views, from chest up. Man on left has a tie, round glasses and is smoking a cigarette. Man on right is wearing a top hat and smoking a cigar.Mounted on matte board along with WyP.03.634, WyP.03.636, and WyP.03.637
Subject
cartoon
smoking
men
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.635
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1915 – 1925
Medium
graphite; ink on paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.922
Description
Three cartoon drawings of different heads: 1) a drawing of a robust man in profile, 2) a disheveled man that has a beard and is wearing a hat that is missing the top, and 3) a robust angry looking man that is almost bald and is smoking a cigar.
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
The Head
Date
1915 – 1925
Medium
graphite; ink on paper
Dimensions
15.7 x 25.3 cm
Description
Three cartoon drawings of different heads: 1) a drawing of a robust man in profile, 2) a disheveled man that has a beard and is wearing a hat that is missing the top, and 3) a robust angry looking man that is almost bald and is smoking a cigar.
Subject
people
men
clothing
hat
hair
facial hair
beard
smoking
cigar
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.922
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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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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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I wish they’d ‘urry wid de eats

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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
c. 1920
Medium
ink on paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.951 n
Description
Hatching of man leaning of fence, to the right of him in ink “I WISH THEY’D ‘URRY WID DE EATS” in bottom left “ORIGINAL”
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
I wish they’d ‘urry wid de eats
Date
c. 1920
Medium
ink on paper
Dimensions
25.2 x 20.0 cm
Description
Hatching of man leaning of fence, to the right of him in ink “I WISH THEY’D ‘URRY WID DE EATS” in bottom left “ORIGINAL”
Subject
eating
food
fence
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.951 n
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Artist
Kotani (or, Odani) Kingaku
Date
1883 – 1883
Medium
drawing on paper
Catalogue Number
KiO.03.01
Description
an ink wash drawing of four leaves. There are 2 different types of leaves, one type with a stem and many branches; the other with a stem down the middle and two sides. There is writing along the rs.
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Artist
Kotani (or, Odani) Kingaku
Title
Ink Leaves
Date
1883 – 1883
Medium
drawing on paper
Dimensions
32.5 x 35.5 cm
Description
an ink wash drawing of four leaves. There are 2 different types of leaves, one type with a stem and many branches; the other with a stem down the middle and two sides. There is writing along the rs.
Subject
botanical
leaves
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
KiO.03.01
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Lesson no. 4 Expression

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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1915 – 1925
Medium
graphite; ink on paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.917
Description
Two cartoon drawings of men. The first man has his one eye squinting and a lop sided smile. The second man has a great deal of shading in his face, has a beard and is smoking. Above the drawings it says “LESSON No. 4 EXPRESSION”
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Lesson no. 4 Expression
Date
1915 – 1925
Medium
graphite; ink on paper
Dimensions
15.6 x 25.3 cm
Description
Two cartoon drawings of men. The first man has his one eye squinting and a lop sided smile. The second man has a great deal of shading in his face, has a beard and is smoking. Above the drawings it says “LESSON No. 4 EXPRESSION”
Subject
people
men
hair
facial hair
beard
expression
smoking
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.917
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1917 – 1929
Medium
graphite; ink on paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.559
Description
Pencil and ink drawing of Ontario, the Manitoba border, and Great Lakes with rivers and urban centres labeled.title: MAP OF ONTARIO [top left, surrounded by short marks]
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Map of Ontario
Date
1917 – 1929
Medium
graphite; ink on paper
Dimensions
15.1 x 22.5 cm
Description
Pencil and ink drawing of Ontario, the Manitoba border, and Great Lakes with rivers and urban centres labeled.title: MAP OF ONTARIO [top left, surrounded by short marks]
Subject
Canada
Ontario
Manitoba
river
lake
map
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.559
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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”
Subject
Christmas card
New year
logs
axe
stump
bear
birds
squirrels
man
sleeping
coupe
woman
mean
chair
table
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.773
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1910 – 1928
Medium
ink on paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.855
Description
A man skating down the ice with a hockey stick and a puck in front of him. At the ice’s edge there are two children looking on. Above the drawing is says “MY PUBLIC -------------” and in the BRC it is signed “Peter Whyte - 28 -”. Below the signature it says “Drawn specially for Russ.”
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
My Public
Date
1910 – 1928
Medium
ink on paper
Dimensions
27.8 x 21.5 cm
Description
A man skating down the ice with a hockey stick and a puck in front of him. At the ice’s edge there are two children looking on. Above the drawing is says “MY PUBLIC -------------” and in the BRC it is signed “Peter Whyte - 28 -”. Below the signature it says “Drawn specially for Russ.”
Subject
winter
sports
skating
ice
ice skates
hockey
hockey stick
puck
skater
people
man
children
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 0
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.855
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1917 – 1929
Medium
ink on paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.630
Description
A cartoon ink drawing of a sordid-looking man walking towards the viewer’s right with a pistol in each hand. His sweater is striped and he has stubble.Written twice, once in pencil and once in ink at top-right of drawing: PUT ‘EM UP!Signed P.W. in bottom right of drawing
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Put 'Em Up.
Date
1917 – 1929
Medium
ink on paper
Dimensions
24.6 x 19.9 cm
Description
A cartoon ink drawing of a sordid-looking man walking towards the viewer’s right with a pistol in each hand. His sweater is striped and he has stubble.Written twice, once in pencil and once in ink at top-right of drawing: PUT ‘EM UP!Signed P.W. in bottom right of drawing
Subject
gun
pistol
criminal
man
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.630
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Seasons Greetings Catharine and Peter

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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1951
Medium
graphite; ink on paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.713
Description
Detailed sketch for final version of the 1951 Christmas card. Several animals can be seen surrounding Catharine and Peter’s vehicle, there is a tree in the foreground, and two mountains in the background. “SEASONS GREETINS CATHARINE AND PETER” are written on the TL and BL hand side of the drawing, …
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Seasons Greetings Catharine and Peter
Date
1951
Medium
graphite; ink on paper
Dimensions
18.0 x 27.7 cm
Description
Detailed sketch for final version of the 1951 Christmas card. Several animals can be seen surrounding Catharine and Peter’s vehicle, there is a tree in the foreground, and two mountains in the background. “SEASONS GREETINS CATHARINE AND PETER” are written on the TL and BL hand side of the drawing, with Peter’s signature and date in the BRC of the drawing. Some coloured pencil markings in the BRC starting 4.5cm to the left with a circled no. 3 written in pen and 8cm up more coloured pencil. verso: written in coloured pencil “not over 4”x6””, “3 colors Cragg & Canyon Banff”, and “mountain”
Subject
Christmas card
mountains
tree
moose
wolf
bear
elk
squirrel
bird
cooking
reading
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.713
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