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Young Willow Branches - Moon Crescent
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- Artist
- Takada Kakushu
- Date
- 1881
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Catalogue Number
- KaD.03.01
- Description
- Willow branches fall into the page from the top edge, and one of these branches stretches all the way to the bottom center of the page. Through the leaves a crescent moon is visible.
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- Artist
- Takada Kakushu
- Title
- Young Willow Branches - Moon Crescent
- Date
- 1881
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- 32 x 35 cm
- Description
- Willow branches fall into the page from the top edge, and one of these branches stretches all the way to the bottom center of the page. Through the leaves a crescent moon is visible.
- Subject
- botanical
- willow branches
- landscape
- moon
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- KaD.03.01
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- Date
- 1881
- Material
- grass; wood; paper; glass; metal;
- Catalogue Number
- 112.02.1005
- Description
- A framed (in a gold-coloured shadow box with a screwed-on wooden back) and glassed-in mound of bison dung surrounded by white tissue paper. There is a screwed-in hook at the top of the box for hanging. Au verso written in pen “THIS 100% PURE BUFFALO CHIP WAS CREATED ON THE PLAINS OF ALBERTA - ABOU…
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- Title
- Buffalo Dung
- Date
- 1881
- Material
- grass; wood; paper; glass; metal;
- Dimensions
- 24.0 (frame 34.0) x 20.0 (frame 29.0) cm
- Description
- A framed (in a gold-coloured shadow box with a screwed-on wooden back) and glassed-in mound of bison dung surrounded by white tissue paper. There is a screwed-in hook at the top of the box for hanging. Au verso written in pen “THIS 100% PURE BUFFALO CHIP WAS CREATED ON THE PLAINS OF ALBERTA - ABOUT 30 MILES S-E OF RED DEER - ON OR ABOUT THE 24TH DAY OF JULY 1881 - PRESERVED BY THE KINDNESS OF THE ABERHART GOVERNMENT”. Signed in pencil in script “Pat Lawrence P-L Ranches Red Deer”. On viewer’s left there is a white rectangular paper sticker with a red border, above this printed in pen “CERTIFIED GENUINE” and written on the paper, extending onto the wood, a signature in pen ESMeaueug?? underlined.
- Subject
- plants
- feces
- buffalo
- Nick Morant
- Credit
- Gift of Nicholas Morant, Banff, 2006
- Catalogue Number
- 112.02.1005
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Ike-No-Hata Fireworks
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactkiy.04.05
- Date
- 1881
- Medium
- woodblock on paper
- Catalogue Number
- KiY.04.05
- Description
- two boys climb a tree and a crowd of people are watching fireworks across a body of water, red lanterns are strung between the trees
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- Title
- Ike-No-Hata Fireworks
- Date
- 1881
- Medium
- woodblock on paper
- Dimensions
- 24.7 x 36.6 cm
- Description
- two boys climb a tree and a crowd of people are watching fireworks across a body of water, red lanterns are strung between the trees
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- KiY.04.05
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Preliminary note on the geology of the Bow and Belly River districts, N.W Territory : with special reference to the coal deposits
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue5443
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1882
- Author
- Dawson, George Mercer
- Publisher
- Montreal : Dawson Brothers
- Call Number
- 03.2 D32b
- 03.2 D32b M'fiche
- Author
- Dawson, George Mercer
- Publisher
- Montreal : Dawson Brothers
- Published Date
- 1882
- Physical Description
- 19p
- Notes
- At head of title: Geological Survey of Canada
- Also on microfiche
- Accession Number
- 478
- Call Number
- 03.2 D32b
- 03.2 D32b M'fiche
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Report of an examination of the Upper Columbia River and the territory in its vicinity in September and October, 1881, to determine its navigability and adaptability to steamboat transportation
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue6361
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1882
- Author
- Symons, Thomas W
- Publisher
- Washington : United States Government Printing Office
- Call Number
- 08.5 Sy6
- Author
- Symons, Thomas W
- Publisher
- Washington : United States Government Printing Office
- Published Date
- 1882
- Physical Description
- 135p. : ill., maps
- Subjects
- Paddle steamers
- Accession Number
- 526
- Call Number
- 08.5 Sy6
- Collection
- Archives Library
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The horse in motion as shown by instantaneous photography
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue20445
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1882 (c1881)
- Author
- Stillman, J. D. B.
- Publisher
- Boston : James B. Osgood
- Call Number
- N7660 H6 S7
- Author
- Stillman, J. D. B.
- Responsibility
- Executed and published under the auspices of Leland Stanford
- Publisher
- Boston : James B. Osgood
- Published Date
- 1882 (c1881)
- Physical Description
- 127p. front. plates
- Subjects
- Horses - Anatomy
- Horses in art
- Notes
- With a study on animal mechanics founded on anatomy and the revelations of the camera
- Accession Number
- 400
- Call Number
- N7660 H6 S7
- Location
- Art Library is located in Curatorial Department - Please contact Curatorial Department for access
- Collection
- Art Library
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Copy of Map of "Colton's North America"
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue21525
- Medium
- Library - Maps and blueprints (unannotated; published)
- Map
- Published Date
- 1882
- Publisher
- G.W. and C.B. Colton and Co.
- Call Number
- C13-4.4
- Publisher
- G.W. and C.B. Colton and Co.
- Published Date
- 1882
- Subjects
- North America
- Accession Number
- 11,500
- Call Number
- C13-4.4
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Camps in the Rockies
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue287
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1882
- Author
- Baillie-Grohman, William Adolph
- Publisher
- London : Sampson & Low
- Call Number
- F721 B3
- Publisher
- London : Sampson & Low
- Published Date
- 1882
- Subjects
- Camping
- Rocky Mountains, U.S.
- Wyoming
- Notes
- Edward C. Porter Mountaineering Library
- Call Number
- F721 B3
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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Impromptu ascent of Mont Blanc
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue1552
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1882
- Author
- Le Mesurier, W.H
- Publisher
- London : Stock
- Call Number
- DQ841 M7 L44
- Author
- Le Mesurier, W.H
- Publisher
- London : Stock
- Published Date
- 1882
- Call Number
- DQ841 M7 L44
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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Canada...from the Atlantic to the Pacific...
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue3689
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1882
- Author
- McAdam, J. T
- Edition
- enl. ed
- Call Number
- 02.4 M11
- Author
- McAdam, J. T
- Responsibility
- by Captain "Mac"
- Edition
- enl. ed
- Published Date
- 1882
- Physical Description
- 353p. : ill., ports
- Accession Number
- 400
- Call Number
- 02.4 M11
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Picturesque Canada : the country as it was and is
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue3698
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1882
- Publisher
- Toronto : Belden
- Call Number
- 02.4 P58 oversize
- Responsibility
- edited by George Monro Grant
- illustrated under the supervision of L. R. O'Brien
- Publisher
- Toronto : Belden
- Published Date
- 1882
- Physical Description
- 2v. : ill
- Subjects
- Views
- Accession Number
- 400
- Call Number
- 02.4 P58 oversize
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Picturesque Canada : the country as it was and is
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue3699
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1882
- Publisher
- Toronto : James Clarke
- Call Number
- 02.4 P58c oversize
- Responsibility
- edited by George Monro Grant
- illustrated under the supervision of L. R. O'Brien
- Publisher
- Toronto : James Clarke
- Published Date
- 1882
- Physical Description
- xv, 879p. : ill
- Subjects
- Views
- Accession Number
- 400
- Call Number
- 02.4 P58c oversize
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Manitoba and the great northwest
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue3817
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1882
- Author
- Macoun, John
- Publisher
- Guelph : World
- Call Number
- 02.5 M23
- Author
- Macoun, John
- Publisher
- Guelph : World
- Published Date
- 1882
- Physical Description
- xxii, 687p. : ill., maps, plans
- Subjects
- Natural history
- Accession Number
- 400
- Call Number
- 02.5 M23
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Camps in the Rockies : being a narrative of life on the frontier, and sport in the Rocky Mountains
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue4013
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1882
- Author
- Baillie-Grohman, William Adolph
- Publisher
- London : Sampson Low
- Call Number
- 02.7 B15
- Publisher
- London : Sampson Low
- Published Date
- 1882
- Physical Description
- viii, 438p. : ill
- Subjects
- Hunting
- Accession Number
- 400
- Call Number
- 02.7 B15
- Collection
- Archives Library
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- Date
- 1882
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- ScM.03.01
- Description
- A drawing (copy) of a dog sitting on the floor, back view with head turned to the left; he is sitting in front of a table with various things on top of it; drawn curtains in background, opened a little at the left, iron faceted window panes through which can be seen a tower with a flag. Hand writte…
- Title
- High Life
- Date
- 1882
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 48.0;61.2 x 36.2;50.7 cm
- Description
- A drawing (copy) of a dog sitting on the floor, back view with head turned to the left; he is sitting in front of a table with various things on top of it; drawn curtains in background, opened a little at the left, iron faceted window panes through which can be seen a tower with a flag. Hand written on the brown paper backing of the framed picture: Crayon Copy Mary Sharples 1880.
- Subject
- still life
- animal, dog
- Credit
- Gift of Charles C. Reid, Banff, Alberta, 1986
- Catalogue Number
- ScM.03.01
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- Date
- 1882
- Material
- wood, metal, fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 106.04.1055
- Description
- Snowshoes handmade by James (Joe) Smith constructed of wood barrel staves with holes drilled in bases. Footbeds are twined wire with a fibre twisted around metal at the toe end. Metal srtips and nails hold shoes together. Handwritten tag attached to snowshoes outlines history of snowshoes, by Rhoda…
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- Title
- Snowshoes
- Date
- 1882
- Material
- wood, metal, fibre
- Dimensions
- 38.0 x 105.0 cm
- Description
- Snowshoes handmade by James (Joe) Smith constructed of wood barrel staves with holes drilled in bases. Footbeds are twined wire with a fibre twisted around metal at the toe end. Metal srtips and nails hold shoes together. Handwritten tag attached to snowshoes outlines history of snowshoes, by Rhoda Rouse.
- Subject
- sports
- snowshoeing
- Silver City
- Joe Smith
- Credit
- Gift of Jim Rouse, Calgary, 2003
- Catalogue Number
- 106.04.1055
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Japanese Woman and Child
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactbuw.05.01
- Date
- 1882
- Medium
- ink and colour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- BuW.05.01
- Description
- Frontispiece Japan Day by Day Volume I by Edward S. Morse. A farmyard scene. A woman wearing a grey kimono, blue sash, carries a baby on her back, he is dressed in blue and red and has a small kite in his left hand. She is looking down at a rooster who with a hen behind him are looking at three egg…
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- Title
- Japanese Woman and Child
- Date
- 1882
- Medium
- ink and colour on paper
- Dimensions
- 36.1 x 25.2 cm
- Description
- Frontispiece Japan Day by Day Volume I by Edward S. Morse. A farmyard scene. A woman wearing a grey kimono, blue sash, carries a baby on her back, he is dressed in blue and red and has a small kite in his left hand. She is looking down at a rooster who with a hen behind him are looking at three eggs on the ground. Five figures in background, houses to right centre, a snow-capped mountain is in background, sky is blue with yellowish clouds. Written on back: Mrs. Russell Robb Concord, Mass.
- Subject
- farmyard
- Mount Fujijama
- buildings
- people
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- BuW.05.01
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Tennoji Shimoi - River
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactkiy.04.01
- Date
- 1882
- Medium
- woodblock on paper
- Catalogue Number
- KiY.04.01
- Description
- night scene, silhouette of two people in a house on a river, another person is approaching carrying a paper lantern, fireflies and reflection of the house lights in the water
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- Title
- Tennoji Shimoi - River
- Date
- 1882
- Medium
- woodblock on paper
- Dimensions
- 24.2 x 36.1 cm
- Description
- night scene, silhouette of two people in a house on a river, another person is approaching carrying a paper lantern, fireflies and reflection of the house lights in the water
- Subject
- landscape
- architecture
- figure
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- KiY.04.01
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Night Rain at Yanagihara
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactkiy.04.03
- Date
- 1882
- Medium
- woodblock on paper
- Catalogue Number
- KiY.04.03
- Description
- dark, rainy street scene with people carrying umbrellas and lanterns, with rickshaw and dog in the foreground
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- Title
- Night Rain at Yanagihara
- Date
- 1882
- Medium
- woodblock on paper
- Dimensions
- 24.5 x 36.6 cm
- Description
- dark, rainy street scene with people carrying umbrellas and lanterns, with rickshaw and dog in the foreground
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- KiY.04.03
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Map shewing the Distribution of the Indian Tribes of British Columbia by W.F. Tolmie and G.M. Dawson
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue21365
- Medium
- Library - Maps and blueprints (unannotated; published)
- Map
- Published Date
- 1883
- Publisher
- Geological and Natural History Survey of Canada
- Call Number
- C6-10.2(a)
- Responsibility
- W.F. Tolmie and G.M. Dawson
- Publisher
- Geological and Natural History Survey of Canada
- Published Date
- 1883
- Subjects
- Indian Tribes of British Columbia
- Notes
- Accompanies "Comparative Vocabularies of the Indian Tribes of B.C."
- Accession Number
- 400
- Call Number
- C6-10.2(a)
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- Archives Library
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