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Dryas Octohetala[?] on Eagle Mountain
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions53155
- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Scope & Content
- Image of a Dryas Octohetala[?] posed on Eagle Mountain with Temple Mountain visible in the background
- Date Range
- [ca. 1885-1945]
- Reference Code
- V683 / III / A / 15 / PA - 719
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- GMD
- Photograph
- Postcard
2 images
- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Fonds Number
- M36 / V683 / S37
- Series
- V683 / III / A / 15 : Peter and Catharine Whyte: Collected Photographs
- Sous-Fonds
- V683
- Accession Number
- .
- Reference Code
- V683 / III / A / 15 / PA - 719
- GMD
- Photograph
- Postcard
- Date Range
- [ca. 1885-1945]
- Physical Description
- Photograph: 1 print (front and back) ; b&w.
- Scope & Content
- Image of a Dryas Octohetala[?] posed on Eagle Mountain with Temple Mountain visible in the background
- Subject Access
- Eagle Mountain
- Mountains
- Temple Mountain
- Geographic Access
- Banff National Park
- Language
- English
- Title Source
- Title based on item
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Haliaeetus Leucocephalus Feather
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact112.01.3003
- Date
- prior to 1970
- Material
- feather; skin
- Catalogue Number
- 112.01.3003
- Description
- Bunch of eagle feathers (Bald Eagle?) with dark tips and skin attached to the shafts. Tag: “Eagle Feathers.”
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- Title
- Haliaeetus Leucocephalus Feather
- Date
- prior to 1970
- Material
- feather; skin
- Dimensions
- 9.6 x 27.6 cm
- Description
- Bunch of eagle feathers (Bald Eagle?) with dark tips and skin attached to the shafts. Tag: “Eagle Feathers.”
- Subject
- Indigenous
- animals
- birds, eagle
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 112.01.3003
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The Illecillewaet and Eagle Peak
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactmam.05.03
- Date
- n.d.
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- MaM.05.03
- Description
- Illecillewaet River, brush and trees in foreground. Eagle Peak behind. Brown paper.
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- Title
- The Illecillewaet and Eagle Peak
- Date
- n.d.
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 76.1 x 51.1 cm
- Description
- Illecillewaet River, brush and trees in foreground. Eagle Peak behind. Brown paper.
- Credit
- Purchased from Levis Fine Art Auctions and Appraisals, Calgary, 2005
- Catalogue Number
- MaM.05.03
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Medallion Necklace
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact103.01.3008
- Date
- prior to 1970
- Material
- stone; skin
- Catalogue Number
- 103.01.3008
- Description
- Round, flat red stone with skin thong (approx. 90.0 cm long) threaded through a hole in the pendant. One side of the stone has a scratched a star design (Morningstar ? Four Directions?) and on the other is a bison skull. Also scratched in is "Chief Sitting Eagle” (John Hunter).
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- Title
- Medallion Necklace
- Date
- prior to 1970
- Material
- stone; skin
- Dimensions
- 5.3 x 44.8 cm
- Description
- Round, flat red stone with skin thong (approx. 90.0 cm long) threaded through a hole in the pendant. One side of the stone has a scratched a star design (Morningstar ? Four Directions?) and on the other is a bison skull. Also scratched in is "Chief Sitting Eagle” (John Hunter).
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.01.3008
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Mikisew Spirit
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactpoj.13.02
- Date
- n.d.
- Medium
- mixed media on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- PoJ.13.02
- Description
- Bald eagle looking left on black ground, surrounded by colourful border of paint: at left red, white, blue, green, yellow, blue, yellow, black, and green segments, gold strip across top, red at right, blue at bottom. Red, white, and green triangles BRC. Textured, craquelure style black, green, and …
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- Title
- Mikisew Spirit
- Date
- n.d.
- Medium
- mixed media on canvas
- Dimensions
- 41.0 x 31.0 cm
- Description
- Bald eagle looking left on black ground, surrounded by colourful border of paint: at left red, white, blue, green, yellow, blue, yellow, black, and green segments, gold strip across top, red at right, blue at bottom. Red, white, and green triangles BRC. Textured, craquelure style black, green, and purple border around edges.,
- Subject
- eagle,
- Credit
- Gift of Jane Ash Poitras, Edmonton, 2021
- Catalogue Number
- PoJ.13.02
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- Date
- 1930 – 1953
- Material
- metal
- Catalogue Number
- 103.09.1292
- Description
- There is an eagle at the center of a light blue circle bordered by a dark blue ring in which is the mantra of the Air Force: Per ardua ad astra (Latin for “Through adversity to the stars" or "Through struggle to the stars”). Above the eagle is the Tudor Crown (Kings Crown) and below is a banner tha…
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- Title
- Military Pin
- Date
- 1930 – 1953
- Material
- metal
- Dimensions
- 1.5 x 1 cm
- Description
- There is an eagle at the center of a light blue circle bordered by a dark blue ring in which is the mantra of the Air Force: Per ardua ad astra (Latin for “Through adversity to the stars" or "Through struggle to the stars”). Above the eagle is the Tudor Crown (Kings Crown) and below is a banner that reads “ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE”.
- Credit
- Gift of Harold C. Whyte, Penticton, 2017
- Catalogue Number
- 103.09.1292
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Milk River, Alberta
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- Part Of
- Bruno Engler fonds
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to 6 b&w prints of filming an IMAX movie being filmed around the Milk River, Alberta area. Includes shots of hoodoos, a bald eagle and its handler, and the production equipment.
- Date Range
- 1988
- Reference Code
- V190 / VI / M / i / PA - 01 to PA - 06
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Photograph
6 images
- Part Of
- Bruno Engler fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M323 / S40 / V190
- Series
- VI : Retained file, M : Alphabetical order
- Sous-Fonds
- V190
- Sub-Series
- i : Milk River
- Accession Number
- 7436
- Reference Code
- V190 / VI / M / i / PA - 01 to PA - 06
- GMD
- Photograph
- Date Range
- 1988
- Physical Description
- 6 photographs : b&w ; 25.2 x 20.2 cm
- History / Biographical
- See fonds level description
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to 6 b&w prints of filming an IMAX movie being filmed around the Milk River, Alberta area. Includes shots of hoodoos, a bald eagle and its handler, and the production equipment.
- Subject Access
- Bald Eagle
- Birds
- Films and film making
- Hoodoos
- Geographic Access
- Milk River
- Alberta
- Language
- English
- Creator
- Engler, Bruno
- Title Source
- Original title kept
- Processing Status
- Processed
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The rocks and rivers of British Columbia
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue6329
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1885
- Author
- Moberly, Walter
- Publisher
- London : H. Blacklock
- Call Number
- 08.5 M71
- Author
- Moberly, Walter
- Publisher
- London : H. Blacklock
- Published Date
- 1885
- Physical Description
- 102p. : ill
- Subjects
- Canadian Pacific Railway
- Eagle Pass
- Surveys
- Accession Number
- 400
- Call Number
- 08.5 M71
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Spoon Collection
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- Date
- 1924
- Material
- metal
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.0556 a-l
- Description
- Teaspoon size souvenir spoons, all with identical shafts in branch and leaf design with varying handle end decorations including peccary, gryphons, horse, crowns, cherub, Roman eagle, four have writing. Firenze, Forli, Siena and SPQR. Hallmarks on every spoon stamped "800" with hallmark resembling…
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- Title
- Spoon Collection
- Date
- 1924
- Material
- metal
- Dimensions
- 1.1 x 1.8 x 12.2 cm
- Description
- Teaspoon size souvenir spoons, all with identical shafts in branch and leaf design with varying handle end decorations including peccary, gryphons, horse, crowns, cherub, Roman eagle, four have writing. Firenze, Forli, Siena and SPQR. Hallmarks on every spoon stamped "800" with hallmark resembling caduceus.
- Subject
- households
- animal
- horse
- eagle
- souvenir
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.0556 a-l
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- Date
- 1940 – 1965
- Material
- skin; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.0095
- Description
- A heavy buckskin belt with commercial buckle added to it, and home studded with brass studs for most of its length. To the belt have been added rectangles of catlinite, each of which has been thonged to the belt proper, and each of which bears a different image, geometric motif canoe turtle geomet…
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- Title
- Studded Belt
- Date
- 1940 – 1965
- Material
- skin; metal
- Dimensions
- 4.0 x 116.0 cm
- Description
- A heavy buckskin belt with commercial buckle added to it, and home studded with brass studs for most of its length. To the belt have been added rectangles of catlinite, each of which has been thonged to the belt proper, and each of which bears a different image, geometric motif canoe turtle geometric bird buffalo skull heart with arrow tepee and geometric design. Alternating with catlinite are commercial brass buttons in five different designs, two of which have eagle's heads on them, one of which shows a hound chasing a rabbit into a stump, and the other six bearing an impressed geometric pattern.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.0095
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