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Dam Falls

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Artist: George Douglas Pepper (1903 – 1962, Canadian)

Date: 1947 – 1947

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: PeG.02.03

Description: Brown and blue slate rock in the foreground with one lone stilted tree to the left; rocks are higher on the left almost meeting the walkway on the top of the dam. Lower mid-centre of the painting is the mass of swirling green, blue and white water rushing from the gates of the falls. The grey gates…

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Artist: George Douglas Pepper (1903 – 1962, Canadian)

Title: Dam Falls

Date: 1947 – 1947

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 40.5 x 51.0 cm

Description: Brown and blue slate rock in the foreground with one lone stilted tree to the left; rocks are higher on the left almost meeting the walkway on the top of the dam. Lower mid-centre of the painting is the mass of swirling green, blue and white water rushing from the gates of the falls. The grey gates with water rushing down are mid-centre to the right. The walkway on the top of the dam extends throughout top-half of the painting. An outline of a rider and two horses are off to centre right, top of a mauve mountain behind and cloudy blue sky.

Subject: Canadian Rockies; mountain; dam; water; figure, man; animal, horse

Credit: Gift of Moore Gallery Ltd, Hamilton, 1995

Catalogue Number: PeG.02.03

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Diari delle montagne: testimonianza d'alpinismo

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 2011

Author: Brunati, Paolo

Publisher: Scarmagno (Torino) : Priuli & Verlucca

Call Number: 06 Au2d

Author: Brunati, Paolo

Responsibility: a cura di Paolo Brunati

Publisher: Scarmagno (Torino) : Priuli & Verlucca

Published Date: 2011

Physical Description: 207 pp

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Series: Babelis turris

Subjects: Whymper, Edward; Messner Reinhold; Man and nature

Notes: At head of title: Raccolte di documentazione del Museo nazionale della montagna.; Text in Italian and English.; The fourth book in the series is devoted to the registers kept by mountain huts and hotels, and to the Fuhrerbuchs, or 'testimonials', kept by mountain guides, diaries written in a spontaneous and informal hand that conserve the tales of great mountaineers, simple hikers or day-trippers and that stand witness to a climb or holiday. (from back cover)

ISBN: 9788880685371

Accession Number: 8216

Call Number: 06 Au2d

Collection: Archives Library

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Divided Landscapes: The emergence and dissipation of "The Great Divide" landscape narrative

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 2011

Author: Atkins, Sean Howard

Publisher: University of Alberta

Call Number: 08.3 At5d

Author: Atkins, Sean Howard

Responsibility: Sean Howard Atkins

Publisher: University of Alberta

Published Date: 2011

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: Hunting; Alpine Club of Canada; First Nations - (SEE ALSO Indians); Man and nature

Notes: Thesis for Doctorate of Philosophy in History

Accession Number: 8181

Call Number: 08.3 At5d

Collection: Archives Library

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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