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Pierre Esprit Radisson : re-drawn from a rare old Paris print - [portrait]

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Part Of: Mary Schaffer fonds

Date Range: 1785

Reference Code: V527 / PS 1 - 622

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph; Lantern slide; Transparency

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Part Of: Mary Schaffer fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Series: II. Photography series

Sub-Series: A. Lantern slides 6. Fur trade

Reference Code: V527 / PS 1 - 622

GMD: Photograph; Lantern slide; Transparency

Date Range: 1785

Physical Description: 1 transparency : lantern slide

Subject Access: Discovery and Exploration; Family and personal life

Geographic Access: Canada

Creator: [?]

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DeWitt Clinton and Train 1831

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Part Of: Mary Schaffer fonds

Date Range: 1831

Reference Code: V527 / PS 1 - 814

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph; Lantern slide; Transparency

1 image

Part Of: Mary Schaffer fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Series: II. Photography series

Sub-Series: A. Lantern slides 9. Transportation

Reference Code: V527 / PS 1 - 814

GMD: Photograph; Lantern slide; Transparency

Date Range: 1831

Physical Description: 1 transparency : lantern slide

Subject Access: Discovery and Exploration; Railways; Transportation

Creator: Chas. [Charles] Beseler

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York Factory : courtesy H.B.Co.[Hudson's Bay Company] - [illustration]

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Part Of: Mary Schaffer fonds

Date Range: 1853

Reference Code: V527 / PS 1 - 567

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph; Lantern slide; Transparency

1 image

Part Of: Mary Schaffer fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Series: II. Photography series

Sub-Series: A. Lantern slides 6. Fur trade

Reference Code: V527 / PS 1 - 567

GMD: Photograph; Lantern slide; Transparency

Date Range: 1853

Physical Description: 1 transparency : lantern slide

Subject Access: Buildings and memorials; Discovery and Exploration; Industry

Geographic Access: Manitoba

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[Illustration] The Herd

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Part Of: Mary Schaffer fonds

Date Range: 1860

Reference Code: V527 / PS 1 - 648

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph; Lantern slide; Transparency

1 image

Part Of: Mary Schaffer fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Series: II. Photography series

Sub-Series: A. Lantern slides 7. Bison

Reference Code: V527 / PS 1 - 648

GMD: Photograph; Lantern slide; Transparency

Date Range: 1860

Physical Description: 1 transparency : lantern slide

Subject Access: Environment and Nature

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[Illustration] The Herd

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Part Of: Mary Schaffer fonds

Date Range: 1860

Reference Code: V527 / PS 1 - 649

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph; Lantern slide; Transparency

1 image

Part Of: Mary Schaffer fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Series: II. Photography series

Sub-Series: A. Lantern slides 7. Bison

Reference Code: V527 / PS 1 - 649

GMD: Photograph; Lantern slide; Transparency

Date Range: 1860

Physical Description: 1 transparency : lantern slide

Subject Access: Environment and Nature

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[Illustration] Buffalo - a hold up 1869

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Part Of: Mary Schaffer fonds

Scope & Content: see also 738

Date Range: 1869

Reference Code: V527 / PS 1 - 655

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph; Lantern slide; Transparency

1 image

Part Of: Mary Schaffer fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Series: II. Photography series

Sub-Series: A. Lantern slides 7. Bison

Reference Code: V527 / PS 1 - 655

GMD: Photograph; Lantern slide; Transparency

Date Range: 1869

Physical Description: 1 transparency : lantern slide

Scope & Content: see also 738

Subject Access: Environment and Nature; Railways; Transportation

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[Illustration] Buffalo - a holdup 1869

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Part Of: Mary Schaffer fonds

Scope & Content: see also 655

Date Range: 1869

Reference Code: V527 / PS 1 - 738

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph; Lantern slide; Transparency

1 image

Part Of: Mary Schaffer fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Series: II. Photography series

Sub-Series: A. Lantern slides 8. Native people

Reference Code: V527 / PS 1 - 738

GMD: Photograph; Lantern slide; Transparency

Date Range: 1869

Physical Description: 1 transparency : lantern slide

Scope & Content: see also 655

Subject Access: Environment and Nature; Railways; Transportation

Geographic Access: Alberta; British Columbia

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Winnipeg in 1870

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Part Of: Mary Schaffer fonds

Scope & Content: D. Scott & Co. [Company], Furniture

Date Range: 1870

Reference Code: V527 / PS 1 - 812

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph; Lantern slide; Transparency

1 image

Part Of: Mary Schaffer fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Series: II. Photography series

Sub-Series: A. Lantern slides 9. Transportation

Reference Code: V527 / PS 1 - 812

GMD: Photograph; Lantern slide; Transparency

Date Range: 1870

Physical Description: 1 transparency : lantern slide

Scope & Content: D. Scott & Co. [Company], Furniture

Subject Access: Buildings and memorials; Commerce

Geographic Access: Manitoba

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Buffalo Bones In 1875

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Part Of: Mary Schaffer fonds

Date Range: 1875

Reference Code: V527 / PS 1 - 652

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph; Lantern slide; Transparency

1 image

Part Of: Mary Schaffer fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Series: II. Photography series

Sub-Series: A. Lantern slides 7. Bison

Reference Code: V527 / PS 1 - 652

GMD: Photograph; Lantern slide; Transparency

Date Range: 1875

Physical Description: 1 transparency : lantern slide

Subject Access: Environment and Nature

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[Illustration] The End

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Part Of: Mary Schaffer fonds

Date Range: 1883

Reference Code: V527 / PS 1 - 651

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph; Lantern slide; Transparency

1 image

Part Of: Mary Schaffer fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Series: II. Photography series

Sub-Series: A. Lantern slides 7. Bison

Reference Code: V527 / PS 1 - 651

GMD: Photograph; Lantern slide; Transparency

Date Range: 1883

Physical Description: 1 transparency : lantern slide

Subject Access: Buildings and memorials; Environment and Nature; Transportation

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Driving the Golden Spike, by Donald Smith; #on CPR [Canadian Pacific Railway], Nov. [November] 7, 1885

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Part Of: Mary Schaffer fonds

Scope & Content: [Driving of the Last Spike at Craigellachie]

Date Range: November 7, 1885

Reference Code: V527 / PS 1 - 810

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph; Lantern slide; Transparency

1 image

Part Of: Mary Schaffer fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Series: II. Photography series

Sub-Series: A. Lantern slides 9. Transportation

Reference Code: V527 / PS 1 - 810

GMD: Photograph; Lantern slide; Transparency

Date Range: November 7, 1885

Physical Description: 1 transparency : lantern slide

Scope & Content: [Driving of the Last Spike at Craigellachie]

Subject Access: Public events; Railways; Transportation

Geographic Access: British Columbia

Creator: Notman

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[Group at driving of last spike on the Canadian Pacific Railway, November 7, 1885]

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Part Of: Mary Schaffer fonds

Date Range: November 7, 1885

Reference Code: V527 / PS 1 - 816

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph; Lantern slide; Transparency

1 image

Part Of: Mary Schaffer fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Series: II. Photography series

Sub-Series: A. Lantern slides 9. Transportation

Reference Code: V527 / PS 1 - 816

GMD: Photograph; Lantern slide; Transparency

Date Range: November 7, 1885

Physical Description: 1 transparency : lantern slide

Subject Access: Railways; Transportation

Geographic Access: British Columbia

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Revelstoke, Lower Town

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Artist: Edward Roper (1854 – 1891, English)

Date: 1887

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: RoD.02.01

Description: Town of low wooden buildings in brown meadow with train bridge crossing river at left. Logs and blackened trees in foreground. Tree-covered and snowcapped mountains in background beneath sliver of blue sky. Signature and date (15/11/1887) in lower right corner. Gold painted wood frame with thick wh…

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Artist: Edward Roper (1854 – 1891, English)

Title: Revelstoke, Lower Town

Date: 1887

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 31.5 x 44.4 cm

Description: Town of low wooden buildings in brown meadow with train bridge crossing river at left. Logs and blackened trees in foreground. Tree-covered and snowcapped mountains in background beneath sliver of blue sky. Signature and date (15/11/1887) in lower right corner. Gold painted wood frame with thick white linen mat. White label on back for Masters Gallery Ltd.

Subject: Revelstoke; town; mountains

Credit: Gift of Robyn L Fulton, 2021

Catalogue Number: RoD.02.01

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[Illustration - hunter shooting buffalo]

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Part Of: Mary Schaffer fonds

Date Range: 1888

Reference Code: V527 / PS 1 - 658

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph; Lantern slide; Transparency

1 image

Part Of: Mary Schaffer fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Series: II. Photography series

Sub-Series: A. Lantern slides 7. Bison

Reference Code: V527 / PS 1 - 658

GMD: Photograph; Lantern slide; Transparency

Date Range: 1888

Physical Description: 1 transparency : lantern slide

Subject Access: Environment and Nature

Creator: J. H. Moser - Washington, D.C. [District of Columbia]

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Lake Minnewanka and Mount Inglismaldie

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Artist: Frederic Marlett Bell-Smith, R. C. A. (1846 – 1923, Canadian)

Date: 1890

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: BeS.02.01

Description: Colour: blue, green. The lower half is a lake with two people in a canoe right of center. A piece of land with evergreens comes out at the right side. The upper half is a mountain range. At the left side in the distance is another range. Above is clear blue sky.This painting was lent to the Winnipe…

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Artist: Frederic Marlett Bell-Smith, R. C. A. (1846 – 1923, Canadian)

Title: Lake Minnewanka and Mount Inglismaldie

Date: 1890

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 34.0 x 57.0 cm

Description: Colour: blue, green. The lower half is a lake with two people in a canoe right of center. A piece of land with evergreens comes out at the right side. The upper half is a mountain range. At the left side in the distance is another range. Above is clear blue sky.This painting was lent to the Winnipeg Art Gallery in 1975 to be included in the exhibition The Railway: A Patron of the Arts in Canada. The exhibition was circulated accross the country for two years.

Subject: landscape; lake, mountain; Lake Minnewanka; Mount Inglismaldie; figure, male

Credit: Purchased from Red River Books, 1968

Catalogue Number: BeS.02.01

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Okanagan Lake

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Artist: (Sir) William Cornelius Van Horne (1843 – 1915, Canadian)

Date: 1890

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: VhW.02.01

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Artist: (Sir) William Cornelius Van Horne (1843 – 1915, Canadian)

Title: Okanagan Lake

Date: 1890

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 43.5 x 75 cm

Subject: landscape, lake; architecture, rural

Credit: Gift of Esso Resources Ltd., 1980

Catalogue Number: VhW.02.01

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His Haunt

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Artist: Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)

Date: 1893

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: CoJ.02.03

Description: Scene in a forest with a stream. Overall green value of the painting, - there is a herring standing in the steam just below center at the narrowest part where the stream seems to drop to a lower level. - dark green shadows across the top of the trees where they appear to canopy the scene. - dark br…

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Artist: Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)

Title: His Haunt

Date: 1893

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 45.5 x 30.5 cm

Description: Scene in a forest with a stream. Overall green value of the painting, - there is a herring standing in the steam just below center at the narrowest part where the stream seems to drop to a lower level. - dark green shadows across the top of the trees where they appear to canopy the scene. - dark brown bank to the left of the steam, and a dark green/yellow to the right of the stream.