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Tilikum canoe and displays

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Part Of
Luxton family fonds
Scope & Content
File consists of photographs depicting the Tilikum canoe and related information signs on display in Victoria, British Columbia [ca.1935-1940] before and after a restoration project completed in 1936. One photograph on brown matboard depicts several unnamed individuals [ca.1901, likely including Ca…
Date Range
[1901]
[1935]-1940
[1970]
Reference Code
LUX / I / E4 / PA - 115 to 126
Description Level
5 / File
GMD
Photograph
Photograph print
Part Of
Luxton family fonds
Description Level
5 / File
Fonds Number
LUX
Series
LUX / I / E : Collected material
Sous-Fonds
LUX / I : Norman Luxton sous-fonds
Sub-Series
LUX / I / E4 : Photographs
Accession Number
LUX
Reference Code
LUX / I / E4 / PA - 115 to 126
GMD
Photograph
Photograph print
Date Range
[1901]
[1935]-1940
[1970]
Physical Description
12 photographs : b&w and col. ; 24.5 x 18.5 cm or smaller
Scope & Content
File consists of photographs depicting the Tilikum canoe and related information signs on display in Victoria, British Columbia [ca.1935-1940] before and after a restoration project completed in 1936. One photograph on brown matboard depicts several unnamed individuals [ca.1901, likely including Capt. John Voss and Norman Luxton] standing aboard the Tilikum. File also includes one colour postcard print [ca. 1970] depicting the Tilikum on display in the Maritime Museum in Victoria.
Notes
Photograph on matboard is signed "G.E.L." [possibly Georgina Eleanor Luxton] in bottom left corner
Name Access
Luxton, Norman
Voss, John
Subject Access
Canoes and canoeing
Geography
History
Transportation
Travel
Exploration
Geographic Access
Canada
British Columbia
Victoria
Language
English
Conservation
Items stored in mylar
Related Material
Duplicate of 1901 photograph in file [LUX/I/E4/PA-123] with less yellowing and fading processed under reference code [LUX/I/B1/12/PA-82]
Category
Exploration, discovery and travel
Education
Transportation
Title Source
Title based on contents of file
Processing Status
Processed
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1934
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.047
Description
Colour: blue, white, grey. At the right side is a dock. Two boats are tied up at the end of it. Across the picture on the other side of the lake are low buildings and to the left a buildng with a tower on the corner of it. Dark green slopes rise up to the right from behind. Mountains can be seen ju…
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Aloha Tower, Hawaii
Date
1934
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
27.5 x 35 cm
Description
Colour: blue, white, grey. At the right side is a dock. Two boats are tied up at the end of it. Across the picture on the other side of the lake are low buildings and to the left a buildng with a tower on the corner of it. Dark green slopes rise up to the right from behind. Mountains can be seen just behind them. The sky is layers of grey and fills the upper half.
Subject
landscape
architecture
urban
mountain
seascape
transportation
Pacific
Hawaii
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1968
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.047
Notes
Artistry Revealed: Peter Whyte, Catharine Robb Whyte and Their Contemporaries; June 17, 2018 to October 21, 2018
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Artist
Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)
Date
1931
Medium
oil on canvas on cardboard
Catalogue Number
WyC.01.024
Description
Four sailboats on water.
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Artist
Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)
Title
Bermuda
Date
1931
Medium
oil on canvas on cardboard
Dimensions
12.6 x 17.8 cm
Description
Four sailboats on water.
Subject
seascape
Caribbean
Bermuda
transportation
sailboat
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyC.01.024
Images
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Building Sampans at Kewalo Basin, Hawaii

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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1934
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.030
Description
Colour: brown, blue. A building with vague outlines of boats and figures in front of it, fills the left side of the picture. To the right is a large boat and hills and sky beyond.
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Building Sampans at Kewalo Basin, Hawaii
Date
1934
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
25.5 x 35 cm
Description
Colour: brown, blue. A building with vague outlines of boats and figures in front of it, fills the left side of the picture. To the right is a large boat and hills and sky beyond.
Subject
landscape
Pacific
architecture
transportation
Hawaii
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1970
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.030
Images
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Commodore in Dry Dock, Honolulu, Hawaii

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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1933
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.041
Description
Colour: blue, brown. Central image is the frontal view of a large ship. Masts fill the upper center area. Across the middle is a dark beam of iron that joins up with another on the right side. Down the left side is one of the supports for the beam. Near the bottom surrounding the boat are ladder sh…
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Commodore in Dry Dock, Honolulu, Hawaii
Date
1933
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
27.5 x 35 cm
Description
Colour: blue, brown. Central image is the frontal view of a large ship. Masts fill the upper center area. Across the middle is a dark beam of iron that joins up with another on the right side. Down the left side is one of the supports for the beam. Near the bottom surrounding the boat are ladder shaped structures and to the right, a small building on a sort of ramp which goes from the side of the ship to the right. The sky is blue.
Subject
transportation
Pacific
Hawaii
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1968
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.041
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Date
1930 – 1950
Material
metal
Catalogue Number
106.06.1015
Description
Small rusted metal fuel can. Horizontally ribbed wall seamed at handle, welded C shape handle on side. Dome like top, ribbed, with removable screw top in centre. Top handle square shaped then metal rod. Small welded spout without lid.
Title
Fuel Can
Date
1930 – 1950
Material
metal
Dimensions
22.5 cm
Description
Small rusted metal fuel can. Horizontally ribbed wall seamed at handle, welded C shape handle on side. Dome like top, ribbed, with removable screw top in centre. Top handle square shaped then metal rod. Small welded spout without lid.
Subject
transportation
automobile
Credit
Gift of Unknown, 1968
Catalogue Number
106.06.1015
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Date
1930 – 1950
Material
metal
Catalogue Number
106.06.1020
Description
Cylindrical galvanized metal, circular ridges on bottom, horizontal ribbed walls seamed and welded along side. Dome like top, ribbed with removable screw top in centre. Top handle square shaped thin metal rod. Wooden lathed handle attached. Black paint worn off, small spout welded on top. Lid …
Title
Fuel Can
Date
1930 – 1950
Material
metal
Dimensions
29.0 cm
Description
Cylindrical galvanized metal, circular ridges on bottom, horizontal ribbed walls seamed and welded along side. Dome like top, ribbed with removable screw top in centre. Top handle square shaped thin metal rod. Wooden lathed handle attached. Black paint worn off, small spout welded on top. Lid missing. On bottom "9/94".
Subject
transportation
automobile
Credit
Gift of Unknown, 1968
Catalogue Number
106.06.1020
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Date
1938
Material
metal; skin
Catalogue Number
106.06.1093
Description
Circular metal anchor with leather strap. Strap attached through anchor’s central 6 cm diameter hole. Strap approximately 39 cm long with metal buckle at end.
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Title
Horse Anchor
Date
1938
Material
metal; skin
Description
Circular metal anchor with leather strap. Strap attached through anchor’s central 6 cm diameter hole. Strap approximately 39 cm long with metal buckle at end.
Subject
transportation
animals
horses
riding
Elliott Barnes
Credit
Gift of Dale Barnes, Calgary, 2013
Catalogue Number
106.06.1093
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Ike Mills Bringing the Skoki Stove

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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1937
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyP.02.032
Description
Colour: brown, blue, white. A team of seven dogs pulls a sled with a stove on it and a driver behind wearing snow shoes, coat and hat, brandishes a whip. It is moving to the right across white snow. The sky is blue and comes down to meet a white mountain peak of snow left of center in the upper hal…
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Ike Mills Bringing the Skoki Stove
Date
1937
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
45.6 x 78.6 cm
Description
Colour: brown, blue, white. A team of seven dogs pulls a sled with a stove on it and a driver behind wearing snow shoes, coat and hat, brandishes a whip. It is moving to the right across white snow. The sky is blue and comes down to meet a white mountain peak of snow left of center in the upper half. Pete painted this to go over Ike's fireplace, where it hung for 30 years.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
mountain
winter
transportation
figure, male
animal
dog
Ike Mills
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1968
Catalogue Number
WyP.02.032
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Japanese Sampan, Hawaii

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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1933
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.044
Description
Colour: blue, green, warm brown. Central image is the side view of a boat - prow to the left - stern to the right (up on blocks). In the lower right corner is a smaller boat. On the right side further up is a patch of green foliage. A crane stiches up behind. The sky is cloudy blue.See WyP.03.229 a…
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Japanese Sampan, Hawaii
Date
1933
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
27.5 x 35 cm
Description
Colour: blue, green, warm brown. Central image is the side view of a boat - prow to the left - stern to the right (up on blocks). In the lower right corner is a smaller boat. On the right side further up is a patch of green foliage. A crane stiches up behind. The sky is cloudy blue.See WyP.03.229 and WyP.03.096
Subject
transportation
Pacific
Hawaii
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1968
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.044
Notes
Artistry Revealed: Peter Whyte, Catharine Robb Whyte and Their Contemporaries; June 17, 2018 to October 21, 2018
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