topic:"Transportation" found 42 records - Research Collections

Transparencies

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Part Of: Peter Spear fonds

Scope & Content: V787 / C / 1 / ns - 1 to 6 contains loose Kodachrome transparancies of Mount Everest, Kodachrome Safety Film [turning red], black and white transparancies of Mount Everest V787 / C / 2 / 1 / ns - 1 to 20 - [meetings and scenes from Kathmandu Sheraton] V787 / C / 2 / 2 / ns - 1 to 24 - "Kathmandu …

Date Range: 1981 - 1986

Reference Code: V787 / C

Description Level: 3 / Series

GMD: Photograph; Transparency

Part Of: Peter Spear fonds

Description Level: 3 / Series

Fonds Number: M562 / V787 / S56

Series: V787 / C

Sous-Fonds: V787

Accession Number: 2017.8655

Reference Code: V787 / C

GMD: Photograph; Transparency

Date Range: 1981 - 1986

Physical Description: 3 photographs : b&w transparencies; 1080 photographs : colour transparancies

History / Biographical: Peter Spear (April 1, 1940 - ) was a teacher, administrator, mountain ski patroller at the Lake Louise Ski Area, member of the Canadian Ski Patrol System, and base camp manager for the 1982 Canadian Mount Everest Expedition based out of Calgary, Alberta.

Scope & Content: V787 / C / 1 / ns - 1 to 6 contains loose Kodachrome transparancies of Mount Everest, Kodachrome Safety Film [turning red], black and white transparancies of Mount Everest; V787 / C / 2 / 1 / ns - 1 to 20 - [meetings and scenes from Kathmandu Sheraton]; V787 / C / 2 / 2 / ns - 1 to 24 - "Kathmandu etc. May '82 - Climbers at Sheraton pation reception"; V787 / C / 2 / 3 / ns - 1 to 16 - "Oct '82 Thailand, Kathmandu departure"; V787 / C / 2 / 4 / ns - 1 to 13 - "April 15 - Cargo Charter from Calgary to New Delhi"; V787 / C / 2 / 5 / ns - 1 to 22 - "Sheraton Skyline London Oct 20, Heathrow Airport"; V787 / C / 2 / 6 / ns - 1 to 14 - "Team Headshots - Nov '81 - Banff Festival of Mountain Films"; V787 / C / 2 / 7 / ns - 1 to 29 - "Royal Family visits UCAA exhibits"; V787 / C / 2 / 8 / ns - 1 to 30 - "Nepal 'prep' trek - May '82"; V787 / C / 2 / 9 / ns - 1 to 3 - [Phutek and Le Choiseue]; V787 / C / 2 / 10 / ns - 1 to 29 - "Columbia Icefields April '82 - equipment dry run"; V787 / C / 2 / 11 / ns - 1 to 27 - "Team headshots - November 1981, Air Canada tail fins (logo)"; V787 / C / 2 / 12 / ns - 1 to 29 - "Bhaktapur - Oct 10"; V787 / C / 2 / 13 / ns - 1 to 32 - "Kathmandu airport - Oct 15 - team arr."; V787 / C / 2 / 14 / ns - 1 to 8 - "photo of girl on phone, bar Sheraton, Everest American's radio, people"; V787 / C / 2 / 15 / ns - 1 to 22 - "Bhaktapur Oct 10"; V787 / C / 2 / 16 / ns - 1 to 39 - "Temples of Kathmandu Sept '82"; V787 / C / 2 / 17 / ns - 1 to 24 - "Thanksgiving dinner Oct '82, helicopter in fog"; V787 / C / 2 / 18 / ns - 1 to 33 - "Team visits to Ottawa Nov 3 PM residence, PM office"; V787 / C / 2 / 19 / ns - 1 to 38 ' "Bhaktapur children etc."; V787 / C / 2 / 20 / ns - 1 to 25 - "Bhaktapur Oct 10"

Notes: Titles for V787 / C / 2 / 1 to 20 were taken from business cards with writing on them placed in the original slide boxes which were numbered 1 to 20.

Name Access: Spear, Peter; Everest '82

Subject Access: Avalanches; Calgary; Camps; Canada; Climbing; Clothing and dress; Columbia Icefield; Communications; Conferences and conventions; Daily routines; Education; Winter Sports; Helicopters; India; Legal and Financial; Mountaineering; Mountaineers; Newspaper clippings; Organizations; Portraits; Public events; Shopping lists; Sports; Transportation; Travel

Geographic Access: Alberta; England; Thailand; Nepal; Bangkok; Kathmandu

Language: English

Related Material: John Amatt fonds

Creator: Peter Spear

Category: Exploration, discovery and travel; Science and technology; Transportation

Title Source: Title based on contents

Processing Status: Processed

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Aloha Tower, Hawaii

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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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Ansons near Calgary

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1944

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.265

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Ansons near Calgary

Date: 1944

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 27.6 x 35.0 cm

Subject: military; transportation, airplane; Peter Whyte

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.265

Notes: Artistry Revealed: Peter Whyte, Catharine Robb Whyte and Their Contemporaries; June 17, 2018 to October 21, 2018

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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

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Chinese Junk

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1929

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.137

Description: Colour: blue, pink, yellow. Central image is a boat with its sail up. The head and shoulders of three figures can be seen in the boat. On the horizon to the right side is another boat. Distant mauve mountains can be seen behind and soft white blue sky above.

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Chinese Junk

Date: 1929

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 11 x 9 cm

Description: Colour: blue, pink, yellow. Central image is a boat with its sail up. The head and shoulders of three figures can be seen in the boat. On the horizon to the right side is another boat. Distant mauve mountains can be seen behind and soft white blue sky above.

Subject: seascape; transportation; mountains; figures; group

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.137

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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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Commonwealth Air Training Field

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1944

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.271

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Commonwealth Air Training Field

Date: 1944

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 27.3 x 35.2 cm

Subject: transportation, airplane; military; landscape; mountain; building, military; Peter Whyte

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.271

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Correspondence

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Part Of: Peter Spear fonds

Scope & Content: M562/C - Correspondence contains twenty-six sub-series: 1 - School correspondence "A" 2 - School correspondence "B" 3 - School correspondence "C" 4 - School correspondence "D" 5 - School correspondence "F" 6 - School correspondence "G" 7 - School correspondence "J" 8 - School correspondenc…

Date Range: 1981 - 1986

Reference Code: M562 / C

Description Level: 3 / Series

GMD: Textual, private record

Part Of: Peter Spear fonds

Description Level: 3 / Series

Fonds Number: M562 / V787 / S56

Series: M562 / C

Sous-Fonds: M562 / V787 / S56

Accession Number: 2017.8655

Reference Code: M562 / C

GMD: Textual, private record

Date Range: 1981 - 1986

Physical Description: 24 cm of textual records

History / Biographical: Peter Spear (April 1, 1940 - ) was a teacher, administrator, mountain ski patroller at the Lake Louise Ski Area, member of the Canadian Ski Patrol System, and base camp manager for the 1982 Canadian Mount Everest Expedition based out of Calgary, Alberta.

Scope & Content: M562/C - Correspondence contains twenty-six sub-series:; 1 - School correspondence "A"; 2 - School correspondence "B"; 3 - School correspondence "C"; 4 - School correspondence "D"; 5 - School correspondence "F"; 6 - School correspondence "G"; 7 - School correspondence "J"; 8 - School correspondence "K"; 9 - School correspondence "L"; 10 - School correspondence "Maurice Cody School"; 11 - School correspondence "M"; 12 - School correspondence "O"; 13 - School correspondence "P"; 14 - School correspondence "S"; 15 - School correspondence "W"; 16 - School correspondence "Unknown schools"; 17 - Addresses and contacts; 18 - Invitations; 19 - Expedition Correspondence 1980; 20 - Expedition Correspondence 1981; 21 - Expedition Correspondence 1982; 22 - Expedition Correspondence 1983; 23 - Expedition Correspondence 1984; 24 - Expedition Correspondence 1985; 25 - Expedition Correspondence 1986; 26 - Expedition Correspondence undated