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Decorative Tray
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact102.04.0604
- Date
- later than 1959
- Material
- wood; cedar
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0604
- Description
- a circular tray made of cedar. Printed on the front of the tray is a painted image of two red gondola cabins over the town of Banff. Cascade mountain and Tunnel Mountain are in background. On the reverse are two paragraphs in black printed writing about the Sulphur Mountain Gondola as well as a go…
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- Title
- Decorative Tray
- Date
- later than 1959
- Material
- wood; cedar
- Dimensions
- 35.5 x 35.5 cm
- Description
- a circular tray made of cedar. Printed on the front of the tray is a painted image of two red gondola cabins over the town of Banff. Cascade mountain and Tunnel Mountain are in background. On the reverse are two paragraphs in black printed writing about the Sulphur Mountain Gondola as well as a gold sticker that reads “HANDCRAFTED BY PANORAMA MADE IN CANADA”. There is a brass ring to hang it.
- Subject
- Banff
- tourism
- Sulphur Mountain
- souvenir
- Credit
- Gift of Juanita Rose Violini, Banff, 2014
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0604
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- Date
- 1950 – 1960
- Medium
- graphite; on paper;
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.09.16
- Description
- Metal coil-bound sketchbook with patterned black and white covers - the back cover has a green tint to the white parts, unsure if this was the original colour and the front cover is simply faded or if the back cover was dyed or tinted green later. Front cover has adhered paper label with manufactur…
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1950 – 1960
- Medium
- graphite; on paper;
- Dimensions
- 25.1 x 21.0 cm
- Description
- Metal coil-bound sketchbook with patterned black and white covers - the back cover has a green tint to the white parts, unsure if this was the original colour and the front cover is simply faded or if the back cover was dyed or tinted green later. Front cover has adhered paper label with manufacturer name and space for an owner’s name - brand reads “GYRAL, Patent Pending.” Contents include sketches of possible Christmas cards, figure studies, notes, skiers, church/funeral scenes from Morley, sketches for paintings, geometric plans for tepees, and more.
- Subject
- drawing
- sketching
- skiing
- Indigenous Peoples
- tepees
- Morely
- Stoney Nakoda
- Peter Whyte
- Catharine Robb Whyte;
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.09.16
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- Artist
- Andreas Roth
- Date
- 1942
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- RtA.02.03
- Description
- Oil painting showing a red brick building (Deer Lodge) surrounded by trees. Lake Louise, the Victoria Glacier, and Mounts Lefroy and Victoria can be seen in the background.
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- Artist
- Andreas Roth
- Title
- Deer Lodge
- Date
- 1942
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 66.0 x 80.0 cm
- Description
- Oil painting showing a red brick building (Deer Lodge) surrounded by trees. Lake Louise, the Victoria Glacier, and Mounts Lefroy and Victoria can be seen in the background.
- Subject
- Deer Lodge
- Lake Louise
- Credit
- Gift of Robert Crosby Family, Banff, 1998
- Catalogue Number
- RtA.02.03
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Rain Shrouds the Nigels
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactmoi.02.04
- Date
- 1993
- Medium
- Oil on board
- Catalogue Number
- MoI.02.04
- Description
- A rainbow stretches from the centre of the painting to the upper right corner. Below the rainbow is a grassy slope with red and purple accents. a rocky outcrop emerges from a cloud at left. the sky is swirls of purple.
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- Title
- Rain Shrouds the Nigels
- Date
- 1993
- Medium
- Oil on board
- Dimensions
- 28.0 x 35.0 cm
- Description
- A rainbow stretches from the centre of the painting to the upper right corner. Below the rainbow is a grassy slope with red and purple accents. a rocky outcrop emerges from a cloud at left. the sky is swirls of purple.
- Credit
- Gift of David More, Benalto, 2021
- Catalogue Number
- MoI.02.04
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Top of Panther Falls
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactmoi.03.02
- Date
- 1993
- Medium
- black conte’ and watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- MoI.03.02
- Description
- A loose black and white sketch showing a pool surrounded by rocks and emerging in a waterfall in the foreground. The pool has been painted with light blue watercolour. There is a pile of dead logs at the edge of the pool where it begins to become a waterfall.
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- Title
- Top of Panther Falls
- Date
- 1993
- Medium
- black conte’ and watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 50.5 x 50.5 cm
- Description
- A loose black and white sketch showing a pool surrounded by rocks and emerging in a waterfall in the foreground. The pool has been painted with light blue watercolour. There is a pile of dead logs at the edge of the pool where it begins to become a waterfall.
- Subject
- waterfall
- Credit
- Gift of David More, Benalto, 2021
- Catalogue Number
- MoI.03.02
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Evening Forms - Slopes and Mt. Athabasca
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactmoi.02.03
- Date
- 1993
- Medium
- oil on board
- Catalogue Number
- MoI.02.03
- Description
- A mountain scene in which a grassy, lightly forested slope leads to a green and brown slope. In the background is a large, snow covered mountain. The sky is visible at top left and is mainly blue with streaks of pink.
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- Title
- Evening Forms - Slopes and Mt. Athabasca
- Date
- 1993
- Medium
- oil on board
- Dimensions
- 40.5 x 40.5 cm
- Description
- A mountain scene in which a grassy, lightly forested slope leads to a green and brown slope. In the background is a large, snow covered mountain. The sky is visible at top left and is mainly blue with streaks of pink.
- Subject
- mountains
- Mt. Athabasca
- Credit
- Gift of David More, Benalto, 2021
- Catalogue Number
- MoI.02.03
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Glacier Majesty (diptych)
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactmoi.02.02
- Date
- 1993
- Medium
- oil on board
- Catalogue Number
- MoI.02.02
- Description
- A mountain scene showing large mountains separated by two large glaciers that reach into the foreground. Colours are browns and purples for the mountains and white, blue, and grey for the glaciers.
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- Title
- Glacier Majesty (diptych)
- Date
- 1993
- Medium
- oil on board
- Dimensions
- 40.5 x 81.0 cm
- Description
- A mountain scene showing large mountains separated by two large glaciers that reach into the foreground. Colours are browns and purples for the mountains and white, blue, and grey for the glaciers.
- Subject
- mountains
- glaciers
- Columbia Icefields
- Credit
- Gift of David More, Benalto, 2021
- Catalogue Number
- MoI.02.02
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- Date
- 1993
- Medium
- oil on board
- Catalogue Number
- MoI.02.01
- Description
- A large mountain rises up at left, a glacier spills down its face into the centre of the painting. Thin conifer trees are in the foreground. The sky is dark blue.
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- Title
- Andromeda
- Date
- 1993
- Medium
- oil on board
- Dimensions
- 30.5 x 40.5 cm
- Description
- A large mountain rises up at left, a glacier spills down its face into the centre of the painting. Thin conifer trees are in the foreground. The sky is dark blue.
- Subject
- mountains
- glaciers
- Mount Andromeda, Banff
- Credit
- Gift of David More, Benalto, 2021
- Catalogue Number
- MoI.02.01
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- Date
- 1949 – 1990
- Material
- metal; leather; glass;
- Catalogue Number
- 104.41.0130
- Description
- A Linhof Technika 4x5 metal camera. The front panel folds down and has the option to extend beyond 90 degrees - the lens plate mount slides out on tracks and can be adjusted by two gears, extending the bellows. The camera has a Technika Xenar 1:4,5 / 150 lens mounted. The back of the camera also fo…
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- Title
- Camera
- Date
- 1949 – 1990
- Material
- metal; leather; glass;
- Dimensions
- 17.7 x 20.5 x 10.2 cm
- Description
- A Linhof Technika 4x5 metal camera. The front panel folds down and has the option to extend beyond 90 degrees - the lens plate mount slides out on tracks and can be adjusted by two gears, extending the bellows. The camera has a Technika Xenar 1:4,5 / 150 lens mounted. The back of the camera also folds down to show the exposure plate inside the main compartment - on the panel that folds down is some kind of leather hood and a depth of field table printed onto the panel. The main compartment of the camera has a leather handle on the left-hand side, a view-finder and mount for a flash on the right-hand side, another attachment mount and a circular level on the top, and a hole in the bottom where it can be fixed to a tripod - there is a second tripod mount in the front panel.
- Subject
- Nicholas Morant
- photography
- camera;
- Credit
- Gift of Nicholas Morant, Banff, 2006
- Catalogue Number
- 104.41.0130
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Projection Lens
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- Date
- 1940 – 1950
- Material
- metal; glass; cardboard
- Catalogue Number
- 104.41.0122
- Description
- A Kodak Precision Enlarger f/4.5 51mm focussing lens centered in a square metal plate with a black velvet-lined lens cap housed in the original grey Kodak cardboard box. This lens would be used with an enlarger as the very bottom piece before the image that is being enlarged.
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- Title
- Projection Lens
- Date
- 1940 – 1950
- Material
- metal; glass; cardboard
- Dimensions
- 4.4 x 7.5 x 7.5 cm
- Description
- A Kodak Precision Enlarger f/4.5 51mm focussing lens centered in a square metal plate with a black velvet-lined lens cap housed in the original grey Kodak cardboard box. This lens would be used with an enlarger as the very bottom piece before the image that is being enlarged.
- Credit
- Gift of Nicholas Morant, Banff, 2006
- Catalogue Number
- 104.41.0122
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Photography Manuals
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact104.41.0120
- Date
- 1950 – 1980
- Material
- fabric; paper; plastic;
- Catalogue Number
- 104.41.0120
- Description
- Various manuals pertaining to camera, lens, and light settings/instructions housed in a white fabric pouch with the Canadian National Railway “CN” logo printed in black on the front.
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- Title
- Photography Manuals
- Date
- 1950 – 1980
- Material
- fabric; paper; plastic;
- Dimensions
- 2.1 x 5.5 x 21.3 cm
- Description
- Various manuals pertaining to camera, lens, and light settings/instructions housed in a white fabric pouch with the Canadian National Railway “CN” logo printed in black on the front.
- Credit
- Gift of Nicholas Morant, Banff, 2006
- Catalogue Number
- 104.41.0120
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- Date
- 1950 – 1960
- Material
- metal;
- Catalogue Number
- 104.19.0281
- Description
- Black and silver metal hand-held plunger-style potato masher. The lower section of the handle wraps around the round silver basket, which is completely covered in small round holes - the upper section attaches to the round solid metal plunger plate that can move slightly to accommodate moving in an…
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- Title
- Potato Masher
- Date
- 1950 – 1960
- Material
- metal;
- Dimensions
- 11.3 x 8.7 x 25.5 cm
- Description
- Black and silver metal hand-held plunger-style potato masher. The lower section of the handle wraps around the round silver basket, which is completely covered in small round holes - the upper section attaches to the round solid metal plunger plate that can move slightly to accommodate moving in and out of the basket on the hinged handle. The manufacturer details are engraved on the top of the solid metal plunger plate.
- Subject
- kitchen utensils
- cooking
- food preparation;
- Credit
- Gift of Bill Mather, Edmonton, 1991
- Catalogue Number
- 104.19.0281
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Matchbox Holder
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- Date
- 1940 – 1960
- Material
- metal; tin;
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0596
- Description
- Metal wall-mounted matchbox holder with an opening at the top and another that curves up from the bottom so that boxes can be filled from the top and funnel through to the lower opening. Printed on the front in blue inside a zig-zag border is “CASH OR CREDIT AT MURDOCH’S Staple and Fancy GROCERIES …
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- Title
- Matchbox Holder
- Date
- 1940 – 1960
- Material
- metal; tin;
- Dimensions
- 14.5 x 7.0 x 7.1 cm
- Description
- Metal wall-mounted matchbox holder with an opening at the top and another that curves up from the bottom so that boxes can be filled from the top and funnel through to the lower opening. Printed on the front in blue inside a zig-zag border is “CASH OR CREDIT AT MURDOCH’S Staple and Fancy GROCERIES and PRODUCE Telephone 129 BANFF, ALBERTA.”
- Credit
- Gift of Robert Crosby Family, Banff, 1998
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0596
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- Date
- 1940 – 1970
- Material
- cardboard; plastic; metal;
- Catalogue Number
- 104.45.0066
- Description
- Black plastic “OAKVILLE PIN HOLDER” in its original yellow cardboard box. The pin holder consists of a two-tiered body on a wider sloped base - the lower compartment contains the pins and the upper piece is pressed down on a spring, which funnels a pin through a hole on the top, allowing it to be p…
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- Title
- Pin Holder
- Date
- 1940 – 1970
- Material
- cardboard; plastic; metal;
- Dimensions
- 6.5 x 6.8 x 9.3 cm
- Description
- Black plastic “OAKVILLE PIN HOLDER” in its original yellow cardboard box. The pin holder consists of a two-tiered body on a wider sloped base - the lower compartment contains the pins and the upper piece is pressed down on a spring, which funnels a pin through a hole on the top, allowing it to be pulled out. The top consists of a cap that can be snapped off by pressing a small metal lever in order to access the pin compartment. The yellow cardboard box contains manufacturer information and instructions throughout the outside.
- Credit
- Gift of Robert Crosby Family, Banff, 1998
- Catalogue Number
- 104.45.0066
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- Date
- 1950 – 1970
- Material
- plastic; metal; thread;
- Catalogue Number
- 104.45.0065
- Description
- Cream and red cylindrical thread holder with a small head with a black painted face and red hat on top. Inside the main body is a cream-coloured insert with three different coloured threads wrapped around it, separated by disks - the insert has a hollow opening at the top where three sewing needles…
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- Title
- Thread Holder
- Date
- 1950 – 1970
- Material
- plastic; metal; thread;
- Dimensions
- 6.9 cm
- Description
- Cream and red cylindrical thread holder with a small head with a black painted face and red hat on top. Inside the main body is a cream-coloured insert with three different coloured threads wrapped around it, separated by disks - the insert has a hollow opening at the top where three sewing needles [one of which has a short length of black thread in it] are housed. “FRENCH IVORY” is stamped on the bottom.
- Credit
- Gift of Robert Crosby Family, Banff, 1998
- Catalogue Number
- 104.45.0065
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Reflectors Flash
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- Date
- 1950 – 1975
- Material
- metal; plastic;
- Catalogue Number
- 104.41.0114 a-c
- Description
- Three cone-shaped flash reflector attachments of different configurations. The largest reflector has a matte black metal mount with “HR” inscribed inside a circle on both sides - the reflector is perpendicular to the base of the mount and directly opposite from the base of the cone is a red plastic…
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- Title
- Reflectors Flash
- Date
- 1950 – 1975
- Material
- metal; plastic;
- Dimensions
- 15.2 x 15.2 x 12.1 cm
- Description
- Three cone-shaped flash reflector attachments of different configurations. The largest reflector has a matte black metal mount with “HR” inscribed inside a circle on both sides - the reflector is perpendicular to the base of the mount and directly opposite from the base of the cone is a red plastic button. The plug for the light bulb is located in the middle of the cone. The mid-sized reflector consists of a bowl-shaped disk with a bulb plug at the bottom and a matte black metal mount directly below that. In the middle of the reflector is a small dent.The smallest reflector is a deep cone-shape with a central plug for the light bulb and another plug for the reflector on the outside.
- Credit
- Gift of Nicholas Morant, Banff, 2006
- Catalogue Number
- 104.41.0114 a-c
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Camera Bellows
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact104.41.0113
- Date
- 1950 – 1970
- Material
- paper; metal; fabric;
- Catalogue Number
- 104.41.0113
- Description
- Black camera lens bellows attachment on silver rails. There is no lens fixed into the bellows. Bellows housed inside a fabric draw-string bag.
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- Title
- Camera Bellows
- Date
- 1950 – 1970
- Material
- paper; metal; fabric;
- Dimensions
- 16.0 x 15.3 x 10.7 cm
- Description
- Black camera lens bellows attachment on silver rails. There is no lens fixed into the bellows. Bellows housed inside a fabric draw-string bag.
- Credit
- Gift of Nicholas Morant, Banff, 2006
- Catalogue Number
- 104.41.0113
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Putting Improver
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact108.04.0051
- Date
- 1940 – 1960
- Material
- cardboard; metal;
- Catalogue Number
- 108.04.0051
- Description
- Square green box with a hinged lid containing a white and red metal putting improver. On the lid of the box is a paper label with “THE ‘NORTHWOOD’” printed along the top, and unidentified manufacturer’s logo in the middle, “Red & White” written in black ink on the right-hand side, and “Putting Impr…
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- Title
- Putting Improver
- Date
- 1940 – 1960
- Material
- cardboard; metal;
- Dimensions
- 2.7 x 18.5 x 18.5 cm
- Description
- Square green box with a hinged lid containing a white and red metal putting improver. On the lid of the box is a paper label with “THE ‘NORTHWOOD’” printed along the top, and unidentified manufacturer’s logo in the middle, “Red & White” written in black ink on the right-hand side, and “Putting Improver” written in black ink along the bottom. The tool itself consists of an eight-sided plate with hinged attachments on each side that fold towards the center when pushed over.
- Subject
- Crosby family
- Abegweit
- golf
- golf equipment;
- Credit
- Gift of Robert Crosby Family, Banff, 1998
- Catalogue Number
- 108.04.0051
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