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Oil Painting

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Artist: Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)

Date: 1929

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyC.02.16

Description: Oil portrait of a man with short, dark hair, painted from the shoulders up in three-quarter view. He is wearing a dark red garment. He has fair skin, brown eyes and rosy cheeks. He is situated in front of a dark brown background.

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Artist: Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)

Title: Oil Painting

Date: 1929

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 53.0 x 43.0 cm

Description: Oil portrait of a man with short, dark hair, painted from the shoulders up in three-quarter view. He is wearing a dark red garment. He has fair skin, brown eyes and rosy cheeks. He is situated in front of a dark brown background.

Subject: portrait; man

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

Catalogue Number: WyC.02.16

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Oil Painting

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Artist: Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)

Date: 1928

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyC.02.17

Description: Oil portrait of a women with short, medium brown hair and fair skin in profile. She is wearing a brown garment that blends with the background that she is situated in, which is split vertically off-center to the right; the left side of the background is a deep green colour, while the right side is …

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Artist: Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)

Title: Oil Painting

Date: 1928

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 53.0 x 43.0 cm

Description: Oil portrait of a women with short, medium brown hair and fair skin in profile. She is wearing a brown garment that blends with the background that she is situated in, which is split vertically off-center to the right; the left side of the background is a deep green colour, while the right side is a light brown. The bottom edge of the painting is unfinished.

Subject: portrait; woman

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

Catalogue Number: WyC.02.17

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Financial, marriage and property records

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Part Of: Kidney family fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of 2 business expense journals from 1937 - 1938 and a record book for guests in Kidney Kabins between 1939 - 1953; a marriage certificate for Maud and Forest Kidney dated 1923; invoices for Banff Grocery and expenses pertaining to Elizabeth Woodworth's funeral; land sale agreements fo…

Date Range: 1923; 1926; 1936 - 1953

Reference Code: M74 / V / B / 1

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Textual record; Private record; Government record

Part Of: Kidney family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M74 / V324

Series: M74 / V : Legal and business records

Sous-Fonds: M74

Sub-Series: M74 / V / B : 1921 - 1950

Accession Number: 3109; 2016.8581

Reference Code: M74 / V / B / 1

GMD: Textual record; Private record; Government record

Date Range: 1923; 1926; 1936 - 1953

Physical Description: 1.5 cm of textual records

Scope & Content: File consists of 2 business expense journals from 1937 - 1938 and a record book for guests in Kidney Kabins between 1939 - 1953; a marriage certificate for Maud and Forest Kidney dated 1923; invoices for Banff Grocery and expenses pertaining to Elizabeth Woodworth's funeral; land sale agreements for properties in the town of Banff, and related financial documents and correspondence; a transfer of land agreement granting joint ownership of the Quaker Cafe in Banff between Forest and Maud Kidney; tax notice documents from 1945 and 1947; a cheque receipt in Forest Kidney's name for $3500 from 1946; a building permit granted for Forest Kidney by Cyril Childe in 1946; numerous lease renewal documents sent by J.F. Woodworth on behalf of Forest Kidney, 1945 - 1948; and a document granting power of attorney over Russell Exton Wilson's estate to his sister, Alice Mona Wilson in 1943.

Notes: Kidney Kabins journal's dates [1939 - 1953] extend past date range of subseries M74 / V / B : 1921 - 1950. Item has been kept in this subseries as majority of content falls within date range and cannot be separated

Name Access: Kidney, Forest H. (Pop); Kidney, Maude; Childe, Cyril; Woodworth, Joe; Wilson, Russell Exton; Wilson, Alice Mona

Subject Access: Businesses; Property; Finances

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; Banff; Saskatchewan; Saskatoon

Access Restrictions: Restrictions may apply

Reproduction Restrictions: Restrictions may apply

Language: English

Conservation: Several documents kept in acid-free paper barrier for protection from coloured covers of expense journals kept in same file folder; Kidney Kabins guest records book has been placed in separate file folder due to metal bindings

Category: Commerce and industry; Land, settlement and immigration

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Banff businesses

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Part Of: Kidney family fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of documents and records pertaining to businesses owned by Forest and Maud Kidney in the town of Banff [Pop's Bakery Ltd., Kidney Kabins and Quaker Coffee Shop]. Contents include a Quaker Coffee Shop meal card from ca. 1950, an information card for guests at Kidney Kabins ca. 1950 - 1…

Date Range: 1950 - 1953; 1961; 1969

Reference Code: M74 / V / C / 1

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Textual record; Private record; Corporate record

Part Of: Kidney family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M74 / V324

Series: M74 / V : Legal and business records

Sous-Fonds: M74

Sub-Series: M74 / V / C : 1951 - 1980

Accession Number: 3109; 2016.8581

Reference Code: M74 / V / C / 1

GMD: Textual record; Private record; Corporate record

Date Range: 1950 - 1953; 1961; 1969

Physical Description: 0.5 cm of textual records

Scope & Content: File consists of documents and records pertaining to businesses owned by Forest and Maud Kidney in the town of Banff [Pop's Bakery Ltd., Kidney Kabins and Quaker Coffee Shop]. Contents include a Quaker Coffee Shop meal card from ca. 1950, an information card for guests at Kidney Kabins ca. 1950 - 1953, a menu from Quaker Coffee Shop from 1961, a lease agreement for the expansion of Pop's Bakery Ltd. from 1961, and a letter pertaining to a lease agreement between Pop's Holdings Ltd. and the estate of William Austin Standish from 1969.

Name Access: Kidney, Forest H. (Pop); Kidney, Maude; Standish, Austin

Subject Access: Businesses; Finances; Property; Quaker Coffee Shop; Kidney Kabins

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; Banff

Access Restrictions: Restrictions may apply

Reproduction Restrictions: Restrictions may apply

Language: English

Category: Commerce and industry; Land, settlement and immigration

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Pop's Holdings Ltd. receipts book

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Part Of: Kidney family fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of one red and green bound expense book. Pertains to records from 1956 - 1974 of various businesses owned and managed by Forest "Pop" Kidney in Banff, including Pop's Bakery and Quaker Coffee Shop. Approximately 270 of 300 pages in expense book are annotated.

Date Range: 1956 - 1974

Reference Code: M74 / V / C / 2

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Textual record; Private record

Part Of: Kidney family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M74 / V324

Series: M74 / V : Legal and business records

Sous-Fonds: M74

Sub-Series: M74 / V / C : 1951 - 1980

Accession Number: 2016.8581

Reference Code: M74 / V / C / 2

GMD: Textual record; Private record

Responsibility: Produced by Pop's Holdings Ltd.

Date Range: 1956 - 1974

Physical Description: 2.5 cm of textual records (1 volume : 300 pages ; 35.5 x 22 cm)

Scope & Content: File consists of one red and green bound expense book. Pertains to records from 1956 - 1974 of various businesses owned and managed by Forest "Pop" Kidney in Banff, including Pop's Bakery and Quaker Coffee Shop. Approximately 270 of 300 pages in expense book are annotated.

Notes: Two-page mortgage and account balance statement found between pages 102 and 103 of expense book.

Name Access: Kidney, Forest H. (Pop)

Subject Access: Businesses; Finances; Property; Quaker Coffee Shop

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; Banff

Access Restrictions: Restrictions may apply

Reproduction Restrictions: Restrictions may apply

Language: English

Creator: Forest Kidney

Category: Commerce and industry

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Kidney Kabins

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Part Of: Kidney family fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of 6 negative photographs pertaining to Kidney Kabins, an accommodation rental business which was owned and run by Forest and Maud Kidney from the late 1930s until 1953. Photographs depict interior and exterior views of multiple cabins.

Date Range: [ca. 1940 - ca. 1950]

Reference Code: V324 / V / B / NA - 1 to 6

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Negative

Part Of: Kidney family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M74 / V324

Series: V324 / V : Legal and business records

Sous-Fonds: V324

Sub-Series: V324 / V / B : 1921 - 1950

Accession Number: 2016.8581

Reference Code: V324 / V / B / NA - 1 to 6

GMD: Photograph; Negative

Date Range: [ca. 1940 - ca. 1950]

Physical Description: 6 photographs : b&w negatives ; 5.5 x 8.5 cm and 5.5 x 5.5 cm

Scope & Content: File consists of 6 negative photographs pertaining to Kidney Kabins, an accommodation rental business which was owned and run by Forest and Maud Kidney from the late 1930s until 1953. Photographs depict interior and exterior views of multiple cabins.

Notes: Exterior views confirmed to be Kidney Kabins, interior views presumed to be from the same business based on content and original location of images [kept together with some of the exterior view negatives before processing].

Name Access: Kidney, Maude; Kidney, Forest H. (Pop)

Subject Access: Businesses; Kidney Kabins; Property

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; Banff

Access Restrictions: Restrictions may apply

Reproduction Restrictions: Restrictions may apply

Language: English

Related Material: Similar images in photograph print format processed under V324 / V / B / PA.

Category: Commerce and industry

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Kidney family businesses

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Part Of: Kidney family fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of 23 photograph prints depicting businesses in Banff which were owned and run by Maud and Forest Kidney. Content pertains to interior and exterior views of Kidney Kabins, and interior views of a restaurant [likely the Quaker Coffee Shop or Pop's Bakery].

Date Range: 1937; [ca. 1940 - ca. 1945]

Reference Code: V324 / V / B / PA - 1 to 23

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print

Part Of: Kidney family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M74 / V324

Series: V324 / V : Legal and business records

Sous-Fonds: V324

Sub-Series: V324 / V / B : 1921 - 1950

Accession Number: 2016.8581

Reference Code: V324 / V / B / PA - 1 to 23

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print

Date Range: 1937; [ca. 1940 - ca. 1945]

Physical Description: 23 photographs : b&w prints ; 10 x 16 cm or smaller

History / Biographical: Kidney Kabins was an accommodation business operated by Maud and Forest "Pop" Kidney between 1937 and 1953. The business consisted of several overnight or short-term rental cabins located near Maud and Forest's home near the corner of Wolf and Muskrat Street in Banff. The Kidney Kabins business was closed when Maud and Forest Kidney sold the property it was on in 1953.

Scope & Content: File consists of 23 photograph prints depicting businesses in Banff which were owned and run by Maud and Forest Kidney. Content pertains to interior and exterior views of Kidney Kabins, and interior views of a restaurant [likely the Quaker Coffee Shop or Pop's Bakery].