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"Hotel Closed" Sign

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Part Of: Nicholas Morant fonds

Scope & Content: Printed paper sign, reads "POSITIVELY NO ADMITTANCE HOTEL CLOSED" (no date, no author). Part of a collection of items previously mounted or hung up in Nicholas and Ivy "Willie" Morant's Banff home.

Date Range: [ca. 1950 - ca. 1980] (?)

Reference Code: M300 / III / D / 62 (O.S.)

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Poster; Textual record

Part Of: Nicholas Morant fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: M300 / S20 / V500

Sous-Fonds: M300

Sub-Series: M300 / II / D : Personal and Family Materials : Collected Material

Accession Number: 7784

Reference Code: M300 / III / D / 62 (O.S.)

GMD: Poster; Textual record

Responsibility: Nicholas Morant

Date Range: [ca. 1950 - ca. 1980] (?)

Physical Description: 1 Poster/sign, printed construction paper

Scope & Content: Printed paper sign, reads "POSITIVELY NO ADMITTANCE HOTEL CLOSED" (no date, no author). Part of a collection of items previously mounted or hung up in Nicholas and Ivy "Willie" Morant's Banff home.

Name Access: Morant, Ivy; Morant, Nicholas

Subject Access: Hotel; Sign

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; Banff

Language: English

Creator: Unknown

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Lake O'Hara

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Artist: Richard Jack (1866 – 1952, Canadian)

Date: 1930

Medium: oil on masonite

Catalogue Number: JkR.02.01

Description: A realistic rendering of Lake O'Hara, the lake, green/blue in colour with white covers the foreground, the mountain and glacier fill most of the remaining picture with just a little sky showing. Credit both The Banff Centre and Mrs. J. I. Brewster in any exhibition or publication of the collection,…

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Artist: Richard Jack (1866 – 1952, Canadian)

Title: Lake O'Hara

Date: 1930

Medium: oil on masonite

Dimensions: 20.5 x 30.5 cm

Description: A realistic rendering of Lake O'Hara, the lake, green/blue in colour with white covers the foreground, the mountain and glacier fill most of the remaining picture with just a little sky showing. Credit both The Banff Centre and Mrs. J. I. Brewster in any exhibition or publication of the collection, either in whole or in part. Banff Centre catalogue numbers: 81 0337 A; 20689

Subject: landscape; mountain; Canadian Rockies

Credit: Gift of Banff Centre Brewster Donation, Banff, 1986

Catalogue Number: JkR.02.01

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

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Banff, Highland Gathering, Sept. 3-5, 1928

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Artist: Richard Jack (1866 – 1952, Canadian)

Date: c. 1928

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: JkR.02.03

Description: A Scottish Highland gathering taking place on the grounds of the Banff Springs Hotel. In the foreground are men in traditional Scottish dress. To the left of the image is a bagpiper. In the background on the right side of the image is the Banff Springs Hotel. A crowd is gathered at the edge of …

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Artist: Richard Jack (1866 – 1952, Canadian)

Title: Banff, Highland Gathering, Sept. 3-5, 1928

Date: c. 1928

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 75.5 x 60.3 cm

Description: A Scottish Highland gathering taking place on the grounds of the Banff Springs Hotel. In the foreground are men in traditional Scottish dress. To the left of the image is a bagpiper. In the background on the right side of the image is the Banff Springs Hotel. A crowd is gathered at the edge of an open space where the men in kilts are standing. Mount Rundle rises up behind the Hotel. A flagpole, trees and coloured tents are dispersed through the crowd in the middle of the painting.

Subject: architecture; Banff Springs Hotel; landscape; Canadian Rockies; activity; Highland Gathering

Credit: Gift of Joan Fitt, Calgary, 2001

Catalogue Number: JkR.02.03

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Evening, Lake O'Hara

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Artist: Richard Jack (1866 – 1952, Canadian)

Date: 1931

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: JkR.02.02

Description: In the foreground on the right side of the painting there are four green trees and a shore made out of mostly rocks. To the left and along the bottom edge a lake of bluegreen water sits in front of a brown mountain range. The mountains have snow on parts of the peaks and the sky is blue with white …

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Artist: Richard Jack (1866 – 1952, Canadian)

Title: Evening, Lake O'Hara

Date: 1931

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 69.9 x 90.0 cm

Description: In the foreground on the right side of the painting there are four green trees and a shore made out of mostly rocks. To the left and along the bottom edge a lake of bluegreen water sits in front of a brown mountain range. The mountains have snow on parts of the peaks and the sky is blue with white clouds.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; lake; Lake O'Hara

Credit: Gift of Donald Grace, Saanichton, 1996

Catalogue Number: JkR.02.02

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

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Professional and personal photographs

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Part Of: Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of 88 black and white photographs appearing in Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies Bulletin, no. 102 (Winter 1960), and other photographs possibly taken during the same time period. Photographs pertain to trail riding, camps and stunt nights.

Date Range: [ca. 1959 - ca. 1960]

Reference Code: V635 / III / PA - 269 to 356

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print

Part Of: Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M545 / V635

Series: V635 / III : Published records

Sous-Fonds: V635

Accession Number: 5757

Reference Code: V635 / III / PA - 269 to 356

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print

Date Range: [ca. 1959 - ca. 1960]

Physical Description: 88 photographs : prints, 8x10 in. and smaller

Scope & Content: File consists of 88 black and white photographs appearing in Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies Bulletin, no. 102 (Winter 1960), and other photographs possibly taken during the same time period. Photographs pertain to trail riding, camps and stunt nights.

Notes: Includes some duplicates Some photographs may be attributed to Canadian Pacific

Subject Access: Camping; Hiking; Packing; Horses; Trails; Travel; Mountain; Landscapes; Fishing; Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; Drumheller; Northwest Territories; Yellowknife; Canadian Rocky Mountains

Language: English

Creator: Unknown

Title Source: Titled based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Trail ride album

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Part Of: Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies fonds

Scope & Content: Photograph album contains 182 black and white prints pertaining to trail rides in July/August, 1945 through Baker Creek, Ptarmigan Lake, Skoki and Lake Louise; and Lake O'Hara, Lake McArthur and Odaray Trail. Images depict riders on horseback, scenic views of mountains, waterfalls, forests and land…

Date Range: 1945

Reference Code: V635 / I / PD - 3

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Album; Photograph; Photograph print; Textual record

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Part Of: Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M545 / V635

Series: V635 / I : Events and Activities

Sous-Fonds: V635

Accession Number: 5757

Reference Code: V635 / I / PD - 3

GMD: Album; Photograph; Photograph print; Textual record

Responsibility: Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies

Date Range: 1945

Physical Description: 1 photograph album (182 prints)

Scope & Content: Photograph album contains 182 black and white prints pertaining to trail rides in July/August, 1945 through Baker Creek, Ptarmigan Lake, Skoki and Lake Louise; and Lake O'Hara, Lake McArthur and Odaray Trail. Images depict riders on horseback, scenic views of mountains, waterfalls, forests and landscapes, individual and group photographs of riders, and campsites. Most photographs not annotated and people in photographs not named. Album also contains three pamphlets pertaining to 1945 trail rides with lists of locations and attendees.