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Smithsonain Institution : Mary Vaux Walcott wildflowers : donor edition

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 1925

Author: Vaux Walcott, Mary

Publisher: Smithsonian Institution

Call Number: 04.1 W14m O.S.

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Author: Vaux Walcott, Mary

Publisher: Smithsonian Institution

Published Date: 1925

Physical Description: 1 portfolio (1 folded sheet, 5 plates, 4 loose leaves) : color illustrations, portraits

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: Botany; Art; Walcott, Mary Vaux; Flowers; Smithsonian Institute; Research; Vaux family

Abstract: Pertains to wildflower prints by Mary Vaux Walcott reprinted by the Smithsonian Institution as a "Donor Edition - Contributing Membership Smithsonian National Associate Program" - short write up about the process and her career with 5 prints on rag paper created using the "Smithsonian Process"

Contents: White Epidendrum - epidendrum nocturnum Jaquin - 337 - MVW - 1925; Silverberry - elaeagnus commutata [additional single print - no write up] - 70 - MVW; Goldenpea - thermopsis rhombifolia (Nuttal) Richardson - 297 - MVW - 1925; Missouri Pricklypear - opuntia polyacantha - Haworth - 35 - MVW - 1925; Rabbitbean - cracca virginiana - Linnaeus - 44 - MVW - 1925

Notes: Contributing Membership Smithsonian National Associate Program

Accession Number: 3089 (single print); 3077 (portfolio)

Call Number: 04.1 W14m O.S.

Collection: Archives Library

URL Notes: Mary Vaux Walcott spotlight with images of wildflower prints on the Smithsonian Art Museum website

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Banff, the health resort

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: [1920]

Call Number: 02.6 B22b PAM

Published Date: [1920]

Physical Description: 30 pages : b&w illustrations

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: Banff; Health; Resorts; Tourism

Abstract: Pertains to Banff as a health resort with a short write up of available amenities and many black and photographs of popular sites in Banff and area.

Contents: Banff, Alberta; Mount Edith; Bankhead, Alberta; Sanitarium Hotel and Sulphur Mountain; Pacific Coal Company's Plant, Bankhead, Alberta; The Hot Springs and Bow Valley; Cascade Mountain; C.P.R. Hotel, Banff; Sulphur Fountain - Winter; Lake Minnewanka; C.P.R. Hotel and Bow Valley from Sulphur Mountain; Falls of the Cascade; Panoramic View of Banff from top of Sulphur Mountain; Bathing at the Hot Sulphur Springs in Winter; Glacier Headwaters of the Cascade; Government Museum, Park Superintendent's Office, Buffalo; Bow RIvewr and Massive Range; Aspen Avenue, below C.P.R. Hotel; Mount Rundle, height 9665 feet; Bow River Falls; Hoodoo at Lake Minnewanka; Cascade or Devil's Canyon; On the Trail; Bathing - Hot Springs at Cave and Basin, Bathing - Hot Sulphur at Cave and Basin; The Bow Valley from C.P.R. Hotel; Observatory - Top of Sulphur Mountain; Scene near Banff; The Edith Peaks; Goat Mountain; Bridge Scene at Foot of Cascade Mountain

Accession Number: 2019.84

Call Number: 02.6 B22b PAM

Collection: Archives Library

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Through the Canadian Pacific Rockies : a series of views illustrating the chief points of interest and the glorious mountain scenery seen in a journey through the Rocky and Selkirk Mountains

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: [1920?]

Author: Canadian Pacific Railway Company

Publisher: Toronto and Montreal : Southam Press Limited

Call Number: 02.6 C16thr PAM O.S

Author: Canadian Pacific Railway Company

Responsibility: Canadian Pacific Railway News Service

Publisher: Toronto and Montreal : Southam Press Limited

Published Date: [1920?]

Physical Description: [26] leaves : chiefly illustrations (some color)

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: Travel; Canadian Pacific Railway; Canadian Pacific Railway Company; Canadian Pacific Rockies; Art; Tourism

Abstract: Pertains to areas of interest along the Canadian Pacific Railway through the Rocky Mountains via unattributed photographs.

Contents: The Gap; The Three Sisters, Canmore, ALTA.; Banff, Showing Bow River Bridge; Banff Springs Hotel and Bow River Valley; The Swimming Pool, Banff; Mount Assiniboine; Indian Days at Banff; Lake Minnewanka, near Banff; On the Bow River, Banff; Castle Mountain; Lakes in the Clouds; The Giant Steps, Paradise Valley; Lake Louise; The Great Divide; Moraine Lake and Valley of the Ten Peaks; Paradise Valley; Cathedral Mountain; Spiral Tunnels, Field, B.C.; Mount Stephen and Field, B.C.; Twin Falls and the Yoho Valley; Emerald Lake; Mount Chancellor, Leanchoil; Mount Sir Donald, near Glacier, B.C.; Hell's Gate, Fraser Canyon, B.C.; Descriptive Index