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Alpine Scenes and Work Near Home

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1890
Author
J.R.
Publisher
Harper's Weekly
Call Number
02.6 R11a PAM O.S
Author
J.R.
Responsibility
J.R. (author)
Frederic Remington (illustrator)
Publisher
Harper's Weekly
Published Date
1890
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Mountaineering
Mountaineers, British
Mountaineers, Swiss
Sir Donald, Mount
Glacier House
Travel
Tourism
Canadian Pacific Railway
Canadian Pacific Railway Hotels
Abstract
Pertains to Glacier House and the ascent of Sir Donald by Emil Huber and Carl Sulzer from Switzerland and Harry Cooper from England with illustration on page 725
Notes
In Harper's Weekly, Vol. XXXIV No. 1760, September 13, 1890, pp. 723 - 725
Accession Number
7979
Call Number
02.6 R11a PAM O.S
Collection
Archives Library
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A social departure : how Orthodocia and I went round the world by ourselves

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1891
Author
Duncan, Sara Jeannette
Publisher
New York : D. Appleton and Company
Call Number
02 D91s
Author
Duncan, Sara Jeannette
Responsibility
Sara Jeannette Duncan, with illustrations by F.H. Townsend
Publisher
New York : D. Appleton and Company
Published Date
1891
Physical Description
417p. : ill
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Canadian Pacific Railway
Glacier House
Illecillewaet Glacier
Women
Notes
Partial contents: p.40-51 pertains to Victorian era tourism in Canadian Rocky Mountains around Banff, Lake Louise and Yoho areas
Accession Number
39000
Call Number
02 D91s
Collection
Archives Library
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Picturesque California : The Rocky Mountains and the Pacific Slope

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1894
Author
Muir, John (editor)
Ingersoll, Ernest (author)
Publisher
San Francisco, New York : J. Dewing Company, Publishers
Call Number
02.6 In4p PAM O.S.
Author
Muir, John (editor)
Ingersoll, Ernest (author)
Responsibility
John Muir (editor)
Ernest Ingersoll (author)
Eminent American Artists (photos, photogravures, wood engravings derived from paintings)
Publisher
San Francisco, New York : J. Dewing Company, Publishers
Published Date
1894
Physical Description
16 pages
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Series
California Series No. 32, April 23, 1894
Subjects
Travel
Tourism
Rocky Mountains
Art
Fraser, John Arthur
Notman, William & Son
Banff
Canmore
Kamloops
Vancouver
Victoria
Sir Donald, Mount
Bow River
Hot springs
Banff Springs Hotel
Emerald Lake
Selkirk Mountains
Selkirk Mountains - Hermit Range
Asulkan Glacier
Canadian Pacific Railway
Canadian Pacific Railway Company
Abstract
Pertains to the Canadian Rockies as authored by Ernest Ingersoll with introduction by John Muir including a variety of sketches of Sir Donald, Bow River, Canmore, the Great Glacier, hot springs, open pool, Mount Burgess and Emerald Lake, Bow Falls and Banff Springs Hotel, the Selkirks and Hermit Mountain, Cheops, Asulkan Glacier, Stanley Park, Victoria, Shushwap Mission at Kamloops, and the Canadian Pacific Docks at Vancouver.
Notes
Part XXVI - The Canadian Rockies by Ernest Ingersoll
Accession Number
7901
Call Number
02.6 In4p PAM O.S.
Collection
Archives Library
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Medium
Library - Maps and blueprints (unannotated; published)
Map
Published Date
1923
Publisher
Dept. of the Interior
Call Number
C2-7.4
Publisher
Dept. of the Interior
Published Date
1923
Scale
Scale: 1.97 miles to 1 inch
Relief: Contour Interval 250'
Medium
Library - Maps and blueprints (unannotated; published)
Map
Subjects
Glacier National Park
Notes
4 duplicates in map room - 3 Accn. 400, 1 Accn. 1105
Accession Number
400
1105
Call Number
C2-7.4
Collection
Archives Library
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1923
Medium
graphite; ink on paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.743
Description
A rough sketch outlines a jeep driving up a mountain hill carrying luggage. In the background there is a mountain range and clouds in the sky. In the middle of the page near the bottom edge is says “SEE AMERICA FIRST” and above it you can see Peter’s signature. inside the fold along the length: qui…
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
1923
Medium
graphite; ink on paper
Dimensions
14.0 x 21.5 cm
Description
A rough sketch outlines a jeep driving up a mountain hill carrying luggage. In the background there is a mountain range and clouds in the sky. In the middle of the page near the bottom edge is says “SEE AMERICA FIRST” and above it you can see Peter’s signature. inside the fold along the length: quick sketches - very cartoonish - throughout the page. There are five drawings of men and one of woman, two that appear to be of wolves, one duck, a plane and a rough landscape. verso: printed advertisement for Glacier National Park, with a cartoon drawing of a man to the right of the printed image. In the BLC “magnificent” is crossed out, and near the fold in the middle of the page it says “for mudit”
Subject
jeep
mountain
travel
cloud
hill
America
luggage
duck
man
woman
wolf
plane
cigarette
Glacier National Park
advertisement
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.743
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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1924
Author
Best, Cora Johnstone
Call Number
02.6 B46 Pam
Author
Best, Cora Johnstone
Responsibility
Cora Johnstone Best and "Pal" Audrey Forfar Shippam, artist
Published Date
1924
Physical Description
29p. : ill
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Hanging Glacier, Lake of the
Pack trips
Accession Number
2111
Call Number
02.6 B46 Pam
Collection
Archives Library
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1924
Medium
ink on paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.951 t
Description
Ink hatching of large glacier like walls, a sail boat and full moon.
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
1924
Medium
ink on paper
Dimensions
29.8 x 22.4 cm
Description
Ink hatching of large glacier like walls, a sail boat and full moon.
Subject
glacier
boat
moon
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.951 t
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Artist
Scott White
Date
1924
Medium
watercolour; gouache
Catalogue Number
WhS.05.01
Description
A mountain peak landscape with a glacier to the left, forest below.
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Artist
Scott White
Title
Untitled
Date
1924
Medium
watercolour; gouache
Dimensions
22.5 x 17.5 cm
Description
A mountain peak landscape with a glacier to the left, forest below.
Subject
landscape
mountain
glacier
trees
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WhS.05.01
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The mother of rivers : an account of a photographic expedition to the great Columbia ice field of the Canadian Rockies

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Medium
Library - Periodical
Published Date
1925
Author
Freeman, Lewis R.
Publisher
In National Geographic Vol.47, No.4, April 1925
Call Number
P
Author
Freeman, Lewis R.
Publisher
In National Geographic Vol.47, No.4, April 1925
Published Date
1925
Physical Description
p.377-446, illustrations
Medium
Library - Periodical
Subjects
Athabasca, Mount
Bow Lake
Castleguard Cave
Columbia Icefields
Columbia River
Harmon, Byron
Maligne Lake
Photography
Saskatchewan Glacier
Saskatchewan River
Call Number
P
Collection
Archives Library
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Date
1925
Material
f
Catalogue Number
103.08.0572a,b
Description
Glacier/sun goggles with small brown carrying case. a) dark green glass sun goggles with green, brown and white fabric and leather supports.Two silver clothes pins are attached to the green head strap. Dimensions are 4.0 cm by 5.3 cm by 20 cm.b) brown leather case. Oval shape, single clip closure. …
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Title
Sun Goggles
Date
1925
Material
f
Dimensions
4.0 x 5.3 x 20.0 cm
Description
Glacier/sun goggles with small brown carrying case. a) dark green glass sun goggles with green, brown and white fabric and leather supports.Two silver clothes pins are attached to the green head strap. Dimensions are 4.0 cm by 5.3 cm by 20 cm.b) brown leather case. Oval shape, single clip closure. Dimensions are 7.5 cm by 10 cm by 4.2 cm.
Subject
snow
skiing
glacier
sun protection
winter gear
Credit
Gift of Sandy Mackie, 2024
Catalogue Number
103.08.0572a,b
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