topic:" mountain" found 62 records - Research Collections - Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies

Mount Baker from B.C. Coast, Olympic Range, Siwash Indian Boat

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Artist: Thomas Mower Martin, R. C. A. (1838 – 1934, Canadian)

Date: 1900

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: MrT.05.01

Description: Foreground has yellow grasses, rocks and a bare ground leading towards light blue water to the right of the picture. On the edge of the water on the bare embankment is a canoe with two people. Green trees to left centre of foreground and across the river, low blue/purple mountains are in front of s…

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Artist: Thomas Mower Martin, R. C. A. (1838 – 1934, Canadian)

Title: Mount Baker from B.C. Coast, Olympic Range, Siwash Indian Boat

Date: 1900

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 46.5 x 66.0 cm

Description: Foreground has yellow grasses, rocks and a bare ground leading towards light blue water to the right of the picture. On the edge of the water on the bare embankment is a canoe with two people. Green trees to left centre of foreground and across the river, low blue/purple mountains are in front of snow-capped mountains to centre left. Cloudy sky with a few patches of blue.

Subject: landscape; mountain; lake; figure, male

Credit: Purchased from Sotheby Parke Bernet (Canada) Ltd, Toronto, 1984

Catalogue Number: MrT.05.01

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Mountain climbing as an organized sport

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

Published Date: 1902

Author: Fay, Charles E.

Publisher: Appalachian Mountain Club

Call Number: 01.3 F29m Pam

Author: Fay, Charles E.

Publisher: Appalachian Mountain Club

Published Date: 1902

Physical Description: 8 pages, illustrations

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

Subjects: Appalachian Mountain Club

Accession Number: 7964

Call Number: 01.3 F29m Pam

Collection: Archives Library

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Cards

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Date: 1905

Material: paper

Catalogue Number: 108.01.1007

Description: A red paper box embossed in gold lettering "British Columbia Souvenir Playing Cards, Published by Clarke & Stuart, Vancouver, B.C. On the back is a Joker with Evening, Harrison Lake. The cards inside the box have one coloured scene of a mountain and lake set in a ring of maple leaves and on each ot…

Title: Cards

Date: 1905

Material: paper

Dimensions: 7.0 x 9.5 cm

Description: A red paper box embossed in gold lettering "British Columbia Souvenir Playing Cards, Published by Clarke & Stuart, Vancouver, B.C. On the back is a Joker with Evening, Harrison Lake. The cards inside the box have one coloured scene of a mountain and lake set in a ring of maple leaves and on each other side is a different black and white scene of the west at that time. Also 1 (unbacked) card which is the description of the views.

Subject: souvenir; entertainment; card; landscape; mountain

Credit: Gift of Rory Flanagan, Jasper, 1987

Catalogue Number: 108.01.1007

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Playing Cards

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Date: 1905

Material: paper

Catalogue Number: 108.01.1008

Description: A set of souvenir playing cards; 54 cards, 4 full suits, plus 1 Joker, 1 blank card, and 1 (unbacked) card which is the description of the 52 views and one person (Joker) in the set. Set in a deep blue slip case, goldstamped, some splitting on one seam of inner case. Back of cards is Mt. Sir Donald…

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Title: Playing Cards

Date: 1905

Material: paper

Dimensions: 7.0 x 9.5 cm

Description: A set of souvenir playing cards; 54 cards, 4 full suits, plus 1 Joker, 1 blank card, and 1 (unbacked) card which is the description of the 52 views and one person (Joker) in the set. Set in a deep blue slip case, goldstamped, some splitting on one seam of inner case. Back of cards is Mt. Sir Donald set in a ring of maple leaves. Dated as 1905 on basis of the views.

Subject: souvenir; entertainment; card; landscape; mountain; Canadian Pacific Railway

Credit: Purchased from Rockland Books, Victoria, 1991

Catalogue Number: 108.01.1008

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Special edition map showing lands disposed of

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Medium: Library - Maps and blueprints (unannotated; published); Map

Published Date: 1908

Publisher: Dept. of the Interior

Call Number: C11-6.10

Publisher: Dept. of the Interior

Published Date: 1908

Scale: 6 miles - 1 inch

Medium: Library - Maps and blueprints (unannotated; published); Map

Subjects: Canada - Prairie Region; Manitoba - Duck Mountain Sheet

Notes: Sectional map; References: Trails, Trails surveyed, Post Offices, Railway Stations, Range numbers, Township numbers...

Accession Number: 400

Call Number: C11-6.10

Collection: Archives Library

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Loving Cup

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Date: 1908 – 1908

Material: wood; metal, silver; metal, brass

Catalogue Number: 103.09.0012

Description: A three-handled silver-plated loving cup with two bulges in the body and a slightly flaring lip. The cup sits on a round black wooden pedestal with crossed brass hockey sticks on the front. The front of the cup is engraved with “Rocky Mountain Park Hockey Championships 1907 presented by H. Dougla…

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Title: Loving Cup

Date: 1908 – 1908

Material: wood; metal, silver; metal, brass

Dimensions: 18.5 cm

Description: A three-handled silver-plated loving cup with two bulges in the body and a slightly flaring lip. The cup sits on a round black wooden pedestal with crossed brass hockey sticks on the front. The front of the cup is engraved with “Rocky Mountain Park Hockey Championships 1907 presented by H. Douglas won by: The Banff Ladies Hockey Team, Feb. 1908”, with the names of the team members on the reverse.