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Pennant

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Date: 1940 – 1965

Material: hair, sheep

Catalogue Number: 105.02.1169 a-b

Description: Pennant (a) is green felt , triangular with 2 small red triangles attached at wide end. Appliqued sign post with signs reading: “LAKE LOUISE”, “CANADIAN ROCKIES”, “ MT. TEMPLE CHALET” “PTARMIGAN VALLEY”, “HALF WAY HUT”, “BAKER LAKE”, “SKOKI LODGE”, in red, yellow and white felt. A small rectangular…

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Title: Pennant

Date: 1940 – 1965

Material: hair, sheep

Dimensions: 19.0 x 63.0 cm

Description: Pennant (a) is green felt , triangular with 2 small red triangles attached at wide end. Appliqued sign post with signs reading: “LAKE LOUISE”, “CANADIAN ROCKIES”, “ MT. TEMPLE CHALET” “PTARMIGAN VALLEY”, “HALF WAY HUT”, “BAKER LAKE”, “SKOKI LODGE”, in red, yellow and white felt. A small rectangular piece of orange felt on bottom of sign post. Green and white paper manufacture’s tag on reverse. Pennant (b) is smaller than pennant (a) measuring, 14.5 cm by 48.0 cm. It is made of gold felt with a stamped on illustration of a pine marten and the words “NUM-TI-JAH LODGE BOW LAKE ALBERTA” in dark brown. Four small felt srtips attached to wide end. Stamp on back reads “LOCALLY MADE AT LAKE LOUISE”

Subject: souvenirs; Num-ti-jah Lodge; Bow Lake; lodges; motels; huts; skiing; Lake Louise; Canadian Rockies; Mt Temple Chalet; Ptarmigan Valley; Half Way Hut; Baker Lake; Skoki Lodge

Credit: Gift of Jim Rouse, Calgary, 2003

Catalogue Number: 105.02.1169 a-b

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Commemorative Coin Collection

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Date: 1979 – 1983

Material: metal; plastic

Catalogue Number: 105.02.1062 a-e

Description: 5 Banff/Lake Louise souvenir dollar coins in vinyl case. 5 silver dollar coins dating 1979 to 1983, all with lake scenes, Moraine Lake 1979, Lake Minnewanka 1980, Bow Lake 1981, Lake Louise 1982, Vermilion Lakes 1983. All are set in a beige and brown case,a white card is included on the inside list…

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Title: Commemorative Coin Collection

Date: 1979 – 1983

Material: metal; plastic

Description: 5 Banff/Lake Louise souvenir dollar coins in vinyl case. 5 silver dollar coins dating 1979 to 1983, all with lake scenes, Moraine Lake 1979, Lake Minnewanka 1980, Bow Lake 1981, Lake Louise 1982, Vermilion Lakes 1983. All are set in a beige and brown case,a white card is included on the inside listing the 5 scenes and the price 15.00. The case is 13.5 x 11.0,the coins 3.2 in diameter.

Subject: Banff National Park; souvenir; centennial; Moraine Lake; Lake Minnewanka; Bow Lake; Lake Louise; Vermilion Lakes

Credit: Gift of Banff-Lake Louise Chamber of Commerce, Banff, 1986

Catalogue Number: 105.02.1062 a-e

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Identification Sign

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Date: 1940 – 1960

Material: wood

Catalogue Number: 105.05.1024

Description: BOW LAKE with cabin and trees, solid piece of wood. Incised into the wood, centered is a log cabin, with a path leading up to the door, 3 windows and smoke coming out the chimney, trees around the cabin. Along the bottom 2.4 high branch-like letters spell out "Bow Lake".

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Title: Identification Sign

Date: 1940 – 1960

Material: wood

Dimensions: 16.5 x 22.7 cm

Description: BOW LAKE with cabin and trees, solid piece of wood. Incised into the wood, centered is a log cabin, with a path leading up to the door, 3 windows and smoke coming out the chimney, trees around the cabin. Along the bottom 2.4 high branch-like letters spell out "Bow Lake".

Subject: lodges; Bow Lake; tourism; Jim Simpson; Num-ti-jah Lodge

Credit: Gift of James (Jr.) Simpson, Rocky Mountain House, 1975

Catalogue Number: 105.05.1024

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Directional Sign

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Date: 1938 – 1948

Material: wood

Catalogue Number: 105.05.1003

Description: Direction sign: Bow Lake -- Lake Louise. Weathered wooden sign, carved letters "BOW LAKE" with 2 arrows point to the right, "LAKE LOUISE" with 2 arrows pointing to the left.

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Title: Directional Sign

Date: 1938 – 1948

Material: wood

Dimensions: 51.5 cm

Description: Direction sign: Bow Lake -- Lake Louise. Weathered wooden sign, carved letters "BOW LAKE" with 2 arrows point to the right, "LAKE LOUISE" with 2 arrows pointing to the left.

Subject: parks; Bow Lake; Lake Louise; Mosquito Creek; Jimmy Simpson

Credit: Gift of J. Monroe Thorington, Philadelphia, USA, 1969

Catalogue Number: 105.05.1003

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Decorative Plate

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Date: 1930 – 1950

Material: ceramic

Catalogue Number: 102.04.1022 a,b

Description: Circular plates with pictures, gold lipped. (a) Three Sisters on the base, roses pattern on lip, gold trim on outer rim. (b) Harmon picture of Bow Lake with tepee, floral pattern, gold on outer rim.

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Title: Decorative Plate

Date: 1930 – 1950

Material: ceramic

Description: Circular plates with pictures, gold lipped. (a) Three Sisters on the base, roses pattern on lip, gold trim on outer rim. (b) Harmon picture of Bow Lake with tepee, floral pattern, gold on outer rim.

Subject: households; souvenirs; Bow Lake

Credit: Purchased from Alan McClelland, Banff, 1985

Catalogue Number: 102.04.1022 a,b

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Household Thermometer

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Date: c. 1950

Material: glass; metal; paper

Catalogue Number: 104.30.1002

Description: A picture of Bow Lake with a tepee in right foreground and a deer left foreground has a Fahrenheit thermometer inserted right bottom corner. Gold metal frame with glass.

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Title: Household Thermometer

Date: c. 1950

Material: glass; metal; paper

Dimensions: 20.7 x 25.7 cm

Description: A picture of Bow Lake with a tepee in right foreground and a deer left foreground has a Fahrenheit thermometer inserted right bottom corner. Gold metal frame with glass.

Subject: Canadian Rockies; Bow Lake; animal; deer

Credit: Purchased from Alan McClelland, Banff, 1986

Catalogue Number: 104.30.1002

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Bow Lake and Crowfoot Glacier

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Artist: Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)

Date: prior to 1965

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: LaC.05.28

Description: In the foreground on the left is a small group of trees and rocky ground leading down to a waters edge. In the mid-ground on the right is another group of trees and ground that meets the water. Just behind the trees is Bow Lake and in the background are snow capped mountains and Crowfoot Glacier. T…

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Artist: Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)

Title: Bow Lake and Crowfoot Glacier

Date: prior to 1965

Medium: watercolour on paper

Description: In the foreground on the left is a small group of trees and rocky ground leading down to a waters edge. In the mid-ground on the right is another group of trees and ground that meets the water. Just behind the trees is Bow Lake and in the background are snow capped mountains and Crowfoot Glacier. The sky has many gray clouds with small areas of blue sky showing through.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; mountains; lake; Bow lake; glacier; Crowfoot Glacier

Credit: Gift of James (Jr.) Simpson, Rocky Mountain House, 1997

Catalogue Number: LaC.05.28

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Letters to Mother [September - December 1942]

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Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Scope & Content: File pertains to 50 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from September 2 to December 31, 1942. Topics include day to day life, weather, cleaning and household chorse, a 3-day trip to the Columbia Icefields to paint/sketch in early September, news pertaining to th…

Date Range: 1942

Reference Code: M36 / I / A / 2b / i / 114

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Postcard; Private record

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Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M36 / V683 / S37

Series: I.A.2. Catharine Robb Whyte papers / photographs

Sous-Fonds: M36

Accession Number: .

Reference Code: M36 / I / A / 2b / i / 114

GMD: Postcard; Private record

Date Range: 1942

Physical Description: 1.2 cm of textual records (56 pages ; 21.4 x 27.5 cm or smaller)

History / Biographical: See fonds level description.

Scope & Content: File pertains to 50 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from September 2 to December 31, 1942. Topics include day to day life, weather, cleaning and household chorse, a 3-day trip to the Columbia Icefields to paint/sketch in early September, news pertaining to the war, matters pertaining to the store and apartments on Banff Ave, radio programs [including operas, news, and sports], visits from friends, updates on war-time rations [mostly on food items and gasoline/coal], day trips around Banff National Park to sketch/paint [mostly to Moraine Lake, Lake Louise, and Lake Minnewanka], going to the movies, wildlife, books Catharine and Edith are reading, events and people in Concord [including Russel's activities and promotions in the US Army], various holidays [both Canadian and American], making frames, Catharine's involvement with the Red Cross [including first aid training], Pete being hired by Sir Norman Watson to create letterhead and a Christmas card for Mount Temple Chalet, skiing, slide making and presentations, errand trips to Calgary [mostly to see the dentist], and Christmas activites/parties. Also includes postcards.

Notes: Please note: language pertaining to Indigenous Peoplesand Japanese people used throughout is outdated and may be offensive. Letters are mostly typed, some hand-written. Many typed letters have hand-written notes and post scripts added throughout. Some letters are marked with a small x in pencil, indicating where Jon Whyte made notes for use in his project "Catharine Robb Whyte, Peter Whyte: Commemorative Portfolio," originally published in 1981.

Name Access: Whyte, Catharine; Whyte, Peter; Robb, Edith Morse; Moore, Pearl; Moore, Edmee; Moore, Phil; Simpson, Jimmy, Sr.; Simpson, Billie; Simpson, Jimmy, Jr.; White, Annie; White, Jack (Dave White, Jr.); White, Bubby; Whyte, Dorothy; Stockand, Cameron; Stockand, Lila (White); Ward, Sam; Ward, Louise (Cis); Brewster, Fern; Brewster, Jack Walker; Link, George K. K. (Tommy); Link, Adeline; Campbell, Gray; Campbell, Eleanor; Watson, Sir Norman; Rummel, Elizabeth; Rummel, Lizzie; Rungius, Carl; Noble, George

Subject Access: Activities; Animals; Art; Artists; Banff; Birds; Bird watching; Birthday; Books; Bow Lake; Businesses; Canadian Pacific Railway; Children; Christmas; Columbia Icefield; Columbia Icefield Chalet; Community events; Community life; Correspondence; Family; Family and personal life; Films and film making; First Nations; Home; Hospital; Indigenous Peoples; Leisure; Literature; Mountain; Mount Royal Hotel; Mount Temple Chalet; Norquay Ski Hill; Num-Ti-Jah Lodge; Painting; Personal and Family Life; Photography; Post Office; Red Cross; Royal Canadian Airforce; RCAF; Scenery; Skiing; Ski areas; Trains; Transportation; Travel; War; Weather; Wildlife; Winter; Winter sports; World War II; WWII

Geographic Access: Banff; Lake Louise; Bow Lake; Icefield Parkway; Banff National Park; Calgary; Alberta; Concord; Massachusetts; Canada; United States of America

Language: English

Creator: Robb Whyte, Catharine

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Bow Lake

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

Date: 1935 – 1955

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.004

Description: Meadow scene of orange, blues and green colours in the foreground. Small patches of evergreens are visible. Bow Lake and shore beyond the meadow.

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

Title: Bow Lake

Date: 1935 – 1955

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 12.6 x 17.8 cm

Description: Meadow scene of orange, blues and green colours in the foreground. Small patches of evergreens are visible. Bow Lake and shore beyond the meadow.