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Date
1950
Material
metal
Catalogue Number
103.09.1233 a,b
Description
A commemorative silver band that can be nailed onto a walking stick. The rectangular silver is shaped into a circular form, each end has two holes (.03cm from each edge, 1.50cm apart) to put nails through and attach it to a walking stick. There is a piece of wire threaded through the holes to keep …
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Title
Commemorative Band
Date
1950
Material
metal
Dimensions
2.5 x 9.3 cm
Description
A commemorative silver band that can be nailed onto a walking stick. The rectangular silver is shaped into a circular form, each end has two holes (.03cm from each edge, 1.50cm apart) to put nails through and attach it to a walking stick. There is a piece of wire threaded through the holes to keep piece of metal in a circular shape. The middle of the band has the Skyline Trail Hikers of the Canadian Rockies logo; a shield- shaped crest with the letters “SLTH” on top, a hiking boot crossed by a walking stick or alpenstock, and underneath it a “C”, the bottom of the walking stick passing between, and then the “R”. To the viewer’s right of the crest, inscribed on the bottom are the words “BIRKS STERLING”.Re: inventory 2014 s/b (a) and (b) because there is a box.
Subject
sports
hiking
commemorative
Trail Hikers of the Canadian Rockies
Vaux family
Credit
Gift of Molly Vaux, New York, USA, 2007
Catalogue Number
103.09.1233 a,b
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Below Gordon Glacier

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactmij.04.31
Artist
Janet Holly Middleton (1922 – 2018, Canadian)
Date
1951
Medium
ink on paper
Catalogue Number
MiJ.04.31
Description
Rocks and trees in foreground, mountain in silhouette behind.
Artist
Janet Holly Middleton (1922 – 2018, Canadian)
Title
Below Gordon Glacier
Date
1951
Medium
ink on paper
Dimensions
23.0 x 18.2 cm
Description
Rocks and trees in foreground, mountain in silhouette behind.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
Gordon Glacier
Credit
Purchased from Canadian Art Gallery, Canmore, 2004
Catalogue Number
MiJ.04.31
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Rock Isle Lake, Banff

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Artist
George Weber (1907 – 2002, Canadian)
Date
1952
Medium
ink on paper
Catalogue Number
WbG.04.066
Description
Rock Isle Lake.
Artist
George Weber (1907 – 2002, Canadian)
Title
Rock Isle Lake, Banff
Date
1952
Medium
ink on paper
Dimensions
31.7 x 40.6 cm
Description
Rock Isle Lake.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
Rock Isle Lake
Credit
Gift of Donna Tingley, Edmonton, 2004
Catalogue Number
WbG.04.066
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Artist
Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)
Date
1952
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyC.01.375
Description
The blue lake in the center of this image is surrounded by green trees. Behind the lake the mountains are partically covered with trees and some are light brown in color with no trees. The sky above the lake and mountains is pale blue with some white clouds. The foreground area has a road that begi…
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Artist
Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)
Title
Barrier Lake
Date
1952
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
25.2 x 30.3 cm
Description
The blue lake in the center of this image is surrounded by green trees. Behind the lake the mountains are partically covered with trees and some are light brown in color with no trees. The sky above the lake and mountains is pale blue with some white clouds. The foreground area has a road that begins on the left and follows threw to the right, with a dip down in the bottom center area.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
lake
Barrier Lake
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyC.01.375
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Waterfowl Lake, Banff National Park

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Artist
George Weber (1907 – 2002, Canadian)
Date
1953
Medium
ink on paper
Catalogue Number
WbG.04.018
Description
A mountain scene made up of 5 main layers that all run from the left side to the right side. the style is a representational drawing with shading and cross hatching. The first layer in the foreground is the shoreline. It is rough with sticks and grasses and a large mound on the left side. The L…
Artist
George Weber (1907 – 2002, Canadian)
Title
Waterfowl Lake, Banff National Park
Date
1953
Medium
ink on paper
Description
A mountain scene made up of 5 main layers that all run from the left side to the right side. the style is a representational drawing with shading and cross hatching. The first layer in the foreground is the shoreline. It is rough with sticks and grasses and a large mound on the left side. The Lake is next and takes up a very small portion of the piece. Next is a Large hill covered with pine trees. The hill is largest on the left side and dips down to half it’s side on the right. The Mountain is next, and has a large peak in the center, a larger portion of the mountain is revealed where the hill dips down. The sky is the last layer and is comprised of clouds which run horizontal. The ink is brown in colour.
Subject
andscape
Canadian Rockies
Waterfowl Lake
Credit
Purchased from Canadian Art Gallery, Canmore, 1998
Catalogue Number
WbG.04.018
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Upper Waterfowl Lake

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Artist
George Weber (1907 – 2002, Canadian)
Date
1953
Medium
ink on paper
Catalogue Number
WbG.04.050
Description
Upper Waterfowl Lake at centre of image, mountains behind. Christmas card format.
Artist
George Weber (1907 – 2002, Canadian)
Title
Upper Waterfowl Lake
Date
1953
Medium
ink on paper
Dimensions
12.0 x 15.9 cm
Description
Upper Waterfowl Lake at centre of image, mountains behind. Christmas card format.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
Upper Waterfowl Lake
Credit
Gift of Donna Tingley, Edmonton, 2004
Catalogue Number
WbG.04.050
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Artist
George Weber (1907 – 2002, Canadian)
Date
1953
Medium
ink on paper
Catalogue Number
WbG.04.074
Description
Mt. Rundle viewed from across Vermilion Lakes.
Artist
George Weber (1907 – 2002, Canadian)
Title
Mt. Rundle
Date
1953
Medium
ink on paper
Dimensions
20.2 x 27.7 cm
Description
Mt. Rundle viewed from across Vermilion Lakes.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
Mt. Rundle
Vermilion Lakes
Credit
Gift of Donna Tingley, Edmonton, 2004
Catalogue Number
WbG.04.074
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Artist
Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)
Date
1954
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
LaC.05.10
Description
General colour: blue, grey. Rocks go along the bottom edge and out from the left in big boulders. These mark the edge of a pool of water. A piece of land with boulders comes out from the right one third up. Behind are blue mountains partly hidden by enveloping clouds.
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Artist
Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)
Title
Molar Pass
Date
1954
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
26.5 x 38.0 cm
Description
General colour: blue, grey. Rocks go along the bottom edge and out from the left in big boulders. These mark the edge of a pool of water. A piece of land with boulders comes out from the right one third up. Behind are blue mountains partly hidden by enveloping clouds.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
Credit
Gift of Peter and Judith Jekill, Calgary, 1973
Catalogue Number
LaC.05.10
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Mount Balfour from Bow Pass

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Artist
Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)
Date
1954
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
LaC.05.08
Description
General colour: grey, blue. The foreground rocks and boulders go into the picture to the right. A hill comes down on the left. In the background, filling most of the right side are rock pinnacles running off the top of the picture. In the upper left is blue sky.
Artist
Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)
Title
Mount Balfour from Bow Pass
Date
1954
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
22.8 x 31.2 cm
Description
General colour: grey, blue. The foreground rocks and boulders go into the picture to the right. A hill comes down on the left. In the background, filling most of the right side are rock pinnacles running off the top of the picture. In the upper left is blue sky.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
Credit
Gift of Peter and Judith Jekill, Calgary, 1973
Catalogue Number
LaC.05.08
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untitled [Canadian Rockies]

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Artist
James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)
Date
1954 – 1954
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
SiJ.05.50
Description
This piece is comprised of a portion of a snow covered mountain range at a high altitude. The mountains are cropped at both the left and right side and at the bottom of the work. The piece is divided into thirds; The bottom third of the work is devoid of most snow, and dark brown in colour. The …
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Artist
James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)
Title
untitled [Canadian Rockies]
Date
1954 – 1954
Medium
watercolour on paper
Description
This piece is comprised of a portion of a snow covered mountain range at a high altitude. The mountains are cropped at both the left and right side and at the bottom of the work. The piece is divided into thirds; The bottom third of the work is devoid of most snow, and dark brown in colour. The middle third is snow covered and rocky, the top third is an intense blue sky with cloud formation around a peak near the TR.
Subject
Landscape
Mountains
Canadian Rockies
Credit
Gift of Harry I. Van Rensselaer, 1997
Catalogue Number
SiJ.05.50
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