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- Date
- 1955
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.804
- Description
- Ten small drawings of different activities occurring. 1) three people are walking over a hill with a couple of animals, 2) a group of people appear to be travelling in a convoy with a horse dragging goods behind it, 3) a group of people on horses moving across the land, 4) a person on a horse that …
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1955
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 21.3 x 27.7 cm
- Description
- Ten small drawings of different activities occurring. 1) three people are walking over a hill with a couple of animals, 2) a group of people appear to be travelling in a convoy with a horse dragging goods behind it, 3) a group of people on horses moving across the land, 4) a person on a horse that is pulling supplies are coming up over a hill, there are tipis off in the background, 5) a group in a wagon follow behind another heading towards the mountains, 6) possibly a small hut with a person, and there is a hide stretched out on poles, 7) a group of people have assembled in an open area outdoors, 8) a person who appears to have a some sort of head ornament on is preparing to shoot an arrow with their bow, 9) a wooden drying rack with meat hanging from it, in front of it there looks like two people are sitting on the ground, and 10) a group of huts lined up near trees, there appears to be smoke coming out of ventilation areas on the roof. verso: a sketch of the 1955 Christmas card, another boxed off drawing of a person appearing to be playing a drum, a drawing that has some similarities to “Seven Teepees” (though completed about 20 years earlier, and a final boxed off drawing of a native man wearing a headdress.
- Subject
- tanning
- hide
- meat
- meat drying
- wagon
- horse
- people
- hut
- bow and arrow
- tipi
- headdress
- Christmas card
- moose
- bear
- deer
- squirrel
- man
- woman
- painting
- easel
- canvas
- paint brush
- music
- drum
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.804
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- Date
- 1936
- Medium
- gouache on card
- Catalogue Number
- GyH.07.02
- Description
- Four cowboys are gathered around a teepee, the top of which is not visible, as it runs of the paper. A man at the far right sits on a boulder and plays the guitar. The next man’s back faces the viewer. The third man sits on a second boulder and appears to be playing the harmonica. The fourth ma…
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- Title
- Four Cowboys
- Date
- 1936
- Medium
- gouache on card
- Dimensions
- 26 x 35.8 cm
- Description
- Four cowboys are gathered around a teepee, the top of which is not visible, as it runs of the paper. A man at the far right sits on a boulder and plays the guitar. The next man’s back faces the viewer. The third man sits on a second boulder and appears to be playing the harmonica. The fourth man stands with his leg on the same boulder, his hand resting on his leg. A tree trunk is visible behind the man on the far right. Mountains and a stormy-looking sky are seen beyond the camp setting. All of the men are wearing cowboy hats.
- Subject
- figure
- male
- cowboy
- landscape
- Canadian Rockies
- architecture
- teepee
- activity
- music
- guitar
- harmonica
- Credit
- Gift of Henry George Glyde, Victoria, 1997
- Catalogue Number
- GyH.07.02
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- Date
- 1930
- Medium
- ink; watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.731
- Description
- A group of children signing together in a background while a lady plays a grand piano in the foreground. There are lines extending from the piano to emphasis music being played, and these lines direct the viewers attention to a little stick figure dancing on the ground to the right of the piano. ve…
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1930
- Medium
- ink; watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 10.0 x 15.0 cm
- Description
- A group of children signing together in a background while a lady plays a grand piano in the foreground. There are lines extending from the piano to emphasis music being played, and these lines direct the viewers attention to a little stick figure dancing on the ground to the right of the piano. verso: in the TRC “Concord November 1930”
- Subject
- woman
- children
- grand piano
- music
- singing
- stick figure
- dancing
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.731
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- Date
- 1924
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.951 L
- Description
- Ink hatching of man playing guitar leaning on stone wall with full moon
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1924
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- 29.8 x 22.4 cm
- Description
- Ink hatching of man playing guitar leaning on stone wall with full moon
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.951 L
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Drunk Last Night... Drunk the Night Before [I]
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- Date
- 1921
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.621
- Description
- Ink cartoon drawing of a man in a top hat and tuxedo yawning amongst musical notes. His squinting eyes are represented by crosses on his face. In the bottom left corner, the words DRUNK LAST NIGHT/ DRUNK THE NIGHT BEFORE appear. Signed P.W /21 in bottom left.
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- Title
- Drunk Last Night... Drunk the Night Before [I]
- Date
- 1921
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- 22.0 x 14.5 cm
- Description
- Ink cartoon drawing of a man in a top hat and tuxedo yawning amongst musical notes. His squinting eyes are represented by crosses on his face. In the bottom left corner, the words DRUNK LAST NIGHT/ DRUNK THE NIGHT BEFORE appear. Signed P.W /21 in bottom left.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.621
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Player Piano Roll
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- Date
- 1900 – 1920
- Material
- paper
- Catalogue Number
- 104.34.1005 a-c
- Description
- Three player piano rolls and original boxes. The songs on the rolls are “HITS OF 1909,” “THE LAST FAREWELL” and “EVER THINE.”
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- Title
- Player Piano Roll
- Date
- 1900 – 1920
- Material
- paper
- Description
- Three player piano rolls and original boxes. The songs on the rolls are “HITS OF 1909,” “THE LAST FAREWELL” and “EVER THINE.”
- Subject
- households
- entertainment
- music
- Credit
- Gift of William Wolodarsky, Banff, 1980
- Catalogue Number
- 104.34.1005 a-c
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- Date
- 1910 – 1960
- Material
- metal
- Catalogue Number
- 104.35.1001
- Description
- A commercially made tin flute-like whistle. The whistle is a metal tube with holes cut out along the top. The tube has a mouthpiece at one end and is open at the other.
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- Title
- Flageolet
- Date
- 1910 – 1960
- Material
- metal
- Description
- A commercially made tin flute-like whistle. The whistle is a metal tube with holes cut out along the top. The tube has a mouthpiece at one end and is open at the other.
- Subject
- music
- entertainment
- Sam Ward
- Credit
- Gift of Sam Ward, Banff, 1973
- Catalogue Number
- 104.35.1001
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- Date
- 1900 – 1920
- Material
- wood; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 104.36.1002
- Description
- Remains of a harmonica that was made from wooden reeds attached together between two thin rectangles of metal.
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- Title
- Harmonica
- Date
- 1900 – 1920
- Material
- wood; metal
- Description
- Remains of a harmonica that was made from wooden reeds attached together between two thin rectangles of metal.
- Subject
- Bankhead
- enterainment
- music
- Credit
- Gift of Jodi Wilson, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.36.1002
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Phonograph Record
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- Date
- 1900 – 1940
- Material
- plastic; paper
- Catalogue Number
- 105.03.1005
- Description
- Collection of old records, most with paper sleeves.
- Title
- Phonograph Record
- Date
- 1900 – 1940
- Material
- plastic; paper
- Description
- Collection of old records, most with paper sleeves.
- Subject
- entertainment
- Simpson family
- music
- Credit
- Gift of James (Sr.) Simpson, 1968
- Catalogue Number
- 105.03.1005
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- Date
- 1870 – 1972
- Material
- metal; sinew
- Catalogue Number
- 104.35.3002
- Description
- Metal tube with six round holes down the length and rectangular opening near mouthpiece wrapped with sinew. Orange “ALBERTA STONEY INDIAN HAND CRAFTS MORLEY - ALBERTA” tag with CRW’s writing on reverse: “Born 1876 about Edwin Dixon died June 15 ‘72 The flute given moon on geese Mar 1st 1876 Old …
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- Title
- Flute
- Date
- 1870 – 1972
- Material
- metal; sinew
- Dimensions
- 1.4 x 1.4 x 30.8 cm
- Description
- Metal tube with six round holes down the length and rectangular opening near mouthpiece wrapped with sinew. Orange “ALBERTA STONEY INDIAN HAND CRAFTS MORLEY - ALBERTA” tag with CRW’s writing on reverse: “Born 1876 about Edwin Dixon died June 15 ‘72 The flute given moon on geese Mar 1st 1876 Old flute given by Hudson Bay Maria Lefthand.”
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.35.3002
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