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Pipestone Creek Facing Mount Temple

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Artist
Walter Joseph Phillips, R. C. A. (1884 – 1963, Canadian)
Date
1949
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
PhW.05.05
Description
Colour: green, purple. Across the bottom and up into the right of center area is a river. Rocks sit here and there across it. On each side shrubs and trees grow. In the background to the right side is a purple green hill and in the center behind is a snow capped mountain. The sky is cloudy with a b…
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Artist
Walter Joseph Phillips, R. C. A. (1884 – 1963, Canadian)
Title
Pipestone Creek Facing Mount Temple
Date
1949
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
39.1 x 55.3 cm
Description
Colour: green, purple. Across the bottom and up into the right of center area is a river. Rocks sit here and there across it. On each side shrubs and trees grow. In the background to the right side is a purple green hill and in the center behind is a snow capped mountain. The sky is cloudy with a break upper cnter and in the upper right corner.
Subject
landscape
mountain
forest
river
Credit
Gift of Louise Wilson, Banff, 1969
Catalogue Number
PhW.05.05
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Canadian Rockies : they abound in wild animals, glaciers, and luxurious hotels

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue24918
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1947
Publisher
Life
Call Number
02.6 L11c PAM OS
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Publisher
Life
Published Date
1947
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Banff National Park
Travel
Tourism
Banff Springs Hotel
Rundle Mount
Athabaska River
Brazeau
Maligne Lake
Bow River
Canadian National Railway
Canadian Pacific Railway
Chateau Lake Louise
Trails
Mountaineering
Columbia Icefield
Abstract
Pertains to the Canadian Rocky Mountains as a tourist destination in 1947 and features main geographical attractions such as the Mount Rundle, Athabaska River, Maligne Lake, Bow River in addition to the Banff Springs Hotel with map of Banff National Park and Jasper National Park.
Notes
In Life, June 9, 1947, pp. 68 - 76
Accession Number
7889
Call Number
02.6 L11c PAM OS
Collection
Archives Library
URL Notes
Specific volume with article can be viewed online via Google Books
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Douglas of the fir : a biography of David Douglas botanist

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25554
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1947
Author
George Harvey, Athelstan
Publisher
Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press
Call Number
04.1 H26d
Author
George Harvey, Athelstan
Publisher
Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press
Published Date
1947
Physical Description
x, 290 pages illustrations, portraits, maps 23 cm
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Botany
Science
Travel
Canada
Upper Canada
Columbia River
Contents
Scotland ; The Horticultural Society ; United States and Upper Canada ; First Great Adventure ; Columbia River Region ; With Chief Tha-a-muxi ; Up the Columbia to Kettle Falls ; The Blue Mountains ; In Search of the Sugar Pine ; Homeward by Hudson's Bay Express ; Putting Mountains on the Map ; Fame and its Aftermath ; Second Great Adventure ; California ; Third Visit to the Columbia ; Ill-Fated Journey ; Flakes of Gold ; Hawaii and its Volcanoes ; Last Journey ; In Tribute
Accession Number
3069A
Call Number
04.1 H26d
Collection
Archives Library
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Artist
Margaret Dorothy Shelton (1915 – 1984, Canadian)
Date
1946
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
ShM.05.04
Description
A blue river with white highlights runs from the centre to the bottom right of the picture, purple cliffs to the right centre and a rocky bank to the left centre. Trees on both sides of river, a high bank with trees is in background with a blue sky.
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Artist
Margaret Dorothy Shelton (1915 – 1984, Canadian)
Title
Maligne Canyon
Date
1946
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
25.5 x 35.5 cm
Description
A blue river with white highlights runs from the centre to the bottom right of the picture, purple cliffs to the right centre and a rocky bank to the left centre. Trees on both sides of river, a high bank with trees is in background with a blue sky.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
mountains
river
Credit
Gift of Masters Gallery ltd., Calgary, 1983
Catalogue Number
ShM.05.04
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Date
1945
Material
wood; bark
Catalogue Number
105.02.0096 a,b
Description
Two sections cut from small birch tree. (a) straight section with branch rising from just below middle and cut off at sharp angle, and a second branch opposite just below the top also cut off sharp angle. Thickly scarred slashes along sides of juncture of each branch with the main trunk. (b) short …
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Title
Miniature Log
Date
1945
Material
wood; bark
Dimensions
18.4 x 4.9 x 11.5 cm
Description
Two sections cut from small birch tree. (a) straight section with branch rising from just below middle and cut off at sharp angle, and a second branch opposite just below the top also cut off sharp angle. Thickly scarred slashes along sides of juncture of each branch with the main trunk. (b) short straight section of a small birch. Checking in "Y" shape on top, and "X" shape on bottom of log.
Subject
households
Kenneth Campbell
Jacket River
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
105.02.0096 a,b
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Artist
Margaret Dorothy Shelton (1915 – 1984, Canadian)
Date
1944
Medium
woodcut on paper
Catalogue Number
ShM.04.01
Description
Colour: blue, green, yellow, red brown. A river goes up from lower right corner to upper left where it is crossed by three sections of bridge. Yellow cliffs mark the left bank and snow and brown bushes mark the right. Beyond are hills and green sky.
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Artist
Margaret Dorothy Shelton (1915 – 1984, Canadian)
Title
Red Deer River
Date
1944
Medium
woodcut on paper
Dimensions
12.4 x 15.2 cm
Description
Colour: blue, green, yellow, red brown. A river goes up from lower right corner to upper left where it is crossed by three sections of bridge. Yellow cliffs mark the left bank and snow and brown bushes mark the right. Beyond are hills and green sky.
Subject
landscape
river
Credit
Gift of H. (Mrs.) T. Montgomery, Banff, 1973
Catalogue Number
ShM.04.01
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Liard River near Watson Lake, B.C.

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Artist
Ernest C. W Lamarque (1879 – 1970, Canadian)
Date
1944
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
LaE.05.17
Description
see photo
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Artist
Ernest C. W Lamarque (1879 – 1970, Canadian)
Title
Liard River near Watson Lake, B.C.
Date
1944
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
30.3 x 45.4 cm
Description
see photo
Subject
landscape
mountains
river, Liard
Ernest Lamarque
Credit
Gift of Ernest Lamarque (Estate), 1971
Catalogue Number
LaE.05.17
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AAF aeronautical chart : North Saskatchewan River / compiled for the U.S. Army Air Forces by the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue24364
Medium
Library - Maps and blueprints (unannotated; published)
Map
Published Date
1943
Publisher
Washington, D.C.
Call Number
C6-12.1
Publisher
Washington, D.C.
Published Date
1943
Physical Description
1 map : col
Scale
1 : 1,000,000
Medium
Library - Maps and blueprints (unannotated; published)
Map
Subjects
Saskatchewan River, North
Aviation
Accession Number
4008
Call Number
C6-12.1
Collection
Archives Library
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Preliminary map : Bighorn River, Alberta

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Map
Published Date
1941
Author
MacKay, B.R.
Publisher
Ottawa: Geological Survey of Canada
Call Number
C7-2.12, C7-2.12a
Author
MacKay, B.R.
Publisher
Ottawa: Geological Survey of Canada
Published Date
1941
Physical Description
2 maps
Scale
Sccale: 2 inches = 1 mile
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Map
Subjects
Geology - Alberta - Bighorn River
Bighorn River
Notes
Map 41-9
Accession Number
5000
Call Number
C7-2.12, C7-2.12a
Collection
Archives Library
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Artist
James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)
Date
1940
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
SiJ.05.27
Description
Light blue river in foreground, coursing to background of trees and mountains. Green and brown banks to either side, tall evergreens on the right, smaller ones on the left. Mauve, blue and green mountains to the mid centre left. A light blue sky.
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Artist
James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
1940
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
10.7 x 16.2 cm
Description
Light blue river in foreground, coursing to background of trees and mountains. Green and brown banks to either side, tall evergreens on the right, smaller ones on the left. Mauve, blue and green mountains to the mid centre left. A light blue sky.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
card
Christmas
river
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
SiJ.05.27
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