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Part Of
Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
Scope & Content
Image of various boats, mostly canoes, on the Bow River with a dock in the background
Date Range
1887
Reference Code
V683 / III / A / 15 / PA - 687
Description Level
6 / Item
GMD
Photograph
  2 images  
Part Of
Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
Description Level
6 / Item
Fonds Number
M36 / V683 / S37
Series
V683 / III / A / 15 : Peter and Catharine Whyte: Collected Photographs
Sous-Fonds
V683
Accession Number
.
Reference Code
V683 / III / A / 15 / PA - 687
GMD
Photograph
Date Range
1887
Physical Description
Photograph: 1 print ; b&w.
Scope & Content
Image of various boats, mostly canoes, on the Bow River with a dock in the background
Subject Access
Banff Regatta
Boats
Bow River
Buildings
Geographic Access
Banff
Banff National Park
Language
English
Title Source
Title based on item
Processing Status
Processed
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Banff Springs Hotel, Rocky Mountains 1887

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactfic.05.01
Artist
C. Firth
Date
1887
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
FiC.05.01
Description
Scene showing Banff springs hotel at right perched on a hillside. In the background the Bow River winds through a valley between Tunnel Mountain and Mt. Roundly. More mountains in distance. Trees in foreground. My. Roundly is hazy, almost unfinished in appearance.
  1 image  
Artist
C. Firth
Title
Banff Springs Hotel, Rocky Mountains 1887
Date
1887
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
12.0 x 16.0 cm
Description
Scene showing Banff springs hotel at right perched on a hillside. In the background the Bow River winds through a valley between Tunnel Mountain and Mt. Roundly. More mountains in distance. Trees in foreground. My. Roundly is hazy, almost unfinished in appearance.
Subject
mountains
Banff
Bow River
Alberta
Banff Springs Hotel
Credit
Gift of Dorothy and Jim McLeod, Calgary, 2021
Catalogue Number
FiC.05.01
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Banff's first hockey rink

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions53139
Part Of
Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
Scope & Content
Image of Banff's first hockey rink - possibly on the Bow River or modern-day recreation grounds - with a church and Cascade Mountain visible in the distance
Date Range
[ca. 1885-1945]
Reference Code
V683 / III / A / 15 / PA - 704
Description Level
6 / Item
GMD
Photograph
  2 images  
Part Of
Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
Description Level
6 / Item
Fonds Number
M36 / V683 / S37
Series
V683 / III / A / 15 : Peter and Catharine Whyte: Collected Photographs
Sous-Fonds
V683
Accession Number
.
Reference Code
V683 / III / A / 15 / PA - 704
GMD
Photograph
Date Range
[ca. 1885-1945]
Physical Description
Photograph: 1 print (front and back) ; b&w.
Scope & Content
Image of Banff's first hockey rink - possibly on the Bow River or modern-day recreation grounds - with a church and Cascade Mountain visible in the distance
Subject Access
Bow River
Cascade Mountain
Hockey
Hockey rink
Winter
Winter sports
Geographic Access
Banff National Park
Language
English
Title Source
Title based on item
Processing Status
Processed
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Artist
C. Firth
Date
1887
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
FiC.05.02
Description
Large river [The Bow River] with snow-capped mountains at back and stands of conifers on the banks. River winds from left foreground into right background. Stand of trees at right foreground.
  1 image  
Artist
C. Firth
Title
Bow River NWT, 1887
Date
1887
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
12.0 x 16.0 cm
Description
Large river [The Bow River] with snow-capped mountains at back and stands of conifers on the banks. River winds from left foreground into right background. Stand of trees at right foreground.
Subject
mountains
Banff
Bow River
Alberta
Credit
Gift of Dorothy and Jim McLeod, Calgary, 2021
Catalogue Number
FiC.05.02
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Bow River Pass, above Banff

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue15048
Medium
Library - Periodical
Published Date
1888
Call Number
P
Published Date
1888
Physical Description
p.76, ill.
Medium
Library - Periodical
Subjects
Bow River
Geological Survey of Canada
Notes
In The Dominion Illustrated [newspaper], vol.1 (August 1888)
photograph on p.76, description on p.70
Call Number
P
Collection
Archives Library
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Bow River Valley, Near Banff Hot Springs, Alberta on the Canadian Pacific Railway

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue15042
Medium
Library - Periodical
Published Date
1887
Author
Wm. Notman & Son
Call Number
P
Author
Wm. Notman & Son
Published Date
1887
Physical Description
p.12, ill.
Medium
Library - Periodical
Subjects
Banff
Bow River
Rundle, Mount
Tunnel Mountain
Notes
In The Dominion Illustrated [newspaper], vol.1, (July 1887)
Photograph on p.12, description on p.6 under "Our Engravings"
Call Number
P
Collection
Archives Library
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Daylight land : the experiences, incidents, and adventures, humorous and otherwise, which befel Judge John Doe, tourist, of San Francisco; Mr. Cephas Pepperell, capitalist of Boston; Colonel Goffe, the man from New Hampshire, and divers others, in their parlor-car excursion over prairie and mountain

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue14131
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1888
Author
Murray, William Henry Harrison
Publisher
Boston : Cupples and Hurd
Call Number
05.2 M96d
Author
Murray, William Henry Harrison
Responsibility
as recorded and set forth by W.H.H. Murray; illustrated ... under the supervision of J.B. Millet
Publisher
Boston : Cupples and Hurd
Published Date
1888
Physical Description
338 p. incl. front., illus., plates.
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Banff (townsite)
Vermilion Lakes
Bow River
Stoney First Nation (formerly known as Stoney Indians)
Canmore
Accession Number
7966
Call Number
05.2 M96d
Collection
Archives Library
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Falls of the Bow River, near Banff

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue15050
Medium
Library - Periodical
Published Date
1888
Call Number
P
Published Date
1888
Physical Description
p.92, ill.
Medium
Library - Periodical
Subjects
Bow River
Banff
Notes
In The Dominion Illustrated [newspaper], vol.1 (August 1888)
photograph on p.92, description on p.86 under "Our Engravings"
Call Number
P
Collection
Archives Library
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John Woodruff fonds

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions570
Part Of
John Woodruff fonds
Scope & Content
Fonds consists mainly of views of Banff and area. Includes Bow River, Bow Valley, Banff Springs Hotel and Cave and Basin. Several photographs are rare views of hay raft and log running on Bow River. Also includes portrait of John Woodruff.
Date Range
Copies made in 1980
Reference Code
V341
Description Level
1 / Fonds
GMD
Photograph
Negative
Part Of
John Woodruff fonds
Description Level
1 / Fonds
Fonds Number
V 341
Sous-Fonds
V 341
Accession Number
3333
Reference Code
V341
GMD
Photograph
Negative
Date Range
Copies made in 1980
Physical Description
17 photographs : negatives
History / Biographical
John Woodruff was an itinerant professional photographer who visited the Banff, Alberta, Canada area, ca.1886-1895. He was later based at Ottawa, Ontario where he did work for the federal government.
Scope & Content
Fonds consists mainly of views of Banff and area. Includes Bow River, Bow Valley, Banff Springs Hotel and Cave and Basin. Several photographs are rare views of hay raft and log running on Bow River. Also includes portrait of John Woodruff.
Name Access
Woodruff, John
Subject Access
Arts
Banff Springs Hotel
Bow River
Cave and Basin
Environment
Logging
Access Restrictions
No restrictions on access
Public domain (other restrictions may apply)
Language
Language is English
Creator
Woodruff, John
Category
Arts
Environment
Title Source
Title based on accession record
Processing Status
Processed
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Medium
Library - Periodical
Published Date
1888
Author
Notman
Call Number
P
Author
Notman
Published Date
1888
Physical Description
p.44, ill.
Medium
Library - Periodical
Subjects
Kananaskis
Bow River
Notes
In The Dominion Illustrated [newspaper], vol.1 (July 1888)
photograph on p.44, description on p.38 under "Our Engravings"
Call Number
P
Collection
Archives Library
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