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Saddle Blanket

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Date: 1992

Material: fibre; skin; animal; paint

Catalogue Number: 106.06.1087

Description: A dark green woven piece of wool, white on the underbelly, with yellow borders on each end (vertically), top to bottom. There are three pieces of leather sewn on: two from top to bottom of the length (92.0cm) and one piece (half an oval 30.0cm wide) at the top of the blanket. The saddle blanket was…

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Title: Saddle Blanket

Date: 1992

Material: fibre; skin; animal; paint

Dimensions: 92.0 x 92.0 cm

Description: A dark green woven piece of wool, white on the underbelly, with yellow borders on each end (vertically), top to bottom. There are three pieces of leather sewn on: two from top to bottom of the length (92.0cm) and one piece (half an oval 30.0cm wide) at the top of the blanket. The saddle blanket was made for Banff National Park Centennial. There are two ram’s head Park warden logos, stamped on, one at either end, with “PARKS CANADA”, viewer’s left; at the opposite ends, “1885” in the middle, and viewer’s right, the National Park beaver logo, and then “1995”.

Subject: transportation; horses; packers and guides; Wardens; Centennial BNP; Mac Elder

Credit: Gift of Don Mickle Park Warden Service Alumni Association, Cochrane, 2012

Catalogue Number: 106.06.1087

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Banff, Canada

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Artist: Linda Evans (1949 – , Canadian)

Date: 1987

Medium: ink on paper

Catalogue Number: EvL.04.05

Description: The Banff train station is in the foreground with a Mountie directing a tourist. In the backgound is the Brewster bus station and to the right is a moose and beaver dam in Vermilion Lake. The many buildings from the town of Banff are in the background along with people engaged in various activities…

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Artist: Linda Evans (1949 – , Canadian)

Title: Banff, Canada

Date: 1987

Medium: ink on paper

Dimensions: 61.0 x 45.0 cm

Description: The Banff train station is in the foreground with a Mountie directing a tourist. In the backgound is the Brewster bus station and to the right is a moose and beaver dam in Vermilion Lake. The many buildings from the town of Banff are in the background along with people engaged in various activities such as fishing and boating on the Bow River, bicycling etc.. The upper half is Rundle Mountain and the Banff Springs Hotel and the Sulphur Mountain Gondola Lift.

Subject: landscape; town; Banff; road; mountains; buildings; transportation; train; bus; automobile; carriage; animal; horse; people; tourist; Mountie

Credit: Gift of Linda Evans, Canmore, 1993

Catalogue Number: EvL.04.05

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Untitled

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Artist: Barbara Spohr (1955 – 1987, Canadian)

Date: 1984

Medium: type c print on photographic paper

Catalogue Number: SpB.18.19

Description: In the foreground a marching band marches with red uniforms. Just behind the band there is a blue camper truck parked in front of a Macleods store. This rectangular photograph has a orange border with text above and below the image. The band marching starts from the right side and continues across …

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Artist: Barbara Spohr (1955 – 1987, Canadian)

Title: Untitled

Date: 1984

Medium: type c print on photographic paper

Dimensions: 40.5 x 50.6 cm

Description: In the foreground a marching band marches with red uniforms. Just behind the band there is a blue camper truck parked in front of a Macleods store. This rectangular photograph has a orange border with text above and below the image. The band marching starts from the right side and continues across to the left.

Subject: architecture; Macleods store; activity; marching; figure; group; band; transportation; camper truck

Credit: Gift of Barb Spohr, Calgary, 1996

Catalogue Number: SpB.18.19

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Going to Church 1907

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Artist: Irene McCaugherty (1914 – 1996, Canadian)

Date: 1982

Medium: watercolour; ink on paper

Catalogue Number: McI.05.01

Description: The bottom quarter of the picture shows people walking all directions, all are dressed up, some have umbrellas and some have dogs on the leash. The next quarter is the road; there are four horse and buggy teams - two horse and two one horse buggies, there are people in them. Two couples with two ch…

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Artist: Irene McCaugherty (1914 – 1996, Canadian)

Title: Going to Church 1907

Date: 1982

Medium: watercolour; ink on paper

Dimensions: 20.3 x 54.5 cm

Description: The bottom quarter of the picture shows people walking all directions, all are dressed up, some have umbrellas and some have dogs on the leash. The next quarter is the road; there are four horse and buggy teams - two horse and two one horse buggies, there are people in them. Two couples with two children each are crossing the road at the left. The next quarter shows a string of houses and the church, with many more people walking. The top quarter of the picture is a pale blue sky.

Subject: architecture, urban; figure, group; animal, horse; transportation

Credit: Gift of Irene McCaugherty, Fort MacLeod, 1983

Catalogue Number: McI.05.01

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Dawn on windshield

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Artist: Barbara Spohr (1955 – 1987, Canadian)

Date: 1980

Medium: type c print on photographic paper

Catalogue Number: SpB.18.09

Description: The image that you can see is as scene through the windshield of a car. At the bottom of the image frame you can see the windshield wiper and further to the left you can see some trees. On the windshield you can see what use to be water that froze overnight. The frozen dew on the windshield has a g…

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Artist: Barbara Spohr (1955 – 1987, Canadian)

Title: Dawn on windshield

Date: 1980

Medium: type c print on photographic paper

Dimensions: 50.7 x 40.5 cm

Description: The image that you can see is as scene through the windshield of a car. At the bottom of the image frame you can see the windshield wiper and further to the left you can see some trees. On the windshield you can see what use to be water that froze overnight. The frozen dew on the windshield has a gold hue to it and forms a very unique pattern. The sky in the background is a medium blue.