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- Date
- 1920 – 1930
- Material
- fibre; skin; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.1041
- Description
- Canvas sack with grommet and string closure, small top flap with leather strap and metal buckle, leather shoulder straps with metal buckles, all but the right leather buckle appears to be not original leather, stamped on back "Manufactured by Woods Mfg Co Ltd Ottawa Canada", 2 front pockets
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- Title
- Backpack
- Date
- 1920 – 1930
- Material
- fibre; skin; metal
- Dimensions
- 48.0 x 52.0 cm
- Description
- Canvas sack with grommet and string closure, small top flap with leather strap and metal buckle, leather shoulder straps with metal buckles, all but the right leather buckle appears to be not original leather, stamped on back "Manufactured by Woods Mfg Co Ltd Ottawa Canada", 2 front pockets
- Credit
- Gift of Bob and Marjory Hind, Calgary, 1990
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.1041
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Banff, Highland Gathering, Sept. 3-5, 1928
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactjkr.02.03
- Date
- c. 1928
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- JkR.02.03
- Description
- A Scottish Highland gathering taking place on the grounds of the Banff Springs Hotel. In the foreground are men in traditional Scottish dress. To the left of the image is a bagpiper. In the background on the right side of the image is the Banff Springs Hotel. A crowd is gathered at the edge of …
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- Title
- Banff, Highland Gathering, Sept. 3-5, 1928
- Date
- c. 1928
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 75.5 x 60.3 cm
- Description
- A Scottish Highland gathering taking place on the grounds of the Banff Springs Hotel. In the foreground are men in traditional Scottish dress. To the left of the image is a bagpiper. In the background on the right side of the image is the Banff Springs Hotel. A crowd is gathered at the edge of an open space where the men in kilts are standing. Mount Rundle rises up behind the Hotel. A flagpole, trees and coloured tents are dispersed through the crowd in the middle of the painting.
- Credit
- Gift of Joan Fitt, Calgary, 2001
- Catalogue Number
- JkR.02.03
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Breaking Camp on Mount Logan, Yukon
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactrat.02.01
- Artist
- Ted Raftery
- Date
- 1991
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- RaT.02.01
- Description
- Foreground from near top left to near bottom right is a snow covered mountain slope, 3 climbers with rope are on the slope, background is snow covered mountains protruding through cloud cover, top quarter is clear blue sky
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- Artist
- Ted Raftery
- Title
- Breaking Camp on Mount Logan, Yukon
- Date
- 1991
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 40.5 x 50.7 cm
- Description
- Foreground from near top left to near bottom right is a snow covered mountain slope, 3 climbers with rope are on the slope, background is snow covered mountains protruding through cloud cover, top quarter is clear blue sky
- Credit
- Gift of Ted Raftery, Calgary, 1992
- Catalogue Number
- RaT.02.01
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Buffalo Dancer
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifacthev.07.01
- Date
- 1920 – 1960
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- HeV.07.01
- Description
- An man in full ceremonial regalia, bison headdress, yellow skirt with snake design, red sash, white moccasins with brown fringes, rattles in right hand and horns in left. He is dancing, standing on left leg.
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- Title
- Buffalo Dancer
- Date
- 1920 – 1960
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 23.0 x 12.5 cm
- Description
- An man in full ceremonial regalia, bison headdress, yellow skirt with snake design, red sash, white moccasins with brown fringes, rattles in right hand and horns in left. He is dancing, standing on left leg.
- Subject
- activity, dancing
- figure, male
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- HeV.07.01
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Cowboy on Bucking Bronco
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactper.04.07
- Date
- c. 1930
- Medium
- etching
- Catalogue Number
- PeR.04.07
- Description
- Centered in the picture is a bucking horse, all four feet off the ground. A cowboy holds the halter rope in his left hand while his right hand holds his cowboy hat high in the air.
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- Title
- Cowboy on Bucking Bronco
- Date
- c. 1930
- Medium
- etching
- Dimensions
- 25.0 x 29.8 cm
- Description
- Centered in the picture is a bucking horse, all four feet off the ground. A cowboy holds the halter rope in his left hand while his right hand holds his cowboy hat high in the air.
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- PeR.04.07
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- Date
- 1920 – 1940
- Material
- glass; wood; fibre; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.1017
- Description
- A typical flat glass flask, covered with woven wicker. The wicker has two loops on each side on which is tied a long cord. The mouth of the flask is metal , 3.0 cm wide, screw on metal top 3.4 dia.
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- Title
- Decanter
- Date
- 1920 – 1940
- Material
- glass; wood; fibre; metal
- Dimensions
- 22.5 x 12.0 cm
- Description
- A typical flat glass flask, covered with woven wicker. The wicker has two loops on each side on which is tied a long cord. The mouth of the flask is metal , 3.0 cm wide, screw on metal top 3.4 dia.
- Subject
- households
- Earle Birney
- activity
- hiking
- Credit
- Gift of Earle Birney, Toronto, 1969
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.1017
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- Artist
- George C. Wales
- Date
- 1929
- Medium
- etching on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WaG.04.01
- Description
- Three masted schooner and buoy; inscribed J.D. poss. representing schooner name? and GCW 1929 initials in blc; brc signed George C. Wales. Poss. purchased in New England.
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- Artist
- George C. Wales
- Title
- J.D.
- Date
- 1929
- Medium
- etching on paper
- Dimensions
- 14.2 x 20.8 cm
- Description
- Three masted schooner and buoy; inscribed J.D. poss. representing schooner name? and GCW 1929 initials in blc; brc signed George C. Wales. Poss. purchased in New England.
- Subject
- activity, boating
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WaG.04.01
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Pete's "Grandmother"
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactwyp.02.018
- Date
- 1925 – 1930
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.02.018
- Description
- Colour: blue, brown on white. There are many figures in various skiing conditions all over the slope. In the lower right corner with her back to us stands an elderly lady of two board skis wearing a long skirt and a hat. At the crest of the hill on the right is a cabin and a flag. On the left are d…
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- Title
- Pete's "Grandmother"
- Date
- 1925 – 1930
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 91.4 x 101.5 cm
- Description
- Colour: blue, brown on white. There are many figures in various skiing conditions all over the slope. In the lower right corner with her back to us stands an elderly lady of two board skis wearing a long skirt and a hat. At the crest of the hill on the right is a cabin and a flag. On the left are distant mountains and clear blue sky across the top.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1968
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.02.018
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Three Companeros
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- Date
- 1994
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- ChK.02.01
- Description
- With in the image frame of this painting there are three horses with three people sitting on horseback. The three figures are female and are centered. The background area is full of trees and the bottom area around the ground is brown in colour. The three horses and riders are facing away from the …
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- Title
- Three Companeros
- Date
- 1994
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 42.0 x 48.0 cm
- Description
- With in the image frame of this painting there are three horses with three people sitting on horseback. The three figures are female and are centered. The background area is full of trees and the bottom area around the ground is brown in colour. The three horses and riders are facing away from the viewer and are riding off through the forest. The horses are brown. One of the riders has a white shirt or jacket and another has a light colour hat.
- Credit
- Gift of Robert Blair, Calgary, 1996
- Catalogue Number
- ChK.02.01
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- Date
- 1928
- Medium
- graphite; ink on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.305
- Description
- Eighteen small cartoon sketches of faces and people. Trc is a sketch of a figure fishing, blc is a sketch of a figure on a bicycle.Inscribed:[tlc] Peter Whyte Banff Alberta Canada; Peter Whyte Banff, Alberta Canada; [trc] Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Mass
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1928
- Medium
- graphite; ink on paper
- Dimensions
- 28.0 x 21.5 cm
- Description
- Eighteen small cartoon sketches of faces and people. Trc is a sketch of a figure fishing, blc is a sketch of a figure on a bicycle.Inscribed:[tlc] Peter Whyte Banff Alberta Canada; Peter Whyte Banff, Alberta Canada; [trc] Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Mass
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.305
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