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Jock McCowan scrapbook

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Part Of
McCowan (family) fonds
Scope & Content
File consists of a scrapbook of newspaper clippings, brochures, business cards, and advertisements for businesses around Banff and Lake Louise. Includes a mix of magazine and newspaper clippings in both black and white and in colour, postcards, advertising for hotels like the King Edward Hotel, Hom…
Date Range
1913 - 1981
Reference Code
M135 / II / A / 1
Description Level
5 / File
GMD
Scrapbook
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Part Of
McCowan (family) fonds
Description Level
5 / File
Fonds Number
V407 / M135
Series
M135 / II - Textual Materials
Sous-Fonds
M135
Sub-Series
V407 / II / A - Scrapbooks
Accession Number
7730
Reference Code
M135 / II / A / 1
GMD
Scrapbook
Date Range
1913 - 1981
Physical Description
2 cm of textual records (26 pages ; 30 x 37 cm)
History / Biographical
See fonds level description.
Scope & Content
File consists of a scrapbook of newspaper clippings, brochures, business cards, and advertisements for businesses around Banff and Lake Louise. Includes a mix of magazine and newspaper clippings in both black and white and in colour, postcards, advertising for hotels like the King Edward Hotel, Homestead Inn, Mount Royal Hotel, Castle Mountain Lodge, and the Chateau Lake Louise, and a cover of the Sky Line Trail Hiker bulletin featuring members of the Royal Family.
Name Access
McCowan, Jock
Subject Access
Advertising
Animals
Architecture
Buildings and facilities
Businesses
Cascade Hotel
Castle Mountain
Chateau Lake Louise
Entertainment
Festival
Leisure
Newspaper
Postcards
Recreation
Royal tours
Skyline Trail Hikers of the Canadian Rockies
Souvenir
The Albertan
Tourist information
Travel
Winter Carnival
Geographic Access
Banff
Lake Louise
Banff National Park
Alberta
Canada
Language
English
Creator
Jock McCowan
Title Source
From accession record
Processing Status
Processed
Electronic Resources

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Artist
Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)
Date
c. 1915
Medium
watercolour on graph paper
Catalogue Number
WyC.15.01
Description
The house is a white colour with green spots through-out the exterior. The cut out house has seventeen windows on the front side and two doors. All the windows have green shutters that will close over the windows and the two doors open to show the inside the house. The entire front of the house ope…
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Artist
Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
c. 1915
Medium
watercolour on graph paper
Dimensions
13.0 x 25.3 cm
Description
The house is a white colour with green spots through-out the exterior. The cut out house has seventeen windows on the front side and two doors. All the windows have green shutters that will close over the windows and the two doors open to show the inside the house. The entire front of the house opens up to expose the interior rooms and furniture. All the details within the rooms have been coloured and the closet doors within the rooms open up also to show what is behind the door. The very top section of the house which is the attic area is also made to open up and expose four bedrooms. Detail ranging from the art on the walls to the dishes in the cupboards have been included in every room. The roof is a brown colour with red chimneys in three places. The house has a brick patio area on the left side with a plant cover over top. The grass in the foreground is green and there are two walks in the front yard. One to the front door and the other is to the patio. The sky above is a medium colour of blue.
Subject
architecture
house
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyC.15.01
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