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Postcard album, Brewster family

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Part Of
Jim Brewster family fonds
Scope & Content
File consists of one postcard album with ca.65 images pertaining to members of the Brewster family; extended family and friends, some unidentified; buildings and landscapes from in and around Banff; winter sporting events; portraits of Indigenous men in regalia, including Hector Crawler [image by p…
Date Range
[ca.1900-1920]
1918
1921
1942
1949
1962
Reference Code
V90 / VI / PD - 1
Description Level
5 / File
GMD
Album
Postcard
Print
Photograph
Part Of
Jim Brewster family fonds
Description Level
5 / File
Fonds Number
M436
V90
Series
V90 / VI : Later acquisitions
Sous-Fonds
V90
Accession Number
2023.09
Reference Code
V90 / VI / PD - 1
GMD
Album
Postcard
Print
Photograph
Date Range
[ca.1900-1920]
1918
1921
1942
1949
1962
Physical Description
1 album (ca.65 postcards and postcard prints): 23 x 39 cm
Scope & Content
File consists of one postcard album with ca.65 images pertaining to members of the Brewster family; extended family and friends, some unidentified; buildings and landscapes from in and around Banff; winter sporting events; portraits of Indigenous men in regalia, including Hector Crawler [image by photographer Byron Harmon]; members of the British royal family; men in military uniforms [World War I]; political satire and cartoon illustrations; and Australian wildlife.
Notes
Some postcard prints are annotated on the back
NOTE: some materials in this album contain offensive subject matter, including racist content. These materials reflect views from their original time period and have not been censored.
Subject Access
Banff
Businesses
Community life
Family and personal life
Home
Homestead
Indigenous people
Landscape
Military
Municipal views
Public events
Portrait
Recreation
Regalia
Royalty
Royal Visit
Sports
War
World War I
Winter sports
Wildlife
Geographic Access
Canada
Alberta
Banff
Banff National Park
Australia
Access Restrictions
Contains offensive subject matter- accessible at researcher's individual discretion
Language
English
Category
Family and personal life
Indigenous Peoples
Sports, recreation and leisure
Title Source
Title based on contents of file
Processing Status
Processed
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Date
1956
Material
metal
Catalogue Number
104.43.1003
Description
A plate of copper engraved with drawing of a deer standing in snow to one side of snow covered log house in background. Picture framed by bare branches of trees and bushes. Message below in mirror writing reads "Julia and Julius wish you joy and may one of your trails in use lead this way". Meta…
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Title
Engraving Plate
Date
1956
Material
metal
Dimensions
12.8 x 17.8 cm
Description
A plate of copper engraved with drawing of a deer standing in snow to one side of snow covered log house in background. Picture framed by bare branches of trees and bushes. Message below in mirror writing reads "Julia and Julius wish you joy and may one of your trails in use lead this way". Metal of plate has developed dull patina and is etched with fingerprints.
Subject
animal
deer
Charlie Beil
landscape
artists
Credit
Gift of Les Peters, Great Falls, USA, 1983
Catalogue Number
104.43.1003
Images
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Artist
Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)
Date
1957
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
LaC.05.24
Description
General colour: blue grey, brown, pink. Two elevators stand at the right side on the horizon. A train chugs past on the left. The foreround is brown fields - a fence appears from the left. The sky fills the upper two thirds and is spotted with clouds.
Artist
Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)
Title
Airdrie, Alberta
Date
1957
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
22.8 x 27.8 cm
Description
General colour: blue grey, brown, pink. Two elevators stand at the right side on the horizon. A train chugs past on the left. The foreround is brown fields - a fence appears from the left. The sky fills the upper two thirds and is spotted with clouds.
Subject
architecture, rural
landscape, prairie
Credit
Gift of Peter and Judith Jekill, Calgary, 1973
Catalogue Number
LaC.05.24
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Artist
Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)
Date
1954
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
LaC.05.10
Description
General colour: blue, grey. Rocks go along the bottom edge and out from the left in big boulders. These mark the edge of a pool of water. A piece of land with boulders comes out from the right one third up. Behind are blue mountains partly hidden by enveloping clouds.
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Artist
Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)
Title
Molar Pass
Date
1954
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
26.5 x 38.0 cm
Description
General colour: blue, grey. Rocks go along the bottom edge and out from the left in big boulders. These mark the edge of a pool of water. A piece of land with boulders comes out from the right one third up. Behind are blue mountains partly hidden by enveloping clouds.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
Credit
Gift of Peter and Judith Jekill, Calgary, 1973
Catalogue Number
LaC.05.10
Images
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Mount Balfour from Bow Pass

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Artist
Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)
Date
1954
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
LaC.05.08
Description
General colour: grey, blue. The foreground rocks and boulders go into the picture to the right. A hill comes down on the left. In the background, filling most of the right side are rock pinnacles running off the top of the picture. In the upper left is blue sky.
Artist
Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)
Title
Mount Balfour from Bow Pass
Date
1954
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
22.8 x 31.2 cm
Description
General colour: grey, blue. The foreground rocks and boulders go into the picture to the right. A hill comes down on the left. In the background, filling most of the right side are rock pinnacles running off the top of the picture. In the upper left is blue sky.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
Credit
Gift of Peter and Judith Jekill, Calgary, 1973
Catalogue Number
LaC.05.08
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Old Wreck near Sidney, B.C.

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Artist
Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)
Date
1958 – 1959
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
LaC.05.21
Description
General colour: grey, blue. The beach runs along the bottom and up the left side a third. The wrecked timbers of a boat lie on the beach left of center. Posts go out into the water from the right side. The sky is filled with clouds. The sea is calm.
Artist
Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)
Title
Old Wreck near Sidney, B.C.
Date
1958 – 1959
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
22.8 x 27.9 cm
Description
General colour: grey, blue. The beach runs along the bottom and up the left side a third. The wrecked timbers of a boat lie on the beach left of center. Posts go out into the water from the right side. The sky is filled with clouds. The sea is calm.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
Credit
Gift of Peter and Judith Jekill, Calgary, 1973
Catalogue Number
LaC.05.21
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River at Cahair - Limerick - Tipperery Road S. Ireland

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Artist
Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)
Date
1953
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
LaC.05.30
Description
A stone bridge runs across a river. The river runs from the centre of the painting on the left and extends into the distance. It curves to the left around the river bank. A train crosses the bridge. Smoke is being expelled from the train. On the right of the painting are four or five leafless …
Artist
Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)
Title
River at Cahair - Limerick - Tipperery Road S. Ireland
Date
1953
Medium
watercolour on paper
Description
A stone bridge runs across a river. The river runs from the centre of the painting on the left and extends into the distance. It curves to the left around the river bank. A train crosses the bridge. Smoke is being expelled from the train. On the right of the painting are four or five leafless trees. Along the close side of the river bank is a walkway with moorings or black pylons. Hazy trees are visible in the upper portion of the painting.
Subject
landscape
river
transportation
train
Ireland
Limerick
Credit
Gift of Peter and Judith Jekill, Calgary, 2001
Catalogue Number
LaC.05.30
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Abbot Pass from Upper Victoria Glacier

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Artist
Bruno Engler (1915 – 2001, Canadian)
Date
1956
Medium
silver gelatin on paper
Catalogue Number
EnB.18.04
Description
A black and white photographic positive, a mountain pass , snow and ice covered, meanders from the bottom left of the picture to centre top, the mountains rise steeply from both sides of the pass and fill the picture almost to the top, a hut is at the top of the pass, the sky is cloudy
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Artist
Bruno Engler (1915 – 2001, Canadian)
Title
Abbot Pass from Upper Victoria Glacier
Date
1956
Medium
silver gelatin on paper
Dimensions
49.5 x 39.1 cm
Description
A black and white photographic positive, a mountain pass , snow and ice covered, meanders from the bottom left of the picture to centre top, the mountains rise steeply from both sides of the pass and fill the picture almost to the top, a hut is at the top of the pass, the sky is cloudy
Subject
landscape
mountain
Abbot Pass
Credit
Purchased from Bruno Engler, Harvie Heights, 1985
Catalogue Number
EnB.18.04
Images
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Artist
Carl Clemens Moritz Rungius (1869 – 1959, American)
Date
1952
Medium
etching on paper
Catalogue Number
RuC.04.42
Description
Three mountain goats stand on a rocky outcrop in left centre of picture, all are looking to the right, top right corner is sky, the rest is mountainside.
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Artist
Carl Clemens Moritz Rungius (1869 – 1959, American)
Title
Mountain Goats
Date
1952
Medium
etching on paper
Dimensions
22 x 28 cm
Description
Three mountain goats stand on a rocky outcrop in left centre of picture, all are looking to the right, top right corner is sky, the rest is mountainside.
Subject
animal, mountain goat
landscape, mountain
Credit
Gift of Charles Reid Foundation, Calgary, 2014
Catalogue Number
RuC.04.42
Images
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Carlson's guide to landscape painting

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
c1958, 1953
Author
Carlson, John F
Publisher
New York : Sterling Pub. Co.
Call Number
ND1342 C3
Author
Carlson, John F
Responsibility
(Rev. and enl. ed.)
Publisher
New York : Sterling Pub. Co.
Published Date
c1958, 1953
Physical Description
144p. illus. plates
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Landscape Painting - Technique
Accession Number
2462
Call Number
ND1342 C3
Location
Art Library is located in Curatorial Department - Please contact Curatorial Department for access
Collection
Art Library
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