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1908 Railway Tunnel (Continental Divide on back)

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Artist
Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)
Date
c. 1911
Medium
graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
CoJ.03.322
Description
Front: the entrance to a railway tunnel is on the left, and muontain and trees surround it. Above the entrance is written “1908” and then his writing for a colour scheme in the brc.Back: mountains and trees surround a valley running through the picture. Writing in the brc: “VICTORIA RIDGE OVER 10…
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Artist
Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)
Title
1908 Railway Tunnel (Continental Divide on back)
Date
c. 1911
Medium
graphite on paper
Dimensions
28.0 x 35.5 cm
Description
Front: the entrance to a railway tunnel is on the left, and muontain and trees surround it. Above the entrance is written “1908” and then his writing for a colour scheme in the brc.Back: mountains and trees surround a valley running through the picture. Writing in the brc: “VICTORIA RIDGE OVER 10,000feet, 33 BELOW zero, CONTINENTAL DIVIDE FEB 23”
Subject
landscape
Credit
Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1997
Catalogue Number
CoJ.03.322
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Across the Southern States to the Blue Pacific and Vancouver

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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1925 – 1966
Medium
graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.375
Description
Side 1: Pencil drawing of car driving on a highway to the viewer’s right and into the distance. Other more roughly sketched vehicles are in oncoming lanes. A sign to the right of the road reads: ACROSS THE SOUTHERN STATES/ TO THE PACIFIC AND/ VANCOUVERIn the top left corner, the number 13 is circle…
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Across the Southern States to the Blue Pacific and Vancouver
Date
1925 – 1966
Medium
graphite on paper
Dimensions
14.5 x 21.0 cm
Description
Side 1: Pencil drawing of car driving on a highway to the viewer’s right and into the distance. Other more roughly sketched vehicles are in oncoming lanes. A sign to the right of the road reads: ACROSS THE SOUTHERN STATES/ TO THE PACIFIC AND/ VANCOUVERIn the top left corner, the number 13 is circled.Side 2: Pencil drawing of a car driving through a landscape of rolling hills. Mountains are barely visible in the background. This illustration is in a rectangular box. Below this box is a rectangle that is divided into four.
Subject
car
landscape
Peter Whyte
drawing
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.375
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Artist
Carl Clemens Moritz Rungius (1869 – 1959, American)
Date
1925
Medium
etching on paper
Catalogue Number
RuC.04.36
Description
A herd of mountain sheep are mocing single file up a rocky slope, from centre bottom to right top, the slope covers two thirds of the foreground and is in quite good detail, the background has faint mountains.
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Artist
Carl Clemens Moritz Rungius (1869 – 1959, American)
Title
Alarmed
Date
1925
Medium
etching on paper
Dimensions
31.0 x 36.0 cm
Description
A herd of mountain sheep are mocing single file up a rocky slope, from centre bottom to right top, the slope covers two thirds of the foreground and is in quite good detail, the background has faint mountains.
Subject
landscape, mountain
animal, sheep, bighorn
Credit
Gift of Banff Centre Brewster Donation, Banff, 1986
Catalogue Number
RuC.04.36
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Artist
George Weber (1907 – 2002, Canadian)
Date
1981
Medium
ink on paper
Catalogue Number
WbG.04.031
Description
Oilfield at dawn.
Artist
George Weber (1907 – 2002, Canadian)
Title
Alberta Energy
Date
1981
Medium
ink on paper
Dimensions
20.1 x 28.1 cm
Description
Oilfield at dawn.
Subject
landscape
rural
industry
oilfield
Credit
Gift of Donna Tingley, Edmonton, 2004
Catalogue Number
WbG.04.031
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Album, Canadian and American Rocky Mountains

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Part Of
Mary (Molly) Wright Adams fonds
Scope & Content
File consists of one photograph album compiled by Molly Wright Adams containing ca.107 photographs. Images pertain to Molly's travels in the American and Canadian Rocky Mountains in 1904.
Date Range
1904
Reference Code
V777 / II / PD - 1
Description Level
5 / File
GMD
Album
Photograph
Print
Part Of
Mary (Molly) Wright Adams fonds
Description Level
5 / File
Fonds Number
M555
V777
Series
V777 / II : Personal and collected records
Sous-Fonds
V777
Accession Number
2018.8685
Reference Code
V777 / II / PD - 1
GMD
Album
Photograph
Print
Responsibility
Produced by Molly W. Adams
Date Range
1904
Physical Description
1 photo album (ca. 107 photographs : b&w prints)
Scope & Content
File consists of one photograph album compiled by Molly Wright Adams containing ca.107 photographs. Images pertain to Molly's travels in the American and Canadian Rocky Mountains in 1904.
Notes
Some pages include annotations below photographs
Name Access
Adams, Molly
Subject Access
Family and personal life
Mountains
Landscape
Travel
Exploration
Environment
Recreation
Hiking
Geographic Access
United States of America
Rocky Mountains
Canada
British Columbia
Canadian Rocky Mountains
Access Restrictions
Materials in file are fragile - handle with caution
Language
N/A
Conservation
Pages interleaved with acid-free issue paper in 2018
Category
Exploration and travel
Family and personal life
Environment
Sports, recreation and leisure
Title Source
Title based on contents of file
Processing Status
Processed
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1929
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.150
Description
Colour: green, purple. Across the bottom and angling up left is grass with trees, three at left and two at right, along the river's edge. The green river comes in from the right side, goes left and then up right side to disappear into the far shore of dark trees. The right shore juts in from that s…
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Alexander River
Date
1929
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
30.5 x 28 cm
Description
Colour: green, purple. Across the bottom and angling up left is grass with trees, three at left and two at right, along the river's edge. The green river comes in from the right side, goes left and then up right side to disappear into the far shore of dark trees. The right shore juts in from that side, halfway up. In the background across the top are purple mountains. Five peaks meet a green grey sky.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
river
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.150
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Artist
George Weber (1907 – 2002, Canadian)
Date
1981
Medium
ink on paper
Catalogue Number
WbG.04.045
Description
Two black trees in foreground, Athabasca River at right, ,mountains in backgroudn.
Artist
George Weber (1907 – 2002, Canadian)
Title
Along the Sunwapta
Date
1981
Medium
ink on paper
Dimensions
17.7 x 14.6 cm
Description
Two black trees in foreground, Athabasca River at right, ,mountains in backgroudn.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
Sunwapta Pass, Athabasca River
Credit
Gift of Donna Tingley, Edmonton, 2004
Catalogue Number
WbG.04.045
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Artist
George Weber (1907 – 2002, Canadian)
Date
1982
Medium
ink on paper
Catalogue Number
WbG.04.062 a
Description
Yellowhead highway stretches out from foreground to vanishing point at centre of print. Mountains in distance.
Artist
George Weber (1907 – 2002, Canadian)
Title
Along the Yellowhead
Date
1982
Medium
ink on paper
Dimensions
17.7 x 14.0 cm
Description
Yellowhead highway stretches out from foreground to vanishing point at centre of print. Mountains in distance.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
Yellowhead Highway
Credit
Gift of Donna Tingley, Edmonton, 2004
Catalogue Number
WbG.04.062 a
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Artist
George Weber (1907 – 2002, Canadian)
Date
1982
Medium
ink on paper
Catalogue Number
WbG.04.062 b
Description
Yellowhead highway stretches out from foreground to vanishing point at centre of print. Mountains in distance.
Artist
George Weber (1907 – 2002, Canadian)
Title
Along the Yellowhead
Date
1982
Medium
ink on paper
Dimensions
17.7 x 14.0 cm
Description
Yellowhead highway stretches out from foreground to vanishing point at centre of print. Mountains in distance.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
Yellowhead Highway
Credit
Gift of Donna Tingley, Edmonton, 2004
Catalogue Number
WbG.04.062 b
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Artist
Diane Colwell (1959 – , Canadian)
Date
1988
Medium
polaroid on paper
Catalogue Number
CwD.18.02
Description
Painted polaroid print, top left corner is white and blue sky, the rest of the picture is dark green with light greens, brown, yellow, indicating a meadow, some trees in foreground
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Artist
Diane Colwell (1959 – , Canadian)
Title
Alpine Meadows
Date
1988
Medium
polaroid on paper
Dimensions
10.8 x 8.8 cm
Description
Painted polaroid print, top left corner is white and blue sky, the rest of the picture is dark green with light greens, brown, yellow, indicating a meadow, some trees in foreground
Subject
landscape, mountain
Diane Colwell
Credit
Purchased from Sunshine Village, Banff, 1989
Catalogue Number
CwD.18.02
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