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Japanese Woman and Child

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Artist
Watanabe Bunzo (1853 – 1942, Japanese)
Date
1882
Medium
ink and colour on paper
Catalogue Number
BuW.05.01
Description
Frontispiece Japan Day by Day Volume I by Edward S. Morse. A farmyard scene. A woman wearing a grey kimono, blue sash, carries a baby on her back, he is dressed in blue and red and has a small kite in his left hand. She is looking down at a rooster who with a hen behind him are looking at three egg…
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Artist
Watanabe Bunzo (1853 – 1942, Japanese)
Title
Japanese Woman and Child
Date
1882
Medium
ink and colour on paper
Dimensions
36.1 x 25.2 cm
Description
Frontispiece Japan Day by Day Volume I by Edward S. Morse. A farmyard scene. A woman wearing a grey kimono, blue sash, carries a baby on her back, he is dressed in blue and red and has a small kite in his left hand. She is looking down at a rooster who with a hen behind him are looking at three eggs on the ground. Five figures in background, houses to right centre, a snow-capped mountain is in background, sky is blue with yellowish clouds. Written on back: Mrs. Russell Robb Concord, Mass.
Subject
farmyard
Mount Fujijama
buildings
people
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
BuW.05.01
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Night Rain at Yanagihara

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Artist
Kobayashi Kiyochika (1847 – 1915, Japanese)
Date
1882
Medium
woodblock on paper
Catalogue Number
KiY.04.03
Description
dark, rainy street scene with people carrying umbrellas and lanterns, with rickshaw and dog in the foreground
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Artist
Kobayashi Kiyochika (1847 – 1915, Japanese)
Title
Night Rain at Yanagihara
Date
1882
Medium
woodblock on paper
Dimensions
24.5 x 36.6 cm
Description
dark, rainy street scene with people carrying umbrellas and lanterns, with rickshaw and dog in the foreground
Subject
people
dog
night
rain
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
KiY.04.03
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1921
Medium
graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.763
Description
Detailed sketch of a cabin on the edge of lake that has smoke coming out of the chimney, there is a dead tree to its left and a canoe sitting on the shore by the water. Out on the water there is two people in canoes paddling (all canoes are rockered canoes) about the water. In the background there …
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
1921
Medium
graphite on paper
Dimensions
14.8 x 21.6 cm
Description
Detailed sketch of a cabin on the edge of lake that has smoke coming out of the chimney, there is a dead tree to its left and a canoe sitting on the shore by the water. Out on the water there is two people in canoes paddling (all canoes are rockered canoes) about the water. In the background there is detailed tree line and mountain range.
Subject
rockered canoe
paddle
people
mountains
lake
water
cabin
smoke
trees
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.763
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1922
Medium
ink on paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.909
Description
Two men stand nose to nose arguing with each other over two curling stones. Both men are wearing Balmoral hats. The man on the left is wearing a scarf and has a bottle in his back pocket, while the man on the right has a broom in his right hand. Below the drawing it says “QUIT YER ARGIFYIN’”[sic Qu…
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
1922
Medium
ink on paper
Dimensions
25.7 x 15.9 cm
Description
Two men stand nose to nose arguing with each other over two curling stones. Both men are wearing Balmoral hats. The man on the left is wearing a scarf and has a bottle in his back pocket, while the man on the right has a broom in his right hand. Below the drawing it says “QUIT YER ARGIFYIN’”[sic Quit your arguing].
Subject
sports
curling
winter
broom
stone
curling stone
people
men
clothing
hat
Balmoral
scarf
bottle
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.909
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Old Saints, Church Street

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Artist
Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)
Date
1925
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
LaC.05.26
Description
blc is a woman in a long red dress and white apron and green shawl. She is carrying something and going to meet a young girl on a sidewalk. Crossing the street lower mid-centre is a man in brown and young girl in pink. There are buildings to the left and right of street, trees at the end. Most of t…
Artist
Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)
Title
Old Saints, Church Street
Date
1925
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
26.5 x 35.6 cm
Description
blc is a woman in a long red dress and white apron and green shawl. She is carrying something and going to meet a young girl on a sidewalk. Crossing the street lower mid-centre is a man in brown and young girl in pink. There are buildings to the left and right of street, trees at the end. Most of the buildings appear to be homes but you can see a square castle or church spire poking out mid-centre. Cloudy sky. Street is in shadow from the right.
Subject
urban
building
church
figure
people
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
LaC.05.26
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The Six Minute Men Stage a Light Workout

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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1928
Medium
ink on paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.857
Description
A group of men are out skating and playing hockey. One has fallen over and two of them appear to be falling or about to fall. Behind the figure in the foreground (the one in the air) there are two players that are skating and not having difficult. In the background there is a person standing in the…
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
The Six Minute Men Stage a Light Workout
Date
1928
Medium
ink on paper
Dimensions
21.3 x 27.6 cm
Description
A group of men are out skating and playing hockey. One has fallen over and two of them appear to be falling or about to fall. Behind the figure in the foreground (the one in the air) there are two players that are skating and not having difficult. In the background there is a person standing in the goal minding it. Near the TLC it says “THE SIX MINUTE MEN STAGE A LIGHT WORKOUT -----------”, in the BRC it says “Peter Whyte - 28 -”, and “Drawn specially for Russ.”verso: in the TLC it says “[’Russ’ - Russell Robb II CRW’s brother Jon Whyte to 27.2.75”
Subject
winter
sports
ice
snow
hockey
skates
ice skating
puck
hockey sticks
people
men
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.857
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1929
Medium
graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.812
Description
In the BL section of the paper there is a drawing depicting a street in China. There are people out doing chores and tasks and above them there is some sort of string holding items up between the two buildings, and there is signs on the sides of the buildings that are advertising what they are for.…
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
1929
Medium
graphite on paper
Dimensions
25.1 x 22.8 cm
Description
In the BL section of the paper there is a drawing depicting a street in China. There are people out doing chores and tasks and above them there is some sort of string holding items up between the two buildings, and there is signs on the sides of the buildings that are advertising what they are for. Above the drawings there is multiple numbers written out in some sort of mathematical equation (addition), the words “johnwood mass”, “wood John mass.” which is circled, “TEEI”, and “TEEPEE”. Besides the word “TEEPEE” there is a drawing of one, with squiggle marks appearing to be numbers all beside it.
Subject
numbers
tipi
math
China
street
signs
people
buildings
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.812
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1934
Medium
graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.832
Description
There is a man on a bicycle delivering two bowls of food on a tray to a unknown location. Beside the bike there is a sign with a Japanese character which generally translates to “cannot go”. In the background there is multiple buildings, and one with a open area or shelter that has three figures st…
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
1934
Medium
graphite on paper
Dimensions
27.9 x 22.0 cm
Description
There is a man on a bicycle delivering two bowls of food on a tray to a unknown location. Beside the bike there is a sign with a Japanese character which generally translates to “cannot go”. In the background there is multiple buildings, and one with a open area or shelter that has three figures standing underneath it. Just below the drawing it says “To O,EDIE SAN FROM PETER MARCH 25TH 1934 - TOKYO”. Written in ink below the drawing is says “Imperial Hotel Tokyo” and “TELEGRAPHIC ADDRESS “IMPHO TOKYO””.
Subject
Tokyo
Imperial Hotel
travelling
sign
delivery
food
bowls
tray
bicycle
person
people
man
buildings
street
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.832
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The golden grindstone : the adventures of George M. Mitchell

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1935
Publisher
Toronto : Oxford University Press, Canadian Branch
Call Number
08.2 G76g
Responsibility
Recorded by Angus Graham
Publisher
Toronto : Oxford University Press, Canadian Branch
Published Date
1935
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Exploration
Pioneer life
Travel
Indigenous
Indigenous People
Colonialism
Contents
I. The general idea -- II. The geographical problem -- III. The immigrant train -- IV. Edmonton -- V. Athbasca landing -- VI. The Athabasca River -- VII. Grand rapids -- VIII. The Slave River -- IX. Great Slave Lake -- X. Fort Simpson -- XI. The Mackenzie River -- XII. Fort McPherson --XIII. The Eskimo -- XIV. The first traffic with the Indians -- XV. The Peel River -- The upper Peel River and the valley of noises -- XVII. Gold -- XVIII. The winter camp -- XIX. Prospecting and exploration -- XX. Bears and wolves -- XXI. The winter night -- XXII. The Indians' visit -- XXIII. Dogs -- XXIV. The broken knee -- XXV. The last of the white men -- XXVI. The Indian Camp -- XXVI. The Indian Camp -- XXVII. Caribou -- XXVIII. The old lady -- XXIX. Famine and riot -- XXX. Mitchell becomes an Indian -- XXXI. An Indian "Veillee" -- XXXII. Women -- XXXIII. The closest shave of all -- XXXIV. The skin boats -- XXXV. Summer hunting -- XXXVI. Mitchell remains an Indian -- XXXVII. The last of the Indians.
Accession Number
2023.47
Call Number
08.2 G76g
Collection
Archives Library
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Camp in Sifton Pass, B.C.

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Artist
Ernest C. W Lamarque (1879 – 1970, Canadian)
Date
1935
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
LaE.05.06
Description
General colour: green. At the left side pitched in the grass is a lean to with two figures by a campfire. Smoke goes left and up into trees which rise on the left side becoming smaller as they go right across the picture into the distance. Two mountains can be seen on the right side in the distance…
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Artist
Ernest C. W Lamarque (1879 – 1970, Canadian)
Title
Camp in Sifton Pass, B.C.
Date
1935
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
18.4 x 26.3 cm
Description
General colour: green. At the left side pitched in the grass is a lean to with two figures by a campfire. Smoke goes left and up into trees which rise on the left side becoming smaller as they go right across the picture into the distance. Two mountains can be seen on the right side in the distance. Sky fills the upper half.
Subject
landscape
mountains
camping
people
Ernest Lamarque
Credit
Gift of Ernest Lamarque (Estate), 1971
Catalogue Number
LaE.05.06
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