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Date
1881
Material
grass; wood; paper; glass; metal;
Catalogue Number
112.02.1005
Description
A framed (in a gold-coloured shadow box with a screwed-on wooden back) and glassed-in mound of bison dung surrounded by white tissue paper. There is a screwed-in hook at the top of the box for hanging. Au verso written in pen “THIS 100% PURE BUFFALO CHIP WAS CREATED ON THE PLAINS OF ALBERTA - ABOU…
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Title
Buffalo Dung
Date
1881
Material
grass; wood; paper; glass; metal;
Dimensions
24.0 (frame 34.0) x 20.0 (frame 29.0) cm
Description
A framed (in a gold-coloured shadow box with a screwed-on wooden back) and glassed-in mound of bison dung surrounded by white tissue paper. There is a screwed-in hook at the top of the box for hanging. Au verso written in pen “THIS 100% PURE BUFFALO CHIP WAS CREATED ON THE PLAINS OF ALBERTA - ABOUT 30 MILES S-E OF RED DEER - ON OR ABOUT THE 24TH DAY OF JULY 1881 - PRESERVED BY THE KINDNESS OF THE ABERHART GOVERNMENT”. Signed in pencil in script “Pat Lawrence P-L Ranches Red Deer”. On viewer’s left there is a white rectangular paper sticker with a red border, above this printed in pen “CERTIFIED GENUINE” and written on the paper, extending onto the wood, a signature in pen ESMeaueug?? underlined.
Subject
plants
feces
buffalo
Nick Morant
Credit
Gift of Nicholas Morant, Banff, 2006
Catalogue Number
112.02.1005
Images
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Artist
Mary Vaux Walcott (1860 – 1940, American)
Date
1925
Medium
ink on paper
Catalogue Number
WaM.04.07
Description
Reproduction print from Mary Vaux Wallcott’s North American wildflowers book. Print shows stem of plant withreddish-green leaves, and oval red berries in clusters. “322 M V W 1925” is printed in blue in lower left corner.
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Artist
Mary Vaux Walcott (1860 – 1940, American)
Title
Flowering Dogwood
Date
1925
Medium
ink on paper
Dimensions
31.5 x 23.5 cm
Description
Reproduction print from Mary Vaux Wallcott’s North American wildflowers book. Print shows stem of plant withreddish-green leaves, and oval red berries in clusters. “322 M V W 1925” is printed in blue in lower left corner.
Subject
plants
botanical
Credit
Gift of Bobbye Ruth Potter, 2012
Catalogue Number
WaM.04.07
Images
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Landscapes, hunting, botany album

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Part Of
Jim Brewster family fonds
Scope & Content
File consists of one leatyher photograph album with approximately 120 photograph prints, ca.1900-1910. Photographs pertain to landscapes throughout the Canadian Rockies, including Glacier National Park; unidentified men and women hunting and fishing, inluding images of a dead bear and other hunting…
Date Range
[ca.1900-1910]
Reference Code
V90 / VI / PD - 2
Description Level
5 / File
GMD
Album
Photograph
Print
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 - 2
GMD
Album
Photograph
Print
Date Range
[ca.1900-1910]
Physical Description
1 album (ca.120 b&w photographs) : 37.5 x 28.5 cm
Scope & Content
File consists of one leatyher photograph album with approximately 120 photograph prints, ca.1900-1910. Photographs pertain to landscapes throughout the Canadian Rockies, including Glacier National Park; unidentified men and women hunting and fishing, inluding images of a dead bear and other hunting trophies; and close-up views of various plants.
Subject Access
Homestead
Hunting
Animals
Bears
Birds
Ecology
Environment
Plants
Shooting
Sports and recreation
Landscape
Geographic Access
Canada
Alberta
Glacier National Park
Language
English
Category
Environment
Sports, recreation and leisure
Title Source
Title based on contents of file
Processing Status
Processed
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Purple Pentstemon(?)

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Artist
Mary Vaux Walcott (1860 – 1940, American)
Date
1925
Medium
ink on paper
Catalogue Number
WaM.04.010
Description
Reproduction print from Mary Vaux Wallcott’s North American wildflowers book. Print showsbunch of purple vase shaped flowers with green leaves. “318 M V W 1925” is printed in blue in lower left corner.
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Artist
Mary Vaux Walcott (1860 – 1940, American)
Title
Purple Pentstemon(?)
Date
1925
Medium
ink on paper
Dimensions
31.5 x 23.5 cm
Description
Reproduction print from Mary Vaux Wallcott’s North American wildflowers book. Print showsbunch of purple vase shaped flowers with green leaves. “318 M V W 1925” is printed in blue in lower left corner.
Subject
botanical
plants
Credit
Gift of Bobbye Ruth Potter, 2012
Catalogue Number
WaM.04.010
Images
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Artist
Mary Vaux Walcott (1860 – 1940, American)
Date
1925
Medium
ink on paper
Catalogue Number
WaM.04.011
Description
Reproduction print from Mary Vaux Wallcott’s North American wildflowers book. Print shows two long stems each topped with a bright yellow flower “348 M V W 1925” is printed in blue in lower left corner.
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Artist
Mary Vaux Walcott (1860 – 1940, American)
Title
Wooly Arnica
Date
1925
Medium
ink on paper
Dimensions
31.5 x 23.5 cm
Description
Reproduction print from Mary Vaux Wallcott’s North American wildflowers book. Print shows two long stems each topped with a bright yellow flower “348 M V W 1925” is printed in blue in lower left corner.
Subject
botanical
plants
Credit
Gift of Bobbye Ruth Potter, 2012
Catalogue Number
WaM.04.011
Images
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