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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1929 – 1966

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.498

Description: Pencil drawing of a rabbit wearing snow shoes, leaving tracks behind it as it approaches a log building with a welcome sign.

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Untitled

Date: 1929 – 1966

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 27.0 x 20.3 cm

Description: Pencil drawing of a rabbit wearing snow shoes, leaving tracks behind it as it approaches a log building with a welcome sign.

Subject: rabbit; snow shoeing; log building; snow

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.498

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Season’s Greetings Catharine and Peter

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1930 – 1960

Medium: graphite; ink on paper

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.941

Description: A Christmas card design. A group of animals are in a convoy of snow mobiles, and they are driving up and over a snowy hill. Below the drawing it says “SEASON’S GREETING’S [sic Greetings] CATHARINE AND PETER”

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Season’s Greetings Catharine and Peter

Date: 1930 – 1960

Medium: graphite; ink on paper

Dimensions: 17.7 x 25.5 cm

Description: A Christmas card design. A group of animals are in a convoy of snow mobiles, and they are driving up and over a snowy hill. Below the drawing it says “SEASON’S GREETING’S [sic Greetings] CATHARINE AND PETER”

Subject: Christmas card; vehicle; snow mobile; winter; snow; sport; animal; moose; deer; wolf; squirrel; rabbit; bear; bird

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.941

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Select O'Hara Slide Show [Series V]

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Part Of: Lillian Gest fonds

Scope & Content: File pertains to 79 slides assembled by Lillian Gest in 1981 into a show from slides depicting various summer to the Canadian Rockies throughout the late 1950s to 1970s with emphasis on the Lake O'Hara area of Yoho National Park. Topics include mountains and mountain views, wildflowers, wildlife, v…

Date Range: [ca. 1971-1981]

Reference Code: V225 / II / C / ii / a / ii / NS - V

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Film; Transparency

79 images 1 Electronic Resource

Part Of: Lillian Gest fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M67 / S36 / V225

Series: II.C. Activities / photography

Sous-Fonds: V225

Sub-Series: ii.a.ii Photographic material / transparencies / carousels

Accession Number: 5142

Reference Code: V225 / II / C / ii / a / ii / NS - V

GMD: Film; Transparency

Parallel Title: K38 to K41 Summer '81, latest DVS snowstorm. -- 1981

Date Range: [ca. 1971-1981]

Physical Description: 79 photographs : col. slides ; 35 mm

History / Biographical: See fonds level description.

Scope & Content: File pertains to 79 slides assembled by Lillian Gest in 1981 into a show from slides depicting various summer to the Canadian Rockies throughout the late 1950s to 1970s with emphasis on the Lake O'Hara area of Yoho National Park. Topics include mountains and mountain views, wildflowers, wildlife, various camps [mostly Alpine Club of Canada and Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies], Lillian and her friends, lakes, boats, fishing, hiking, and various other scenic views around Banff, Lake Louise, and Lake O'Hara. Titles: 1. 10 Peaks Moraine Lake K38-3 2. Quadra & Borgeau K38-4 3. Peaks Moraine Lake K38-5 4. Boat landing & peaks K38-6 5. [Boat landing & peaks] K38-7 6. Dead logs in stream K38-8 7. Stream below lake K38-9 8. Boulders stream & peaks K38-10 9. Life preservers – red K38-11 10. Fr. my Chateau window K38-12 11. Fr. Chateau window K38-13 12. Same K38-14 13. Lake & Mt. Vic K38-15 14. From Chateau K38-16 15. Fr. window towards staff house K38-17 16. Towards swim pool K38-18 17. View fr. my window Chateau K39-2 18. Towards Boathouse K39-3 19. View from my window K39-4 20. [View from my window] K39-5 21. [View from my window] K39-6 22. [View from my window] K39-7 23. [View from my window] K39-8 24. [View from my window] K39-9 25. [View from my window] K39-10 26. Toward boathouse K39-11 27. View from hall window – boathouse K39-12 28. AM reflections K39-13 29. Reflections AM K39-14 30. AM fr. window K39-15 31. Baby goat & mother good K39-16 32. Baby goat good K39-17 33. Ewe & baby goat w. car K39-18 34. Mama goat walks away K39-19 35. Takkakaw K39-20 36. [Takkakaw] K39-21 37. Towards swim pool K40-1 38. Towards boathouse K40-2 39. Towards Cath Mt. clouds & autoes K40-3 40. Reflections early AM K40-4 41. [Reflections early AM] K40-5 42. Outlet & stream & mt. White K40-6 43. Boathouse AND People K40-7 44. Lake shore towards staff house nearer K40-8 45. Lake shore towards staff house further K40-9 46. Hotel flower beds & people K40-10 47. Tim’s house nearer shadow on roof K40-11 48. Tim’s house further shadows on roof K40-12 49. Door to Tim’s house K40-13 50. O’Hara & Mt Cath K40-14 51. Stream O’Hara & Mt Cath K40-15 52. Little Odaray & 2 workers on trail K40-16 53. Reflections of Mt Odaray K40-17 54. Log over stream Cataract K40-18 55. From trail to Bridge K40-19 56. Mt & clouds K40-20 57. The wood pile K40-21 58. View from Banff Springs & porch K41-1 59. Same view fr. BSH & porch K41-2 60. View from BSH golf course & river K41-3 61. Dunwoody Home K41-4 62. [Dunwoody Home] flower bed in front K41-5 63. Big snow storm K41-6 64. [Big snow storm] K41-7 65. [Big snow storm] K41-8 66. [Big snow storm] K41-9 67. [Big snow storm] K41-10 68. [Big snow storm] K41-11 69. [Big snow storm] K41-12 70. [Big snow storm] K41-13 71. [Big snow storm] K41-14 72. [Big snow storm] K41-15 73. [Big snow storm] K41-16 74. [Big snow storm] K41-17 75. [Big snow storm] K41-18 76. [Big snow storm] K41-19 77. [Big snow storm] K41-20 78. [Big snow storm] K41-21 79. [Big snow storm] K41-22

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Name Access: Gest, Lillian

Subject Access: Activities; Alpine Club of Canada; Animals; Avalanches; Backpacking; Banff; Banff Indian Days; Banff Springs Hotel; Birds; Boats; Cabins and shelters; Camps; Camping; Canoes and canoeing; Chateau Lake Louise; Climbing; Club; Elk; Entertainment; Environment; Environment and Nature; Flowers; Geography; Glaciers; Guides; Guiding; Hiking; Holidays; Horses; Horseback riding; Horse packing; Huts; Lake O'Hara region; Landscapes; Leisure; Mountain; Mountain Goat; Mountaineering; Mountains; National parks and reserves; Outfitters, trail guides and packers; Pack trains; Pack trips; Personal and Family Life; Photography; Portrait; Recreation; Scenery; Snow; Storm; Tavel; Trails; Trains; Travel; Wildlife; Winter; Women

Geographic Access: Banff; Lake Louise; Moraine Lake; Banff National Park; Lake O'Hara; Yoho National Park; British Columbia; Alberta; Canada

Language: English

Conservation: Slides rehoused into protective sleeves and acid-free folders after scanning.

Creator: Gest, Lillian

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Lake O'Hara Area

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Part Of: Bob Hind fonds

Scope & Content: File pertains to negatives of winter scenes taken around the Lake O'Hara area.

Date Range: [ca. 1931-1939]

Reference Code: V46 / I / A / 2 / NA - 1 to 2

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Negative; Transparency

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Part Of: Bob Hind fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M7 / V46

Series: I.A. Mountain travel and recreation, western Canada : Trips and activities

Sous-Fonds: V46

Accession Number: 7181

Reference Code: V46 / I / A / 2 / NA - 1 to 2

GMD: Negative; Transparency

Date Range: [ca. 1931-1939]

Physical Description: 2 photographs : negatives

History / Biographical: See fonds level description

Scope & Content: File pertains to negatives of winter scenes taken around the Lake O'Hara area.

Name Access: Hind, Bob

Subject Access: Mountains; Snow; Winter

Geographic Access: Lake O'Hara; Yoho National Park; British Columbia; Canada

Language: NA

Related Material: Related to prints in V46 / 28 (PA) - 1

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Snow Dome, Columbia Icefield

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Artist: Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)

Date: 1940 – 1955

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.189

Description: Dome Glacier between Snow Dome and Mt. Kitchener at Columbia Icefield.

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Artist: Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)

Title: Snow Dome, Columbia Icefield

Date: 1940 – 1955

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 22.8 x 28.0 cm

Description: Dome Glacier between Snow Dome and Mt. Kitchener at Columbia Icefield.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; Snow Dome; Dome Glacier; Mt. Kitchener; Columbia Icefield

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.189

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Sulphur Mountain from Bear and Buffalo Street

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1930 – 1933

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.162

Description: A winter scene of a very heavy snowfall on several evergreens dominate this painting. A mountain is completely snow covered in background with blue sky with a suggestion of sunlight filtering through the trees.

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Sulphur Mountain from Bear and Buffalo Street

Date: 1930 – 1933

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 27.8 x 35.4 cm

Description: A winter scene of a very heavy snowfall on several evergreens dominate this painting. A mountain is completely snow covered in background with blue sky with a suggestion of sunlight filtering through the trees.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; town, Banff; winter; snow

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.162

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Early Snow, Mount Assiniboine

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1937

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.164

Description: A sunny day with lots of snow, a ski trail of path leading up to a snow-covered mountain to the left. In immediate foreground is an evergreen to the left, some gold snow-covered larches on the crest of the hill especially to the right. Blue sky with a few wispy white clouds.

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Early Snow, Mount Assiniboine

Date: 1937

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 27.2 x 35.5 cm

Description: A sunny day with lots of snow, a ski trail of path leading up to a snow-covered mountain to the left. In immediate foreground is an evergreen to the left, some gold snow-covered larches on the crest of the hill especially to the right. Blue sky with a few wispy white clouds.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; mountain, Mount Assiniboine; snow

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.164

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Ski Trail

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1930 – 1940

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.172

Description: Half of the painting is a blue, grey and white snow-covered hill with a trail to the right, two skiers on the top beside a snow-covered evergreen. The sky is blue with long white clouds running right across the snow-covered mountains to the left.

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Ski Trail

Date: 1930 – 1940

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 27.5 x 35.2 cm

Description: Half of the painting is a blue, grey and white snow-covered hill with a trail to the right, two skiers on the top beside a snow-covered evergreen. The sky is blue with long white clouds running right across the snow-covered mountains to the left.