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Archives General File collection

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Part Of: Archives General File Collection

Scope & Content: The Archives General File is an artificial collection of accessions which do not constitute separate fonds or collections or cannot be placed within existing fonds or collections. Included in the collection are textual records of many types, such as manuscripts, reports, letters, diaries, speeches…

Date Range: [after 1890]

Reference Code: M8 / S8 / V8

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

GMD: Motion picture; Film; Video; Photograph; Album; Framed print; Negative; Photograph print; Postcard; Transparency; Sound recording; Cassette; Reel to reel; Textual record; Diary; Plan; Private record; Published record

Part Of: Archives General File Collection

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

Fonds Number: M 8; S 8; V 8

Sous-Fonds: M8 / S8 / V8

Accession Number: Numerous. Access to material via accession number is available through the online database

Reference Code: M8 / S8 / V8

GMD: Motion picture; Film; Video; Photograph; Album; Framed print; Negative; Photograph print; Postcard; Transparency; Sound recording; Cassette; Reel to reel; Textual record; Diary; Plan; Private record; Published record

Date Range: [after 1890]

Physical Description: 57 cm textual records. -- 50 cm of photographs : prints. -- 189 photographs (15 framed prints, 51 transparencies, 79 negatives; 44 copy negatives). -- 3 photograph albums (139 prints). -- 6 motion pictures. -- 9 sound recordings

Scope & Content: The Archives General File is an artificial collection of accessions which do not constitute separate fonds or collections or cannot be placed within existing fonds or collections. Included in the collection are textual records of many types, such as manuscripts, reports, letters, diaries, speeches, poetry, plans and others; photographs in the form of prints, negatives, transparencies, albums, postcards, etc.; sound recorded interviews and programmes; and motion pictures. Material pertains broadly to the Banff area and many other areas within the Archives collecting mandate.; Notable items include: Walter Wilcox letter; George Kinney report; interviews with Bill Round and Edward Feuz; original copy of Treaty Number Seven; Mary Schaffer material, including letters, notes, photograph and report; reports on the Nakimu Caves; film pertaining to Banff Winter Carnival; Georgia Engelhard letters and photos; plans for buildings and structures; George Noble photograph; W. S. Park photograph.

Name Access: Archives General File

Subject Access: Exploration, discovery and travel; Family and personal life; First Nations; Sports, recreation and leisure

Access Restrictions: No restrictions on access; Copyright, privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply

Language: Language is English

Finding Aid: Finding aids and reference tools: electronic database

Creator: Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies

Category: Exploration, discovery and travel; Family and personal life; First nations; Sports, recreation and leisure

Title Source: Title describes nature of collection. Individual titles in accession-level inventory have generally been assigned.

Processing Status: Processed

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Mary Schaffer fonds

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Part Of: Mary Schaffer fonds

Scope & Content: Fonds consists of three series: I. Personal, literary and research papers, 1907-ca.1935; II. Mary Schaffer photographs, 1893-ca.1920; II. Other, 1895-1928. I. Papers series consists of four sub-series: A. Correspondence, 1908-1922; B. Literary manuscripts (original and published), 1907-ca.1925; …

Date Range: 1893-[ca.1935]

Reference Code: M79 / V527

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

GMD: Photograph; Album; Negative; Photograph print; Transparency; Textual record; Diary; Map; Private record; Published record

Part Of: Mary Schaffer fonds

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

Fonds Number: M79 / V527

Series: V527

Sous-Fonds: V527

Accession Number: 275, 439, 573, 2685, 2764, 2933, 2996, 3284, 3302, 5248, 7202, 7731, 7737

Reference Code: M79 / V527

GMD: Photograph; Album; Negative; Photograph print; Transparency; Textual record; Diary; Map; Private record; Published record

Other Title Info: Also known as Mary Schaffer Warren fonds

Date Range: 1893-[ca.1935]

Physical Description: 35 cm of textual records. -- ca.2025 photographs (ca.1550 transparencies, ca.400 negatives, 75 prints). -- 7 photograph albums (ca.1760 prints)

History / Biographical: Mary Schaffer, 1861-1939, also known as Mary Schaffer Warren, was an American explorer, photographer and artist who visited the Canadian Rockies and Selkirk Mountains frequently beginning in 1888, finally settling in Banff, Alberta in 1912. Born Mary Townsend Sharples to moderately wealthy Quaker parents at West Chester, Pennsylvania, she first visited the Canadian Rockies and Selkirk Mountains in 1888 with her friend Mary Vaux. She returned the following year with her husband, Dr. Charles Schaffer, and until Charles died in 1903, the Schaffers travelled annually to the mountains to study botany. Using Dr. Schaffer's data and her drawings and photographs, Mary Schaffer and Stewardson Brown completed "Alpine flora of the Canadian Rocky Mountains" in 1907.; Schaffer continued to travel in the Canadian mountains, often through remote regions. In 1908, she reached Maligne Lake in Jasper National Park, Alberta, and returned in 1911 to survey the region. "Old Indian Trails of the Canadian Rockies," 1911, recounts her adventures of 1907 and 1908. Schaffer settled in Banff in 1912 and married her guide, Billy Warren, in 1915.

Scope & Content: Fonds consists of three series: I. Personal, literary and research papers, 1907-ca.1935; II. Mary Schaffer photographs, 1893-ca.1920; II. Other, 1895-1928.; I. Papers series consists of four sub-series: A. Correspondence, 1908-1922; B. Literary manuscripts (original and published), 1907-ca.1925; C. Maps of Maligne Lake; D. Other, 1905-ca.1935. Literary manuscripts pertain to the Athabasca River, Maligne Lake, Howse, Yellowhead and Athabasca passes; hunting; Dr. Gilbert Atkin and Nurse Fulcher's medical mission to Ya Ha Tinda Ranch; Banff, Revelstoke BC, Saskatchewan River; Stoney Nakoda; Palliser Expedition; and Mary Schaffer life and activities.; II. Photographs series consists of four sub-series: A. Lantern slides; B. Photograph albums; C. Negatives; D. Prints. Lantern slides pertain to Mary Schaffer's trips to Maligne Lake and Yellowhead Pass, mountain scenics, nature subjects (animals, birds, flowers); and includes Mary Schaffer's lantern slide presentations "In the Heart of the Canadian Rockies", accompanied by scripts; Philip Moore's Indigenous lecture series, mainly copies from books and other graphic sources; and Mary Schaffer's slides of China and Japan. Photograph albums, 1908-ca.1921, pertain mainly to trips in the Canadian Rocky and Selkirk Mountains, especially expeditions to the Yoho and Ptarmigan Valleys, Nakimu Caves, North Saskatchewan River, Wilcox Pass and Maligne Lake. Two albums pertain to travels in Mexico and Asia. Negatives pertain mainly to Schaffer's trips and explorations, Glacier House and environs, alpine flora and fauna, mountain views, portraits, Sampson Beaver family, 1902-1911.; III. Other material series consists of diaries of Molly Adams, 1908, and Mrs. H. H. Sharples, 1911, and original manuscripts and published reports by other writers, 1895-1928.

Name Access: Adams, Molly; Schaffer, Mary

Subject Access: Arts; Environment; Exploration, discovery and travel

Access Restrictions: Some restrictions on access to originals; Copyright, privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply

Language: Language is English

Finding Aid: Finding aids and reference tools: arrangement outline; series and file description for processed material; electronic finding aid; item list for lantern slides; copies of literary manuscripts; modern reference prints for lantern slides

Related Material: Accompanied by books, artifacts and art works

Creator: Schaffer, Mary

Category: Arts; Environment; Exploration, discovery and travel

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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An Indian Packer with an average load of 200 lbs.

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Part Of: Mary Schaffer fonds

Date Range: [ca. 1908 - 192-]

Reference Code: V527 / PS 1 - 1032

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph; Lantern slide; Transparency

1 image

Part Of: Mary Schaffer fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: M79 / V527

Series: II. Photography series

Sous-Fonds: V527

Sub-Series: A. Lantern slides 10. World travels

Reference Code: V527 / PS 1 - 1032

GMD: Photograph; Lantern slide; Transparency

Date Range: [ca. 1908 - 192-]

Physical Description: 1 transparency : lantern slide

Subject Access: Transportation; Environment and Nature

Geographic Access: [India]

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Banff Cafe staff

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Part Of: Archives General File Collection

Scope & Content: File consists of 8 photographs of Banff Cafe staff and building

Date Range: ca. 1920 - 1930

Reference Code: V8 / 2014.8283

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print

Part Of: Archives General File Collection

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M8 / V8 / S8

Series: 2014.8283

Sous-Fonds: V8

Accession Number: 2014.8283

Reference Code: V8 / 2014.8283

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print

Date Range: ca. 1920 - 1930

Physical Description: 8 photographs : b&w ; 12.5 x 8 cm

History / Biographical: Lester Gus Zarkos, b.1921 Brandon, MB. His parents and younger sister arrived Banff 1926. Lester's parents had the cafe on Banff Avenue (old location - Grizzly House) and lived upstairs. Parents separated. Lester's father Samuel Zarkos, d. 1933 (buried in old Banff Cemetary). Lester moved with his mother Alice to Chicago and lived between Chicago and St. Paul's MN until his mother died, ca. 1935. Lester joined RCAF as a rear gunner. Never saw action and returned to Banff following the war. Lester worked at Banff Cafe as waiter. Lester and his uncle Paul Zarkos of Calgary opened a deli on Banff Ave and operated it for a number of years. Lester relocated to Calgary in 1956 and worked as waiter, maitre d', and returned to Banff in 1966 where he operated Banff Delicatessen on Banff Ave. He married H.G. in 1951. H.G. was from Nanton, Alberta and she worked at the Banff Post Office. Following Mount Royal Hotel fire, the family left and returned to the space - Welch's Chocolate Shop. 3 children: Paulette Jean, b.1952; Leslie David, b.1953, d. 1974; Carolyn Anne, b. 1955.

Scope & Content: File consists of 8 photographs of Banff Cafe staff and building

Name Access: Zarkos, Lester

Geographic Access: Alberta; Banff National Park

Language: English

Category: Commerce and industry

Biographical Source Notes: Accession record

Title Source: Title based on contents

Processing Status: Processed

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Banff Indian Days

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Part Of: Archives General File Collection

Scope & Content: Item consists of the back of an unknown individual on a bucking horse at Banff Indian Days.

Date Range: ca.1926

Reference Code: V8 / accn 3797 / pa - 4

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print

1 image

Part Of: Archives General File Collection

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: M8; V8; S8

Sous-Fonds: V8

Accession Number: 3797

Reference Code: V8 / accn 3797 / pa - 4

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print

Date Range: ca.1926

Physical Description: 1 photograph print

Scope & Content: Item consists of the back of an unknown individual on a bucking horse at Banff Indian Days.

Subject Access: Banff Indian Days; Indigenous Peoples; First Nations; Stoney Nakoda; Sports; Horses

Geographic Access: Alberta

Related Material: Recognizing Relations number: RR 535

Title Source: Information provided by Stoney Nakoda Elders during the Recognizing Relations project, an archives initiative undertaken in 2014 to identify Indigenous people in photographs held in the Whyte Museum Archives and Special Collections.

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Banff Indian Days [Stoney Nakoda camp at foot of Cascade Mountain]

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Part Of: Mary Schaffer fonds

Date Range: [ca. 1900 - 192-]

Reference Code: V527 / PS 1 - 683

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph; Lantern slide; Transparency

1 image

Part Of: Mary Schaffer fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: M79 / V527

Series: II. Photography series

Sous-Fonds: V527

Sub-Series: A. Lantern slides 8. Native people

Reference Code: V527 / PS 1 - 683

GMD: Photograph; Lantern slide; Transparency

Date Range: [ca. 1900 - 192-]

Physical Description: 1 transparency : lantern slide

Subject Access: Buildings and memorials; Environment and Nature; First nations; Public events

Geographic Access: Alberta

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Banff National Park

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Part Of: Archives General File Collection

Scope & Content: File consists of 74 photographic prints and 14 postcards (3 annotated), and 2 menus from the Sulphur Mountain Chalet. Photographs and postcards are of the Banff area

Date Range: ca. 1940 - 1965

Reference Code: V8 / 2014.8307

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print; Postcard

Part Of: Archives General File Collection

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M8 / V8 / S8

Series: 2014.8307

Sous-Fonds: V8

Accession Number: 2014.8307

Reference Code: V8 / 2014.8307

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print; Postcard

Date Range: ca. 1940 - 1965

Physical Description: 74 photographs : b&w ; 13 x 9 cm or smaller; 05 cm of textual records (13 x 9 cm)

History / Biographical: Tunstall family from Edmonton, AB. Mother- Mary Tunstall Senior; Mary- Clerk of U of A; Dora- housewife; Evelyn -left to do work on Alaska Navy-- Mary, Dora and Evelyn were aunts of Dennis Stansfield

Scope & Content: File consists of 74 photographic prints and 14 postcards (3 annotated), and 2 menus from the Sulphur Mountain Chalet. Photographs and postcards are of the Banff area

Name Access: Tunstall, Dora; Tunstall, Mary; Missal, Dora

Geographic Access: Alberta; Banff National Park; Johnston Canyon

Language: English

Category: Sports, recreation and leisure; Transportation; Environment

Biographical Source Notes: Accession record

Title Source: based on contents

Processing Status: Processed

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Banff Trip Photographs

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Part Of: Archives General File Collection

Scope & Content: File consists of 3 b&w panoramic prints and 25 photograph postcards and 4 printed postcards. Images are of Banff National Park and area.

Date Range: ca. 1915 - 1940

Reference Code: V8 / 2014.8301

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print; Textual record

Part Of: Archives General File Collection

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M8; V8; S8

Series: V8 / 2014.8301

Sous-Fonds: V8

Accession Number: 2014.8301

Reference Code: V8 / 2014.8301

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print; Textual record

Date Range: ca. 1915 - 1940

Physical Description: 28 photographs : b&w and col. ; 7 x 18 or smaller and 2 post cards : col.

Scope & Content: File consists of 3 b&w panoramic prints and 25 photograph postcards and 4 printed postcards. Images are of Banff National Park and area.

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; Banff National Park

Language: English

Category: Exploration and travel; Tourism

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Banff Winter Carnival

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Part Of: Archives General File Collection

Scope & Content: File consists of 30 photograpohs of the Banff Winter Carnival festivities

Date Range: ca. 1930 - ca. 1945

Reference Code: V8 / 2015.8402

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph print; Photograph

Part Of: Archives General File Collection

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M8 / V8 / S8

Series: 2015.8402

Sous-Fonds: V8

Accession Number: 2015.8402

Reference Code: V8 / 2015.8402

GMD: Photograph print; Photograph

Date Range: ca. 1930 - ca. 1945

Physical Description: 30 photographs : b&w ; 25 x 20 cm

Scope & Content: File consists of 30 photograpohs of the Banff Winter Carnival festivities

Subject Access: Banff Winter Carnival; Banff Winter Festival

Geographic Access: Alberta; Banff National Park

Language: English

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Bow Valley and area

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Part Of: Archives General File Collection

Scope & Content: Album consists of 94 pages of b&w photographs; 1 carte des visites and postcard. Photographs feature locations such as Banff, Bankhead, Lake Louise, Marble Canyon, Vermilion Lakes, and other Rocky Mountain areas. The album has some pictures of the Stanford house in Banff as well as family, friends…

Date Range: 1921

Reference Code: V8 / 2015.8557 PD-1

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Album; Photograph; Photograph print

230 images 1 Electronic Resource

Part Of: Archives General File Collection

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M8 / V8 / S8

Series: V8 / 2015.8557

Sous-Fonds: V8

Accession Number: 2015.8557

Reference Code: V8 / 2015.8557 PD-1

GMD: Album; Photograph; Photograph print

Date Range: 1921

Physical Description: 1 photograph album: b&w

History / Biographical: Edith Berenice Dunsworth (nee Stenton) was born in Banff on May 20, 1927. Berenice is the daughter of Joseph Alexander Stenton and Elizabeth Florence Stenton (nee Williams). Berenice had one sister, Marguerite Flora Lineker (nee Stenton). Berenice was married to Dr. Brian Dunsworth (19??-2014). Berenice's grandparents were George and Flora McKenzie and George was likely a son of the Stanford family. Berenice remembers her grandparent's house was next door to the Stanford house. Berenice's other grandparents were Percy and Elizabeth Williams who settled in Bankhead, near Banff, when they arrived from England ca.1910.

Scope & Content: Album consists of 94 pages of b&w photographs; 1 carte des visites and postcard. Photographs feature locations such as Banff, Bankhead, Lake Louise, Marble Canyon, Vermilion Lakes, and other Rocky Mountain areas. The album has some pictures of the Stanford house in Banff as well as family, friends, and events. Of note are photographs of "Peter White" and "The Artists' Cottage Mrs. Drummond." Photographs are mostly annotated and tipped into album pages with photo corners. The inside cover of first page is inscribed: "To Beth from Rose Aug 20/21. Some photographs are missing from some pages and a few loose photographs are tucked in behind others.

Name Access: White, Peter; Whyte, Peter

Geographic Access: Banff; Lake Louise

Language: English

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Cave and Basin

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Part Of: Archives General File Collection

Scope & Content: File consists of 4 photographs of six men visiting teh Cave and Basin

Date Range: ca. 1920 - 1940

Reference Code: V8 / 2014.8274

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print

Part Of: Archives General File Collection

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M8 / V8 / S8

Series: 2014.8274

Sous-Fonds: V8

Accession Number: 2014.8274

Reference Code: V8 / 2014.8274

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print

Date Range: ca. 1920 - 1940

Physical Description: 4 photographs : b&w ; 12 x 7 cm

Scope & Content: File consists of 4 photographs of six men visiting teh Cave and Basin

Name Access: Thomas, Jo

Geographic Access: Alberta; Banff National Park

Language: English

Category: Sports, recreation and leisure; Transportation

Title Source: Title based on contents

Processing Status: Processed

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Clifford and Elizabeth Whyte Family

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Part Of: Archives General File Collection

Scope & Content: File consists of 1 photograph of the Whyte Family, Including Clifford James and Elizabeth Jane Whyte family. Insert includes a photocopy of family history

Date Range: ca. 1910

Reference Code: V8 / 2014.8314 / 1

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph print; Photograph

Part Of: Archives General File Collection

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M8 / V8 / S8

Series: 2014.8314

Sous-Fonds: V8

Accession Number: 2014.8314

Reference Code: V8 / 2014.8314 / 1

GMD: Photograph print; Photograph

Date Range: ca. 1910

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 24 x 14 cm

Scope & Content: File consists of 1 photograph of the Whyte Family, Including Clifford James and Elizabeth Jane Whyte family. Insert includes a photocopy of family history

Name Access: Whyte, Clifford; Whyte, Elizabeth

Language: English

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Coming over Nigel Pass

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Part Of: Mary Schaffer fonds

Scope & Content: Charles R. Pancoast, Philadelphia

Date Range: [ca. 1900 - ca. 1920]

Reference Code: V527 / PS 4 - 1

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph; Lantern slide; Transparency

1 image

Part Of: Mary Schaffer fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Series: II. Photography series

Sub-Series: A. Lantern slides 11. General

Reference Code: V527 / PS 4 - 1

GMD: Photograph; Lantern slide; Transparency

Date Range: [ca. 1900 - ca. 1920]

Physical Description: 1 transparency : lantern slide

Scope & Content: Charles R. Pancoast, Philadelphia

Subject Access: Discovery and Exploration; Environment and Nature; Transportation

Geographic Access: Alberta

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[Emmeline Savatard and Nello "Tex" Vernon-Wood packing horse, upper Red Deer Valley?, Banff Park]

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Part Of: Archives General File Collection

Scope & Content: Image of a woman identified as Emmeline Savatard tightening the ropes on the load of a pack horse as a man identified as Nello "Tex" Vernon Wood assists.

Date Range: ca. 1915

Reference Code: v8 / 1 / 16 / na66 - 1912

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph; Negative, copy

1 image

Part Of: Archives General File Collection

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: V8

Sous-Fonds: V8

Accession Number: 2190

Reference Code: v8 / 1 / 16 / na66 - 1912

GMD: Photograph; Negative, copy

Date Range: ca. 1915

Physical Description: 1 photograph : negative : copy negative

Scope & Content: Image of a woman identified as Emmeline Savatard tightening the ropes on the load of a pack horse as a man identified as Nello "Tex" Vernon Wood assists.

Notes: From album of unidentified pack trip to Red Deer Valley, Big Horn Creek, Molar, Ptarmigan and Deception Pass with guides "Tex" Vernon Wood and Bert "Red" Johnson and possibily A.O. Wheeler and Emmaline Savatard