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Androsace carinata

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Part Of: Vaux family fonds

Date Range: [between 1894 and 1912]

Reference Code: V653 / PS - 166

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Transparency; Lantern slide

1 image

Part Of: Vaux family fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: M107 / V653

Series: I. Photography

Sub-Series: V. Lantern slides

Reference Code: V653 / PS - 166

GMD: Transparency; Lantern slide

Date Range: [between 1894 and 1912]

Physical Description: 1 transparency : lantern slide

Subject Access: Discovery and Exploration

Creator: Mary Schaffer (Philadelphia, USA) - attributed to

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Anemone des prairies / Mary M. Vaux

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Part Of: Vaux family fonds

Scope & Content: Pasque flower or prairie crocus

Date Range: [between 1894 and 1912]

Reference Code: V653 / PS - 164

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Transparency; Lantern slide

1 image

Part Of: Vaux family fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: M107 / V653

Series: I. Photography

Sub-Series: V. Lantern slides

Reference Code: V653 / PS - 164

GMD: Transparency; Lantern slide

Date Range: [between 1894 and 1912]

Physical Description: 1 transparency : lantern slide

Scope & Content: Pasque flower or prairie crocus

Subject Access: Discovery and Exploration

Creator: Mary M. Vaux (Philadelphia USA)

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Banff Lantern Slides

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Part Of: Archives General File Collection

Scope & Content: Series consists of 4 lantern slides. Slides are views of the Banff Hot Springs, Banff Avenue with Cascade Mountain, Devil's Lake, and the city of Calgary.

Date Range: [c. 1890]

Reference Code: V8 / 7919 / PS - 1 to PS - 4

Description Level: 3 / Series

GMD: Transparency; Lantern slide

4 images

Part Of: Archives General File Collection

Description Level: 3 / Series

Fonds Number: M8 / V8 / S8

Series: Accession Number : 7919

Sous-Fonds: V8

Accession Number: 7919

Reference Code: V8 / 7919 / PS - 1 to PS - 4

GMD: Transparency; Lantern slide

Date Range: [c. 1890]

Physical Description: 4 photographs : b&w slides ; 8.2 x 8.2 cm

Scope & Content: Series consists of 4 lantern slides. Slides are views of the Banff Hot Springs, Banff Avenue with Cascade Mountain, Devil's Lake, and the city of Calgary.

Subject Access: Lantern slide; Tourism

Geographic Access: Banff; Calgary; Alberta; Canada

Language: English

Conservation: All slides were cleaned prior to scanning.

Title Source: Title based on contents of series

Processing Status: Processed

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Children's Coloured Lantern Slides

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Part Of: Archives General File Collection

Scope & Content: Series contains 35 children's magic lantern slides done in colour, machine-printed rather than hand-painted. There are 4 distinct grouping of the slides: 2019.88-1-12 depict the story "The Transvaal War" [manufactured in 1895?]. Each slide has 3 seperate images with black borders and are numbered s…

Date Range: [c.1895]

Reference Code: V8 / 2019.88 / PS - 1 to PS - 35

Description Level: 3 / Series

GMD: Transparency; Lantern slide

35 images

Part Of: Archives General File Collection

Description Level: 3 / Series

Fonds Number: M8 / V8 / S8

Series: Accession Number : 2019.88

Sous-Fonds: V8

Accession Number: 2019.88

Reference Code: V8 / 2019.88 / PS - 1 to PS - 35

GMD: Transparency; Lantern slide

Date Range: [c.1895]

Physical Description: 35 photographs : col. slides ; 6.5 x 22.5 cm

History / Biographical: The Ernst Plank Company (EP) was located in Nerumberg, Germany and operated from 1866 until 1930. The company was known for their production of copper and tin toys, specifically stationary and locomotive toy steam engines and carriages, they also produced a variety of magic lanterns and lantern slides. When they first began producing lantern slides, the standard shape of a slide was a square piece of glass about 8cm x 8cm and, depending on the style of magic lantern being used, may have a wooden frame built around the glass. Styles changed as methods for printing slides and lantern designs advanced – by the 1880’s the wooden frame was removed entirely from the slides and replaced with thin strips of coloured binding tape that protected fingers from the glass edges. Originally, hand painted black silhouette images on glass or wax paper were used to create projected pictures, followed closely by the use of colour paints to create entire scenes. Printed images soon replaced hand-painted slides, allowing for cheaper production and more widespread use. A popular format for commercially manufactured lantern slides was a long piece of glass (usually no more than 23cm long) on which multiple images could be printed in order to tell a smoother story. This allowed for two different kinds of display. The first display has smaller pictures printed in circular or square frames with a solid black border and shown as independent images of a larger narrative with pauses in between. The second display option for these slides is as a panoramic scene with the entire area coloured in (or just with figures displayed like on a stage) so they could seamlessly slide from one side to the other. This long thin kind of slide was ideal for home use and could be easily handled by children. Ernst Plank also produced a toy magic lantern out of lightweight tin that could be lit with a small oil lamp specifically for use by children. Slides meant for that kind of lantern were printed on celluloid or on a single plane of glass with a thin layer of transparent lacquer to protect the image. This created a thinner, more lightweight and less delicate slide ideal for small hands. When a toy magic lantern was purchased it came with 1 or 2 sets (each set consisting of 12 slides) in the lantern’s box, additional sets of a particular theme could be purchased independently. Magic lanterns varied greatly in design and material depending on the use. Professional showmen would have multi-lens lanterns lit by powerful chemicals or high-voltage lightbulbs that would allow them to project clear images onto a large screen for a theater audience. There were also simpler lanterns that could be powered by oil lamps, multi-wick candles, gas lighting, or electricity in the home. One of the most popular themes for slide shows where images from international travel, but domestic scenes, Christmas, and famous historic battles were also very common.

Scope & Content: Series contains 35 children's magic lantern slides done in colour, machine-printed rather than hand-painted. There are 4 distinct grouping of the slides:; 2019.88-1-12 depict the story "The Transvaal War" [manufactured in 1895?]. Each slide has 3 seperate images with black borders and are numbered sequentially so that the showman could keep track. There is no maker's mark, but according to a note placed in the accompanying lantern slide box, this set was made by the Ernst Plank Company. The slides depict protraits of men in various uniforms, battle scenes, and soldiers in uniform. Each silde is bordered with green paper in good condition.; 2019.88-13-16 are unrelated EP slides bordered in red paper of varying condition. 13 has 4 travel images seperated with a black border; 14 is a long slide showing 4 boys in play dress as a marching band; 15 is a panoramic sea scape with ships and a harbour. A section of the coloured glass along the top slightly to the left of centre has been chipped off; 16 is a panoramic pastoral Dutch scene set in the springtime. The supporting glass piece has been badly damaged and is missing on the left end of the slide.; 2019.88-17-28 are all travel scenes with 4 images to a slide seperated with a black border and no maker's mark. The images contain a mixture of people, animals, buildings and temples (mainly made from stone), boats, and landscapes from North America, Africa (with an emphasis on Egypt), and what could be either South America or Eurasia. All slides are bordered in red paper of fair to good condition.; 2019.88-29-35 are unrelated EP slides of various styles bordered in red paper in fair to good condition. 29 depicts 4 caricature portraits with a black border; 30, 32, 34 are long slides with 4 individuals on each that are not seperated from eachother with borders, but are not part of a larger scene; 31, 33, 35 are all panoramic pastoral Dutch scenes set in both springtime and winter.

Notes: Accompanying the slides is what appears to be an original lantern slide box, made of wood and covered in faded purple paper with a steam engine train image on the top and a logo containing the intials "E.P." The logo consists of a 4-spoke wheel with wings on either side and 3 stars above. One short end of the box is missing and the sliding lid is either warped or stuck and does not open. A sticky note placed inside the box states that the green-line lantern slides (2019.88/PS-1 to PS-12) accompanied the box.

Subject Access: Lantern slide; Children; Education; Entertainment

Language: N/A

Conservation: New binding tape, supports for broken glass

Creator: Ernst Plank Company

Biographical Source Notes: https://www.luikerwaal.com/newframe_uk.htm?/merk_ep1_uk.htm; https://libraries.psu.edu/findingaids/2328.htm#toc

Title Source: Title based on contents of series.

Processing Status: Processed

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Claytonia lanceolata

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Part Of: Vaux family fonds

Date Range: [between 1894 and 1912]

Reference Code: V653 / PS - 163

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Transparency; Lantern slide

1 image

Part Of: Vaux family fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: M107 / V653

Series: I. Photography

Sub-Series: V. Lantern slides

Reference Code: V653 / PS - 163

GMD: Transparency; Lantern slide

Date Range: [between 1894 and 1912]

Physical Description: 1 transparency : lantern slide

Subject Access: Discovery and Exploration

Creator: Mary Schaffer (Philadelphia, USA) - attributed to

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Courtyard of Banff Springs Hotel; Hector Crawler (Wachegiye) (Prayer Giver), Peter Wesley (Ta Otha) (Moose Hunter), unknown, unknown

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Part Of: Moore family fonds

Scope & Content: Item consists of group in regalia on horseback in the courtyard of th Banff Springs Hotel, on left is Hector Crawler (Wachegiye) (Prayer Giver) and Peter Wesley (Ta Otha) (Moose Hunter) next to him.

Date Range: 1899 - 1927

Reference Code: V439 / PS - 336

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph; Lantern slide; Transparency

1 image

Part Of: Moore family fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: V439

Series: I. Philip Moore series

Sous-Fonds: V439

Sub-Series: B. Professional papers and photographs 2. Research, writing and lecturing d. Photographs i. Lantern slides (transparencies)

Reference Code: V439 / PS - 336

GMD: Photograph; Lantern slide; Transparency

Date Range: 1899 - 1927

Physical Description: 1 transparency : lantern slide

Scope & Content: Item consists of group in regalia on horseback in the courtyard of th Banff Springs Hotel, on left is Hector Crawler (Wachegiye) (Prayer Giver) and Peter Wesley (Ta Otha) (Moose Hunter) next to him.

Subject Access: Stoney Nakoda; Indigenous Peoples; Buildings and memorials; Discovery and exploration; Environment and Nature; First Nations; Transportation

Geographic Access: Alberta

Title Source: Title is based on contents of item

Processing Status: Processed

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Cypripedium passerinum

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Part Of: Vaux family fonds

Date Range: [between 1894 and 1912]

Reference Code: V653 / PS - 165

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Transparency; Lantern slide

1 image

Part Of: Vaux family fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: M107 / V653

Series: I. Photography

Sub-Series: V. Lantern slides

Reference Code: V653 / PS - 165

GMD: Transparency; Lantern slide

Date Range: [between 1894 and 1912]

Physical Description: 1 transparency : lantern slide

Subject Access: Discovery and Exploration

Creator: Mary Schaffer (Philadelphia, USA) - attributed to

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Educational Lantern Slides

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Part Of: Archives General File Collection

Scope & Content: Series consists of 38 lantern slides. Most are credited to either the Department of the Interior or the Department of Extension, University of Alberta.

Date Range: [c. 1930]

Reference Code: V8 / 3326 / PS - 1 to PS - 38

Description Level: 3 / Series

GMD: Transparency; Lantern slide

38 images

Part Of: Archives General File Collection

Description Level: 3 / Series

Fonds Number: M8 / V8 / S8

Series: Accession Number : 3326

Sous-Fonds: V8

Accession Number: 3326

Reference Code: V8 / 3326 / PS - 1 to PS - 38

GMD: Transparency; Lantern slide

Date Range: [c. 1930]

Physical Description: 38 photographs : b&w and col. slides ; 10.2 x 8.2 cm

History / Biographical: Lantern slides were used by government agencies to illustrate holdings and acquisitions during meetings. This could take the form of text-based or photographic images. This collection contains photographic images of mainly Jasper National Park that were taken by the Department of the Interior or the Department of Extension, University of Alberta. The Department of the Interior was founded in 1873 and was responsible for settlement and development of western Canada until 1936. This included surveying what is now Alberta and then promoting and settling the area through a massive immigration campaign. Coloured lantern slides would have been utilized in this capacity to realistically showcase the Rocky Mountain region to officials in Ottawa. The Department of Extension at the University of Alberta was founded in 1912 with the aim of sharing the University's collections and knowledge with rural communities throughout Alberta. Based out of Edmonton, the Department of Extension used travelling libraries, magic lantern shows, and public lectures to accomplish this goal. It is still an active department at the University of Alberta in Edmonton.

Scope & Content: Series consists of 38 lantern slides. Most are credited to either the Department of the Interior or the Department of Extension, University of Alberta.

Subject Access: Lantern slide; Education

Geographic Access: Jasper; Alberta; Canada

Language: N/A

Creator: Department of the Interior; Department of Extension, University of Alberta

Biographical Source Notes: https://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/canadian-state/023012-1611-e.html; https://www.ualberta.ca/extension/information/about-us

Title Source: Title based on contents of series

Processing Status: Processed

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Family portrait - unidentified

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: Framed photograph depicts a group portrait of an unidentified family with 13 people, including 5 children. Family is posing near a large bench surrounded by gardens.

Date Range: [ca.1930-1950]

Reference Code: LUX / II / F2 / PC - 19

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph; Framed print

Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: LUX

Series: LUX / II / F : Collected material

Sous-Fonds: LUX / II : Eleanor Luxton sous-fonds

Sub-Series: LUX / II / F2 : Photographs

Accession Number: LUX

Reference Code: LUX / II / F2 / PC - 19

GMD: Photograph; Framed print

Date Range: [ca.1930-1950]

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w framed print ; 20 x 25 cm

Scope & Content: Framed photograph depicts a group portrait of an unidentified family with 13 people, including 5 children. Family is posing near a large bench surrounded by gardens.

Material Details: Photograph is in dark brown, simple wooden frame with no glass front. Two metal loops attached to back for hanging, triangle-shaped metal stand attached to back with decorated metal clasp. Back of frame made of plain dark wood.

Subject Access: Family and personal life; Portrait; Children

Language: N/A

Category: Family and personal life

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Family portrait, possibly Elizabeth Ann Boyd McDougall and her five sons

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: Photograph depicts a group of five men and one woman, possibly Elizabeth Ann Boyd McDougall and her five sons (George, John, Morley, David and Douglas).

Date Range: [ca.1930-1935]

Reference Code: LUX / II / F2 / PC - 3

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph; Framed print

Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: LUX

Series: LUX / II / F : Collected material

Sous-Fonds: LUX / II : Eleanor Luxton sous-fonds

Sub-Series: LUX / II / F2 : Photographs

Accession Number: LUX

Reference Code: LUX / II / F2 / PC - 3

GMD: Photograph; Framed print

Responsibility: Photograph produced by E.B. Curlette of Calgary

Date Range: [ca.1930-1935]

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w framed print ; 38 x 33 cm

Scope & Content: Photograph depicts a group of five men and one woman, possibly Elizabeth Ann Boyd McDougall and her five sons (George, John, Morley, David and Douglas).

Material Details: Dark wooden frame with striped design, plain brown paper covering back, glass front, metal hanging wire.

Subject Access: Family and personal life; Portrait

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; Calgary

Language: N/A

Category: Family and personal life

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Content Details: Sticker on back of frame reads: LINTON BROS. Booksellers and stationers School and office supplies Calgary M 6441 Alberta

Processing Status: Processed

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George McLean (Tatâga Mânî) (Walking Buffalo), Stoney Nakoda

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Part Of: Moore family fonds

Scope & Content: Item consists of George McLean (Tatâga Mânî) (Walking Buffalo) dressed in regalia on horseback.

Date Range: 1899 - 1927

Reference Code: V439 / PS - 339

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph; Lantern slide; Transparency

1 image

Part Of: Moore family fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: V439

Series: I. Philip Moore series

Sous-Fonds: V439

Sub-Series: B. Professional papers and photographs 2. Research, writing and lecturing d. Photographs i. Lantern slides (transparencies)

Reference Code: V439 / PS - 339

GMD: Photograph; Lantern slide; Transparency

Date Range: 1899 - 1927

Physical Description: 1 transparency : lantern slide

Scope & Content: Item consists of George McLean (Tatâga Mânî) (Walking Buffalo) dressed in regalia on horseback.

Name Access: McLean, George

Subject Access: Stoney Nakoda; Indigenous Peoples; Environment and Nature; First Nations; Transportation

Geographic Access: Alberta

Creator: [Harry Pollard]

Title Source: Title is based on contents of item

Processing Status: Processed

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Group of Indigenous children on Churchill River

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Part Of: Moore family fonds

Scope & Content: Pertains to a group of Indigenous children posed in front of a building on Churchill River, Manitoba

Date Range: 1899 - 1927

Reference Code: V439 / PS - 290

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph; Lantern slide; Transparency

1 image

Part Of: Moore family fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: V439

Series: I. Philip Moore series

Sous-Fonds: V439

Sub-Series: B. Professional papers and photographs 2. Research, writing and lecturing d. Photographs i. Lantern slides (transparencies)

Reference Code: V439 / PS - 290

GMD: Photograph; Lantern slide; Transparency

Parallel Title: Indians on Churchill River. [Manitoba]

Date Range: 1899 - 1927

Physical Description: 1 transparency : lantern slide

Scope & Content: Pertains to a group of Indigenous children posed in front of a building on Churchill River, Manitoba

Subject Access: Buildings and memorials; Discovery and exploration; First Nations; Indigenous people

Geographic Access: Manitoba

Processing Status: Processed

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Group of Inuit children at Nome, Alaska

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Part Of: Moore family fonds

Scope & Content: Pertains to group of Inuit children posed in Nome, Alaska.

Date Range: 1899 - 1927

Reference Code: V439 / PS - 297

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph; Lantern slide; Transparency

1 image

Part Of: Moore family fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: V439

Series: I. Philip Moore series

Sous-Fonds: V439

Sub-Series: B. Professional papers and photographs 2. Research, writing and lecturing d. Photographs i. Lantern slides (transparencies)

Reference Code: V439 / PS - 297

GMD: Photograph; Lantern slide; Transparency

Parallel Title: Group of Eskimo children. Nome Alaska

Date Range: 1899 - 1927

Physical Description: 1 transparency : lantern slide

Scope & Content: Pertains to group of Inuit children posed in Nome, Alaska.

Subject Access: Discovery and exploration; Family and personal life; Indigenous Peoples; Inuit

Geographic Access: Alaska

Processing Status: Processed

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'Hermit's Hut Castle Mt.' Harry Pollard Framed Print

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Part Of: Nicholas Morant fonds

Scope & Content: 1 framed print, black and white, titled 'Hermit's Hut Castle Mt'. Attached clear plastic pocket at back of the frame holding a biographical article about Harry Pollard (presumably the creator of the photograph).

Date Range: [ca. 1925 - ca. 1940]

Reference Code: V500 / III / D / 4 / PC - 9 O.S.

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print; Framed print

Part Of: Nicholas Morant fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: M300 / V500 / S20

Sous-Fonds: V500

Sub-Series: V500 / III / D / 4 : Personal and Family Photography

Accession Number: 7784

Reference Code: V500 / III / D / 4 / PC - 9 O.S.

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print; Framed print

Responsibility: Nicholas Morant

Date Range: [ca. 1925 - ca. 1940]

Physical Description: 1 Framed Photograph: print; b&w

History / Biographical: Harry Pollard (1880 - 1968) was a famous photographer in Western Canada, who was notable for his photography of Canadian Indigenous peoples and cultures. From the Provincial Archives of Alberta: "In 1924 the Associated Screen News, a subsidiary of the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR), hired [Harry] Pollard to photograph their global ocean cruises for promotional purposes. It was this job that took him around the world 14 times".

Scope & Content: 1 framed print, black and white, titled 'Hermit's Hut Castle Mt'. Attached clear plastic pocket at back of the frame holding a biographical article about Harry Pollard (presumably the creator of the photograph).