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Lake O'Hara Lodge

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Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Scope & Content: Image of Lake O'Hara and the Lodge's cabins along the shore with Wiwaxy in the background - "The Cabins at O'Hara 1929" written on the back in pencil

Date Range: 1929

Reference Code: V683 / III / A / 15 / PA - 33

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph

2 images

Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: M36 / V683 / S37

Series: V683 / III / A / 15 : Peter and Catharine Whyte: Collected Photographs

Sous-Fonds: V683

Accession Number: .

Reference Code: V683 / III / A / 15 / PA - 33

GMD: Photograph

Date Range: 1929

Physical Description: Photograph: 1 print (front and back) ; b&w.

Scope & Content: Image of Lake O'Hara and the Lodge's cabins along the shore with Wiwaxy in the background - "The Cabins at O'Hara 1929" written on the back in pencil

Subject Access: Buildings; Cabins; Lake O'Hara Lodge; Mountains

Geographic Access: Lake O'Hara; Yoho National Park

Language: English

Title Source: Title based on item

Processing Status: Processed

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Looking south from Abbot Pass

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Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Scope & Content: Image of mountain ranges covered in snow - "Looking south from the hut [/] Oesa at the foot" written on the back in pencil

Date Range: 1929-1930

Reference Code: V683 / III / A / 15 / PA - 15

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph

2 images

Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: M36 / V683 / S37

Series: V683 / III / A / 15 : Peter and Catharine Whyte: Collected Photographs

Sous-Fonds: V683

Accession Number: .

Reference Code: V683 / III / A / 15 / PA - 15

GMD: Photograph

Date Range: 1929-1930

Physical Description: Photograph: 1 print (front and back) ; b&w.

Scope & Content: Image of mountain ranges covered in snow - "Looking south from the hut [/] Oesa at the foot" written on the back in pencil

Subject Access: Abbot Pass Hut; Mountains

Geographic Access: Abbot Pass; Yoho National Park; Banff National Park

Language: English

Title Source: Title based on item

Processing Status: Processed

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Marble Canyon Tea Room

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Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Scope & Content: Image of the approaching drive to the Marble Canyon Tea Room - parked cars in the bottom left corner

Date Range: 1923

Reference Code: V683 / III / A / 4 / PA - 73

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph

2 images

Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: M36 / V683 / S37

Series: V683 / III / A / 4 : Peter and Catharine Whyte: Banff and Area Activities and Events

Sous-Fonds: V683

Accession Number: .

Reference Code: V683 / III / A / 4 / PA - 73

GMD: Photograph

Date Range: 1923

Physical Description: Photograph: 1 print (front and back); b&w.

Scope & Content: Image of the approaching drive to the Marble Canyon Tea Room - parked cars in the bottom left corner

Subject Access: Automobiles; Marble Canyon Tea Room

Geographic Access: Yoho National Park

Language: NA

Title Source: Title based on item

Processing Status: Processed

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Marmot

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Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Scope & Content: Image of a marmot on rocks with a mountain in the distance - "Marmot on Odaray bench" written on the back in pencil

Date Range: 1929-1930

Reference Code: V683 / III / A / 15 / PA - 31

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph

2 images

Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: M36 / V683 / S37

Series: V683 / III / A / 15 : Peter and Catharine Whyte: Collected Photographs

Sous-Fonds: V683

Accession Number: .

Reference Code: V683 / III / A / 15 / PA - 31

GMD: Photograph

Date Range: 1929-1930

Physical Description: Photograph: 1 print (front and back) ; b&w.

Scope & Content: Image of a marmot on rocks with a mountain in the distance - "Marmot on Odaray bench" written on the back in pencil

Subject Access: Animals; Marmots; Mountains; Wildlife

Geographic Access: Lake O'Hara; Yoho National Park

Language: English

Title Source: Title based on item

Processing Status: Processed

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Miscellaneous

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Part Of: Dorothy Wardle fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of 109 black and white and colour photograph prints, 23.5 x 17 cm or smaller. File documents various unidentified family members and friends, travels and outings, special events (e.g. weddings, graduations), holidays (e.g. Easter), official portraits (including a National Film Board o…

Date Range: c.1912-1971; 1913; 1919; 1932-1940; 1942-1957; 1948; 1952; 1960; 1967; 1970-1971

Reference Code: V75 / I / PA - 1 to 116

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph print; Photograph; Private record

56 images

Part Of: Dorothy Wardle fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M521 / V75

Series: V75 / I : Wardle Family, c.1912-1971

Sous-Fonds: V75

Accession Number: 7504

Reference Code: V75 / I / PA - 1 to 116

GMD: Photograph print; Photograph; Private record

Date Range: c.1912-1971; 1913; 1919; 1932-1940; 1942-1957; 1948; 1952; 1960; 1967; 1970-1971

Physical Description: 109 photographs : b&w and col. ; 23.5 x 17 cm or smaller

Scope & Content: File consists of 109 black and white and colour photograph prints, 23.5 x 17 cm or smaller. File documents various unidentified family members and friends, travels and outings, special events (e.g. weddings, graduations), holidays (e.g. Easter), official portraits (including a National Film Board of Canada portrait of James Wardle), and sports and leisure (e.g. canoeing, golf). File also includes photographs of Carl Rungius (on his birthday in 1954), Betty Ormond in Peru (with a message addressed to "Dorrie" written on the back of the print), graduation photograph of James Wardle from Queen's (c.1912), and travel photographs from the United States in 1948 (New York, Washington, Philadelphia, and Atlantic City) and Amsterdam, Netherlands (1952). Notable places the photographs depict include Banff (including Banff Train Station), the Great Divide, St. Lawrence River (the Wardle family had a cottage here), Sunshine trail, Mt. Athabasca, Columbia Icefields, Lake O'Hara, Montreal, Lake Louise, Moraine Lake, Paris (France), Ghost River, Ottawa, Peru, Lake Minnewanka, Elk Island, and Maligne Lake.

Notes: Most (but not all) photographs are annotated on the back identifying who is in the photograph, when it was taken, and where.

Name Access: Wardle, Dorothy; Wardle, James M.; Rungius, Carl

Subject Access: Family and personal life; Travel; Travel and Exploration; European travel; Skiing; Canoes and canoeing; Horseback riding; Picnics and picnicking; Weddings; Scenery; Mountain; Beach; Golfing

Geographic Access: Banff; Alberta; Canada; Canadian Rocky Mountains; Yoho National Park; British Columbia; Banff National Park; Great Divide; Columbia Icefield; Lake Louise; Lake Minnewanka; Lake O'Hara; Maligne Lake; Moraine Lake; Montreal; Quebec; Ontario; Ottawa; France; Ghost River; Peru; United States; New York; Washington; Philadelphia; Atlantic City

Language: English

Related Material: V75 / I / NA-13

Creator: Wardle, Dorothy

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

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Mountain landscape

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Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Scope & Content: Image of Lake O'Hara with a mountain range in the distance - "Adilade [illegible] up on the Opabin trail" written on the back in pencil

Date Range: 1929-1930

Reference Code: V683 / III / A / 15 / PA - 26

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph

2 images

Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: M36 / V683 / S37

Series: V683 / III / A / 15 : Peter and Catharine Whyte: Collected Photographs

Sous-Fonds: V683

Accession Number: .

Reference Code: V683 / III / A / 15 / PA - 26

GMD: Photograph

Date Range: 1929-1930

Physical Description: Photograph: 1 print (front and back) ; b&w.

Scope & Content: Image of Lake O'Hara with a mountain range in the distance - "Adilade [illegible] up on the Opabin trail" written on the back in pencil

Subject Access: Mountains

Geographic Access: Lake O'Hara; Yoho National Park

Language: English

Title Source: Title based on item

Processing Status: Processed

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Mountain landscape

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Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Scope & Content: Image of a lake through trees and mountains in the distance - "from top of trail to Opabin" written on the back in pencil

Date Range: 1929-1930

Reference Code: V683 / III / A / 15 / PA - 34

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph

2 images

Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: M36 / V683 / S37

Series: V683 / III / A / 15 : Peter and Catharine Whyte: Collected Photographs

Sous-Fonds: V683

Accession Number: .

Reference Code: V683 / III / A / 15 / PA - 34

GMD: Photograph

Date Range: 1929-1930

Physical Description: Photograph: 1 print (front and back) ; b&w.

Scope & Content: Image of a lake through trees and mountains in the distance - "from top of trail to Opabin" written on the back in pencil

Subject Access: Mountains

Geographic Access: Lake O'Hara; Yoho National Park

Language: English

Title Source: Title based on item

Processing Status: Processed

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Mountain landscape

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Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Scope & Content: Image of mountain peak covered in snow through trees - "from Odaray trail 1929" written on the back in pencil

Date Range: 1929

Reference Code: V683 / III / A / 15 / PA - 35

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph

2 images

Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: M36 / V683 / S37

Series: V683 / III / A / 15 : Peter and Catharine Whyte: Collected Photographs

Sous-Fonds: V683

Accession Number: .

Reference Code: V683 / III / A / 15 / PA - 35

GMD: Photograph

Date Range: 1929

Physical Description: Photograph: 1 print (front and back) ; b&w.

Scope & Content: Image of mountain peak covered in snow through trees - "from Odaray trail 1929" written on the back in pencil

Subject Access: Mountains

Geographic Access: Lake O'Hara; Yoho National Park

Language: English

Title Source: Title based on item

Processing Status: Processed

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Mountain landscape

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Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Scope & Content: Image of Opabin Pass with trees in the foreground - "Opabin Pass from Opabin Meadows" written in pencil on the back

Date Range: 1929-1930

Reference Code: V683 / III / A / 15 / PA - 36

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph

2 images

Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: M36 / V683 / S37

Series: V683 / III / A / 15 : Peter and Catharine Whyte: Collected Photographs

Sous-Fonds: V683

Accession Number: .

Reference Code: V683 / III / A / 15 / PA - 36

GMD: Photograph

Date Range: 1929-1930

Physical Description: Photograph: 1 print (front and back) ; b&w.

Scope & Content: Image of Opabin Pass with trees in the foreground - "Opabin Pass from Opabin Meadows" written in pencil on the back

Subject Access: Mountains

Geographic Access: Lake O'Hara; Yoho National Park

Language: English

Title Source: Title based on item

Processing Status: Processed

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Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

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Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Scope & Content: Image of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, Mass. with cars parked in front of it - "Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. You should see the wonderful paintings here! I wanted to buy you a book of the place but was too late" written on the back in black ink

Date Range: [ca. 1929-1940]

Reference Code: V683 / III / A / 15 / PA - 79

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph

2 images

Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: M36 / V683 / S37

Series: V683 / III / A / 15 : Peter and Catharine Whyte: Collected Photographs

Sous-Fonds: V683

Accession Number: .

Reference Code: V683 / III / A / 15 / PA - 79

GMD: Photograph

Date Range: [ca. 1929-1940]

Physical Description: Photograph: 1 print (front and back) ; b&w.

Scope & Content: Image of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, Mass. with cars parked in front of it - "Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. You should see the wonderful paintings here! I wanted to buy you a book of the place but was too late" written on the back in black ink

Subject Access: Art; Automobiles; Buildings; Museums

Geographic Access: Boston; Massachusetts

Language: English

Title Source: Title based on item

Processing Status: Processed

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National Parks - Kootenay, Yoho, Glacier, Jasper, Waterton Lakes

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Part Of: Malcolm Geddes fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of 70 lantern slide images pertaining to views from Kootenay, Yoho, Glacier, Jasper and Waterton Lakes National Parks. Specific locations include: Marble Canyon and Sinclair Canyon; Mount Stephen, Lake Oesa, Lake O'Hara, Lake McArthur, Takakkaw Falls, Twin Falls and Yoho Glacier; Ille…

Date Range: [ca.1925]

Reference Code: V756 / III / A / PS - 161 to 230

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Lantern slide

Part Of: Malcolm Geddes fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M39; V756

Series: V756 / III : Personal and family records

Sous-Fonds: V756

Sub-Series: V756 / III / A : Travel and mountain expeditions

Accession Number: 6504

Reference Code: V756 / III / A / PS - 161 to 230

GMD: Photograph; Lantern slide

Responsibility: Some items issued by Department of the Interior Natural Resources Intelligence Branch and by Canadian National Railways

Date Range: [ca.1925]

Physical Description: 70 photographs : lantern slides

Scope & Content: File consists of 70 lantern slide images pertaining to views from Kootenay, Yoho, Glacier, Jasper and Waterton Lakes National Parks. Specific locations include: Marble Canyon and Sinclair Canyon; Mount Stephen, Lake Oesa, Lake O'Hara, Lake McArthur, Takakkaw Falls, Twin Falls and Yoho Glacier; Illecillewaet Glacier and surrounding area; Jasper town and Jasper Park Lodge; Maligne Lake, Maligne Canyon, Mount Edith Cavell and Mount Robson; and Waterton Lake area. Most items are captioned.

Notes: Slides are organized by location: V756 / III / A / PS - 161 to 167 : Kootenay V756 / III / A / PS - 168 to 185 : Yoho V756 / III / A / PS - 186 to 194 : Glacier V756 / III / A / PS - 195 to 226 : Jasper V756 / III / A / PS - 227 to 230 : Waterton Lakes

Subject Access: Travel; Exploration; Mountains; Landscapes; Glaciers; Hotels; Waterfalls; National parks and reserves; Tourism; Recreation

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; British Columbia; Canadian Rocky Mountains; Kootenay National Park; Yoho National Park; Glacier National Park; Jasper National Park; Jasper; Waterton Lakes National Park; Waterton

Access Restrictions: Fragile - restrictions may apply

Language: English

Category: Exploration, discovery and travel; Sports, recreation and leisure

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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North of Abbot Pass

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Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Scope & Content: Image of an unidentified person [possibly Neil Begg] standing on a stretch of snow pointing towards mountains in the distance - "North from the pass [/] 1929" written on the back in pencil

Date Range: 1929

Reference Code: V683 / III / A / 15 / PA - 16

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph

2 images

Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: M36 / V683 / S37

Series: V683 / III / A / 15 : Peter and Catharine Whyte: Collected Photographs

Sous-Fonds: V683

Accession Number: .

Reference Code: V683 / III / A / 15 / PA - 16

GMD: Photograph

Date Range: 1929

Physical Description: Photograph: 1 print (front and back) ; b&w.

Scope & Content: Image of an unidentified person [possibly Neil Begg] standing on a stretch of snow pointing towards mountains in the distance - "North from the pass [/] 1929" written on the back in pencil