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Canadian Pacific Railway fonds

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Part Of: Canadian Pacific Railway fonds

Scope & Content: Fonds consists of visual and texual material pertaining to the Canadian Pacific Railway and its holdings. Visual material conists of two series. Series I: lantern slides, Series II: prints. Textual material consists of two series. Series I: organizational records, Series II: the 1942 film "Canadian…

Date Range: [ca.1900-1950]

Reference Code: M584 / V782

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

GMD: Photograph; Transparency; Lantern slide; Print; Organization record; Textual record

Part Of: Canadian Pacific Railway fonds

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

Fonds Number: M584 / V782

Sous-Fonds: V782

Accession Number: 303, 304, 625, 1471, 1086, 1544, 3288, 3502, 6740, 7071, 2014.8366, 2021.18

Reference Code: M584 / V782

GMD: Photograph; Transparency; Lantern slide; Print; Organization record; Textual record

Date Range: [ca.1900-1950]

Physical Description: 69 b&w lantern slides, 5 cm of textual records, ca. 309 prints : b&w ; 27.9 x 20.3 cm or smaller

Scope & Content: Fonds consists of visual and texual material pertaining to the Canadian Pacific Railway and its holdings. Visual material conists of two series. Series I: lantern slides, Series II: prints. Textual material consists of two series. Series I: organizational records, Series II: the 1942 film "Canadian Pacific" screenplay and associated documents. Visual material includes black and white lantern slides and black and white prints depicting various scenes pertaining to travelling on the Canadian Pacific Railway and depict dining rooms, scnes involving trains and mountains, farming scenes and fields, people in train cars, various cities and towns, figures in natural landscapes, horses and horseback riding, mountains, waterfalls, skiing, ships, CP hotels, and other grand buildings [across Canada] such as Notre Dame Cathedral in Montreal. Textual material includes paper reports [some compiled by Canadian Pacific Hotels Architectural Engineer Ed Steel] detailing various construction and/or renovation projects for hotels, lodges, tea houses, bugalow camps, huts, and backcountry lodges throughout the Canadian Rockies as well as records pertaining to CP hotels in the Canadian Rockies, and the screenplay for "Canadian Pacific."

Notes: Slides were stored in rectangular wood box with leather handle on top, and metal handle at one end. White label that says “Lyon & Turnbull 432 04 February 2009” on lid of the box. Old, peeling, and stained label on top under handle, illegible. Faded, peeling labels on front, some words legible: “from the Canadian Pacific…” 2 stained and water damaged labels detached from box appear to be English shipping labels.“10” stamped in black on both ends of box. Stamped in black on rear of box: “Canadian Pacific Rly Co. 62 to 65 Charing Cross, London, S.W. 1. “3” engraved on upper rim of box. Box is divided into 3 sections with removable wood separators, small pieces of felt line 2 sections of the box.

Name Access: Canadian Pacific Railway

Subject Access: Buildings; Buildings and facilities; Camps; Construction; Environment; Huts; Tourism; Trains; Transportation

Geographic Access: Banff National Park; Jasper National Park; Yoho National Park; Glacier; Alberta; British Columbia; Canada

Language: Language is English

Title Source: Title based on contents of fonds

Content Details: Prints and some textual records absorbed from old records V121 and M48. Lantern slides donated to the Whyte Museum by Dr. William and Mrs. Wynn Bensen. The slides were purchased by the Bensens from Lyon and Turnbull in Scotland.

Processing Status: Processed

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"[?] from Edison mill road"

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Part Of: Mary (Molly) Wright Adams fonds

Scope & Content: Image depicts landscape with small shrubs in the foreground and mountains in the background.

Date Range: 1904

Reference Code: V777 / II / PD - 1 / 19

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph

1 image

Part Of: Mary (Molly) Wright Adams fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: V777

Series: V777 / II : Personal and collected records

Sous-Fonds: V777

Accession Number: 2018.8685

Reference Code: V777 / II / PD - 1 / 19

GMD: Photograph

Date Range: 1904

Physical Description: 1 album page with one photograph

Scope & Content: Image depicts landscape with small shrubs in the foreground and mountains in the background.

Subject Access: Family and personal life; Environment and Nature; Discovery and exploration

Language: N/A

Creator: [Molly Wright Adams created the album]

Title Source: Original title used

Processing Status: Processed

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"[?] Mtn, San Pedro Mts & Ortiz Mts from Three Hills-"

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Part Of: Mary (Molly) Wright Adams fonds

Scope & Content: Image depicts landscape with mountains in the background and a hill in the foreground.

Date Range: 1904

Reference Code: V777 / II / PD - 1 / 21 / 1

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph

1 image

Part Of: Mary (Molly) Wright Adams fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: V777

Series: V777 / II : Personal and collected records

Sous-Fonds: V777

Accession Number: 2018.8685

Reference Code: V777 / II / PD - 1 / 21 / 1

GMD: Photograph

Date Range: 1904

Physical Description: 1 album page with two photographs : one photograph

Scope & Content: Image depicts landscape with mountains in the background and a hill in the foreground.

Subject Access: Family and personal life; Environment and Nature; Discovery and exploration

Language: N/A

Creator: [Molly Wright Adams created the album]

Title Source: Original title used

Processing Status: Processed

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"[?] Pass"

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Part Of: Mary (Molly) Wright Adams fonds

Scope & Content: Image depicts sandy slopes with small shrubs.

Date Range: 1904

Reference Code: V777 / II / PD - 1 / 76 / 1

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph

1 image

Part Of: Mary (Molly) Wright Adams fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: V777

Series: V777 / II : Personal and collected records

Sous-Fonds: V777

Accession Number: 2018.8685

Reference Code: V777 / II / PD - 1 / 76 / 1

GMD: Photograph

Date Range: 1904

Physical Description: 1 album page with three photographs : 1 photograph

Scope & Content: Image depicts sandy slopes with small shrubs.

Notes: Annotation below image partially worn, name of location not legible.

Subject Access: Family and personal life; Environment and Nature

Language: N/A

Creator: [Molly Wright Adams created the album]

Title Source: Original title used

Processing Status: Processed

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"2nd Highest from Highest-"

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Part Of: Mary (Molly) Wright Adams fonds

Scope & Content: Image depicts trees on a mountain slope with mountains in the background.

Date Range: 1904

Reference Code: V777 / II / PD - 1 / 47

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph

1 image

Part Of: Mary (Molly) Wright Adams fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: V777

Series: V777 / II : Personal and collected records

Sous-Fonds: V777

Accession Number: 2018.8685

Reference Code: V777 / II / PD - 1 / 47

GMD: Photograph

Date Range: 1904

Physical Description: 1 album page with one photograph

Scope & Content: Image depicts trees on a mountain slope with mountains in the background.

Subject Access: Family and personal life; Environment and Nature

Language: N/A

Creator: [Molly Wright Adams created the album]

Title Source: Original title used

Processing Status: Processed

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"8360, Highest and 2nd Highest from mt north of K's High Mt -"

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Part Of: Mary (Molly) Wright Adams fonds

Scope & Content: Image depicts panoramic view of a snowy mountain range.

Date Range: 1904

Reference Code: V777 / II / PD - 1 / 20 / 1

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph

1 image

Part Of: Mary (Molly) Wright Adams fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: V777

Series: V777 / II : Personal and collected records

Sous-Fonds: V777

Accession Number: 2018.8685

Reference Code: V777 / II / PD - 1 / 20 / 1

GMD: Photograph

Date Range: 1904

Physical Description: 1 album page with two photographs : one photograph

Scope & Content: Image depicts panoramic view of a snowy mountain range.

Subject Access: Family and personal life; Environment and Nature; Discovery and exploration

Language: N/A

Creator: [Molly Wright Adams created the album]

Title Source: Original title used

Processing Status: Processed

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"8360, Highest and 2nd Highest from mt north of K's High Mt -"

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Part Of: Mary (Molly) Wright Adams fonds

Scope & Content: Image depicts a panoramic view of a snow-covered mountain range.

Date Range: 1904

Reference Code: V777 / II / PD - 1 / 20 / 2

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph

1 image

Part Of: Mary (Molly) Wright Adams fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: V777

Series: V777 / II : Personal and collected records

Sous-Fonds: V777

Accession Number: 2018.8685

Reference Code: V777 / II / PD - 1 / 20 / 2

GMD: Photograph

Date Range: 1904

Physical Description: 1 album page with two photographs : one photograph

Scope & Content: Image depicts a panoramic view of a snow-covered mountain range.

Subject Access: Family and personal life; Environment and Nature; Discovery and exploration

Language: N/A

Creator: [Molly Wright Adams created the album]

Title Source: Original title used

Processing Status: Processed

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"8360"

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Part Of: Mary (Molly) Wright Adams fonds

Scope & Content: Image depicts a snowy landscape with trees partially obscuring view of two large hills in the background.

Date Range: 1904

Reference Code: V777 / II / PD - 1 / 63 / 1

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph

1 image

Part Of: Mary (Molly) Wright Adams fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: V777

Series: V777 / II : Personal and collected records

Sous-Fonds: V777

Accession Number: 2018.8685

Reference Code: V777 / II / PD - 1 / 63 / 1

GMD: Photograph

Date Range: 1904

Physical Description: 1 album page with three photographs : one photograph

Scope & Content: Image depicts a snowy landscape with trees partially obscuring view of two large hills in the background.

Subject Access: Family and personal life; Environment and Nature

Language: N/A

Creator: [Molly Wright Adams created the album]

Title Source: Original title used

Processing Status: Processed

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"8360"

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Part Of: Mary (Molly) Wright Adams fonds

Scope & Content: Image depicts view of desert plants [location unknown].

Date Range: 1904

Reference Code: V777 / II / PD - 1 / 63 / 2

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph

1 image

Part Of: Mary (Molly) Wright Adams fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: V777

Series: V777 / II : Personal and collected records

Sous-Fonds: V777

Accession Number: 2018.8685

Reference Code: V777 / II / PD - 1 / 63 / 2

GMD: Photograph

Date Range: 1904

Physical Description: 1 album page with three photographs : one photograph

Scope & Content: Image depicts view of desert plants [location unknown].

Subject Access: Family and personal life; Environment and Nature

Language: N/A

Creator: [Molly Wright Adams created the album]

Title Source: Original title used

Processing Status: Processed

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"8360"

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Part Of: Mary (Molly) Wright Adams fonds

Scope & Content: Image depicts small shrubs on a slope in front of a rocky cliff [location unknown].

Date Range: 1904

Reference Code: V777 / II / PD - 1 / 63 / 3

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph

1 image

Part Of: Mary (Molly) Wright Adams fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: V777

Series: V777 / II : Personal and collected records

Sous-Fonds: V777

Accession Number: 2018.8685

Reference Code: V777 / II / PD - 1 / 63 / 3

GMD: Photograph

Date Range: 1904

Physical Description: 1 album page with three photographs : one photograph

Scope & Content: Image depicts small shrubs on a slope in front of a rocky cliff [location unknown].

Subject Access: Family and personal life; Environment and Nature

Language: N/A

Creator: [Molly Wright Adams created the album]

Title Source: Original title used

Processing Status: Processed

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"Adobe church, Dolores-"

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Part Of: Mary (Molly) Wright Adams fonds

Scope & Content: Image depicts a dirt clearing with small buildings.

Date Range: 1904

Reference Code: V777 / II / PD - 1 / 23

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph

1 image

Part Of: Mary (Molly) Wright Adams fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: V777

Series: V777 / II : Personal and collected records

Sous-Fonds: V777

Accession Number: 2018.8685

Reference Code: V777 / II / PD - 1 / 23

GMD: Photograph

Date Range: 1904

Physical Description: 1 album page with one photograph

Scope & Content: Image depicts a dirt clearing with small buildings.

Subject Access: Family and personal life; Environment and Nature; Discovery and exploration

Language: N/A

Creator: [Molly Wright Adams created the album]

Title Source: Original title used

Processing Status: Processed

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"Arroyo Seco - San Gabriel Mts"

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Part Of: Mary (Molly) Wright Adams fonds

Scope & Content: Image depicts an unidentified man standing among trees with a donkey.

Date Range: 1904

Reference Code: V777 / II / PD - 1 / 76 / 2

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph

1 image

Part Of: Mary (Molly) Wright Adams fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: V777

Series: V777 / II : Personal and collected records

Sous-Fonds: V777

Accession Number: 2018.8685

Reference Code: V777 / II / PD - 1 / 76 / 2

GMD: Photograph

Date Range: 1904

Physical Description: 1 album page with three photographs : 1 photograph

Scope & Content: Image depicts an unidentified man standing among trees with a donkey.

Subject Access: Family and personal life; Environment and Nature

Language: N/A

Creator: [Molly Wright Adams created the album]

Title Source: Original title used

Processing Status: Processed

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"Between Fossil Leaf Mt & Highest"

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Part Of: Mary (Molly) Wright Adams fonds

Scope & Content: Image depicts an unidentified figure descending a snowy slope with their back to the camera.

Date Range: 1904

Reference Code: V777 / II / PD - 1 / 49

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph

1 image

Part Of: Mary (Molly) Wright Adams fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: V777

Series: V777 / II : Personal and collected records

Sous-Fonds: V777

Accession Number: 2018.8685

Reference Code: V777 / II / PD - 1 / 49

GMD: Photograph

Date Range: 1904

Physical Description: 1 album page with one photograph

Scope & Content: Image depicts an unidentified figure descending a snowy slope with their back to the camera.

Subject Access: Family and personal life; Environment and Nature

Language: N/A

Creator: [Molly Wright Adams created the album]

Title Source: Original title used

Processing Status: Processed

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"Bright Angel trail just above the granite"

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Part Of: Mary (Molly) Wright Adams fonds

Scope & Content: Image depicts a rocky landscape with small shrubs.

Date Range: 1904

Reference Code: V777 / II / PD - 1 / 14

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph

1 image

Part Of: Mary (Molly) Wright Adams fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: V777

Series: V777 / II : Personal and collected records

Sous-Fonds: V777

Accession Number: 2018.8685

Reference Code: V777 / II / PD - 1 / 14

GMD: Photograph

Date Range: 1904

Physical Description: 1 album page with one photograph

Scope & Content: Image depicts a rocky landscape with small shrubs.

Subject Access: Family and personal life; Environment and Nature; Discovery and exploration

Language: N/A

Creator: [Molly Wright Adams created the album]

Title Source: Original title used

Processing Status: Processed

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Buildings in snowy landscape

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Part Of: Mary (Molly) Wright Adams fonds

Scope & Content: Image depicts small wooden and stone buildings surrounded by snow with hills in the background [untitled, location unknown].

Date Range: 1904

Reference Code: V777 / II / PD - 1 / 29

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph

1 image

Part Of: Mary (Molly) Wright Adams fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: V777

Series: V777 / II : Personal and collected records

Sous-Fonds: V777

Accession Number: 2018.8685

Reference Code: V777 / II / PD - 1 / 29

GMD: Photograph

Date Range: 1904

Physical Description: 1 album page with one photograph

Scope & Content: Image depicts small wooden and stone buildings surrounded by snow with hills in the background [untitled, location unknown].

Subject Access: Family and personal life

Language: N/A

Creator: [Molly Wright Adams created the album]

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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"Cajon Pass- San Antonia Mt (Old Baldy)"

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Part Of: Mary (Molly) Wright Adams fonds

Scope & Content: Image depicts sandy valley with small shrubs and trees, mountains in the background.

Date Range: 1904

Reference Code: V777 / II / PD - 1 / 75

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph

1 image

Part Of: Mary (Molly) Wright Adams fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: V777

Series: V777 / II : Personal and collected records

Sous-Fonds: V777

Accession Number: 2018.8685

Reference Code: V777 / II / PD - 1 / 75

GMD: Photograph

Date Range: 1904

Physical Description: 1 album page with one photograph

Scope & Content: Image depicts sandy valley with small shrubs and trees, mountains in the background.

Subject Access: Family and personal life; Environment and Nature

Language: N/A

Creator: [Molly Wright Adams created the album]

Title Source: Original title used

Processing Status: Processed

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"Cajon Pass, San Gabriel Mts in distance"

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Part Of: Mary (Molly) Wright Adams fonds

Scope & Content: Image depicts sandy path with cart tracks visible, surrounded by shrubs on both sides.

Date Range: 1904

Reference Code: V777 / II / PD - 1 / 74

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph

1 image

Part Of: Mary (Molly) Wright Adams fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: V777

Series: V777 / II : Personal and collected records

Sous-Fonds: V777

Accession Number: 2018.8685

Reference Code: V777 / II / PD - 1 / 74

GMD: Photograph

Date Range: 1904

Physical Description: 1 album page with one photograph

Scope & Content: Image depicts sandy path with cart tracks visible, surrounded by shrubs on both sides.

Subject Access: Family and personal life; Environment and Nature

Language: N/A

Creator: [Molly Wright Adams created the album]

Title Source: Original title used

Processing Status: Processed

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Campsite, unidentified woman

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Part Of: Mary (Molly) Wright Adams fonds

Scope & Content: Image depicts a campsite with campfire and tent, with unidentified woman standing nearby and mountains visible in background.

Date Range: 1904

Reference Code: V777 / II / PD - 1 / 78

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph

1 image

Part Of: Mary (Molly) Wright Adams fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: V777

Series: V777 / II : Personal and collected records

Sous-Fonds: V777

Accession Number: 2018.8685

Reference Code: V777 / II / PD - 1 / 78

GMD: Photograph

Date Range: 1904

Physical Description: 1 album page with one photograph

Scope & Content: Image depicts a campsite with campfire and tent, with unidentified woman standing nearby and mountains visible in background.

Subject Access: Family and personal life; Environment and Nature

Geographic Access: Alberta; British Columbia

Language: N/A

Creator: [Molly Wright Adams created the album]

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Canadian Pacific film

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Part Of: Canadian Pacific Railway fonds

Scope & Content: File pertains to the screenplay for the 1948 film "Canadian Pacific" by Jack DeWitt. The film was made in Banff, directed by Nat Holt, and follows the construction of the line through the Rockies in the 1880s.

Date Range: [ca.1925]

Reference Code: M584 / II / 01

Description Level: 3 / Series

GMD: Organization record; Textual record

Part Of: Canadian Pacific Railway fonds

Description Level: 3 / Series

Fonds Number: M584 / V782

Series: II : screenplay

Sous-Fonds: M584

Accession Number: 3502

Reference Code: M584 / II / 01

GMD: Organization record; Textual record

Date Range: [ca.1925]

Physical Description: 5 cm of textual records

Scope & Content: File pertains to the screenplay for the 1948 film "Canadian Pacific" by Jack DeWitt. The film was made in Banff, directed by Nat Holt, and follows the construction of the line through the Rockies in the 1880s.

Notes: Record absorbed from old M48.

Name Access: Canadian Pacific Railway

Subject Access: Buildings; Buildings and facilities; Camps; Construction; Environment; Huts; Tourism; Trains; Transportation

Geographic Access: Banff; Lake Louise; Banff National Park; Jasper National Park; Yoho National Park; Glacier; Alberta; British Columbia; Canada

Language: English

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Canadian Pacific Railway Lantern Slides

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Part Of: Archives General File Collection

Scope & Content: Series consists of 14 lantern slides [ca.1900-ca.1925]. Slides are views along the Canadian Pacific Railway.

Date Range: [c. 1905]

Reference Code: V8 / 5486 / PS - 1 to PS - 14

Description Level: 3 / Series

GMD: Transparency; Lantern slide

14 images

Part Of: Archives General File Collection

Description Level: 3 / Series

Fonds Number: M8 / V8 / S8

Series: Accession Number: 5486

Sous-Fonds: V8

Accession Number: 5486

Reference Code: V8 / 5486 / PS - 1 to PS - 14

GMD: Transparency; Lantern slide

Date Range: [c. 1905]

Physical Description: 14 photographs : b&w and col. slides ; 10.2 x 8.2 cm

History / Biographical: The Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) was officially formed in Februray, 1881, to construct a railroad that would link the eastern provinces with British Columbia, a key component of the Canadian Confederation of 1867. Headed by William C. Van Horne as General Manager, the railroad arrived in the Canadian Rockies in 1883 and a siding was established just east of present-day Banff. When railroad workers discovered a natural hot spring on the south side of the Bow River, Van Horne ordered the construction of a hotel that would house visitors brought in by train to visit the springs. Construction of the Banff Springs Hotel finished in 1888 and joined a handful of CPR hotels throughout the Rocky and Selkirk Mountain ranges. The popularity of the hot springs and surrounding area led to the formation of a national park and to the town of Banff. After construction of the railway had completed, the CPR continued to survey and document the Rocky Mountains alongside federal agencies like the Department of the Interior and private outfitters. Utilizing coloured lantern slides the CPR was able to showcase the mountains as both tourist and settlement destinations. Magic lantern shows of these slides could be used for administrative purposes by the company to showcase land holdings and investments or in public shows as advertisements of the new railway.