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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
- 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.
- Scope & Content
- Series consists of 14 lantern slides [ca.1900-ca.1925]. Slides are views along the Canadian Pacific Railway.
- Name Access
- Canadian Pacific Railway
- Subject Access
- Lantern slide
- Education
- Tourism
- Travel and Exploration
- Trains
- Geographic Access
- Banff
- Lake Louise
- Alberta
- British Columbia
- Canada
- Language
- English
- Conservation
- All slides were cleaned prior to scanning.
- Creator
- Canadian Pacific Railway
- Biographical Source Notes
- https://cpconnectingcanada.ca/#building-the-railway
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of series
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Transparencies
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- Part Of
- Lillian Gest fonds
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to colour transparencies of various backcountry trips throughout the Rocky Mountains.
- Date Range
- 1951-1954
- Reference Code
- V225 / II / C / NS 6 - 1 to 843
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Lantern slide
- Transparency
2 images
- Part Of
- Lillian Gest fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M67 / S36 / V225
- Series
- II.C. Activities / photography
- Sous-Fonds
- V225
- Accession Number
- 5142
- Reference Code
- V225 / II / C / NS 6 - 1 to 843
- Date Range
- 1951-1954
- Physical Description
- 843 transparencies : colour.
- History / Biographical
- See fonds level description
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to colour transparencies of various backcountry trips throughout the Rocky Mountains.
- Notes
- Titles in box: Lake Louise; Kellogg trip; O'Hara Camp; Skyline Hike. Pertain to Merion, Pennsylvania; Banff Springs Hotel; Vermilion Lakes; Lake Louise; Chateau Lake Louise; Kicking Horse Tea Room; wildflowers; Lake O'Hara region, including Opabin Pass and Mount Schaffer; Skyline Trail Hikers hikes and camps ((Aylmer Pass 1951 and Simpson Pass 1952); wildlife; Bow Lake; Mount Assiniboine area; Wonder Pass; Columbia Icefield; Moraine Lake; Mount Stephen; Jasper National Park, including Maligne Lake and Mount Edith Cavell; ACC camp, Hooker Icefield; ice caves and ice falls; pack trains; Waterton Lakes National Park, including Prince of Wales Hotel; Jasper Park Lodge; Calgary Stampede; Banff Indian Days; Yellowstone National Park; Dinosaur National Park, U.S.; Lillian Gest, friends and associates, including B.H.G., Sig[?], Elizabeth and John Brett, Walter Perren, Polly Prescott, Kay Prescott, Eric Brooks, Helen Bolles, Hal Kellog, Charlie Hunter and Harry Green. -- Some slides missing; most explained in notebook SL II (M67/51).
- Name Access
- Gest, Lillian
- Subject Access
- Activities
- Alpine Club of Canada
- Banff Indian Days
- Calgary Stampede
- Camps
- Chateau Lake Louise
- Guides
- Hiking
- Horses
- Horse packing
- Jasper Park Lodge
- Leisure
- Mountains
- Prince of Wales Hotel
- Skyline Hikers of the Canadian Rockies
- Geographic Access
- Lake Louise
- Vermilion Lakes
- Lake O'Hara
- Mount Assiniboine
- Moraine Lake
- Maligne Lake
- Banff National Park
- Jasper National Park
- Waterton National Park
- Alberta
- British Columbia
- Canada
- Language
- NA
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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