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Boorne and May fonds
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- Part Of
- Boorne and May fonds
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consist of two separate series: A. Prints; B. Photograph Albums. Fonds consists primarily of presentation album titled "Landscapes," containing one hundred views along the Canadian Pacific Railway in the Rocky and Selkirk Mountains. The album contains many popular views of the period and is …
- Date Range
- [ca.1887-1888]
- Reference Code
- V10
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- GMD
- Photograph
- Album
- Photograph print
- Part Of
- Boorne and May fonds
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- Fonds Number
- V 10
- Sous-Fonds
- V10
- Accession Number
- 494, 658, 1449, 3227, 6169, 6173, 6208, 6603, 7508
- Reference Code
- V10
- Date Range
- [ca.1887-1888]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph album (100 prints). -- 40 photographs : prints
- History / Biographical
- The photographic firm of Boorne and May, a portrait, landscape and architectural business, operated in Calgary and Edmonton, N.W.T. (now Alberta) between 1886 and 1893. William Hanson Boorne, 1859-1945, and his cousin, Ernest Gundry May, opened their Calgary studio in 1886, later expanding the business to Edmonton. During its short life, Boorne and May was one of the most prestigious photographic firms in western Canada.
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consist of two separate series: A. Prints; B. Photograph Albums. Fonds consists primarily of presentation album titled "Landscapes," containing one hundred views along the Canadian Pacific Railway in the Rocky and Selkirk Mountains. The album contains many popular views of the period and is inscribed to "W. Whyte Esq., General Superintendent, Western Division C.P.R., Winnipeg. With Boorne & May's Compliments. Calgary. January 1889." Also includes individual prints of similar views to those in the album and include views as far west as Yale, B.C.
- Twenty-two prints, attributable to Boorne and May through photographer numbers and titles on the fronts, are stamped "From J. Nicholson, Photo Artist, Boissevain, Man." on the reverse. Nicholson was a professional photographer at Boissevain, Manitoba between 1888 and 1893. His business was sold to Jas. E. Miers in 1893.
- Name Access
- Boorne and May
- Subject Access
- Arts
- Environment
- Exploration, discovery and travel
- Access Restrictions
- Some restrictions on access to originals
- Public domain (other restrictions may apply)
- Language
- Language is English
- Finding Aid
- Finding aids and reference tools: basic description
- selected modern reference prints
- digital images in Images database and in Alberta InSight database
- Creator
- Boorne and May
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of fonds
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Byron Harmon fonds
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- Part Of
- Byron Harmon fonds
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of the photographic records and sample materials of Byron Harmon Photos, the photographic business of Byron Harmon and his successors; as well as the personal photographs of Byron Harmon. I. Scenic / commercial, 1907-1975, ca.7600 items. Primary component of series is film and glass…
- Date Range
- [ca.1890-ca.1975]
- Reference Code
- V263
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- GMD
- Motion picture
- Film
- Photograph
- Negative
- Photograph print
- Postcard
- Transparency
- Textual record
- Published record
- Part Of
- Byron Harmon fonds
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- Fonds Number
- V 263
- Sous-Fonds
- V 263
- Accession Number
- 235, 980, 1549, 1622, 2588, 2656, 2770, 2792, 2895, 3005, 3394, 3423, 3657, 3807, 3824, 3859, 3988, 4028, 4076, 5052, 5181, 5205, 5254, 5381, 6070, 6127, 6587, 6602
- Reference Code
- V263
- GMD
- Motion picture
- Film
- Photograph
- Negative
- Photograph print
- Postcard
- Transparency
- Textual record
- Published record
- Other Title Info
- Also known as the Byron Harmon Photos fonds.
- Date Range
- [ca.1890-ca.1975]
- Physical Description
- ca.10,500 photographs (and ca.35 cm) : prints, postcards, negatives, transparencies, motion pictures, sample products
- History / Biographical
- Byron Hill Harmon, 1876-1942, was a professional photographer and businessman at Banff, Alberta, Canada. He was born near Tacoma, Washington, USA and operated a portrait studio there for a time. In 1903, while travelling around the United States and Canada as an itinerant photographer, he decided to settle in Banff and by 1907 had produced enough mountain views to begin selling a line of postcards. Between 1906 and 1913, Harmon was official photographer for the Alpine Club of Canada and made trips in numerous mountain areas, such as the Bugaboos (1910) and Mount Robson (1911, 1913). Harmon personally financed trips into other areas, such as Tonquin Valley (1918) and Lake of the Hanging Glaciers (1920, 1922), producing both still photographs and motion pictures for commercial sale. After his last major expedition in 1924 across Saskatchewan Glacier, through to Maligne Lake and back to Banff by packtrain, Harmon devoted most of his time to photographing scenes along the railway, skiing in the Assiniboine and Skoki regions, and the annual rides and hikes of the Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies and the Sky Line Trail Hikers of the Canadian Rockies. At the same time he managed several businesses, including a drug store, fountain lunch, theatre and book store. In his later years, Harmon spent much time travelling and photographing in other parts of the world. The business, Byron Harmon Photos, was managed successively by his son, Don Harmon, then his grand-daughter, Carole Harmon.
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of the photographic records and sample materials of Byron Harmon Photos, the photographic business of Byron Harmon and his successors; as well as the personal photographs of Byron Harmon.
- I. Scenic / commercial, 1907-1975, ca.7600 items. Primary component of series is film and glass negatives, 1907-1942, ca.6500 items. Also includes: postcard negatives and positives and production negatives to ca.1955; original prints; a wide range of sample products, such as postcards, enlargements and framing prints, calendars and viewbooks, mainly by Harmon business, some by other photographers; and lantern slides, ca.1913-192-, pertaining to Columbia Icefield Expedition, mountaineering, mountain landscapes, Indians, wildlife, Canadian Pacific Railway and Asian travel. Scenic / commercial series pertains to annual camps and expeditions of the Alpine Club of Canada in the Canadian Rockies and Selkirks, 1907-1913; private movie-making expeditions in the Canadian Rockies and Selkirks; mountain scenic views, primarily for postcard purposes; Banff events and development; skiing; birds and animals. Includes some material by Don Harmon and Lloyd Harmon, sons of Byron Harmon.
- II. Personal, 189- to 194-, ca.370 items. Includes: family photographs and views received from others; motion picture out-takes pertaining to world travels, 1930s; and 35 mm. transparencies, ca.1940, pertaining mainly to world travels, also mountain and prairie scenics.
- Notes
- For more information on the Byron Harmon photographs, see "Great Days in the Rockies: The Photographs of Byron Harmon, 1906-1934" (Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1978) or "Byron Harmon, Mountain Photographer" by Carole Harmon and Bart Robinson (Banff: Altitude Publishing, 1992)
- Name Access
- Harmon, Byron
- Subject Access
- Arts
- Environment
- Exploration, discovery and travel
- Family and personal life
- Sports, recreation and leisure
- 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: series description
- selected modern reference prints
- digital images in Images database and in Alberta InSight database
- Related Material
- Byron Harmon postcards can also be found in the Postcard general file (V466)
- Creator
- Harmon, Byron
- Category
- Arts
- Environment
- Exploration, discovery and travel
- Family and personal life
- Sports, recreation and leisure
- Title Source
- Title based on accession records and contents of fonds
- Processing Status
- Processed
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318. Round-up. Wagon-Corral
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- Part Of
- Boorne and May fonds
- Date Range
- [ca.1890]
- Reference Code
- V10 / PA - 33
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- GMD
- Photograph
- Photograph print
1 image
- Part Of
- Boorne and May fonds
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Fonds Number
- V10
- Reference Code
- V10 / PA - 33
- Date Range
- [ca.1890]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : print
- Subject Access
- Agriculture
- Geographic Access
- Alberta
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533. Great Glacier from above, Selkirks
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- Part Of
- Boorne and May fonds
- Scope & Content
- Illecillewaet Glacier
- Date Range
- [ca.1890]
- Reference Code
- V10 / PA - 28
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- GMD
- Photograph
- Photograph print
1 image
- Part Of
- Boorne and May fonds
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Fonds Number
- V10
- Reference Code
- V10 / PA - 28
- Date Range
- [ca.1890]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : print
- Scope & Content
- Illecillewaet Glacier
- Subject Access
- Environment and Nature
- Geographic Access
- British Columbia
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534. View from the Great Glacier, Selkirks
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- Part Of
- Boorne and May fonds
- Scope & Content
- View from Illecillewaet Glacier
- Date Range
- [ca.1890]
- Reference Code
- V10 / PA - 6
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- GMD
- Photograph
- Photograph print
1 image
- Part Of
- Boorne and May fonds
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Fonds Number
- V10
- Reference Code
- V10 / PA - 6
- Date Range
- [ca.1890]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : print
- Scope & Content
- View from Illecillewaet Glacier
- Subject Access
- Environment and Nature
- Geographic Access
- British Columbia
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536. The Loop, first crossing of the Illecillewaet
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- Part Of
- Boorne and May fonds
- Scope & Content
- Selkirk Mountains
- Date Range
- [ca.1890]
- Reference Code
- V10 / PA - 37
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- GMD
- Photograph
- Photograph print
1 image
- Part Of
- Boorne and May fonds
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Fonds Number
- V10
- Reference Code
- V10 / PA - 37
- Date Range
- [ca.1890]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : print, 12 x 20 cm, mounted
- Scope & Content
- Selkirk Mountains
- Subject Access
- Railways
- Geographic Access
- British Columbia
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549. Tunnel on C.P.R. west of Donald
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- Part Of
- Boorne and May fonds
- Scope & Content
- Print is from presentation album inscribed: "W. Whyte Esq., General Superintendent, Western Division C.P.R., Winnipeg. With Boorne and May's Compliments, Calgary, January 1889"
- Date Range
- [1887 or 1888]
- Reference Code
- V10 / PD 1 - 82
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- GMD
- Photograph
- Album
- Photograph print
1 image
- Part Of
- Boorne and May fonds
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Fonds Number
- V10
- Reference Code
- V10 / PD 1 - 82
- Date Range
- [1887 or 1888]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : print, 11x19 cm, in album
- Scope & Content
- Print is from presentation album inscribed: "W. Whyte Esq., General Superintendent, Western Division C.P.R., Winnipeg. With Boorne and May's Compliments, Calgary, January 1889"
- Subject Access
- Discovery and Exploration
- Environment and Nature
- Railways
- Geographic Access
- British Columbia
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550. The Columbia and Moberly Peak
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- Part Of
- Boorne and May fonds
- Scope & Content
- Columbia River Print is from presentation album inscribed: "W. Whyte Esq., General Superintendent, Western Division C.P.R., Winnipeg. With Boorne and May's Compliments, Calgary, January 1889"
- Date Range
- [1887 or 1888]
- Reference Code
- V10 / PD 1 - 83
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- GMD
- Photograph
- Album
- Photograph print
1 image
- Part Of
- Boorne and May fonds
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Fonds Number
- V10
- Reference Code
- V10 / PD 1 - 83
- Date Range
- [1887 or 1888]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : print, 11x19 cm, in album
- Scope & Content
- Columbia River
- Print is from presentation album inscribed: "W. Whyte Esq., General Superintendent, Western Division C.P.R., Winnipeg. With Boorne and May's Compliments, Calgary, January 1889"
- Subject Access
- Discovery and Exploration
- Environment and Nature
- Geographic Access
- British Columbia
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552. The Moberly House
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- Part Of
- Boorne and May fonds
- Scope & Content
- Print is from presentation album inscribed: "W. Whyte Esq., General Superintendent, Western Division C.P.R., Winnipeg. With Boorne and May's Compliments, Calgary, January 1889"
- Date Range
- [1887 or 1888]
- Reference Code
- V10 / PD 1 - 81
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- GMD
- Photograph
- Album
- Photograph print
1 image
- Part Of
- Boorne and May fonds
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Fonds Number
- V10
- Reference Code
- V10 / PD 1 - 81
- Date Range
- [1887 or 1888]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : print, 11x19 cm, in album
- Scope & Content
- Print is from presentation album inscribed: "W. Whyte Esq., General Superintendent, Western Division C.P.R., Winnipeg. With Boorne and May's Compliments, Calgary, January 1889"
- Subject Access
- Buildings and memorials
- Discovery and Exploration
- Geographic Access
- British Columbia
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553. Group of section men on hand-car
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- Part Of
- Boorne and May fonds
- Scope & Content
- Print is from presentation album inscribed: "W. Whyte Esq., General Superintendent, Western Division C.P.R., Winnipeg. With Boorne and May's Compliments, Calgary, January 1889"
- Date Range
- [1887 or 1888]
- Reference Code
- V10 / PD 1 - 80
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- GMD
- Photograph
- Album
- Photograph print
1 image
- Part Of
- Boorne and May fonds
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Fonds Number
- V10
- Reference Code
- V10 / PD 1 - 80
- Date Range
- [1887 or 1888]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : print, 11x19 cm, in album
- Scope & Content
- Print is from presentation album inscribed: "W. Whyte Esq., General Superintendent, Western Division C.P.R., Winnipeg. With Boorne and May's Compliments, Calgary, January 1889"
- Subject Access
- Discovery and Exploration
- Railways
- Geographic Access
- British Columbia
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