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George Noble fonds
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- Part Of
- George Noble fonds
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of a broad-ranging commercial negative collection. Includes four series. I. Scenic and documentary views, 2839 items; includes film and glass negatives in sizes up to 8 X 10 inches. Pertains to Banff and area buildings, facilities, activities, events, such as Banff Winter Carnival a…
- Date Range
- [ca.1912]-1958
- Reference Code
- M533 / V469
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- GMD
- Photograph
- Negative
- Photograph print
- Transparency
- Textual record
- Corporate record
- Part Of
- George Noble fonds
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- Fonds Number
- M 533
- V 469
- Sous-Fonds
- M 533
- V 469
- Accession Number
- 82, 168, 275, 940, 1157, 1992, 2020, 3513, 5281, 6753, 6841, 7135
- Reference Code
- M533 / V469
- Date Range
- [ca.1912]-1958
- Physical Description
- ca.8500 photographs : negatives. -- 36 transparencies : stereo, colour. -- 2 textual records
- History / Biographical
- George Noble, 1879-1965, was a professional photographer at Banff, Alberta, Canada. Noble was born in Woolwich, England where he apprenticed as a photographer. He came to Banff in 1909 to operate a photographic business for his uncles, George and Bill Fear, who owned a curio business. In 1919, Noble bought the photographic business and, in 1932, acquired the remainder of the Fear Brothers business. He built a new studio and shop, which offered portraiture, photo- finishing and framing services and sold photographic supplies, camera equipment and English china. In addition to portraiture, George Noble and employees, such as photographer Bill Jamieson, produced a wide range of documentary, scenic and commercial views. Noble's shop offered black and white and hand-coloured prints of local events and Rocky Mountain views. George Noble was an active member of the community, serving on both the Banff School Board and the Banff Board of Trade for many years. Upon his retirement in 1957, his business was acquired by a group of investors which included Bill Jamieson, lab-technician and photographer for the Noble business from 1936 to 1957
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of a broad-ranging commercial negative collection. Includes four series.
- I. Scenic and documentary views, 2839 items; includes film and glass negatives in sizes up to 8 X 10 inches. Pertains to Banff and area buildings, facilities, activities, events, such as Banff Winter Carnival and Banff Indian Days; Indigenous; scenic views of Banff and area and other Rocky Mountains locations.
- II. Commercial views, 765 items; includes buildings, businesses, facilities, sports events, organizations, conventions, group portraits, displays and presentations.
- III. Mixed views, 242 items; includes scenic, documentary and commercial views similar to material in previous series. Also includes some views know to have been produced by Fred Armbrister, a professional photographer who operated out of Lake Louise, Alberta, ca.1930.
- IV. Portraits, ca.4600. This series contains four groups: A. 1920s-1950s, most unidentified; B. 1930s and 1940s, arranged alphabetically, many unidentified; C. 1950s, arranged alphabetically, most identified, many with proofs (prints); D. 1950s, arranged chronologically by job number.
- V. Other, ca.50 items. Includes 36 colour stereo transparencies, ca.1955, re Administration Building and gardens, Banff-Jasper Highway scenics, mountain sheep, autumn colour, Banff Avenue, George Noble and staff. Also includes small number of commercial prints produced by Noble, including several large hand-painted views.
- Fonds is accompanied by business record books, 1950-1958, 2 v. (M533)
- Name Access
- Noble, George
- Subject Access
- Arts
- Buildings and facilities
- Commerce and industry
- Community life
- Environment
- Sports, recreation and leisure
- Transportation
- 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: arrangement outline
- file description and index
- electronic finding aid
- selected modern reference prints
- Related Material
- Related commercial photographs made by Bill Jamieson in the employ of George Noble are located in the Ron Duke fonds (V180 / II.A.i. - V180 / II.A.vi.; V180 / III.A.)
- Portrait camera and electric 3D viewer reside in Heritage collections, Whyte Museum
- Creator
- Noble, George
- Title Source
- Title based on accession records and contents of fonds
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Buffalo Nations Luxton Museum interior displays
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- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 48 colour transparencies which are individually numbered and labelled. Images pertain to the interior of the Buffalo Nations Luxton Museum and several displays featuring historic Indigenous figures and scenes. Images were used in commercial postcards promoting the Luxton Museum.
- Date Range
- [1955-1960]
- Reference Code
- LUX / I / E4 / NS - 1 to 48
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Photograph
- Transparency
- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- LUX
- Series
- LUX / I / E : Collected material
- Sous-Fonds
- LUX / I : Norman Luxton sous-fonds
- Sub-Series
- LUX / I / E4 : Photographs
- Accession Number
- LUX
- Reference Code
- LUX / I / E4 / NS - 1 to 48
- Date Range
- [1955-1960]
- Physical Description
- 48 photographs : col. slides ; 35 mm
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 48 colour transparencies which are individually numbered and labelled. Images pertain to the interior of the Buffalo Nations Luxton Museum and several displays featuring historic Indigenous figures and scenes. Images were used in commercial postcards promoting the Luxton Museum.
- Notes
- File contains 11 individual images and duplicates of each
- Items each have number between 301 and 311, excluding the number 302. Items are not in numerical order in file
- Name Access
- Luxton, Norman
- Subject Access
- Museums
- Indigenous Peoples
- History
- Tourism
- Cultural pluralism
- Businesses
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Alberta
- Banff
- Access Restrictions
- Restrictions may apply
- Reproduction Restrictions
- Restrictions may apply
- Language
- English
- Related Material
- LUX / I / E4 / PG - 1 & 2
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Eleanor Luxton with friends, Banff and Calgary
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- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 5 transparency photographs pertaining to Eleanor Luxton and several friends visiting each other in Banff and Calgary, including Everett Baker and Sheilagh Jameson.
- Date Range
- 1959
- Reference Code
- LUX / II / E / NS - 1 to 5
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Photograph
- Transparency
- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- LUX
- Series
- LUX / II / E : Travel and home records
- Sous-Fonds
- LUX / II : Eleanor Luxton sous-fonds
- Accession Number
- LUX
- Reference Code
- LUX / II / E / NS - 1 to 5
- Responsibility
- Photographs LUX/II/E/NS-1 to 3 produced by Everett Baker (Shaunavon, Saskatchewan)
- Date Range
- 1959
- Physical Description
- 5 photographs : col. transparency slides ; 35 mm
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 5 transparency photographs pertaining to Eleanor Luxton and several friends visiting each other in Banff and Calgary, including Everett Baker and Sheilagh Jameson.
- Notes
- Most individuals in photographs not identified
- Material Details
- Items LUX/II/E/NS-1 to 3 accompanied in file by small annotated paper envelope addressed to Eleanor Luxton from Everett Baker
- Name Access
- Luxton, Eleanor
- Baker, Everett
- Jameson, Sheilagh
- Subject Access
- Family and personal life
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Alberta
- Banff
- Saskatchewan
- Shaunavon
- Calgary
- Reproduction Restrictions
- Restrictions may apply
- Language
- English
- Category
- Family and personal life
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Enoch Rider (Sûkârâgan) (Horse Rider), Stoney Nakoda
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- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Scope & Content
- [Enoch Rider (Sûkârâgan) (Horse Rider), Stoney Nakoda]*
- Date Range
- ca. 1910
- Reference Code
- LUX/I/d3a-10-36a
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- GMD
- Photograph
- Transparency
1 image
- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Fonds Number
- LUX
- Series
- I.C.2. Dan McCowan : Photography, lantern slides
- Sous-Fonds
- LUX
- Accession Number
- n/a
- Reference Code
- LUX/I/d3a-10-36a
- Date Range
- ca. 1910
- Physical Description
- 1 Negative
- Scope & Content
- [Enoch Rider (Sûkârâgan) (Horse Rider), Stoney Nakoda]*
- Name Access
- McCowan, Dan
- Rider, Enoch
- Subject Access
- First Nations
- Indigenous Peoples
- Stoney Nakoda
- Stoney
- Geographic Access
- Alberta
- Language
- English
- Creator
- McCowan, Dan
- Title Source
- Stoney Nakoda Elders provided naming and other culturally relevant information during interviews held for Recognizing Relations, an archives initiative active from 2014-2023.
- The goal of this initiative was to name local Indigenous peoples in photographs held in the WMCR archives as well as encouraging access for Indigenous communities to these images.
- Processing Status
- Processed
Images
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Luxton family headstone
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- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of one print photograph and two duplicate transparency slides depicting the headstone of Norman and Georgina Luxton (and later Eleanor Luxton), 1966.
- Date Range
- 1966
- Reference Code
- LUX / III / A3a / PA - 9
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Photograph
- Transparency
- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- LUX
- Series
- LUX / III / A : Norman Luxton family
- Sous-Fonds
- LUX / III : Luxton family sous-fonds
- Sub-Series
- LUX / III / A3 : Collected material
- Accession Number
- LUX
- Reference Code
- LUX / III / A3a / PA - 9
- Date Range
- 1966
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. print ; 12.5 x 9 cm -- 2 col. transparency slides, 35 mm
- Scope & Content
- File consists of one print photograph and two duplicate transparency slides depicting the headstone of Norman and Georgina Luxton (and later Eleanor Luxton), 1966.
- Notes
- Date range provided by Processing Archivist
- Name Access
- Luxton, Norman
- Luxton, Georgina
- Luxton, Eleanor
- Subject Access
- Family and personal life
- Grave
- Language
- English
- Conservation
- Items stored together in file
- Category
- Family and personal life
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Tilikum on display in Victoria
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- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 6 colour transparency slides depicting the Tilikum dugout canoe on display in Victoria, B.C. in 1974.
- Date Range
- 1974
- Reference Code
- LUX / II / F2 / NS - 1 to 6
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Photograph
- Transparency
- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- 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 / NS - 1 to 6
- Date Range
- 1974
- Physical Description
- 6 photographs : col. slides ; 35 mm
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 6 colour transparency slides depicting the Tilikum dugout canoe on display in Victoria, B.C. in 1974.
- Subject Access
- Museums
- Canoes and canoeing
- History
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- British Columbia
- Victoria
- Reproduction Restrictions
- Copyright status unknown
- Language
- English
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Travel and home records
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- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Scope & Content
- Series consists of scrapbooks, albums, photographs and textual records pertaining to Eleanor Luxton's domestic and international travels, and Eleanor's life in Banff. Includes records pertaining to Japan, Panama, Hawaii, and China; local events, including the Calgary Stampede, Banff Indian Days and…
- Date Range
- [ca.1900] - 1992
- Reference Code
- LUX / II / E
- Description Level
- 3 / Series
- GMD
- Textual record
- Photograph
- Negative
- Transparency
- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Description Level
- 3 / Series
- Fonds Number
- LUX
- Series
- LUX / II / E : Travel and home records
- Sous-Fonds
- LUX / II : Eleanor Luxton sous-fonds
- Accession Number
- LUX
- Reference Code
- LUX / II / E
- Date Range
- [ca.1900] - 1992
- Physical Description
- 27.5 cm of textual records (5 scrapbooks ; 0.5 cm newspaper clippings) -- 7 albums -- 1,345 photographs (1,083 b&w and col. prints ; 257 b&w and col. negatives ; 5 col. transparency slides)
- Scope & Content
- Series consists of scrapbooks, albums, photographs and textual records pertaining to Eleanor Luxton's domestic and international travels, and Eleanor's life in Banff. Includes records pertaining to Japan, Panama, Hawaii, and China; local events, including the Calgary Stampede, Banff Indian Days and a celebration marking the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II; Canadian trips, including the Okanagan region, Seebe and Jasper National Park; and the Luxton family home in Banff.
- Name Access
- Luxton, Eleanor
- Subject Access
- Family and personal life
- Travel
- Exploration
- Home
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Canadian Rocky Mountains
- Alberta
- British Columbia
- Banff
- Quebec
- United States of America
- Panama
- Japan
- China
- Language
- English
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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