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Brewster Family Photographs

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Part Of: Jim Brewster family fonds

Scope & Content: File pertains to photographs of Jim Brewster and family; other Brewster family members including John & Bella Brewster, Bill Brewster, Lade Bagley Brewster, Fern Brewster, George Clarkson, Edmee Moore (also Edmee and Charlie Reid's wedding), Pearl Moore, Philip Moore, George Brewster family and fr…

Date Range: [ca. 1898-1980]

Reference Code: V90 / IV / PA - 468 to 601

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Tintype

11 images

Part Of: Jim Brewster family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M436 / V90

Series: IV. Brewster family

Sous-Fonds: V90

Accession Number: .

Reference Code: V90 / IV / PA - 468 to 601

GMD: Photograph; Tintype

Date Range: [ca. 1898-1980]

Physical Description: ca.134 photographs : prints; some oversize.

History / Biographical: See fonds level description

Scope & Content: File pertains to photographs of Jim Brewster and family; other Brewster family members including John & Bella Brewster, Bill Brewster, Lade Bagley Brewster, Fern Brewster, George Clarkson, Edmee Moore (also Edmee and Charlie Reid's wedding), Pearl Moore, Philip Moore, George Brewster family and friends, Jack Brewster; also Rudolf Aemmer, Joe and Don Brewster, hockey team photos; views of Jim Brewster's house on Bow Avenue; Bow Falls, Banff townsite, Mount Royal Hotel, Mount Norquay Ski Lodge and ski school, Jim Brewster with school class, Banff Station; Irvine Castle, Ireland. One item is tintype

Name Access: Brewster, Jim; Brewster, Bill; Brewster, George; Brewster, Jack Alexander; Brewster, Jack Walker; Moore, Edmee; Moore, Pearl; Moore, Phil

Subject Access: Activities; Brewster Transport Company Ltd.; Children; Family; Family and personal life; Hockey; Home; Mount Royal Hotel; Photography; Portrait; Skiing; Ski areas; Travel; Weddings

Geographic Access: Norquay Ski Hill; Bow Falls; Banff; Banff National Park; Alberta; Canada; Ireland

Language: English

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Brewster Tally-Ho and golfers at Banff Springs Golf Course

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Part Of: Jim Brewster family fonds

Scope & Content: Image of a large carriage pulled by four horses in front of a building - people golfing in foreground

Date Range: ca. 1907-1914

Reference Code: v90 / na66 - 1970

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph; Negative, copy

1 image

Part Of: Jim Brewster family fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: V90

Reference Code: v90 / na66 - 1970

GMD: Photograph; Negative, copy

Date Range: ca. 1907-1914

Physical Description: 1 photograph : negative : copy negative

Scope & Content: Image of a large carriage pulled by four horses in front of a building - people golfing in foreground

Subject Access: Buildings and memorials; Sports and Recreation; Transportation; Women

Geographic Access: Alberta; British Columbia

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Brewster Transport Company Photographs

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Part Of: Jim Brewster family fonds

Scope & Content: File pertaints to photographs of Brewster Transport operations, facilities, cars, buildings, staff, etc. Includes scenic views with Brewster packard touring cars at Banff, Kootenay and Yoho NP, Banff Springs Hotel; Mount Royal Hotel; Brewster buses; Jim and Bill Brewster with Brewster Transport car…

Date Range: [ca. 1905-1959]

Reference Code: V90 / I / PA - 123 to 235

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph

4 images

Part Of: Jim Brewster family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M436 / V90

Series: I. Jim Brewster

Sous-Fonds: V90

Accession Number: .

Reference Code: V90 / I / PA - 123 to 235

GMD: Photograph

Date Range: [ca. 1905-1959]

Physical Description: 113 photographs : prints; some duplicates, 1 oversize

History / Biographical: See fonds level description

Scope & Content: File pertaints to photographs of Brewster Transport operations, facilities, cars, buildings, staff, etc. Includes scenic views with Brewster packard touring cars at Banff, Kootenay and Yoho NP, Banff Springs Hotel; Mount Royal Hotel; Brewster buses; Jim and Bill Brewster with Brewster Transport car, ca.1920; Brewster's Royal Hawaiian fleet of packards, ca.1927; views of Columbia Icefield area and chalet construction, ca.1938, also military training hut?; sketch map showing route from Mt. Norquay ski area to Mount Royal Hotel, n.d. Fifty four views date from. ca.1959, after Jim Brewster's death (V90 / 182-235)

Name Access: Brewster, Jim

Subject Access: Brewster Brothers; Brewster Transport Company Ltd.; Horses; Professional and Personal Life; Transportation

Geographic Access: Banff; Banff National Park; Alberta; Canada

Language: English

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Fern Brewster album

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Part Of: Jim Brewster family fonds

Scope & Content: Fern Brewster album. -- [ca.1922-ca.1930]. -- 1 photograph album (217 prints). -- Album pertains to Fern Brewster, family, friends, activities; includes movie stars - Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Alma Rubens, Lew Cody, Frank Borzage, Estelle Taylor; scenes from movies being filmed, some from Banff area,…

Date Range: [1922-1930]

Reference Code: V90 / PD - 10

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Album

13 images

Part Of: Jim Brewster family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M436 / V90

Series: II. Fern Brewster

Sous-Fonds: V90

Accession Number: .

Reference Code: V90 / PD - 10

GMD: Photograph; Album

Date Range: [1922-1930]

Physical Description: 1 album (217 photographs : b&w)

Scope & Content: Fern Brewster album. -- [ca.1922-ca.1930]. -- 1 photograph album (217 prints). -- Album pertains to Fern Brewster, family, friends, activities; includes movie stars - Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Alma Rubens, Lew Cody, Frank Borzage, Estelle Taylor; scenes from movies being filmed, some from Banff area, including "Valley of Silent Men", "The Alaskan", "Thief of Bagdad"; Lou Crosby, Peter Whyte, Phil Moore, Edmee Moore, Oliver Kahdahl, Jim and Dell Brewster; also includes some views from Hawaiian trip, ca.1922-1930. -- Condition is fragile. -- Title based on item.

Name Access: Crosby, Lou; Brewster, Dell; Brewster, Fern; Brewster, Jim; Kaldahl, Oliver; Moore, Edmee; Moore, Phil; Whyte, Peter

Subject Access: Films and film making; Travel; Family and personal life

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; Banff; Hawaii

Language: English

Category: Exploration, discovery and travel; Family and personal life

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Frank Borzage and Alma Rubens [filming "The Valley of Silent Men" on Tunnel Mountain]

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Part Of: Jim Brewster family fonds

Scope & Content: Image of a actor Frank Borzage and actress Alma Rubens shooting a movie scene on the side of Tunnel Mountain - man with camera in foreground and man out of the shot below the actors

Reference Code: v90 / pd / 10 / 3 / na66 - 2122

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph; Negative, copy

1 image

Part Of: Jim Brewster family fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: V90

Reference Code: v90 / pd / 10 / 3 / na66 - 2122

GMD: Photograph; Negative, copy

Physical Description: 1 photograph : negative : copy negative

Scope & Content: Image of a actor Frank Borzage and actress Alma Rubens shooting a movie scene on the side of Tunnel Mountain - man with camera in foreground and man out of the shot below the actors

Subject Access: Women

Geographic Access: Alberta; British Columbia

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Jim Brewster Photographs

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Part Of: Jim Brewster family fonds

Scope & Content: File pertains to photographs of Jim Brewster. Includes portraits of Jim Brewster, with friends, activities (on the trail, at camp); also Jim with King George and Queen Elizabeth, and with King and Queen of Siam; Jim with Tom Wilson; Tom Wilson with his wife; also portraits from friends and acquanta…

Date Range: [ca.1912-1948]

Reference Code: V90 / I / PA - 236 to 295

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph

2 images

Part Of: Jim Brewster family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M436 / V90

Series: I. Jim Brewster

Sous-Fonds: V90

Accession Number: .

Reference Code: V90 / I / PA - 236 to 295

GMD: Photograph

Date Range: [ca.1912-1948]

Physical Description: 60 photographs : prints, negatives; some oversize.

History / Biographical: See fonds level description

Scope & Content: File pertains to photographs of Jim Brewster. Includes portraits of Jim Brewster, with friends, activities (on the trail, at camp); also Jim with King George and Queen Elizabeth, and with King and Queen of Siam; Jim with Tom Wilson; Tom Wilson with his wife; also portraits from friends and acquantances, with inscriptions to Jim, including William Lyon Mackenzie King, 1933, and Johnny Coulon; also photograph of George Simpson blaze, 1844.

Name Access: Brewster, Jim; Wilson, Tom

Subject Access: Family; Family and personal life; Photography; Portrait; Royal family; Royal Visit

Geographic Access: Banff; Banff National Park; Alberta; Canada

Language: English

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Jim Brewster's house at the Brewster Dairy

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Part Of: Jim Brewster family fonds

Scope & Content: Image of a group of people on the porch of a two-and-a-half story house - hammock in trees at left

Date Range: 1907

Reference Code: v90 / na66 - 1520

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph; Negative, copy

1 image

Part Of: Jim Brewster family fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: V90

Reference Code: v90 / na66 - 1520

GMD: Photograph; Negative, copy

Date Range: 1907

Physical Description: 1 photograph : negative : copy negative

Scope & Content: Image of a group of people on the porch of a two-and-a-half story house - hammock in trees at left

Subject Access: Family and personal life; Buildings and memorials; Women

Geographic Access: Alberta; British Columbia

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Misc. Photographs

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Part Of: Jim Brewster family fonds

Scope & Content: File pertains to photographs of Rudolf Aemmer; Bruno Engler; Donald Smith driving in the last spike at Craigellachie; early view of the Banff High School; log structure at Cave & Basin (first "hotel" 1883); panoramic views of Lake Louise Chalet, 2 items ; views by J.H. Clarke, West Selkirk, Manitob…

Date Range: [ca. 1883-1949]

Reference Code: V90 / V / PA - 602 to 695

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph

1 image

Part Of: Jim Brewster family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M436 / V90

Series: V. Other

Sous-Fonds: V90

Accession Number: .

Reference Code: V90 / V / PA - 602 to 695

GMD: Photograph

Date Range: [ca. 1883-1949]

Physical Description: ca.100 photographs : prints; some oversize or framed

History / Biographical: See fonds level description

Scope & Content: File pertains to photographs of Rudolf Aemmer; Bruno Engler; Donald Smith driving in the last spike at Craigellachie; early view of the Banff High School; log structure at Cave & Basin (first "hotel" 1883); panoramic views of Lake Louise Chalet, 2 items ; views by J.H. Clarke, West Selkirk, Manitoba, 5 items; Banff townsite; masquerade party; Joe Smith, Silver City; hunting scenes and trophy heads; scenic views, some from Banff area; Banff Winter Carnival queen and events; portrait of Edward Whymper with James Hector; scenic views and First Nations portraits by Walter Wilcox, includes portrait of Tom Wilson with Chief John Hunter; members of Rotary International commemorative ceremony at Waterton Lakes National Park. Framed photographs are formal portrait of the Duke of Connaught and portrait of Duke of Connaught in Indigenous regalia on the patio of the Banff Springs Hotel, both 1916, and view of Rudolf Aemmer at Lake Louise, 1949.

Name Access: Aemmer, Rudolf; Engler, Bruno; Smith, Donald; Clarke, J.H.; Wilson, Tom

Subject Access: Cave & Basin; Brewster Transport Company Ltd.; Hunting; Ceremony; Photography; Portrait; First Nations; Indigenous Peoples; Guides; Guiding; Transportation; Royal Family; Royal Visit; Banff Springs Hotel

Geographic Access: Banff; Lake Louise; Banff National Park; Alberta; Canada

Language: English

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Moraine Lake - Famous Players Lasky Co.

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Part Of: Jim Brewster family fonds

Scope & Content: Image of a film crew with film equipment on the shore of Moraine Lake

Date Range: ca. 1925

Reference Code: v90 / pd / 10 / 33 / na66 - 2121

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph; Negative, copy

1 image

Part Of: Jim Brewster family fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: V90

Reference Code: v90 / pd / 10 / 33 / na66 - 2121

GMD: Photograph; Negative, copy

Date Range: ca. 1925

Physical Description: 1 photograph : negative : copy negative

Scope & Content: Image of a film crew with film equipment on the shore of Moraine Lake

Subject Access: Women

Geographic Access: Alberta; British Columbia

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[Packtrain preparing to depart from Brewster Dairy (Jim Brewster at right) from Banff]

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Part Of: Jim Brewster family fonds

Scope & Content: Image of men astride horses, and packhorses in front of log buildings

Reference Code: v90 / 474 / na66 - 1489

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph; Negative, copy

1 image

Part Of: Jim Brewster family fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: V90

Reference Code: v90 / 474 / na66 - 1489

GMD: Photograph; Negative, copy

Physical Description: 1 photograph : negative : copy negative

Scope & Content: Image of men astride horses, and packhorses in front of log buildings

Subject Access: Buildings and memorials; Commerce; Discovery and Exploration; Labour; Sports and Recreation; Transportation

Geographic Access: Alberta; British Columbia

Title Source: NA66 visual reference

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Pearl Brewster's and Phillip Moore's wedding

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Part Of: Jim Brewster family fonds

Scope & Content: Image of a group of people on the porch of a house in winter- bride Pearl Brewster front third from left, and groom Phillip Moore front second from left

Date Range: 1907

Reference Code: v90 / na66 - 1519

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph; Negative, copy

1 image

Part Of: Jim Brewster family fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: V90

Reference Code: v90 / na66 - 1519

GMD: Photograph; Negative, copy

Date Range: 1907

Physical Description: 1 photograph : negative : copy negative

Scope & Content: Image of a group of people on the porch of a house in winter- bride Pearl Brewster front third from left, and groom Phillip Moore front second from left

Subject Access: Family and personal life; Buildings and memorials; Women

Geographic Access: Alberta; British Columbia

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Photographs [Scrapbook]

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Part Of: Jim Brewster family fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of a scrapbook containing articles by and about Jim Brewster, some undated.

Date Range: 1903-1905

Reference Code: M436 / I / 9

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Scrapbook

1 image 1 Electronic Resource

Part Of: Jim Brewster family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M436 / V90

Series: I. Jim Brewster

Sous-Fonds: M436

Accession Number: 3350

Reference Code: M436 / I / 9

GMD: Scrapbook

Date Range: 1903-1905

Physical Description: 2 cm of textual records (11 pages ; 37 x 23 cm)

History / Biographical: See fonds level description.

Scope & Content: File consists of a scrapbook containing articles by and about Jim Brewster, some undated.

Name Access: Brewster, Jim

Subject Access: Bears; Brewster Brothers; Brewster Mountain Pack Trains; Brewster Transport Company Ltd.; Bighorn Sheep; Family and personal life; Grizzly Bears; Guide; Magazine; Newspaper

Geographic Access: Banff; Lake Louise; Banff National Park; Alberta; Canada

Language: English

Title Source: Title from cover of scrapbook

Processing Status: Processed

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Start of girls ski rance on Banff Avenue during Banff Winter Carnival, Jim Brewster (second from right) officiating

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Part Of: Jim Brewster family fonds

Scope & Content: Image of four girls in the foreground in skis preparing to race along Banff Avenue - bystanders in background, and two men at right - Jim Brewster is second from right

Date Range: 1925

Reference Code: v90 / 658 / na66 - 1999

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph; Negative, copy

1 image

Part Of: Jim Brewster family fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: V90

Reference Code: v90 / 658 / na66 - 1999

GMD: Photograph; Negative, copy

Date Range: 1925

Physical Description: 1 photograph : negative : copy negative

Scope & Content: Image of four girls in the foreground in skis preparing to race along Banff Avenue - bystanders in background, and two men at right - Jim Brewster is second from right

Subject Access: Buildings and memorials; Public events; Sports and Recreation

Geographic Access: Alberta; British Columbia

Title Source: NA66 visual reference

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Sunshine Ski Lodge Photographs

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Part Of: Jim Brewster family fonds

Scope & Content: File pertains to views of the construction of Sunshine Ski Lodge; Sunshine area, including Mt. Assiniboine area; skiing at Sunshine; Sunshine area and skiers at Sunshine by R.B.R. [Rushworth], 14 items; panorama prints and negatives of Sunshine area; some views by Nicholas Morant; postcards of Suns…

Date Range: 1934-1948

Reference Code: V90 / I / PA - 1 to 122

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph

2 images

Part Of: Jim Brewster family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M436 / V90

Series: I. Jim Brewster

Sous-Fonds: V90

Accession Number: .

Reference Code: V90 / I / PA - 1 to 122

GMD: Photograph

Date Range: 1934-1948

Physical Description: 122 photographs : prints, negatives;

History / Biographical: See fonds level description

Scope & Content: File pertains to views of the construction of Sunshine Ski Lodge; Sunshine area, including Mt. Assiniboine area; skiing at Sunshine; Sunshine area and skiers at Sunshine by R.B.R. [Rushworth], 14 items; panorama prints and negatives of Sunshine area; some views by Nicholas Morant; postcards of Sunshine Ski Lodge by C.A. Beil, 2 items; also views of early snowmobiles at Sunshine.