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Unidentified Indigenous people in Medicine Hat

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Part Of: Vaux family fonds

Scope & Content: Pertains to two unidentified Indigenous individuals posed in front of buildings in Medicine Hat

Date Range: 1894

Reference Code: V653 / PS - 7

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Transparency; Lantern slide

1 image

Part Of: Vaux family fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: M107 / V653

Series: I. Photography

Sous-Fonds: V653

Sub-Series: V. Lantern slides

Reference Code: V653 / PS - 7

GMD: Transparency; Lantern slide

Parallel Title: Indians at Medicine Hat 6/30/94

Date Range: 1894

Physical Description: 1 transparency : lantern slide

Scope & Content: Pertains to two unidentified Indigenous individuals posed in front of buildings in Medicine Hat

Notes: Made from negative WMCR-V653/NA-18

Subject Access: Indigenous Peoples; First Nations; Discovery and exploration

Geographic Access: Alberta

Creator: Vaux family (Philadelphia USA)

Processing Status: Processed

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Peter and Catharine Whyte Colour Transparencies

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Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of 205, 35mm, colour transparencies. Transparencies pertain to Waterton Park, Red Rock Canyon (Waterton), Cameron Lake, Bert and Alma Newbury at Lake Louise, Peter painting at Columbia Icefield, Banff Administration building during Banff Indian Days, Penhold Air Show, scuba divers at …

Date Range: 1961

Reference Code: V683 / III / B / NS - 4687 to 4892

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Transparency

1 image

Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M36 / V683 / S37

Series: V683 / III / B : Peter and Catharine Whyte Transparencies Sub Series

Sous-Fonds: V683

Accession Number: .

Reference Code: V683 / III / B / NS - 4687 to 4892

GMD: Photograph; Transparency

Date Range: 1961

Physical Description: Transparencies: 205 transparencies, 35mm, colour --

Scope & Content: File consists of 205, 35mm, colour transparencies. Transparencies pertain to Waterton Park, Red Rock Canyon (Waterton), Cameron Lake, Bert and Alma Newbury at Lake Louise, Peter painting at Columbia Icefield, Banff Administration building during Banff Indian Days, Penhold Air Show, scuba divers at Moraine Lake, Kootenay Plains, Mount Temple, Field, Mount Norquay Chairlift, Mountain sheep, Town of Banff from Sulphur Mountain, the Whyte home, Vermilion Lakes, Lake Louise, and Frances Roddy.

Subject Access: Landscapes; Rocky Mountains; Painting

Language: English

Title Source: Title based on contents of file.

Processing Status: Processed

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Elk Lake

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Part Of: Bob Hind fonds

Scope & Content: File pertains to Elk Lake area in Kananaskis region of Alberta and BC. Includes landscape views, and photographs of group hiking and camps

Date Range: 1964

Reference Code: V46 / I / A / 42 / NS - 1 to 73

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Transparency

73 images 1 Electronic Resource

Part Of: Bob Hind fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M7; V46

Series: I.A. Mountain travel and recreation, western Canada : Trips and activities

Sous-Fonds: V46

Accession Number: 7181

Reference Code: V46 / I / A / 42 / NS - 1 to 73

GMD: Photograph; Transparency

Date Range: 1964

Physical Description: 73 photographs : transparencies, 35mm, col

Scope & Content: File pertains to Elk Lake area in Kananaskis region of Alberta and BC. Includes landscape views, and photographs of group hiking and camps

Geographic Access: Alberta; British Columbia

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

GMD: Photograph; Transparency

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

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Lantern Slides

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Part Of: Stan J. Carr fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of 8 colour lantern slides, some captioned. File subjects include an unidentified mountain scene, Mount Assiniboine, horse in unientified mountain scene, man posed in campsite in unidentified location, Lake Louise and Victoria Glacier, Hector Lake and Bow Peak, unidentified man in cam…

Date Range: ca. 1912

Reference Code: V127 / PS - 1 to 8

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Transparency; Lantern slide

8 images

Part Of: Stan J. Carr fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M 179; V 127

Sous-Fonds: V 127

Accession Number: 1072

Reference Code: V127 / PS - 1 to 8

GMD: Transparency; Lantern slide

Date Range: ca. 1912

Physical Description: 8 photographs : col. slides ; 10.5 x 14 cm

History / Biographical: Additive Colour Screen Plates, first theorized by James Clerk Maxwell in 1861, were the first forms of colour photography. Maxwell’s original process involved printing the same black and white image through different coloured screens onto transparencies and then projecting them overlapped in order to create a single full-colour image. In 1868 Louis Ducos du Hauron expanded on this method by placing a screen made up of microscopic coloured stripes in front of a light-sensitive emulsion before exposing it to light. During exposure, the colours in the screen attached to the developing picture so when viewed back through the screen in a projector the image appeared fully in colour. Neither of these methods were commercially popular during the 19th century since black and white processes were cheaper and more widely available. In 1907 the Lumiere brothers introduced the Autochrome process to wide commercial success. The Autochrome process involved a mix of tiny potato starch grains dyed green, orange-red, and blue-purple that were mixed thoroughly and applied to a glass slide coated in a sticky varnish that held the grains in an evenly-distributed layer. The grains were laminated into the varnish to make them smaller and more transparent, and then the whole thing was sealed with another layer of waterproof varnish. The entire process could be done by machines, which made the slides cheap to produce, easily available to the public and opened up the process to amateur photographers. Photographs developed on Autochrome plates created soft images with relatively natural colour rendering, making them popular with artists and photojournalists. Autochrome plates (which came to refer to all colour screen plates regardless of manufacturer) created one-of-a-kind positive images and required long exposure times. Once an image was complete, it had to be quickly covered with either a strong coating of varnish or another slide of glass and then sealed along the edges with binding tape. Because silver is an element of the sticky base varnish that holds the dyed grains, if moisture was allowed to access the image the layers of varnish could ripple or tear away from the glass, or the dye could bleed or fade. The silver base is highly sensative to oxygen and if improperly sealed images could begin to "mirror," a process in which the exposed parts of the slide become uniform and shiny, obscuring the image. Because of the random distribution of dyed colour grains throughout the image and the lines created by laminating those grains into the base varnish, Autochrome transparencies are often mistaken for hand-painted coloured slides. Autochrome can be identified by looking closely for small dots of colour in all parts of the image, rather than the solid blots of colour found on hand-painted slides.

Scope & Content: File consists of 8 colour lantern slides, some captioned. File subjects include an unidentified mountain scene, Mount Assiniboine, horse in unientified mountain scene, man posed in campsite in unidentified location, Lake Louise and Victoria Glacier, Hector Lake and Bow Peak, unidentified man in camp.

Name Access: Carr, Stan J.

Subject Access: Exploration; Discovery and travel; Lantern slide

Geographic Access: Mount Assiniboine; Lake Louise; Bow Summit; Banff National Park; Alberta; Canada

Access Restrictions: No restrictions on access

Language: English

Conservation: Re-seal all slides appropriately; keep stored in cool, dry, dark area; refrain from exposing to further damage.

Creator: Carr, Stan J.

Category: Exploration, discovery and travel

Biographical Source Notes: http://www.graphicsatlas.org/identification/?process_id=286#overview; https://psap.library.illinois.edu/collection-id-guide/slide#autochrome