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Canadian Pacific Railway fonds

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Part Of: Canadian Pacific Railway fonds

Scope & Content: Fonds consists of visual and texual material pertaining to the Canadian Pacific Railway and its holdings. Visual material conists of two series. Series I: lantern slides, Series II: prints. Textual material consists of two series. Series I: organizational records, Series II: the 1942 film "Canadian…

Date Range: [ca.1900-1950]

Reference Code: M584 / V782

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

GMD: Photograph; Transparency; Lantern slide; Print; Organization record; Textual record

Part Of: Canadian Pacific Railway fonds

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

Fonds Number: M584 / V782

Sous-Fonds: V782

Accession Number: 303, 304, 625, 1471, 1086, 1544, 3288, 3502, 6740, 7071, 2014.8366, 2021.18

Reference Code: M584 / V782

GMD: Photograph; Transparency; Lantern slide; Print; Organization record; Textual record

Date Range: [ca.1900-1950]

Physical Description: 69 b&w lantern slides, 5 cm of textual records, ca. 309 prints : b&w ; 27.9 x 20.3 cm or smaller

Scope & Content: Fonds consists of visual and texual material pertaining to the Canadian Pacific Railway and its holdings. Visual material conists of two series. Series I: lantern slides, Series II: prints. Textual material consists of two series. Series I: organizational records, Series II: the 1942 film "Canadian Pacific" screenplay and associated documents. Visual material includes black and white lantern slides and black and white prints depicting various scenes pertaining to travelling on the Canadian Pacific Railway and depict dining rooms, scnes involving trains and mountains, farming scenes and fields, people in train cars, various cities and towns, figures in natural landscapes, horses and horseback riding, mountains, waterfalls, skiing, ships, CP hotels, and other grand buildings [across Canada] such as Notre Dame Cathedral in Montreal. Textual material includes paper reports [some compiled by Canadian Pacific Hotels Architectural Engineer Ed Steel] detailing various construction and/or renovation projects for hotels, lodges, tea houses, bugalow camps, huts, and backcountry lodges throughout the Canadian Rockies as well as records pertaining to CP hotels in the Canadian Rockies, and the screenplay for "Canadian Pacific."

Notes: Slides were stored in rectangular wood box with leather handle on top, and metal handle at one end. White label that says “Lyon & Turnbull 432 04 February 2009” on lid of the box. Old, peeling, and stained label on top under handle, illegible. Faded, peeling labels on front, some words legible: “from the Canadian Pacific…” 2 stained and water damaged labels detached from box appear to be English shipping labels.“10” stamped in black on both ends of box. Stamped in black on rear of box: “Canadian Pacific Rly Co. 62 to 65 Charing Cross, London, S.W. 1. “3” engraved on upper rim of box. Box is divided into 3 sections with removable wood separators, small pieces of felt line 2 sections of the box.

Name Access: Canadian Pacific Railway

Subject Access: Buildings; Buildings and facilities; Camps; Construction; Environment; Huts; Tourism; Trains; Transportation

Geographic Access: Banff National Park; Jasper National Park; Yoho National Park; Glacier; Alberta; British Columbia; Canada

Language: Language is English

Title Source: Title based on contents of fonds

Content Details: Prints and some textual records absorbed from old records V121 and M48. Lantern slides donated to the Whyte Museum by Dr. William and Mrs. Wynn Bensen. The slides were purchased by the Bensens from Lyon and Turnbull in Scotland.

Processing Status: Processed

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[Men standing on platform next to railway tracks]

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Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Scope & Content: Image of three unidentifed men standing on a wooden platform next to railway tracks - horses and buggy on road to right

Date Range: [ca. 1900-1930]

Reference Code: V683 / III / A / 1 / PA - 89

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph; Print

1 image

Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: M36 / V683 / S37

Series: V683 / III / A / 1 : Peter and Catharine Whyte: Personal Photographs

Sous-Fonds: V683

Accession Number: .

Reference Code: V683 / III / A / 1 / PA - 89

GMD: Photograph; Print

Date Range: [ca. 1900-1930]

Physical Description: Photographs: 1 prints; b&w.

Scope & Content: Image of three unidentifed men standing on a wooden platform next to railway tracks - horses and buggy on road to right

Subject Access: Trains

Geographic Access: Banff

Language: English

Title Source: Title based on item

Processing Status: Processed

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[Men standing on platform next to railway tracks]

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Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Scope & Content: Image of three unidentifed men standing on a wooden platform next to railway tracks - horses and buggy on road to right

Date Range: [ca. 1900-1930]

Reference Code: V683 / III / A / 1 / PA - 90

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph; Print

1 image

Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: M36 / V683 / S37

Series: V683 / III / A / 1 : Peter and Catharine Whyte: Personal Photographs

Sous-Fonds: V683

Accession Number: .

Reference Code: V683 / III / A / 1 / PA - 90

GMD: Photograph; Print

Date Range: [ca. 1900-1930]

Physical Description: Photographs: 1 prints; b&w.

Scope & Content: Image of three unidentifed men standing on a wooden platform next to railway tracks - horses and buggy on road to right

Subject Access: Trains

Geographic Access: Banff

Language: English

Title Source: Title based on item

Processing Status: Processed

Images

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[Men standing on platform next to railway tracks - enhanced]

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Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Scope & Content: Image of three unidentified men standing on a wooden platform next to railway tracks - horses and buggy on road to right [photo lightened to enhance details]

Date Range: [ca. 1900-1930]

Reference Code: V683 / III / A / 1 / PA - 91

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph; Print

1 image

Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: M36 / V683 / S37

Series: V683 / III / A / 1 : Peter and Catharine Whyte: Personal Photographs

Sous-Fonds: V683

Accession Number: .

Reference Code: V683 / III / A / 1 / PA - 91

GMD: Photograph; Print

Date Range: [ca. 1900-1930]

Physical Description: Photographs: 1 prints; b&w.

Scope & Content: Image of three unidentified men standing on a wooden platform next to railway tracks - horses and buggy on road to right [photo lightened to enhance details]

Subject Access: Trains

Geographic Access: Banff

Language: English

Title Source: Title based on item

Processing Status: Processed

Images

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[Men standing on platform next to railway tracks]

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Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Scope & Content: Image of three unidentifed men standing on a wooden platform next to railway tracks - horses and buggy on road to right

Date Range: [ca. 1900-1930]

Reference Code: V683 / III / A / 1 / PA - 92

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph; Print

1 image

Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: M36 / V683 / S37

Series: V683 / III / A / 1 : Peter and Catharine Whyte: Personal Photographs

Sous-Fonds: V683

Accession Number: .

Reference Code: V683 / III / A / 1 / PA - 92

GMD: Photograph; Print

Date Range: [ca. 1900-1930]

Physical Description: Photographs: 1 prints; b&w.

Scope & Content: Image of three unidentifed men standing on a wooden platform next to railway tracks - horses and buggy on road to right

Subject Access: Trains

Geographic Access: Banff

Language: English

Title Source: Title based on item

Processing Status: Processed

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[Men standing on platform next to railway tracks]

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Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Scope & Content: Image of three unidentified men standing on a wooden platform next to railway tracks - horses and buggy on road to right

Date Range: [ca. 1900-1930]

Reference Code: V683 / III / A / 1 / PA - 93

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph; Print

1 image

Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: M36 / V683 / S37

Series: V683 / III / A / 1 : Peter and Catharine Whyte: Personal Photographs

Sous-Fonds: V683

Accession Number: .

Reference Code: V683 / III / A / 1 / PA - 93

GMD: Photograph; Print

Date Range: [ca. 1900-1930]

Physical Description: Photographs: 1 prints; b&w.

Scope & Content: Image of three unidentified men standing on a wooden platform next to railway tracks - horses and buggy on road to right

Subject Access: Trains

Geographic Access: Banff

Language: English

Title Source: Title based on item

Processing Status: Processed

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[Group posed with steam locomotive]

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Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Scope & Content: Image of a group of men posed for a photograph on a steam locomotive

Date Range: [ca. 1900-1930]

Reference Code: V683 / III / A / 1 / PA - 99

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph; Print

1 image

Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: M36 / V683 / S37

Series: V683 / III / A / 1 : Peter and Catharine Whyte: Personal Photographs

Sous-Fonds: V683

Accession Number: .

Reference Code: V683 / III / A / 1 / PA - 99

GMD: Photograph; Print

Date Range: [ca. 1900-1930]

Physical Description: Photographs: 1 prints; b&w.

Scope & Content: Image of a group of men posed for a photograph on a steam locomotive

Subject Access: Trains

Language: English

Title Source: Title based on item

Processing Status: Processed

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[Group posed with steam locomotive]

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Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Scope & Content: Image of a group of men posed for a photograph on a steam locomotive

Date Range: [ca. 1900-1930]

Reference Code: V683 / III / A / 1 / PA - 100

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph; Print

1 image

Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: M36 / V683 / S37

Series: V683 / III / A / 1 : Peter and Catharine Whyte: Personal Photographs

Sous-Fonds: V683

Accession Number: .

Reference Code: V683 / III / A / 1 / PA - 100

GMD: Photograph; Print

Date Range: [ca. 1900-1930]

Physical Description: Photographs: 1 prints; b&w.

Scope & Content: Image of a group of men posed for a photograph on a steam locomotive

Subject Access: Trains

Language: English

Title Source: Title based on item

Processing Status: Processed

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Canmore History

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Part Of: Bruno Engler fonds

Scope & Content: File pertains to 24 b&w prints of historical buildings and sites around the town of Canmore. Includes the exteriors of homes (including Lawrence Grassi's), businesses, and hotels, the train station, the Canmore Mine, and portraits of men with dogs.

Date Range: 1936-1993

Reference Code: V190 / VI / C / iv / PA - 01 to PA - 24

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Print

15 images

Part Of: Bruno Engler fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M323 / S40 / V190

Series: VI : Retained file, C : Alphabetical order

Sous-Fonds: V190

Sub-Series: iv : Canmore History

Accession Number: 7436

Reference Code: V190 / VI / C / iv / PA - 01 to PA - 24

GMD: Photograph; Print

Date Range: 1936-1993

Physical Description: 24 photographs : b&w ; 25.2 x 20.2 cm or smaller

History / Biographical: See fonds level description

Scope & Content: File pertains to 24 b&w prints of historical buildings and sites around the town of Canmore. Includes the exteriors of homes (including Lawrence Grassi's), businesses, and hotels, the train station, the Canmore Mine, and portraits of men with dogs.

Notes: Not all photographs are taken by Bruno Engler

Name Access: Grassi, Lawrence

Subject Access: Automobiles; Buildings; Businesses; Canmore Hotel; Canmore Mines; Dogs; Hotels; Mountains; Portrait; Trains

Geographic Access: Canmore; Alberta

Language: English

Title Source: Original title kept

Processing Status: Processed

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CPR History

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Part Of: Bruno Engler fonds

Scope & Content: File pertains to b&w prints of CPR [Canadian Pacific Railway] hotels and trains throughout Banff National Park. Includes the 1926 fire at the Chateau Lake Louise, the Banff Springs Hotel, a train in motion on tracks, and recovery efforts after the 1910 avalanche that buried a train at Roger's Pass.

Date Range: [ca. 1886-1926]

Reference Code: V190 / VI / C / vi / PA - 01 to PA - 20

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Print

8 images

Part Of: Bruno Engler fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M323 / S40 / V190

Series: VI : Retained file, C : Alphabetical order

Sous-Fonds: V190

Sub-Series: vi : CPR History

Accession Number: 7436

Reference Code: V190 / VI / C / vi / PA - 01 to PA - 20

GMD: Photograph; Print

Date Range: [ca. 1886-1926]

Physical Description: 20 photographs : b&w ; 25.2 x 20.2 cm or smaller

History / Biographical: See fonds level description

Scope & Content: File pertains to b&w prints of CPR [Canadian Pacific Railway] hotels and trains throughout Banff National Park. Includes the 1926 fire at the Chateau Lake Louise, the Banff Springs Hotel, a train in motion on tracks, and recovery efforts after the 1910 avalanche that buried a train at Roger's Pass.

Notes: Unclear if photographs were taken by Bruno or just collected by him.

Subject Access: Avalanches; Banff Springs Hotel; Canadian Pacific Railway; Chateau Lake Louise; Fire; Hotels; Roger's Pass; Trains; Tourism

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

Language: English

Title Source: Original title kept

Processing Status: Processed

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History Photos

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Part Of: Bruno Engler fonds

Scope & Content: File pertains to 120 b&w prints of various historical topics, some photos taken by Bruno Engler, others collected [presumably] by him. Includes various Canadian Pacific Railway events, community events and celebrations, Skoki Lodge's 60th anniversary, the Norquay Ski Hill rope-tow, the 1968 Winter …

Date Range: [ca. 1886-1993]

Reference Code: V190 / VI / H / iv / b / PA - 01 to PA - 120

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Print

11 images

Part Of: Bruno Engler fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M323 / S40 / V190

Series: VI : Retained file, H : Alphabetical order

Sous-Fonds: V190

Sub-Series: iv : History, b : Photos

Accession Number: 7436

Reference Code: V190 / VI / H / iv / b / PA - 01 to PA - 120

GMD: Photograph; Print

Date Range: [ca. 1886-1993]

Physical Description: 120 photographs : b&w ; 25.2 x 20.2 cm or smaller

History / Biographical: See fonds level description

Scope & Content: File pertains to 120 b&w prints of various historical topics, some photos taken by Bruno Engler, others collected [presumably] by him. Includes various Canadian Pacific Railway events, community events and celebrations, Skoki Lodge's 60th anniversary, the Norquay Ski Hill rope-tow, the 1968 Winter Olympics bid, Princess Margarite's [sic] visit in 1958, the Cosmic Ray Observatory operations, a Kiwanis Club event, ranching and ranch lands, portraits, and more.

Name Access: Perren, Walter; Whyte, Catharine; Whyte, Jon; White, Cliff Jr.; Locke, Charlie; Jones, Ken; Rungius, Carl; Luxton, Eleanor

Subject Access: Aerial photography; Animals; Banff townsite; Banff Upper Hot Springs; Buildings and facilities; Cave and Basin; Centennial; Ceremony; Chairlifts and gondolas; Climbing; Community events; Construction; Dogs; Entertainment; Festival; Helicopters; Military; Mount Norquay Chairlift; Mount Norquay Ski Area; Mountains; Parades; Parks Canada; Parks Canada Warden; Portrait; Public events; Roads; Roger's Pass; Royal tours; Royal Visit; Scenery; Tourism; Trains; Travel; Winter; Winter Carnival; Winter sports

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

Language: English

Related Material: V190 / VI / H / iv / b / NA - 01 to NA - 04 V190 / VI / H / iv / b / NS - 01 to NS - 02

Creator: Engler, Bruno

Title Source: Original title kept

Processing Status: Processed

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Early collected photographs

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Part Of: Jim Brewster family fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of 7 photograph prints depicting early scenes and portraits pertaining to the Brewster family. File includes professional portraits by G&W Fear photographers; family portraits, including Jim Brewster, John Brewster, Fern Brewster, Jack Brewster, and others (some unidentified); and the…

Date Range: [ca.1890-1910]

Reference Code: V90 / VI / PA - 136 to 142

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Print

Part Of: Jim Brewster family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: V90; M436

Series: V90 / VI: Later acquisitions

Sous-Fonds: V90

Accession Number: 2023.09

Reference Code: V90 / VI / PA - 136 to 142

GMD: Photograph; Print

Date Range: [ca.1890-1910]

Physical Description: 7 photographs : b&w prints on matboard or cardboard ; 25 x 19 cm or smaller

Scope & Content: File consists of 7 photograph prints depicting early scenes and portraits pertaining to the Brewster family. File includes professional portraits by G&W Fear photographers; family portraits, including Jim Brewster, John Brewster, Fern Brewster, Jack Brewster, and others (some unidentified); and the Canadian Pacific station in Banff.

Name Access: Brewster, Fern; Brewster, Jim; Brewster, John

Subject Access: Family and personal life; Family; Farmland; Portrait; Homestead; Trains; Canadian Pacific Railway

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; Banff

Language: N/A

Category: Family and personal life; Land, settlement and immigration

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Other collected photographs

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of 5 photographs collected by Eleanor Luxton. Photographs pertain to a metal buffalo figurine attributed to "Dingwall" of Winnipeg (possibly Donald Ross Dingwall); an unidentified metal sculptor in his studio; a portrait of Ernie Kehr addressed to Norman (Luxton?); Canadian Pacific Lo…

Date Range: [ca.1900-1920]; [ca.1940-1960]; 1986

Reference Code: LUX / II / E / PA - 1079 to 1083

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Print

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 / PA - 1079 to 1083

GMD: Photograph; Print

Responsibility: Photographs produced by Photographic Branch, Government of Alberta; and Bruno Engler, Alpine Films

Date Range: [ca.1900-1920]; [ca.1940-1960]; 1986

Physical Description: 5 photographs : b&w prints ; 20.5 x 27.5 cm or smaller

Scope & Content: File consists of 5 photographs collected by Eleanor Luxton. Photographs pertain to a metal buffalo figurine attributed to "Dingwall" of Winnipeg (possibly Donald Ross Dingwall); an unidentified metal sculptor in his studio; a portrait of Ernie Kehr addressed to Norman (Luxton?); Canadian Pacific Locomotive 1201 travelling through Kicking Horse Pass as part of Expo 86 celebrations; and a copy portrait of an unidentified woman, early 1900s.

Notes: Some items are annotated

Name Access: Luxton, Norman; Kehr, Ernie

Subject Access: Photography; Portrait; Art; Artist; Canadian Pacific Railway; Trains; Transportation

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; British Columbia; Kicking Horse Pass; Manitoba; Winnipeg

Access Restrictions: Copyright restrictions may apply

Reproduction Restrictions: Copyright restrictions may apply

Language: English

Category: Arts; Transportation

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Accidents and fatalities

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of 37 photographs which were produced by George Luxton for publication in the Minneapolis Journal, ca.1910-1930. Content pertains to train and vehicle crashes, collapsed buildings, human remains and rescue missions.

Date Range: [ca.1910-1930]

Reference Code: LUX / III / C1 / C / PA - 241 to 277

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Print

Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: LUX

Series: LUX / III / C : Extended family

Sous-Fonds: LUX / III : Luxton family sous-fonds

Sub-Series: LUX / III / C1 : William Luxton family papers and photographs

Accession Number: LUX

Reference Code: LUX / III / C1 / C / PA - 241 to 277

GMD: Photograph; Print

Date Range: [ca.1910-1930]

Physical Description: 37 photographs : b&w prints ; 18 x 13 cm or smaller

Scope & Content: File consists of 37 photographs which were produced by George Luxton for publication in the Minneapolis Journal, ca.1910-1930. Content pertains to train and vehicle crashes, collapsed buildings, human remains and rescue missions.

Notes: WARNING: File contains violent and graphic content. Materials may be accessed at personal discretion.

Subject Access: Accidents; Buildings; Ruins; Trains; Airplanes

Access Restrictions: Contains graphic content - access at personal discretion

Reproduction Restrictions: Restrictions may apply

Language: English

Conservation: Items stored in mylar

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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