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Canada and America album fonds

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Part Of: Canada and America album fonds

Scope & Content: Fonds consists of a photograph album titled "Canada and America, 28 Sept. to 14 Dec. 1889" that chronicles a journey through Canada and the United States, specifically the Canadian Rockies, the interior of British Columbia to Vancouver Island, Canada and south through Washington state to California…

Date Range: 1889

Reference Code: V388

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

GMD: Photograph; Album; Negative; Photograph print

Part Of: Canada and America album fonds

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

Fonds Number: V 388

Sous-Fonds: V 388

Accession Number: 6261

Reference Code: V388

GMD: Photograph; Album; Negative; Photograph print

Responsibility: Album was compiled by an unknown traveler, possibly British

Date Range: 1889

Physical Description: 1 photograph album (73 prints).-- 7 photographs: copy negatives, b&w

Scope & Content: Fonds consists of a photograph album titled "Canada and America, 28 Sept. to 14 Dec. 1889" that chronicles a journey through Canada and the United States, specifically the Canadian Rockies, the interior of British Columbia to Vancouver Island, Canada and south through Washington state to California, USA. Views were probably purchased enroute from well-known artists, including Canadian photographers A. B. Thom and C. S. Bailey, and American photographers Taber, Fiske and C. R. Savage.; 7 b&w copy negatives

Notes: Purchase was made possible through a grant from the Department of Communications, Government of Canada

Name Access: Canada and America album

Subject Access: Environment; Exploration, discovery and travel

Access Restrictions: Some restrictions on access to originals; Public domain (other restrictions may apply)

Language: Language is English

Creator: Canada and America album

Category: Environment; Exploration, discovery and travel

Title Source: Title based on title on album

Processing Status: Processed

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Topographical sheet

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Medium: Library - Maps and blueprints (unannotated; published); Map

Published Date: 1889

Publisher: Dept. of the Interior

Call Number: C3-8.13

Publisher: Dept. of the Interior

Published Date: 1889

Scale: Scale: 1:40,000; Relief: Contour interval 100 ft.

Medium: Library - Maps and blueprints (unannotated; published); Map

Subjects: Banff

Notes: Photostatic copy from Public Archives

Accession Number: 675

Call Number: C3-8.13

Collection: Archives Library

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(a): Topographical sheets|(b): Original map

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Medium: Library - Maps and blueprints (unannotated; published); Map

Published Date: 1889

Publisher: Dept. of the Interior

Call Number: C3-8.14 (a); C3-8.14 (b)

Publisher: Dept. of the Interior

Published Date: 1889

Scale: Scale:1:40,000; Relief: Contour interval 100 ft.

Medium: Library - Maps and blueprints (unannotated; published); Map

Subjects: Anthracite

Notes: (b): 8 dup in map room

Accession Number: 675; 400; 3069

Call Number: C3-8.14 (a); C3-8.14 (b)

Collection: Archives Library

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Topographical sheet

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Medium: Library - Maps and blueprints (unannotated; published); Map

Published Date: 1889

Publisher: Dept. of the Interior

Call Number: C3-8.15

Publisher: Dept. of the Interior

Published Date: 1889

Scale: Scale: 1:40,000; Relief: Contour interval 100 ft.

Medium: Library - Maps and blueprints (unannotated; published); Map

Subjects: Saddle Mountain

Notes: Photostatic copy from Public Archives

Accession Number: 675

Call Number: C3-8.15

Collection: Archives Library

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Topographical Sheet

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Medium: Library - Maps and blueprints (unannotated; published); Map

Published Date: 1889

Publisher: Dept. of the Interior

Call Number: C3-8.21

Publisher: Dept. of the Interior

Published Date: 1889

Scale: Scale: 1:40,000; Relief: Contour interval 100 ft.

Medium: Library - Maps and blueprints (unannotated; published); Map

Subjects: Kananaskis

Notes: Photostatic copy from Public Archives

Accession Number: 675

Call Number: C3-8.21

Collection: Archives Library

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Plan shewing the C.A.C. Coy's coal land, Bow River Valley

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Medium: Library - Maps and blueprints (unannotated; published); Map

Published Date: 1889

Publisher: [Anthracite? Th. C. Watts?]

Call Number: C14-3.3

Responsibility: Watts, Th. C. [?]

Publisher: [Anthracite? Th. C. Watts?]

Published Date: 1889

Physical Description: 1 map

Scale: 1 inch = 40 chains

Medium: Library - Maps and blueprints (unannotated; published); Map

Subjects: Anthracite; Coal and coal mines

Notes: Sgd. Anthracite, Aug. 9th, 1889, Th.[?] C. Watts

Call Number: C14-3.3

Collection: Archives Library

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North West Territories

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Medium: Library - Maps and blueprints (unannotated; published); Map

Published Date: 1889

Call Number: C12-1.27

Published Date: 1889

Medium: Library - Maps and blueprints (unannotated; published); Map

Subjects: Mounted Police Stations

Notes: Boundaries of Indian Treaties; Photostatic copy from Public Archives

Accession Number: 675

Call Number: C12-1.27

Collection: Archives Library

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Photograph Album

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Part Of: Boorne and May fonds

Scope & Content: Photograph: 1889. Album consists of 50 pages of 100 black and white photographs. Photographs also provides descriptions. Small amounts of silver mirroring starting to appear. V10 / PD - 1: 1- [721. Calgary from the E.] 2- [Slephen Clas. Calgary. From W.] 3- [716. Indigenous Camp, Winter.] 4- [Kan…

Date Range: 1889

Reference Code: V10 / PD -1

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Album; Photograph print

101 images 1 Electronic Resource

Part Of: Boorne and May fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: V10

Sous-Fonds: V10

Accession Number: 494

Reference Code: V10 / PD -1

GMD: Photograph; Album; Photograph print

Date Range: 1889

Physical Description: 1 photograph album

Scope & Content: Photograph: 1889. Album consists of 50 pages of 100 black and white photographs. Photographs also provides descriptions. Small amounts of silver mirroring starting to appear. V10 / PD - 1: 1- [721. Calgary from the E.] 2- [Slephen Clas. Calgary. From W.] 3- [716. Indigenous Camp, Winter.] 4- [Kananaskis Falls.] 5- [Rapids on the Bow at Kananaskis.] 6- [675. Kananaskis Falls from above. Winter.] 7- [676. The Bow at Kananaskis, Winter.] 8- [678. Mouth of Pit and Elevator, Anthracite.] 9- [608. C.P.R. At Banff.] 10- [663. Cascade Mountain. Banff.] 11- [740. Official Plan of the National Park.] 12- [641. C.P.R. Hotel. Banff.] 13- [720. Banff Hotel from N.] 14- [743. Lower Bow Park, from C.P.R. Hotel, Banff.] 15- [745. The Spray River, Banff.] 16- [751. Spray Bridge and Bow Falls, Banff.] 17- [750. Banff Avenue, looking N.] 18- [753. Cascade on the Bow, Banff.] 19- [719. The Sanitarium. Banff.] 20- [754. Upper Hot Springs, Banff.] 21- [755. Cascade Mountain from the Sanitarium, Banff.] 22- [756. Mount Edith, front Bow River, Banff.] 23- [824. The Bow River and Twin Peaks Mountain, Banff.] 24- [757. Bird’s Eye view of Banff, from Tunnel Mountain.] 25- [765. Bow Rapids and C.P.R. Hotel, Banff.] 26- [758. Vermilion Lakes, Banff.] 27- [760. Vermilion Lakes, Banff.] 28- [762. “The Pool,” Banff.] 29- [748. Interior of Cave, Banff] 30- [747. Cave and Basin Buildings, Banff.] 31- [766. Devil’s Head Canyon and Bridge, Banff.] 32- [767. Lake Minnewanka, (Devil’s Lake,) Banff.] 33- [769. Catch of Fish, Lake Minnewanka, Banff.] 34- [782. Lake Minnewanka. W. end, Rocky Mountain Park.] 35- [778. “Sundance Canyon,” Rocky Mountain Park.] 36- [815. “Canyon House” and the “Mountain Belle,” Banff] 37- [817. C.P.R. Transfer Co’s. Stables, Banff.] 38- [668. Bridge over the Spray. Banff] 39- [665. Tunnel Mountain. Banff.] 40- [664. “The Hoodoos.” Natural Monuments. Banff] 41- [657. Castle Mountain, from C.P.R.] 42- [599. Castle Mountain, Rockies.] 43- [596. C.P.R. At Castle Mountain] 44- [603. Castle Mountain, from C.P.R.] 45- [588. Mount LeFroy. Laggan.] 46- [598. Mount Hector. Laggan.] 47- [593. The Bow below Laggan.] 48- [Cathedral Mountain from the west.] 49- [586. Cathedral Mountain. 10,284 ft. high.] 50- [787. Field, B.C. from C.P.R. Hotel.] 51- [578. Field Hotel and Mount Stephen.] 52- [577. Mount Field. 8554 ft. high.] 53- [580. Mount Stephen and Glacier. 10,525 ft. high.] 54- [556. Field (?)] 55- [788. Mt. McMullen and Glaciers from the Summit of Boundary] 56- [790. Kicking Horse Pass and Van Home Range from summit of Boundary Peak, Rockies, height 9,000 feet.] 57- [791. Fairmont Hot Springs and Natural Basin, Kootenai, B.C.] 58- [807. “Wild Horse” Gold digging, Kootenai, B.C.] 59- [808. “D” Troop N. W.M.P. and pack train crossing the Rockies.] 60- [809. “Sam’s Landing” and Stage, Kootenai, B.C.] 61- [681. Falls on the Kicking Horse. Leanchoile 103ft. high. Winter.] 62- [682. Falls on the Kicking Horse. Leanchoile 103ft. high. Winter.] 63- [Winter scene in the Rockies.”] 64- [685. Winter Scene in the Rockies.] 65- [686. A Cascadec in Winter in the Kicking Horse Canyon.] 66- [687. The Kicking Horse in winter.] 67- [601. C.P.R. In the Rockies.] 68- [579. Tunnel in Upper Kicking Horse Pass.] 69- [604. C.P.R. In the Rockies.] 70- [605. C.P.R. In the Rockies.] 71- [606. C.P.R. In the Rockies.] 72- [607. The Bow River in the Rockies.] 73- [597. C.P.R. In the Rockies.] 74- [595. C.P.R. In the Rockies.] 75- [592. In the Rockies.] 76- [562. Bridge over the Kicking Horse.] 77- [555. Bridge and Tunnel. Kicking Horse Pass.] 78- [568. The Beaverfoot Range.] 79- [554. Kicking Horse Pass.] 80- [553. Group of section men on hand-car.] 81- [552. The Moberly House.] 82- [549. Tunnel on C.P.R. west of Donald.] 83- [550. The Columbia and Moberly Peak.] 84- [612. The Beaver Canyon.] 85- [613. The Beaver Canyon.] 86- [614. “Hell Gate.” Beaver Canyon.] 87- [819. Donald, B.C., from Station yard.] 88- [821. Round House and Turntable, Donald, B.C.] 89- [610. C.P.R. Engines.] 90- [703. C.P.R. Engine 73 and train.] 91- [C.P.R. Engine 402 and train] 92- [705. C.P.R. Engine, 316 and train at Donald, B.C.] 93- [606. C.P.R. heavy grade Engine.] 94- [739. Official Plan of “The Loop.” C.P.R.] 95- [651. Mountain Creek Bridge. Selkirks. 164 ft. high, 1086 ft. long.] 96- [652. Stony Creek Bridge. Selkirks. 296 ft. high.] 97- [648. Surprise Creek Bridge. Selkirks. 180 ft. high.] 98- [647. Interior of Snow-shed.] 99- [643. Glacier House. Selkirks.] 100- [837. Dining Room, Glacier House, B.C.]