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Instructions to employees on dining, cafe parlor and buffet parlor cars

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 1949

Author: Canadian Pacific Railway

Edition: Rev. ed

Call Number: 08.5 C16d Pam

Author: Canadian Pacific Railway

Edition: Rev. ed

Published Date: 1949

Physical Description: 47p

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: Rolling stock

Call Number: 08.5 C16d Pam

Collection: Archives Library

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Your journey through the Canadian Rockies : from Victoria and Vancouver in British Columbia to Calgary, Alberta

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 1946

Author: Canadian Pacific Railway

Call Number: 08.5 C16y 1946 Pam

Author: Canadian Pacific Railway

Published Date: 1946

Physical Description: 62p. : ill., maps

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: Guidebooks

Notes: Cover title: Westbound [sic] through the Canadian Rockies

Accession Number: 20500

Call Number: 08.5 C16y 1946 Pam

Collection: Archives Library

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In the 5-mile Connaught Tunnel

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 1945

Author: Canadian Pacific Railway

Call Number: 08.5 C16in Pam

Author: Canadian Pacific Railway

Published Date: 1945

Physical Description: p.3-5

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: Glacier, B.C; Wardens

Notes: From Canadian Pacific Staff Bulletin

Accession Number: SG9500

Call Number: 08.5 C16in Pam

Collection: Archives Library

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Canadian Rockies and the Pacific Coast

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 1941

Author: Canadian Pacific Railway

Call Number: 02.6 C16pc 1941 Pam

Author: Canadian Pacific Railway

Published Date: 1941

Physical Description: 20p. : ill

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Accession Number: 3069

Call Number: 02.6 C16pc 1941 Pam

Collection: Archives Library

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Canadian Rockies and the Pacific Coast

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 1940

Author: Canadian Pacific Railway

Call Number: 02.6 C16pc 1940 Pam

Author: Canadian Pacific Railway

Published Date: 1940

Physical Description: 20p. : ill., maps

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Notes: Profile of rail line gives altitudes of principal peaks

Accession Number: 5546

Call Number: 02.6 C16pc 1940 Pam

Collection: Archives Library

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Canadian Pacific souvenir menus

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of souvenir menus from various trips on Canadian Pacific Railway and Canadian Pacific cruises. Contents pertain to various destinations within Canada, including: Banff Springs Hotel and Banff National Park, Lake Louise, Calgary, Edmonton, Victoria, Vancouver, Connaught and Spiral Tunn…

Date Range: 1924; 1926; 1928; 1939; 1941; 1945; 1952; 1957; 1969

Reference Code: LUX / II / C4 / 14

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Textual record; Published record

Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: LUX

Series: LUX / II / C : Personal material

Sous-Fonds: LUX / II : Eleanor Luxton sous-fonds

Sub-Series: LUX / II / C4 : Travel and hobbies

Accession Number: LUX

Reference Code: LUX / II / C4 / 14

GMD: Textual record; Published record

Responsibility: Materials in file produced by Canadian Pacific

Date Range: 1924; 1926; 1928; 1939; 1941; 1945; 1952; 1957; 1969

Physical Description: 3 cm of textual records

Scope & Content: File consists of souvenir menus from various trips on Canadian Pacific Railway and Canadian Pacific cruises. Contents pertain to various destinations within Canada, including: Banff Springs Hotel and Banff National Park, Lake Louise, Calgary, Edmonton, Victoria, Vancouver, Connaught and Spiral Tunnels, Ottawa, Quebec, and St. John [New Brunswick]. Includes a set of 3 menus from 1924 and a set of 3 adult menus and 1 children's menu from 1952 which are stored in original Canadian Pacific paper envelopes.

Notes: Items in file are stored in two file folders, organized chronologically

Name Access: Luxton, Eleanor; Canadian Pacific Railway

Subject Access: Advertising; Travel; Train; Tourism; Tourist information; Banff Springs Hotel; Hotel; Commerce and industry; Cruise ships; Indigenous Peoples; Government; Landscapes

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; Banff; Calgary; Edmonton; Lake Louise; British Columbia; Vancouver; Victoria; Quebec; New Brunswick; St. John

Access Restrictions: Restrictions may apply

Reproduction Restrictions: Restrictions may apply

Language: English

Category: Transportation; Commerce and industry; Exploration, discovery and travel; Family and personal life; Environment; Cultural pluralism; Government

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Banff Indian Days posters

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of 14 colour and b&w oversized promotional posters and information boards for Banff Indian Days celebrations, promoted by Canadian Pacific. Posters largely feature identified and unidentified Indigenous people, notably Chief Spotted Eagle and Blind Eagle. Art medium includes oil pain…

Date Range: [ca. 1930-1950]; 1936; 1937; 1949

Reference Code: LUX / I / D3 / 1 - 14

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Textual record; Poster; Drawing; Published record

18 images

Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: LUX

Series: I.D.3. Personal and professional : Organizations

Sous-Fonds: I. Norman Luxton sous-fonds

Accession Number: LUX

Reference Code: LUX / I / D3 / 1 - 14

GMD: Textual record; Poster; Drawing; Published record

Responsibility: Published and artwork attributed to Ernie Kehr, W.L. Kihn, G.H.W. Ashley, Crag & Canyon Press, Palenske, Canadian Pacific and Multi Color Poster

Date Range: [ca. 1930-1950]; 1936; 1937; 1949

Physical Description: 14 posters : colour and b&w ; 35 x 56 cm or smaller

Scope & Content: File consists of 14 colour and b&w oversized promotional posters and information boards for Banff Indian Days celebrations, promoted by Canadian Pacific. Posters largely feature identified and unidentified Indigenous people, notably Chief Spotted Eagle and Blind Eagle. Art medium includes oil paint process mounted on cardboard made in Canada and distributed by Exhibits Branch Canadian Pacific, lithographic prints, and a mounted drawing attributed to Palenske. Some have annotations or stamps on the back.

Notes: Possibly unassociated shipping packing material addressed to Norman Luxton at the Trading Post from E.A. Kehr found in box - this has not been assigned a number. D3-10, a lithographic promotional material from 1936 has an identical design to LUX / II / F1 / 47, an Indian Days poster from 1928 Items LUX / I / D3 / 1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14 were originally associated with LUX / I / D3a / 6, which contains brochures and a flyer from Banff Indian Days LUX / I / D3 / 8, Palenske may have potentionally used photograph LUX / I / D3a / PA-26 as reference