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[Airplane on Bow River]

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: Item consists of a b&w photograph negative of an airplane on the Bow River.

Date Range: 1929

Reference Code: LUX / I / D6c / NA - 65

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph; Negative

1 image

Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: LUX

Series: LUX / I / D : Personal and professional

Sous-Fonds: LUX / I : Norman Luxton sous-fonds

Sub-Series: LUX / I / D / 6 : Other activities and interests

Reference Code: LUX / I / D6c / NA - 65

GMD: Photograph; Negative

Date Range: 1929

Physical Description: 1photograph: b&w negative ; 15.2 x 9 cm

Scope & Content: Item consists of a b&w photograph negative of an airplane on the Bow River.

Notes: Annotated envelope with LUX / I / D6c / NA - 66 indicates this is Fred McCall's landing of the Stinson Detrioter on the Bow River in January 1929

Name Access: Luxton, Norman; McCall, Fred

Subject Access: Banff; Airplane; Airplanes

Geographic Access: Banff; Banff National Park; Bow River

Related Material: LUX / I / D6c / NA - 66

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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20 Beautiful Views of Canadian Pacific Rockies, The Road through the Switzerland of America

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Medium: Library - Postcard Series

Published Date: 1929

Publisher: Curt Teich & Co.

Call Number: V391-PG-C94-1

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Variant Title: 1. "The Gap" Alta 2. The Three Sisters, Canmore [Byron Harmon] 3. Buffalo in the Canadian National Park at Banff, Alta. 4. C.P.R. [Canadian Pacific Railway] Hotel and Bow Valley 5. Castle Mountain 6. Moraine Lake in the Valley of the Ten Peaks 7. Summit Lake and Mt. Wapta [Mount Wapta] 8. Mirror Lake and Lake Agnes, Near Lake Louise, Alta. 9. The Great Divide 10. Spiral Tunnel, Field, B.C. 11. Cathedral Mountain, Field, B.C. [Byron Harmon] 12. Field, B.C. 13. Stoney Creek Bridge 14. The Connaught Tunnel through Mount Mac Donald 15. Illecillewaet Valley from Lookout Point 16. Albert Canyon 17. Along the Fraser River [Byron Harmon] 18. Hell Gate, Fraser Canyon, B.C.

Place: Chicago, Ill. Made in U.S.

Publisher: Curt Teich & Co.

Published Date: 1929

Medium: Library - Postcard Series

Abstract: Front cover features Mt. Assiniboine (Mount Assiniboine), mountain guide, Giant Stairways Back cover features Chateau Lake Louise and Lake

Notes: colour; Includes postage stamp

Accession Number: 6665

Call Number: V391-PG-C94-1

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[Airplane on Bow River]

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: Item consists of a b&w photograph negative of an airplane on the Bow River.

Date Range: 1929

Reference Code: LUX / I / D6c / NA - 66

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph; Negative

3 images

Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: LUX

Series: LUX / I / D : Personal and professional

Sous-Fonds: LUX / I : Norman Luxton sous-fonds

Sub-Series: LUX / I / D / 6 : Other activities and interests

Reference Code: LUX / I / D6c / NA - 66

GMD: Photograph; Negative

Date Range: 1929

Physical Description: 1photograph: b&w negative ; 15.2 x 9 cm

Scope & Content: Item consists of a b&w photograph negative of an airplane on the Bow River.

Notes: Annotated George Noble processing envelope indicates this is Fred McCall's landing of the Stinson Detrioter on the Bow River in January 1929

Name Access: Luxton, Norman; McCall, Fred

Subject Access: Banff; Airplane; Airplanes

Geographic Access: Banff; Banff National Park; Bow River

Related Material: LUX / I / D6c / NA - 66

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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From the pinnacle of the pass

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Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Scope & Content: Image is Ernie [?], Karl, and Peter [?] on the pinnacle of Abbot Pass.

Date Range: 1929

Reference Code: V683 / III / A / 15 / PA - 1

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph

2 images

Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: M36 / V683 / S37

Series: V683 / III / A / 15 : Peter and Catharine Whyte: Collected Photographs

Sous-Fonds: V683

Accession Number: .

Reference Code: V683 / III / A / 15 / PA - 1

GMD: Photograph

Date Range: 1929

Physical Description: Photograph: 1 print (front and back) ; b&w.

Scope & Content: Image is Ernie [?], Karl, and Peter [?] on the pinnacle of Abbot Pass.

Subject Access: Abbot Pass Hut; Guides; Guiding; Mountaineering

Geographic Access: Abbot Pass

Language: English

Title Source: Title based on item

Processing Status: Processed

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Richard Jack

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Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Scope & Content: Image of Richard Jack painting at Lake O'Hara - "Richard Jack 1929" written on the back in pencil

Date Range: 1929

Reference Code: V683 / III / A / 15 / PA - 4

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph

2 images

Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: M36 / V683 / S37

Series: V683 / III / A / 15 : Peter and Catharine Whyte: Collected Photographs

Sous-Fonds: V683

Accession Number: .

Reference Code: V683 / III / A / 15 / PA - 4

GMD: Photograph

Date Range: 1929

Physical Description: Photograph: 1 print (front and back) ; b&w.

Scope & Content: Image of Richard Jack painting at Lake O'Hara - "Richard Jack 1929" written on the back in pencil

Name Access: Jack, Richard

Subject Access: Art; Artists; Mountains; Painting; Portrait

Geographic Access: Lake O'Hara; Yoho National Park

Language: English

Related Material: WyP.09.04 [Peter Whyte sketchbook page 16]

Title Source: Title based on item

Processing Status: Processed

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Peter Whyte painting behind J.E.H. MacDonald at Opabin

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Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Scope & Content: Image of J.E.H. MacDonald, [unknown], Peter Whyte, Adeline Link at Opabin - Peter seated at easel behind group - "Opabin 1929" written on back in pencil

Date Range: 1929

Reference Code: V683 / III / A / 15 / PA - 5

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph

2 images

Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: M36 / V683 / S37

Series: V683 / III / A / 15 : Peter and Catharine Whyte: Collected Photographs

Sous-Fonds: V683

Accession Number: .

Reference Code: V683 / III / A / 15 / PA - 5

GMD: Photograph

Date Range: 1929

Physical Description: Photograph: 1 print (front and back) ; b&w.

Scope & Content: Image of J.E.H. MacDonald, [unknown], Peter Whyte, Adeline Link at Opabin - Peter seated at easel behind group - "Opabin 1929" written on back in pencil

Name Access: Link, Adeline; Link, George K. K. (Tommy); Link, George K.K.; MacDonald, J. E. H.; Whyte, Peter

Subject Access: Art; Artists; Family and personal life; Hiking; Mountains; Opabin Lake

Geographic Access: Lake O'Hara; Yoho National Park

Language: English

Title Source: Title based on item

Processing Status: Processed

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North of Abbot Pass

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Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Scope & Content: Image of an unidentified person [possibly Neil Begg] standing on a stretch of snow pointing towards mountains in the distance - "North from the pass [/] 1929" written on the back in pencil

Date Range: 1929

Reference Code: V683 / III / A / 15 / PA - 16

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph

2 images

Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: M36 / V683 / S37

Series: V683 / III / A / 15 : Peter and Catharine Whyte: Collected Photographs

Sous-Fonds: V683

Accession Number: .

Reference Code: V683 / III / A / 15 / PA - 16

GMD: Photograph

Date Range: 1929

Physical Description: Photograph: 1 print (front and back) ; b&w.

Scope & Content: Image of an unidentified person [possibly Neil Begg] standing on a stretch of snow pointing towards mountains in the distance - "North from the pass [/] 1929" written on the back in pencil

Subject Access: Hiking; Mountains; Mountaineering

Geographic Access: Abbot Pass; Yoho National Park; Banff National Park

Language: English

Title Source: Title based on item

Processing Status: Processed

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Ice bridge

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Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Scope & Content: Image of an ice bridge on the glacier below Abbot Pass - "The last ice bridge over which we passed on the glacier in 1929" written on the back in pencil

Date Range: 1929

Reference Code: V683 / III / A / 15 / PA - 17

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph

2 images

Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: M36 / V683 / S37

Series: V683 / III / A / 15 : Peter and Catharine Whyte: Collected Photographs

Sous-Fonds: V683

Accession Number: .

Reference Code: V683 / III / A / 15 / PA - 17

GMD: Photograph

Date Range: 1929

Physical Description: Photograph: 1 print (front and back) ; b&w.

Scope & Content: Image of an ice bridge on the glacier below Abbot Pass - "The last ice bridge over which we passed on the glacier in 1929" written on the back in pencil

Subject Access: Glaciers

Geographic Access: Banff National Park

Language: English

Title Source: Title based on item

Processing Status: Processed

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Abbot Pass

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Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Scope & Content: Image of Abbot Pass Hut and the Death Trap from Victoria Glacier - "The hut from the foot of the [illegible] Victoria Glacier" written on the back in pencil

Date Range: 1929

Reference Code: V683 / III / A / 15 / PA - 18

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph

2 images

Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: M36 / V683 / S37

Series: V683 / III / A / 15 : Peter and Catharine Whyte: Collected Photographs

Sous-Fonds: V683

Accession Number: .

Reference Code: V683 / III / A / 15 / PA - 18

GMD: Photograph

Date Range: 1929

Physical Description: Photograph: 1 print (front and back) ; b&w.

Scope & Content: Image of Abbot Pass Hut and the Death Trap from Victoria Glacier - "The hut from the foot of the [illegible] Victoria Glacier" written on the back in pencil

Subject Access: Abbot Pass Hut; Glaciers; Mountains

Geographic Access: Abbot Pass; Banff National Park

Language: English

Title Source: Title based on item

Processing Status: Processed

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Takakkaw Falls

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Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Scope & Content: Image of Takakkaw Falls with Mt. Niles in the background - "Takakaw Falls from the High Line 1929" written on the back in pencil

Date Range: 1929

Reference Code: V683 / III / A / 15 / PA - 20

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph

2 images

Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: M36 / V683 / S37

Series: V683 / III / A / 15 : Peter and Catharine Whyte: Collected Photographs

Sous-Fonds: V683

Accession Number: .

Reference Code: V683 / III / A / 15 / PA - 20

GMD: Photograph

Date Range: 1929

Physical Description: Photograph: 1 print (front and back) ; b&w.

Scope & Content: Image of Takakkaw Falls with Mt. Niles in the background - "Takakaw Falls from the High Line 1929" written on the back in pencil

Subject Access: Mountains; Takakkaw Falls; Waterfalls

Geographic Access: Yoho National Park

Language: English

Title Source: Title based on item

Processing Status: Processed

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Lake O'Hara

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Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Scope & Content: Image of Lake O'Hara through trees with mountain range in the distance - "from new [illegible] 1929" written on the back in pencil

Date Range: 1929

Reference Code: V683 / III / A / 15 / PA - 24

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph

2 images

Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: M36 / V683 / S37

Series: V683 / III / A / 15 : Peter and Catharine Whyte: Collected Photographs

Sous-Fonds: V683

Accession Number: .

Reference Code: V683 / III / A / 15 / PA - 24

GMD: Photograph

Date Range: 1929

Physical Description: Photograph: 1 print (front and back) ; b&w.

Scope & Content: Image of Lake O'Hara through trees with mountain range in the distance - "from new [illegible] 1929" written on the back in pencil

Subject Access: Mountains

Geographic Access: Lake O'Hara; Yoho National Park

Language: English

Title Source: Title based on item

Processing Status: Processed

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Opabin Pass

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Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Scope & Content: Image of Opabin Pass with expanse of snow in foreground - "Northern side of Opabin Pass 1929" written on the back in pencil

Date Range: 1929

Reference Code: V683 / III / A / 15 / PA - 29

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph

2 images

Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: M36 / V683 / S37

Series: V683 / III / A / 15 : Peter and Catharine Whyte: Collected Photographs

Sous-Fonds: V683

Accession Number: .

Reference Code: V683 / III / A / 15 / PA - 29

GMD: Photograph

Date Range: 1929

Physical Description: Photograph: 1 print (front and back) ; b&w.

Scope & Content: Image of Opabin Pass with expanse of snow in foreground - "Northern side of Opabin Pass 1929" written on the back in pencil

Subject Access: Glaciers; Mountains

Geographic Access: Lake O'Hara; Yoho National Park

Language: English

Title Source: Title based on item

Processing Status: Processed

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Lake O'Hara Lodge

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Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Scope & Content: Image of Lake O'Hara and the Lodge's cabins along the shore with Wiwaxy in the background - "The Cabins at O'Hara 1929" written on the back in pencil

Date Range: 1929

Reference Code: V683 / III / A / 15 / PA - 33

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph

2 images

Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: M36 / V683 / S37

Series: V683 / III / A / 15 : Peter and Catharine Whyte: Collected Photographs

Sous-Fonds: V683

Accession Number: .

Reference Code: V683 / III / A / 15 / PA - 33

GMD: Photograph

Date Range: 1929

Physical Description: Photograph: 1 print (front and back) ; b&w.

Scope & Content: Image of Lake O'Hara and the Lodge's cabins along the shore with Wiwaxy in the background - "The Cabins at O'Hara 1929" written on the back in pencil

Subject Access: Buildings; Cabins; Lake O'Hara Lodge; Mountains

Geographic Access: Lake O'Hara; Yoho National Park

Language: English

Title Source: Title based on item

Processing Status: Processed

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Mountain landscape

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Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Scope & Content: Image of mountain peak covered in snow through trees - "from Odaray trail 1929" written on the back in pencil

Date Range: 1929

Reference Code: V683 / III / A / 15 / PA - 35

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph

2 images

Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: M36 / V683 / S37

Series: V683 / III / A / 15 : Peter and Catharine Whyte: Collected Photographs

Sous-Fonds: V683

Accession Number: .

Reference Code: V683 / III / A / 15 / PA - 35

GMD: Photograph

Date Range: 1929

Physical Description: Photograph: 1 print (front and back) ; b&w.

Scope & Content: Image of mountain peak covered in snow through trees - "from Odaray trail 1929" written on the back in pencil

Subject Access: Mountains

Geographic Access: Lake O'Hara; Yoho National Park

Language: English

Title Source: Title based on item

Processing Status: Processed

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Lake McArthur

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Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Scope & Content: Image of Lake McArthur with someone [probably Peter Whyte] sitting on the shore and Mt. Biddle in the background - McAruthur 1929 with Pete" written on the back in pencil

Date Range: 1929

Reference Code: V683 / III / A / 15 / PA - 40

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph

2 images

Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: M36 / V683 / S37

Series: V683 / III / A / 15 : Peter and Catharine Whyte: Collected Photographs

Sous-Fonds: V683

Accession Number: .

Reference Code: V683 / III / A / 15 / PA - 40

GMD: Photograph

Date Range: 1929

Physical Description: Photograph: 1 print (front and back) ; b&w.

Scope & Content: Image of Lake McArthur with someone [probably Peter Whyte] sitting on the shore and Mt. Biddle in the background - McAruthur 1929 with Pete" written on the back in pencil

Name Access: Whyte, Peter

Subject Access: Glaciers; Mountains

Geographic Access: Lake O'Hara; Yoho National Park

Language: English

Title Source: Title based on item

Processing Status: Processed

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Biplane

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Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Scope & Content: Image of a biplane with propeller in motion parked in a field with bystanders and Three Sisters visible in the background - "First Air Mail Plane at Canmore June 1929" written on the back in pencil

Date Range: 1929

Reference Code: V683 / III / A / 15 / PA - 690

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph

2 images

Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: M36 / V683 / S37

Series: V683 / III / A / 15 : Peter and Catharine Whyte: Collected Photographs

Sous-Fonds: V683

Accession Number: .

Reference Code: V683 / III / A / 15 / PA - 690

GMD: Photograph

Date Range: 1929

Physical Description: Photograph: 1 print (front and back) ; b&w.

Scope & Content: Image of a biplane with propeller in motion parked in a field with bystanders and Three Sisters visible in the background - "First Air Mail Plane at Canmore June 1929" written on the back in pencil

Subject Access: Airplanes; Mountains

Geographic Access: Canmore; Alberta

Language: English

Title Source: Title based on item

Processing Status: Processed

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George Crawler (Yuzabi Toga), Stoney Nakoda

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Part Of: Byron Harmon fonds

Scope & Content: George Crawler (Yuzabi Toga) at Banff Indian Days Stoney First Nation

Date Range: 1929

Reference Code: V263 / NA - 3267

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph; Negative

1 image

Part Of: Byron Harmon fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: V263

Series: I. Scenic / commercial series

Sous-Fonds: V263

Sub-Series: A.1.a. Negatives, Main series : 13 x 18 cm and smaller

Accession Number: 2770

Reference Code: V263 / NA - 3267

GMD: Photograph; Negative

Parallel Title: 540. Indian chief

Other Title Info: Parallel title is original title

Date Range: 1929

Physical Description: 1 photograph : negative, 13 x 18 cm or smaller

Scope & Content: George Crawler (Yuzabi Toga) at Banff Indian Days; Stoney First Nation

Name Access: Crawler, George

Subject Access: Indigenous Peoples; Stoney Nakoda; First Nations

Geographic Access: Alberta

Creator: Byron Harmon (Banff, Alberta)

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Content Details: Original identification made by Byron Harmon, his staff or Harmon family

Processing Status: Processed

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J.D.

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Artist: George C. Wales

Date: 1929

Medium: etching on paper

Catalogue Number: WaG.04.01

Description: Three masted schooner and buoy; inscribed J.D. poss. representing schooner name? and GCW 1929 initials in blc; brc signed George C. Wales. Poss. purchased in New England.

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Artist: George C. Wales

Title: J.D.

Date: 1929

Medium: etching on paper

Dimensions: 14.2 x 20.8 cm

Description: Three masted schooner and buoy; inscribed J.D. poss. representing schooner name? and GCW 1929 initials in blc; brc signed George C. Wales. Poss. purchased in New England.