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Columbia Icefield Chalet

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Medium: Library - Postcard

Published Date: 1939

Author: Taylor, G. Morris

Call Number: V689-PG-1

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Author: Taylor, G. Morris

Responsibility: G. Morris Taylor

Place: Made in Canada

Published Date: 1939

Medium: Library - Postcard

Notes: b&w

Accession Number: 3061

Call Number: V689-PG-1

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Elk head

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Artist: Carl Clemens Moritz Rungius (1869 – 1959, American)

Date: 1939

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: RuC.03.05

Description: A finely detailed drawing of an elk head, facing to the left, head slightly tilted up

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Artist: Carl Clemens Moritz Rungius (1869 – 1959, American)

Title: Elk head

Date: 1939

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 29.0 x 23.0 cm

Description: A finely detailed drawing of an elk head, facing to the left, head slightly tilted up

Subject: animal, elk; Wapiti

Credit: Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: RuC.03.05

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Untitled

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Artist: Kathleen Shackleton (1884 – 1961)

Date: 1938

Medium: pastel on paper

Catalogue Number: ShK.03.01

Description: Centered in the image frame is a portrait of a man. The male figure in this image is wearing a brimed hat and has a pipe in his mouth. The portrait is not a straight on angle the angle here is a three quarter angle. The subject Mr. Carl Rungius is looking to his right with his left side of his face…

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Artist: Kathleen Shackleton (1884 – 1961)

Title: Untitled

Date: 1938

Medium: pastel on paper

Dimensions: 34.4 x 31.6 cm

Description: Centered in the image frame is a portrait of a man. The male figure in this image is wearing a brimed hat and has a pipe in his mouth. The portrait is not a straight on angle the angle here is a three quarter angle. The subject Mr. Carl Rungius is looking to his right with his left side of his face facing us. The subject here is wearing a collared coat and round glasses.

Subject: figure; male; portrait; Carl Rungius

Credit: Gift of Jack Hutchison, Vancouver, 1996

Catalogue Number: ShK.03.01

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Rotunda. Jasper Park Lodge. Alberta, Canada

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Medium: Library - Postcard

Published Date: 1936

Publisher: The Canadian National Railways

Call Number: V466-PG-C16nr-1

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Publisher: The Canadian National Railways

Published Date: 1936

Medium: Library - Postcard

Notes: b&w; geniune photograph

Accession Number: 5418

Call Number: V466-PG-C16nr-1

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Pyramid Avenue. Jasper Park. Alberta. Canada.

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Medium: Library - Postcard

Published Date: 1936

Publisher: The Canadian National Railways

Call Number: V466-PG-C16nr-2

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Publisher: The Canadian National Railways

Published Date: 1936

Medium: Library - Postcard

Notes: b&w; geniune photograph

Accession Number: 5418

Call Number: V466-PG-C16nr-2

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Bill Neish's Horse 1936

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Artist: Henry George Glyde (1906 – 1998, Canadian)

Date: 1936

Medium: ink; graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: GyH.03.01

Description: General colour: brown on white. A horse saddled and carrying a rifle, saddle bags, and another case. Stands facing left. His ears are perked. Around the edges are notes by the artist regarding colouration.

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Artist: Henry George Glyde (1906 – 1998, Canadian)

Title: Bill Neish's Horse 1936

Date: 1936

Medium: ink; graphite on paper

Dimensions: 28.0 x 38.0 cm

Description: General colour: brown on white. A horse saddled and carrying a rifle, saddle bags, and another case. Stands facing left. His ears are perked. Around the edges are notes by the artist regarding colouration.

Subject: animal; horse

Credit: Gift of Helen Collinson, Edmonton, 1974

Catalogue Number: GyH.03.01

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Milk Lake, Forbidden Plateau, Near Courtenay, B.C.

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Medium: Library - Postcard

Published Date: ca. 1939

Author: [Spalding, Joseph Frederick?]

Publisher: The Camera Products Co.

Call Number: V5/PG-47

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Author: [Spalding, Joseph Frederick?]

Place: Vancouver, B.C. Made in England

Publisher: The Camera Products Co.

Published Date: ca. 1939

Medium: Library - Postcard

Series: Courtenay Series

Abstract: On back of postcard: This is a Real Photograph. Hand Coloured

Notes: Annotated; colour

Accession Number: 14500

Call Number: V5/PG-47

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The Great Divide

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Medium: Library - Postcard

Published Date: ca. 1930

Author: Harmon, Byron

Call Number: V391/PG-87

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Variant Title: Along the line of the Canadian Pacific Railway

Author: Harmon, Byron

Responsibility: Byron Harmon

Published Date: ca. 1930

Medium: Library - Postcard

Notes: Annotated; b&w; Includes postage stamp

Accession Number: 1430

Call Number: V391/PG-87

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Entering Connaught Tunnel and Ross Peak

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Medium: Library - Postcard

Published Date: ca. 1934

Author: Harmon, Byron

Call Number: V466/PG-B99-50

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Variant Title: Along the line of the Canadian Pacific Railway

Author: Harmon, Byron

Responsibility: Byron Harmon

Place: Made in Canada

Published Date: ca. 1934

Medium: Library - Postcard

Notes: Annotated; b&w; Includes postage stamp

Accession Number: 6392

Call Number: V466/PG-B99-50

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Mt. Edith Cavell, Jasper Park

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Medium: Library - Postcard

Published Date: ca. 1936

Author: Taylor, G. Morris

Call Number: V466/PG-G11m-8

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Variant Title: Mount Edith Cavell

Author: Taylor, G. Morris

Responsibility: G. Morris Taylor

Place: Made in Canada

Published Date: ca. 1936

Medium: Library - Postcard

Notes: b&w

Accession Number: 5418

Call Number: V466/PG-G11m-8

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Lac Beauvert and Glimpse of Golf Course, Jasper Park

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Medium: Library - Postcard

Published Date: ca. 1936

Author: Taylor, G. Morris

Call Number: V466/PG-G11m-9

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Variant Title: Lake Beauvert

Author: Taylor, G. Morris

Responsibility: G. Morris Taylor

Place: Made in Canada

Published Date: ca. 1936

Medium: Library - Postcard

Notes: b&w

Accession Number: 5418

Call Number: V466/PG-G11m-9

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Government Bath House, Banff, Alberta

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Medium: Library - Postcard

Published Date: ca. 1934

Publisher: Valentine Edy Company, Limited

Call Number: V466/PG-V33-11

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Place: Winnipeg Printed in U.S.A.

Publisher: Valentine Edy Company, Limited

Published Date: ca. 1934

Medium: Library - Postcard

Notes: Annotated; colour; Includes postage stamp

Accession Number: 6925

Call Number: V466/PG-V33-11

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National Cave, Johnson's Canyon

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Medium: Library - Postcard

Published Date: ca. 1935

Author: Harmon, Byron

Call Number: V466/PG-B99-125

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Variant Title: Along the line of the Canadian Pacific Railway; [should read Johnston]

Author: Harmon, Byron

Responsibility: Byron Harmon

Place: Made in Canada

Published Date: ca. 1935

Medium: Library - Postcard

Notes: Annotated; b&w; Includes postage stamp

Accession Number: 7699

Call Number: V466/PG-B99-125

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Banff Springs Hotel, Banff National Park

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Medium: Library - Postcard

Published Date: ca. 1935

Author: Harmon, Byron

Call Number: V466/PG-B99-137

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Variant Title: Along the line of the Canadian Pacific Railway

Author: Harmon, Byron

Responsibility: Distributed by Byron Harmon

Place: Made in U.S.A.

Published Date: ca. 1935

Medium: Library - Postcard

Notes: Annotated; colour; Includes postage stamp

Accession Number: 7699

Call Number: V466/PG-B99-137

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Buffalo, Banff, Canadian Rockies. The Monarch of the Herd

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Medium: Library - Postcard

Published Date: ca. 1936

Publisher: The Coast Publishing Co.

Call Number: V466/PG-C63-48b

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Place: Vancouver, B.C Made in Germany

Publisher: The Coast Publishing Co.

Published Date: ca. 1936

Medium: Library - Postcard

Notes: Annotated; colour; Includes postage stamp

Accession Number: 7881

Call Number: V466/PG-C63-48b

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"Just Another Convention, Banff, Canada

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Medium: Library - Postcard

Published Date: ca. 1935

Publisher: The Gowen Sutton Co. Ltd.

Call Number: V466/PG-G74-55

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Place: Vancouver, B.C. Made in Canada

Publisher: The Gowen Sutton Co. Ltd.

Published Date: ca. 1935

Medium: Library - Postcard

Abstract: Features a group of bears

Notes: Annotated; b&w

Accession Number: 2854

Call Number: V466/PG-G74-55

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Gateway. Kootenay Park.

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Medium: Library - Postcard

Published Date: ca. 1937

Author: Harmon, Byron

Call Number: V151/PG-B99-8

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Variant Title: Along the line of the Canadian Pacific Railway

Author: Harmon, Byron

Responsibility: Byron Harmon

Place: Made in Canada

Published Date: ca. 1937

Medium: Library - Postcard

Notes: Annotated; b&w; Includes postage stamp

Accession Number: 7911

Call Number: V151/PG-B99-8

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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

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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

Material Details: Some posters have foldable cardboard stand at back to place upright on surface, adhesives, and perhaps mounting additives.

Name Access: Luxton, Norman; Kehr, Ernie; Palenske, Reinhold H.; Canadian Pacific Railway

Subject Access: Activities; Advertising; Community events; Banff Indian Days; Indigenous Peoples; Tourism

Geographic Access: Banff; Alberta; Banff National Park

Reproduction Restrictions: Restrictions may apply

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Sports and news scrapbook

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Part Of: Kidney family fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of one scrapbook containing ca. 65 news article clippings, 24 track and field ribbons, 5 sports team patches and 2 hand-drawn pencil illustrations of hockey goalies [one captioned "Charlie Gardiner"]. Content pertains to Jack Kidney MacAulay's hockey career including awards, Banff hoc…

Date Range: 1934 - 1942; [ca. 1940 - ca. 1945]

Reference Code: M74 / I / B / 1

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Scrapbook; Textual record; Published record; Drawing

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Part Of: Kidney family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M74 / V324

Series: M74 / I : Maud (Woodworth) Kidney records

Sous-Fonds: M74

Sub-Series: M74 / I / B : 1921 - 1950

Accession Number: 2016.8581

Reference Code: M74 / I / B / 1

GMD: Scrapbook; Textual record; Published record; Drawing

Date Range: 1934 - 1942; [ca. 1940 - ca. 1945]

Physical Description: 2 cm of textual records (1 scrapbook : 19 pages ; 26 x 30 cm)

Scope & Content: File consists of one scrapbook containing ca. 65 news article clippings, 24 track and field ribbons, 5 sports team patches and 2 hand-drawn pencil illustrations of hockey goalies [one captioned "Charlie Gardiner"]. Content pertains to Jack Kidney MacAulay's hockey career including awards, Banff hockey games and team members [late 1930's], and numerous news articles announcing updates on local military members and obituaries of individuals local to the Banff area. Includes articles announcing marriage and death of Margaret Simpson.

Name Access: Kidney, Jack; MacAulay, Jack; Simpson, Margaret; Gardiner, Charlie

Subject Access: Sports; Hockey; World War II; Obituary; Skiing

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; Banff

Access Restrictions: Copyright restrictions may apply

Reproduction Restrictions: Copyright restrictions may apply

Language: English

Conservation: Pages with illustrations near front and back covers have been interleaved with acid-free paper to prevent further rubbing and fading of pencil.

Category: Family and personal life

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Hawaii, Japan, China cruise album

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of one album containing 28 colorized postcard print images, 227 black and white prints and one annotated hand-drawn diagram on paper. Content pertains to a boat cruise attended by Eleanor Luxton to Hawaii, Japan and China [1937]. Includes images of the interior and exterior of the cru…

Date Range: [ca. 1937]

Reference Code: LUX / II / C / PD - 2

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Album; Photograph; Photograph print; Drawing; Scrapbook

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: LUX

Series: LUX / II / C : Personal

Sous-Fonds: LUX / II : Eleanor Luxton

Accession Number: LUX

Reference Code: LUX / II / C / PD - 2

GMD: Album; Photograph; Photograph print; Drawing; Scrapbook

Date Range: [ca. 1937]

Physical Description: 1 album (255 b&w and col. prints ; 13.5 x 19.5 cm or smaller -- 1 diagram ; 6 x 4 cm)

Scope & Content: File consists of one album containing 28 colorized postcard print images, 227 black and white prints and one annotated hand-drawn diagram on paper. Content pertains to a boat cruise attended by Eleanor Luxton to Hawaii, Japan and China [1937]. Includes images of the interior and exterior of the cruise ship, as well as cruise staff members and on-board entertainment; landscapes, monuments and buildings; surfing; historic sites; dockyard scenes with unidentified workers; local individuals and families; and fishing and harvesting. Album also includes small tissue-like paper sheet with hand-drawn diagram of mechanical parts and measurements with annotations [possibly belonging to Eleanor Luxton, n.d.]

Notes: Most photographs are annotated on the lower front in white text with contextual information - location, name of landmark, etc.; Date provided is based on dating of similar items pertaining to cruise to Hawaii, Japan and China collected by Eleanor Luxton. Photographs are likely from the same trip, but not confirmed.

Name Access: Luxton, Eleanor

Subject Access: Travel; Tourism; Cruise ships; Boats; Fishing; Landscapes; Buildings; Statue; Community life; Commerce and industry; Dockyard; Labour; Farmland; Hotel

Geographic Access: United States of America; Hawaii; Japan; Kyoto; Yokohama; Kamakura; China; Canton; Guangzhou; Shanghai; Repulse Bay

Access Restrictions: Restrictions may apply

Reproduction Restrictions: Restrictions may apply

Language: English; Japanese

Conservation: Paper diagram in album has been placed in mylar sleeve and kept in original location; Consider removing metal ring bindings on album if they pose a risk of rust damage in future; Album has been secured with unbleached cotton string to prevent loose items from falling out