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Lux Theatre sample illustrations

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of hand-drawn sample illustrations produced as potential advertising material or signage for the LUX Theatre in Banff, ca. 1916. Illustrations depict animal and human figures posed in various ways to spell "LUX".

Date Range: [ca.1916]

Reference Code: LUX / I / C4 / 33

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Drawing

8 images

Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: LUX

Series: LUX / I / C : Business, Legal and Financial

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

Sub-Series: LUX / I / C4 : Topical files

Accession Number: LUX

Reference Code: LUX / I / C4 / 33

GMD: Drawing

Date Range: [ca.1916]

Physical Description: 7 drawings : illustration, ink ; 39.5 x 19.5 cm or smaller

Scope & Content: File consists of hand-drawn sample illustrations produced as potential advertising material or signage for the LUX Theatre in Banff, ca. 1916. Illustrations depict animal and human figures posed in various ways to spell "LUX".

Notes: 4 and 6 have ink lines on the back, in addition to a pencil sketch on 6

Subject Access: Advertising; Animals; Businesses; Lux Theatre

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; Banff

Language: N/A

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

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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Whyte Museum and Eric Harvie Theatre Scrapbook

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Part Of: Kidney family fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of one scrapbook, mostly empty, containing ca. 48 newspaper clippings, a pamphlet re: the Banff Elementary School Spring Concert in May 1969, and a signed original sketch by Peter Whyte. Content pertains to the openings of the Whyte Museum Archives and the Harvie Theatre in Banff, Pet…

Date Range: 1959; 1968; 1969

Reference Code: M74 / I / C / 4

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Scrapbook; Textual record; Drawing

1 image 1 Electronic Resource

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 / C : 1951 - 1977

Accession Number: 2016.8581

Reference Code: M74 / I / C / 4

GMD: Scrapbook; Textual record; Drawing

Date Range: 1959; 1968; 1969

Physical Description: 4 cm of textual records (1 scrapbook : 18 pages ; 30 x 37 cm)

Scope & Content: File consists of one scrapbook, mostly empty, containing ca. 48 newspaper clippings, a pamphlet re: the Banff Elementary School Spring Concert in May 1969, and a signed original sketch by Peter Whyte. Content pertains to the openings of the Whyte Museum Archives and the Harvie Theatre in Banff, Peter and Catharine Whyte, Senator Donald Cameron and Margaret Greenham.

Name Access: Cameron, Donald; Greenham, Margaret; Whyte, Peter; Whyte, Catharine

Subject Access: Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies; Heritage; Tourism; Concert; Music; Art

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; Banff

Access Restrictions: Restrictions may apply

Reproduction Restrictions: Restrictions may apply

Language: English

Conservation: Many items in scrapbook are loose, handle with caution

Category: Arts

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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[untitled]

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Part Of: Boorne and May fonds

Scope & Content: [image of tipis amongst trees during winter]

Date Range: [1880-1890]

Reference Code: V10 / 1 / 3 / na66 - 603

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph; Album; Negative, copy; Photograph print

1 image

Part Of: Boorne and May fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: V10

Reference Code: V10 / 1 / 3 / na66 - 603

GMD: Photograph; Album; Negative, copy; Photograph print

Date Range: [1880-1890]

Physical Description: 1 photograph : negative : copy negative

Scope & Content: [image of tipis amongst trees during winter]

Subject Access: First nations

Geographic Access: Alberta; British Columbia

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Unknown woman and child

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Part Of: Annie Staple fonds

Scope & Content: [Unknown woman and child]

Date Range: [ca. 1908]

Reference Code: V138 / NA66 - 2474

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph; Negative, copy; Negative

1 image

Part Of: Annie Staple fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: V138

Sous-Fonds: V138

Accession Number: n/a

Reference Code: V138 / NA66 - 2474

GMD: Photograph; Negative, copy; Negative

Date Range: [ca. 1908]

Physical Description: Copy Negative: 9.8 cm x 14 cm

Scope & Content: [Unknown woman and child]

Subject Access: First nations; Stoney Nakoda; Indigenous Peoples

Geographic Access: Alberta

Language: English

Title Source: Stoney Nakoda Elders provided naming and other culturally relevant information during interviews held for Recognizing Relations, an archives initiative active from 2014-2023. . No identification was possible.; The goal of this initiative was to name local Indigenous peoples in photographs held in the WMCR archives as well as encouraging access for Indigenous communities to these images.

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N.W.M.P. Post Banff, 1888

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Part Of: Don Harmon fonds

Scope & Content: Image of ten men, three horses and a wagon posing in front of a log structure that served as the North West Mounted Police post in Banff [located at 422 Banff Avenue] - caption along bottom reads "N.W.M.P. Post Banff - 1888"

Date Range: 1888

Reference Code: V265 / 102 / na66 - 37

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph; Negative, copy

1 image

Part Of: Don Harmon fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: V265

Reference Code: V265 / 102 / na66 - 37

GMD: Photograph; Negative, copy

Date Range: 1888

Physical Description: 1 photograph : negative : copy negative

Scope & Content: Image of ten men, three horses and a wagon posing in front of a log structure that served as the North West Mounted Police post in Banff [located at 422 Banff Avenue] - caption along bottom reads "N.W.M.P. Post Banff - 1888"