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Vancouver Island and Tilikum voyage photograph negatives

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of black and white photograph negatives depicting coastal British Columbia, May - July 1901, and the Tilikum voyage, July - November 1901. Content includes photographs of Vancouver Island, British Columbia including unidentified sailors, Indigenous people, buildings, lighthouses [Cape…

Date Range: 1900-1901

Reference Code: LUX / I / B1 / 12 / a / NG-1 to NG-127 LUX / I / B1 / 12/ b / NG-1 to NG-17 and NG-20 to NG-49 LUX / I / B1 / 12/ b / NA-18 to NA-19

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Negative

166 images

Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: LUX

Series: LUX / I / B1 :

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

Sub-Series: LUX / I / B1 / 12 : Tilikum voyage

Reference Code: LUX / I / B1 / 12 / a / NG-1 to NG-127 LUX / I / B1 / 12/ b / NG-1 to NG-17 and NG-20 to NG-49 LUX / I / B1 / 12/ b / NA-18 to NA-19

GMD: Photograph; Negative

Date Range: 1900-1901

Physical Description: 176 photographs : 172 gelatin dry plate negatives ; 10.2 x 12.7 cm : 2 cellulose nitrate negatives ; 10 x 7 cm

Scope & Content: File consists of black and white photograph negatives depicting coastal British Columbia, May - July 1901, and the Tilikum voyage, July - November 1901. Content includes photographs of Vancouver Island, British Columbia including unidentified sailors, Indigenous people, buildings, lighthouses [Cape Beale], canoes, sealing schooner, ships, boats, landscapes, and shorelines. Associated prints identify individuals as being Nootka [Nuu-chah-nulth], some taken in Port Alberni. File contains photographs of human skulls, cave burial, and potentially residential schools - access is restricted to select photographs. Content includes Tilikum voyage to Pacific Islands, with possible locations depicted including Cook Islands, Manihiki and Penhryn, Somoa, Fiji, and Tahiti. Photographs depict exterior and interior views of the Tilikum, unidentified Indigenous people, missionaries, sailors [in associated prints identified as Captain Winchester, Captain Dexter, Captain P'au on "Children of Tahiti" boat, and H.M.S. Torch officers], pearl boats, and scuba. Some photographs depict Norman Luxton and John Voss.

Notes: Description of negatives and contents found in binder of photocopied photographs, labelled on spine II.B.1.A / 7, but labelled on first page LUX / I / B1 / 7

Name Access: Luxton, Norman; Voss, John

Subject Access: Travel; Seascapes; Shorelines; Residential schools; Personal and Family Life; Missionaries; Indigenous Peoples

Geographic Access: Vancouver Island; Victoria, British Columbia; Port Alberni; Cape Beale; Pacific Rim National Park; Tahiti; Manihiki; Penhryn; Somoa; Fiji

Access Restrictions: Access to negatives is by application due to fragile condition. (a) NG-4,5,6 depict human skulls, NG-13,14,15 possibly depict Port Alberni's residential school, NG-32 depicts a burial. These have been digitized but are not available online.

Language: English

Conservation: Most glass negatives have silver mirroring, accretions, flaking, and loss of the glass support. Some show signs of previous mould exposure. Prior poor quality storage and processing has degraded the quality, these are also apparent in the associated prints. Several glass negatives were broken. Two nitrate film show yellowing of the support.

Related Material: LUX / I / B1 / 12 contains prints from some negatives

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Content Details: Negatives are arranged in two groups: a. Negatives for prints in "10,000 Miles in the Canoe Tilikum, 127 items, includes images identical or very similar to those in the printed account; b. Other negatives, 49 items

Processing Status: Processed

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322. Ascending Abbot Pass (ACC)

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Part Of: Byron Harmon fonds

Scope & Content: At "Death Trap" below Abbot Pass during Alpine Club of Canada camp at Lake O'Hara

Date Range: [1907 or 1909]

Reference Code: V263 / NA - 37

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

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

Reference Code: V263 / NA - 37

GMD: Photograph; Negative

Date Range: [1907 or 1909]

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

Scope & Content: At "Death Trap" below Abbot Pass during Alpine Club of Canada camp at Lake O'Hara

Subject Access: Organizations; Sports and Recreation

Geographic Access: Alberta

Creator: Byron Harmon (Banff, Alberta)

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322. Ascending Abbot Pass (ACC)

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Part Of: Byron Harmon fonds

Scope & Content: During Alpine Club of Canada camp at Lake O'Hara

Date Range: [1907 or 1909]

Reference Code: V263 / NA - 38

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

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

Reference Code: V263 / NA - 38

GMD: Photograph; Negative

Date Range: [1907 or 1909]

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

Scope & Content: During Alpine Club of Canada camp at Lake O'Hara

Subject Access: Organizations; Sports and Recreation

Geographic Access: Alberta

Creator: Byron Harmon (Banff, Alberta)

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322. Ascending Abbot Pass (ACC)

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Part Of: Byron Harmon fonds

Scope & Content: Near Abbot Pass during Alpine Club of Canada camp at Lake O'Hara

Date Range: [1907 or 1909]

Reference Code: V263 / NA - 39

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

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

Reference Code: V263 / NA - 39

GMD: Photograph; Negative

Date Range: [1907 or 1909]

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

Scope & Content: Near Abbot Pass during Alpine Club of Canada camp at Lake O'Hara

Subject Access: Organizations; Sports and Recreation

Geographic Access: Alberta

Creator: Byron Harmon (Banff, Alberta)

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(ACC? Abbot Pass?)

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Part Of: Byron Harmon fonds

Scope & Content: Abbot Pass from the "Death Trap" during Alpine Club of Canada camp at Lake O'Hara

Date Range: [1907 or 1909]

Reference Code: V263 / NA - 40

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

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

Reference Code: V263 / NA - 40

GMD: Photograph; Negative

Date Range: [1907 or 1909]

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

Scope & Content: Abbot Pass from the "Death Trap" during Alpine Club of Canada camp at Lake O'Hara

Subject Access: Organizations

Geographic Access: Alberta

Creator: Byron Harmon (Banff, Alberta)

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323. Abbot Pass (ACC?)

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Part Of: Byron Harmon fonds

Scope & Content: Looking south-west from Abbot Pass at Mount Biddle Attributed to: Alpine Club of Canada trip, camp or activity

Date Range: [1907 or 1909]

Reference Code: V263 / NA - 41

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

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

Reference Code: V263 / NA - 41

GMD: Photograph; Negative

Date Range: [1907 or 1909]

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

Scope & Content: Looking south-west from Abbot Pass at Mount Biddle; Attributed to: Alpine Club of Canada trip, camp or activity

Subject Access: Organizations

Geographic Access: Alberta

Creator: Byron Harmon (Banff, Alberta)

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323. Abbot Pass (ACC?)

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Part Of: Byron Harmon fonds

Scope & Content: View of edge of Victoria Glacier from Abbot Pass, Mount Collier at centre Attributed to: Alpine Club of Canada trip, camp or activity

Date Range: [1907 or 1909]

Reference Code: V263 / NA - 42

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

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

Reference Code: V263 / NA - 42

GMD: Photograph; Negative

Date Range: [1907 or 1909]

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

Scope & Content: View of edge of Victoria Glacier from Abbot Pass, Mount Collier at centre; Attributed to: Alpine Club of Canada trip, camp or activity

Subject Access: Organizations

Geographic Access: Alberta

Creator: Byron Harmon (Banff, Alberta)

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Mountain, very old, Temple from Lake Annette (ACC?)

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Part Of: Byron Harmon fonds

Scope & Content: Mount Temple and the Tower of Babel from Consolation Lake Attributed to: Alpine Club of Canada trip, camp or activity

Date Range: [between 1903 and 1942]

Reference Code: V263 / NA - 43

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

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

Reference Code: V263 / NA - 43

GMD: Photograph; Negative

Date Range: [between 1903 and 1942]

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

Scope & Content: Mount Temple and the Tower of Babel from Consolation Lake; Attributed to: Alpine Club of Canada trip, camp or activity

Subject Access: Organizations

Geographic Access: Alberta

Creator: Byron Harmon (Banff, Alberta)

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ACC Camp, Paradise Valley camp scene

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Part Of: Byron Harmon fonds

Scope & Content: Alpine Club of Canada

Date Range: [between 1903 and 1942]

Reference Code: V263 / NA - 47

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

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

Reference Code: V263 / NA - 47

GMD: Photograph; Negative

Date Range: [between 1903 and 1942]

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

Scope & Content: Alpine Club of Canada

Subject Access: Organizations; Sports and Recreation

Geographic Access: Alberta

Conservation: Reprocessed / archival quality gold-toned, 1973

Creator: Byron Harmon (Banff, Alberta)

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106. Giant Stairway (ACC?)

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Part Of: Byron Harmon fonds

Scope & Content: Giant Steps, Paradise Valley Attributed to: Alpine Club of Canada trip, camp or activity

Date Range: [between 1903 and 1942]

Reference Code: V263 / NA - 48

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

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

Reference Code: V263 / NA - 48

GMD: Photograph; Negative

Date Range: [between 1903 and 1942]

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

Scope & Content: Giant Steps, Paradise Valley; Attributed to: Alpine Club of Canada trip, camp or activity

Subject Access: Organizations; Sports and Recreation

Geographic Access: Alberta

Creator: Byron Harmon (Banff, Alberta)

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E-33. ACC camp, Paradise Valley, group at Giant Steps

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Part Of: Byron Harmon fonds

Scope & Content: Group made two-day trip over Abbot Pass to Paradise Valley from the Alpine Club of Canada camp at Lake O'Hara Woman in mid-front with white hat and black shirt is Beth Halstead

Date Range: [1907 or 1909]

Reference Code: V263 / NA - 49

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

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

Reference Code: V263 / NA - 49

GMD: Photograph; Negative

Date Range: [1907 or 1909]

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

Scope & Content: Group made two-day trip over Abbot Pass to Paradise Valley from the Alpine Club of Canada camp at Lake O'Hara; Woman in mid-front with white hat and black shirt is Beth Halstead