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Tilikum and Samoa photographs

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: File pertains to photograph prints depicting boats, settlements, and buildings in Somoa. Also includes one photograph of the Tilikum on display (in Australia?)

Date Range: [1901-1902]

Reference Code: LUX / I / B1 / 13

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Print

17 images

Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: LUX

Series: LUX / I B1 : Tilikum voyage

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

Reference Code: LUX / I / B1 / 13

GMD: Photograph; Print

Responsibility: PA-03 to PA-12 attributed to J. Davis Photo studio in Samoa

Date Range: [1901-1902]

Physical Description: 16 photographs : 6 prints : 10 mounted prints ; 35.4 x 28 cm or smaller

Scope & Content: File pertains to photograph prints depicting boats, settlements, and buildings in Somoa. Also includes one photograph of the Tilikum on display (in Australia?)

Notes: Some mounted photographs have pencil annotations on mat. Annotations on bottom left corner of mounted photographs PA-03 to PA-12, photographer signature "J. Davis Photo, Samoa", potentially John Davis (https://natlib.govt.nz/records/22365748, https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/term/BIOG177292). Copy negative of PA-15 in file

Name Access: Davis, John

Subject Access: Boats; Ship; Ocean; Travel; Travel and Exploration

Geographic Access: Australia; Samoa

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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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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Norman Luxton photographs

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of portraits and candid photographs of Norman Luxton, alone or with family members, friends, acquaintances or dogs. Includes comic portraits, ca.1905, and joint x-ray negatives, ca.1916. File also includes Norman Luxton attestation paper military service exemption, 1917

Date Range: [ca.1880-ca.1960]

Reference Code: LUX / I / D1 - 1 to 4

Description Level: 4 / Sub-series

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print

2 images

Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Description Level: 4 / Sub-series

Fonds Number: LUX

Series: I.D.1. Personal and professional : Personal and family life

Sous-Fonds: I. Norman Luxton sous-fonds

Accession Number: LUX

Reference Code: LUX / I / D1 - 1 to 4

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print

Date Range: [ca.1880-ca.1960]

Physical Description: ca.130 photographs (ca.112 prints, 18 negatives). -- 1 textual record

Scope & Content: File consists of portraits and candid photographs of Norman Luxton, alone or with family members, friends, acquaintances or dogs. Includes comic portraits, ca.1905, and joint x-ray negatives, ca.1916. File also includes Norman Luxton attestation paper military service exemption, 1917

Name Access: Luxton, Norman

Subject Access: Portrait; Photography

Reproduction Restrictions: Restrictions may apply

Language: N/A

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Banff Winter Carnival photographs

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of prints and negatives depicting Banff Winter Carnival events including ski jumping, hockey, figure skating, log chopping competitions, toboggan races, swimming contests, dog sled races, ice sculptures and queen contests between 1920 and 1949, primarily from the 1920s. Includes snows…

Date Range: 1920-1922; 1922; [ca. 1940s]; 1942; 1949

Reference Code: LUX / I / D3b / 2 / NA - 01 to NA - 93 LUX / I / D3b / 2 / PA - 01 to PA - 71

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Negative; Print; Photograph print

212 images

Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: LUX

Series: LUX / I / D : Personal and professional

Sous-Fonds: I. Norman Luxton sous-fonds

Sub-Series: LUX / I / D / 3 : Organizations

Accession Number: LUX

Reference Code: LUX / I / D3b / 2 / NA - 01 to NA - 93 LUX / I / D3b / 2 / PA - 01 to PA - 71

GMD: Photograph; Negative; Print; Photograph print

Date Range: 1920-1922; 1922; [ca. 1940s]; 1942; 1949

Physical Description: 164 photographs : 93 b&w negatives ; 14 x 8 cm or smaller : 71 b&w prints ; 23.5 x 19.5 cm or smaller

History / Biographical: Banff Winter Carnival, also known as Winter Sports of the Canadian Rockies, was the first post-war winter sports programme held in Banff, Alberta. The organization had Banff directors, Calgary directors and Directors-at-large from Alberta and outside the province. A wide variety of social and sports events took place under the organization's direction.

Scope & Content: File consists of prints and negatives depicting Banff Winter Carnival events including ski jumping, hockey, figure skating, log chopping competitions, toboggan races, swimming contests, dog sled races, ice sculptures and queen contests between 1920 and 1949, primarily from the 1920s. Includes snowshoe hikes, Sunshine Ski Camp, and personal motor trips to Lake Minnewanka. File includes photographs and prints by Lou Crosby, Dan McCowan, Byron Harmon. Some prints are stamped or annotated by the photographer and include processing receipts and original housing envelopes.