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Trail ride album

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Part Of: Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies fonds

Scope & Content: Photograph album contains 182 black and white prints pertaining to trail rides in July/August, 1945 through Baker Creek, Ptarmigan Lake, Skoki and Lake Louise; and Lake O'Hara, Lake McArthur and Odaray Trail. Images depict riders on horseback, scenic views of mountains, waterfalls, forests and land…

Date Range: 1945

Reference Code: V635 / I / PD - 3

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Album; Photograph; Photograph print; Textual record

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Part Of: Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M545 / V635

Series: V635 / I : Events and Activities

Sous-Fonds: V635

Accession Number: 5757

Reference Code: V635 / I / PD - 3

GMD: Album; Photograph; Photograph print; Textual record

Responsibility: Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies

Date Range: 1945

Physical Description: 1 photograph album (182 prints)

Scope & Content: Photograph album contains 182 black and white prints pertaining to trail rides in July/August, 1945 through Baker Creek, Ptarmigan Lake, Skoki and Lake Louise; and Lake O'Hara, Lake McArthur and Odaray Trail. Images depict riders on horseback, scenic views of mountains, waterfalls, forests and landscapes, individual and group photographs of riders, and campsites. Most photographs not annotated and people in photographs not named. Album also contains three pamphlets pertaining to 1945 trail rides with lists of locations and attendees.

Subject Access: Travel; Hiking; Packing; Horses; Mountain; Waterfall; Landscapes; Trail; Lake; Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; Canadian Rocky Mountains

Language: English

Creator: Unknown

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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George Paris photographs : [film negatives, group 1]

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Part Of: George Paris fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of b&w negatives depicting George Paris family, friends, activities, recreation and sports; Banff people, places and events; Banff area and Canadian Rockies views. Predominantly featured are winter sports including group snowshoe trips, skating, and ski-jumping around Banff, particula…

Date Range: 1894-1919

Reference Code: V484 / I / B / NA - 1 to NA - 99

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Negative

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Part Of: George Paris fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: V484

Series: V484 / I : Negatives

Sous-Fonds: V484

Sub-Series: V484 / I / B : Film

Reference Code: V484 / I / B / NA - 1 to NA - 99

GMD: Photograph; Negative

Date Range: 1894-1919

Physical Description: 100 photographs : b&w negatives, film ; 8.5 x 12 cm or smaller

Scope & Content: File consists of b&w negatives depicting George Paris family, friends, activities, recreation and sports; Banff people, places and events; Banff area and Canadian Rockies views. Predominantly featured are winter sports including group snowshoe trips, skating, and ski-jumping around Banff, particularly Sulphur Mountain, Lake Minnewanka and Vermilion Lakes.

Name Access: Paris, Cyril; Paris, George; Paris, Herb; Paris, Ted; Paris, Ida; Atkin, Gilbert M.; Hine, Ashley; Whyte, Peter; Moore, Pearl; Paris, Georgina

Subject Access: Snowshoes and snowshoeing; Ski jumping; Skiers; Skiing; Skis; Fire; Hotel; Hotels; Iceboats and Iceboating; Family and personal life; Family; Skating; Moose; Sulphur Mountain

Geographic Access: Banff; Banff National Park; Alberta; Lake Minnewanka; Sulphur Mountain

Access Restrictions: Access by appointment only

Conservation: Most have yellowing of the film base indicating nitrate deterioration

Title Source: Title based on contents of series. Sub-title reflects imposed division of series contents into manageable units for description purposes

Content Details: LIST OF NEGATIVES (V484/NA - 1 to 99):; 1 Imperial Banff staff snowshoeing on Forty Mile [Creek]; 2 Hockey match 1905; 3 George Paris with snowshoes; 4 George Paris snowshoeing on Vermilion Lake; 5 George Paris snowshoeing, [ca.1915]; 6 Dr. Atkin on snowshoes; 7 George Paris on snowshoes, 1894; 8 Group on snowshoes - Jack Stanley, Sid Baker, Sid Collins, Pig the dog, [ca.1900]; 9 Dr. Atkin on snowshoes; 10 George Paris on snowshoes; 11 Dr. Atkin on snowshoes; 12 George Paris skating on Lake Minnewanka; 13 George Paris skating on Vermilion Lake; 14 George Paris and one other on snowshoe trip to Lake Minnewanka, 1908 or 1909; 15 Group of snowshoers on trip to Lake Minnewanka 1908 or 1909; 16 Ashley Hine and [George Paris?] on snowshoe trip to Lake Minnewanka, 1908 or 1909; 17 Group of snowshoers on trip to Lake Minnewanka, 1908 or 1909; 18 Jack Stanley's iceboat on Lake Minnewanka; 19 Group of people in sleighs on Banff Avenue, [ca.1905]; 20 George Paris feeding young moose in Banff Animal Paddock; 21 Group of men feeding antelope in Banff Animal Paddock; 22 Group of men feeding young moose in Animal Paddock; 23 Horses pulling sleigh back of Paris tea room, 1916; 24 Back of tea room after 4 foot snowfall, 1916; 26 George Paris on Banff Avenue after big snowstorm, 1916; 27 George and Cyril Paris on snowshoe trip up Sulphur Mountain 1915; 28 to 31 Ida and Cyril Paris on snowshoe trip up Sulphur Mountain; 32 Cyril and George Paris with snowshoes, 1915; 33 Pool room after Park Hotel fire, 1915; 34, 35 After Park Hotel fire, 1915; 36 to 39 Group on snowshoe trip up Mount Rundle, 1917; 40, 41 Children sliding, 1916; 42 to 45 Group of snowshoers going up Sulphur Mountain, 1917; 46 Peter Whyte, Cyril Paris George Paris, Pearl Moore, her friend Mrs. Broadwick and Raymond Young going up Sulphur Mountain, 1917; 47 to 50 Group of snowshoers going up Sulphur Mountain on Harmon movie trip, 1917; 51 Raymond Young, Cyril Paris, Pete Whyte on Sulphur Mountain, 1917; 52, 53 George Paris with snowshoes on Sulphur Mountain, 1917; 54 Group of snowshoers on Observatory Tower, 1917; 55 to 59 Child skiing back of Standish house, 1917; 60 [Ida Paris?] on skis, 1917; 61 Cyril, Ted, Herb and person on snowshoes, 1917; 62 Cyril, Ted, Herb Paris on snowshoes, 1917; 63 George Paris and [George Pulham?], 1915; 64, 65 Ida Paris and [George Pulham?] with Paris twins, 1915; 66 George Paris and George Pulham in Hot Springs pool, 1915; 67 Ida Paris, [George Pulham] and Paris twins; 68 Paris family, [ca.1915]; 69 Paris children on porch of house in winter, [ca.1915]; 70 George [Pulham?], George Paris and Paris twins, 1915; 71 George [Pulham?], Ida Paris, and Paris children, 1915; 72 to 74 Boys ski jumping on Learn's Hill, [ca.1919]; 75, 76 Boys ski jumping on Learn's Hill; 77 Georgie Paris with snowshoes; 78 [Cyril?] Paris sliding: on snowshoes, 1919; 79 Ted or Herb Paris sliding on snowshoes, 1919; 80 Paris boys on snowshoes, 1919; 81 [Ida Paris] sliding on snowshoes, 1919; 82 George Paris sliding on snowshoe, 1919?; 83 [Cyril?] Paris sliding on snowshoes, 1919; 84 Herb Paris sliding on snowshoes, 1919; 85 Ted Paris sliding on snowshoes, 1919; 86 Ida, Cyril, Herb and Ted Paris on snowshoes, 1919; 87 to 90 Paris twins, 1912; 90 Mr. and Mrs. Paris, Cyril and Georgia, 1911; 91 Mrs. Annie Hoggard, Ida Paris, Cyril and Georgie, 1911; 92 George, Ida, Cyril and Georgie Paris 1911; 93 George Paris sitting in boat beside the Bow River, 1911; 94 Ida Paris with boat beside Bow River, 1911; 95 George Paris paddling boat 1911 96 Ida Paris in boat, 1911; 97 Ida Paris sitting on edge of boat, 1911; 98 Ida Paris standing beside boat on Bow River, 1911; 99 Ida Paris sitting on boat on Bow River, 1911

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Auto Road To Moraine Lake

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Medium: Library - Postcard

Author: Harmon, Byron

Call Number: V???/PG 9-2

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Author: Harmon, Byron

Responsibility: Byron Harmon

Medium: Library - Postcard

Call Number: V???/PG 9-2

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Mount Ball, Banff

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Author: Harmon, Byron

Publisher: [Byron Harmon?]

Call Number: V295/PG-9

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Author: Harmon, Byron

Responsibility: Byron Harmon

Place: Banff, Canada Made in Canada

Publisher: [Byron Harmon?]

Medium: Library - Postcard

Notes: b&w

Accession Number: 8500

Call Number: V295/PG-9

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Banff, Alberta

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Author: Harmon, Byron

Call Number: V160/PG-8; V548/PG-6

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Author: Harmon, Byron

Responsibility: Byron Harmon

Medium: Library - Postcard

Notes: hand-coloured

Call Number: V160/PG-8; V548/PG-6

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12 Postcards Banff Canadian Rockies

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Medium: Library - Postcard Series

Author: Harmon, Byron

Publisher: Byron Harmon

Call Number: V325/PG-6

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Author: Harmon, Byron

Responsibility: Byron Harmon

Place: Banff, Canada Printed in Canada

Publisher: Byron Harmon

Medium: Library - Postcard Series

Notes: b&w

Accession Number: 1282

Call Number: V325/PG-6

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[Photographs and Christmas Cards Album]

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Part Of: Lillian Gest fonds

Scope & Content: File pertains to a photograph album containing photographs from various trips taken by Lillian Gest, some of which include Alpine Club of Canada Annual Trips, and Christmas cards sent to Gest by various friends and club members. Greeting cards are dated from 1938-1948. Contents include: 1938: [Alpi…

Date Range: 1938-1948

Reference Code: V225 / II / C / ii / b / PD - 11

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Album; Photograph print; Postcard

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Part Of: Lillian Gest fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M67 / S36 / V225

Series: II.C. Activities / photography

Sous-Fonds: V225

Sub-Series: ii.b. Photographic material / photograph album

Accession Number: 5142

Reference Code: V225 / II / C / ii / b / PD - 11

GMD: Album; Photograph print; Postcard

Date Range: 1938-1948

Physical Description: 1 album (306 photographs : b&w ; 23 x 18 cm or smaller)

History / Biographical: See fonds level description

Scope & Content: File pertains to a photograph album containing photographs from various trips taken by Lillian Gest, some of which include Alpine Club of Canada Annual Trips, and Christmas cards sent to Gest by various friends and club members. Greeting cards are dated from 1938-1948. Contents include: 1938: [Alpine Club camp, Columbia Icefields; Maligne Lake and canyon, Caroline Hinman trip; Banff; Lake Louise; Christian Hasler]. 1939: [Ptarmigan Lake; Crosby Lake; Mount Vaux, Mount Ennis and Hanbury Peak; Ice River Valley; Goodsirs; Kate Gardiner; Phyllis Munday; Eric Brooks; Charles Hunter ranch, Pincher Creek; postcards of Washington and Oregon]. 1940: [Mount Athabasca; Lyell Glacier; Wapta River; Christian Hasler; Mount Waddington, Phyllis and Don Munday]. 1941: [Banff Indian Days; climbing Mount Odaray]. 1942: [Three Sisters; White Man's Pass area; Grassi Lakes; Bow River; Banff Indian Days; Lake Louise area; Mounts Temple, Fay and Pinnacle; Mount Quadra; Mount Neptuak from Tower of Babel]. 1943: [Lake O'Hara, Alpine Club camp; Browne home, Banff; Mount Edith]. 1946: [Bow Lake; Jimmy and Billie Simpson; St. Nicholas Peak]. 1948?: [Lake Minnewanka; Bow Lake; Mount Chephren; Peyto Glacier; Mount Rhonda; Dolomite Peak; Mummery Group; Freshfields; Mount Baker; Sherbrooke Lake; Mount Daly; Mount Balfour]. Inserts pertain to two typed text letters from Caroline Hinman to Lillian Gest and discuss various Off the Beaten Track information.

Notes: Blank pages not scanned. Inserts are photocopies of the originals that were included with the album.

Name Access: Alpine Club of Canada; Gest, Lillian; Hinman, Caroline; Whyte, Peter; Whyte, Catharine

Subject Access: Alpine Club of Canada; Activities; Animals; Bighorn Sheep; Buildings; Camps; Christmas; Climbing; Correspondence; Exploration; Family and personal life; First Nations; Glaciers; Huts; Horses; Horse packing; Indigenous Peoples; Moose; Mountains; Mountaineering; Mountain Goat; Off the Beaten Track; Postcards; Portrait; Scenery; Travel

Geographic Access: Jasper National Park; Banff National Park; Yoho National Park; Mount Assiniboine; British Columbia; Alberta; Canada

Access Restrictions: Microfilm copy available for reference use by appointment only.

Language: English

Conservation: Removed from plastic sleeve and rehoused in acid-free paper, tied with flat string. Locate original copies of inserts and return them to PD - 11 Documents file - notes on the backs of the inserts note that the originals were moved to M67 but the documents could not be found.

Creator: Gest, Lillian

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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[Christmas Card and Photograph Album]

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Part Of: Lillian Gest fonds

Scope & Content: File pertains to a photograph album containing some photographs of various Alpine Club of Canada, American Alpine Club, Sky-Line Trail Hikers of the Canadian Rockies, and personal trips. Photographs primarily depict mountain views, buildings, lakes, and people, some of whom are identified. The bulk…

Date Range: 1949-1958

Reference Code: V225 / II / C / ii / b / PD - 12

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Album; Photograph print; Postcard

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Part Of: Lillian Gest fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M67 / S36 / V225

Series: II.C. Activities / photography

Sous-Fonds: V225

Sub-Series: ii.b. Photographic material / photograph album

Accession Number: 5142

Reference Code: V225 / II / C / ii / b / PD - 12

GMD: Album; Photograph print; Postcard

Date Range: 1949-1958

Physical Description: 1 album (173 prints : b&w and col. ; 25 x 22.5 cm or smaller)

History / Biographical: See fonds level description

Scope & Content: File pertains to a photograph album containing some photographs of various Alpine Club of Canada, American Alpine Club, Sky-Line Trail Hikers of the Canadian Rockies, and personal trips. Photographs primarily depict mountain views, buildings, lakes, and people, some of whom are identified. The bulk of the album is dedicated to Christmas cards sent to Lillian Gest by various people from 1949-1958. Inserts pertain to two photographs of a group of people sitting on the front porch of a cabin in Lake O'Hara. Ernest Feuz is seated far right.