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Banff Lantern Slides
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- Part Of
- Archives General File Collection
- Scope & Content
- Series consists of 4 lantern slides. Slides are views of the Banff Hot Springs, Banff Avenue with Cascade Mountain, Devil's Lake, and the city of Calgary.
- Date Range
- [c. 1890]
- Reference Code
- V8 / 7919 / PS - 1 to PS - 4
- Description Level
- 3 / Series
- GMD
- Transparency
- Lantern slide
4 images
- Part Of
- Archives General File Collection
- Description Level
- 3 / Series
- Fonds Number
- M8 / V8 / S8
- Series
- Accession Number : 7919
- Sous-Fonds
- V8
- Accession Number
- 7919
- Reference Code
- V8 / 7919 / PS - 1 to PS - 4
- Date Range
- [c. 1890]
- Physical Description
- 4 photographs : b&w slides ; 8.2 x 8.2 cm
- Scope & Content
- Series consists of 4 lantern slides. Slides are views of the Banff Hot Springs, Banff Avenue with Cascade Mountain, Devil's Lake, and the city of Calgary.
- Subject Access
- Lantern slide
- Tourism
- Geographic Access
- Banff
- Calgary
- Alberta
- Canada
- Language
- English
- Conservation
- All slides were cleaned prior to scanning.
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of series
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Children's Coloured Lantern Slides
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- Part Of
- Archives General File Collection
- Scope & Content
- Series contains 35 children's magic lantern slides done in colour, machine-printed rather than hand-painted. There are 4 distinct grouping of the slides: 2019.88-1-12 depict the story "The Transvaal War" [manufactured in 1895?]. Each slide has 3 seperate images with black borders and are numbered s…
- Date Range
- [c.1895]
- Reference Code
- V8 / 2019.88 / PS - 1 to PS - 35
- Description Level
- 3 / Series
- GMD
- Transparency
- Lantern slide
35 images
- Part Of
- Archives General File Collection
- Description Level
- 3 / Series
- Fonds Number
- M8 / V8 / S8
- Series
- Accession Number : 2019.88
- Sous-Fonds
- V8
- Accession Number
- 2019.88
- Reference Code
- V8 / 2019.88 / PS - 1 to PS - 35
- Date Range
- [c.1895]
- Physical Description
- 35 photographs : col. slides ; 6.5 x 22.5 cm
- History / Biographical
- The Ernst Plank Company (EP) was located in Nerumberg, Germany and operated from 1866 until 1930. The company was known for their production of copper and tin toys, specifically stationary and locomotive toy steam engines and carriages, they also produced a variety of magic lanterns and lantern slides. When they first began producing lantern slides, the standard shape of a slide was a square piece of glass about 8cm x 8cm and, depending on the style of magic lantern being used, may have a wooden frame built around the glass. Styles changed as methods for printing slides and lantern designs advanced – by the 1880’s the wooden frame was removed entirely from the slides and replaced with thin strips of coloured binding tape that protected fingers from the glass edges. Originally, hand painted black silhouette images on glass or wax paper were used to create projected pictures, followed closely by the use of colour paints to create entire scenes. Printed images soon replaced hand-painted slides, allowing for cheaper production and more widespread use. A popular format for commercially manufactured lantern slides was a long piece of glass (usually no more than 23cm long) on which multiple images could be printed in order to tell a smoother story. This allowed for two different kinds of display. The first display has smaller pictures printed in circular or square frames with a solid black border and shown as independent images of a larger narrative with pauses in between. The second display option for these slides is as a panoramic scene with the entire area coloured in (or just with figures displayed like on a stage) so they could seamlessly slide from one side to the other. This long thin kind of slide was ideal for home use and could be easily handled by children. Ernst Plank also produced a toy magic lantern out of lightweight tin that could be lit with a small oil lamp specifically for use by children. Slides meant for that kind of lantern were printed on celluloid or on a single plane of glass with a thin layer of transparent lacquer to protect the image. This created a thinner, more lightweight and less delicate slide ideal for small hands. When a toy magic lantern was purchased it came with 1 or 2 sets (each set consisting of 12 slides) in the lantern’s box, additional sets of a particular theme could be purchased independently. Magic lanterns varied greatly in design and material depending on the use. Professional showmen would have multi-lens lanterns lit by powerful chemicals or high-voltage lightbulbs that would allow them to project clear images onto a large screen for a theater audience. There were also simpler lanterns that could be powered by oil lamps, multi-wick candles, gas lighting, or electricity in the home. One of the most popular themes for slide shows where images from international travel, but domestic scenes, Christmas, and famous historic battles were also very common.
- Scope & Content
- Series contains 35 children's magic lantern slides done in colour, machine-printed rather than hand-painted. There are 4 distinct grouping of the slides:
- 2019.88-1-12 depict the story "The Transvaal War" [manufactured in 1895?]. Each slide has 3 seperate images with black borders and are numbered sequentially so that the showman could keep track. There is no maker's mark, but according to a note placed in the accompanying lantern slide box, this set was made by the Ernst Plank Company. The slides depict protraits of men in various uniforms, battle scenes, and soldiers in uniform. Each silde is bordered with green paper in good condition.
- 2019.88-13-16 are unrelated EP slides bordered in red paper of varying condition. 13 has 4 travel images seperated with a black border; 14 is a long slide showing 4 boys in play dress as a marching band; 15 is a panoramic sea scape with ships and a harbour. A section of the coloured glass along the top slightly to the left of centre has been chipped off; 16 is a panoramic pastoral Dutch scene set in the springtime. The supporting glass piece has been badly damaged and is missing on the left end of the slide.
- 2019.88-17-28 are all travel scenes with 4 images to a slide seperated with a black border and no maker's mark. The images contain a mixture of people, animals, buildings and temples (mainly made from stone), boats, and landscapes from North America, Africa (with an emphasis on Egypt), and what could be either South America or Eurasia. All slides are bordered in red paper of fair to good condition.
- 2019.88-29-35 are unrelated EP slides of various styles bordered in red paper in fair to good condition. 29 depicts 4 caricature portraits with a black border; 30, 32, 34 are long slides with 4 individuals on each that are not seperated from eachother with borders, but are not part of a larger scene; 31, 33, 35 are all panoramic pastoral Dutch scenes set in both springtime and winter.
- Notes
- Accompanying the slides is what appears to be an original lantern slide box, made of wood and covered in faded purple paper with a steam engine train image on the top and a logo containing the intials "E.P." The logo consists of a 4-spoke wheel with wings on either side and 3 stars above. One short end of the box is missing and the sliding lid is either warped or stuck and does not open. A sticky note placed inside the box states that the green-line lantern slides (2019.88/PS-1 to PS-12) accompanied the box.
- Subject Access
- Lantern slide
- Children
- Education
- Entertainment
- Language
- N/A
- Conservation
- New binding tape, supports for broken glass
- Creator
- Ernst Plank Company
- Biographical Source Notes
- https://www.luikerwaal.com/newframe_uk.htm?/merk_ep1_uk.htm
- https://libraries.psu.edu/findingaids/2328.htm#toc
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of series.
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Collected photographs
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- Part Of
- Round family fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of photographs collected by Bill Round Sr. pertaining to people, places and events, Banff and area
- Date Range
- [ca.1890]-1930
- Reference Code
- V547 / II.D. / PA - 1 to 24
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Photograph, print
10 images
- Part Of
- Round family fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- V547
- Series
- II. Round family photographs
- Sous-Fonds
- V547
- Reference Code
- V547 / II.D. / PA - 1 to 24
- Date Range
- [ca.1890]-1930
- Physical Description
- 24 photographs : prints
- Scope & Content
- File consists of photographs collected by Bill Round Sr. pertaining to people, places and events, Banff and area
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Content Details
- LIST OF PRINTS (V547 / II.D. / PA12 - 1 to 24):
- 1 Parking lot for cars, 1916
- 2 Installation of bells in St. George's-in-the-Pines - Montgomery and Sanson
- 3 Banff's first bus by Brewster Hall
- 4 Bedroom chair at Assiniboine C.P.R. Camp
- 5 Georgina McDougall Luxton - day she was made a Stoney Princess
- 6 Three men on toboggan - Umbreht Barnett, Mumford
- 7 Silver City - Father McGuinness, Percy Bennett Joe Smith, W.E. Round
- 8 N. B. Sanson sitting near observatory with ice axe
- 9 Andrew Sibbald - 1932 (First Alberta School Teacher.)
- 10 1,000th Ascent of Sulphur Mountain by N, B, Sanson. Group on summit
- 11 Sunday service at Devil's Cauldron - Highland Gathering
- 12 Banff townsite from Tunnel Mt
- 13 Group in sleigh by the Ice Palace
- 14 Indians at St. George's-in-the-Pines to hear the chimes. July, 1929
- 15 Jim Morrison with early skis 1887 from Silver City
- 18 Major A. R. Rage
- 19 Sir William Van Horne / Harrington, Joliet Ill.
- 20 Tom Wilson in 1930
- 21 Lower Kicking Horse [River]
- 22 [Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies] at Bryant Creek
- 23 [Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies]
- 24 [Pack horse]
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Johnny Powderface
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- Part Of
- Round family fonds
- Scope & Content
- Item consists of Johnny Powderface dressed in regalia on horseback, posed behind two women at Banff Indian Days.
- Date Range
- [ca.1890-1830]
- Reference Code
- V547 / II / A / PA - 87
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- GMD
- Photograph
- Photograph print
1 image
- Part Of
- Round family fonds
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Fonds Number
- M15
- V547
- Series
- II. Round family photographs
- Sous-Fonds
- V547
- Reference Code
- V547 / II / A / PA - 87
- Date Range
- [ca.1890-1830]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph print
- Scope & Content
- Item consists of Johnny Powderface dressed in regalia on horseback, posed behind two women at Banff Indian Days.
- Name Access
- Powderface, Johnny
- Subject Access
- Banff Indian Days
- Indigenous Peoples
- Stoney Nakoda
- First Nations
- Geographic Access
- Alberta
- Related Material
- Recognizing Relations number: RR 543
- Title Source
- Information provided by Stoney Nakoda Elders during the Recognizing Relations project, an archives initiative undertaken in 2014 to identify Indigenous people in photographs held in the Whyte Museum Archives and Special Collections.
- Processing Status
- Processed
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(L-R) two unknown individuals, Jonas Ear, Enos Hunter, five unknown indiviudals, George McLean (Tatâga Mânî) (Walking Buffalo), Noah Cecil
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- Part Of
- Round family fonds
- Scope & Content
- Item consists of a group photo including (L-R) two unknown individuals, Jonas Ear, Enos Hunter, five unknown indiviudals, George McLean (Tatâga Mânî) (Walking Buffalo) and Noah Cecil.
- Date Range
- [ca.1890-1830]
- Reference Code
- V547 / II / D / PA - 14
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- GMD
- Photograph
- Photograph print
1 image
- Part Of
- Round family fonds
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Fonds Number
- M15
- V547
- Series
- II. Round family photographs
- Sous-Fonds
- V547
- Reference Code
- V547 / II / D / PA - 14
- Date Range
- [ca.1890-1830]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph print
- Scope & Content
- Item consists of a group photo including (L-R) two unknown individuals, Jonas Ear, Enos Hunter, five unknown indiviudals, George McLean (Tatâga Mânî) (Walking Buffalo) and Noah Cecil.
- Name Access
- Ear, Jonas
- Hunter, Enos
- McLean, George
- Cecil, Noah
- Subject Access
- Banff Indian Days
- Indigenous Peoples
- Stoney Nakoda
- First Nations
- Geographic Access
- Alberta
- Related Material
- Recognizing Relations number: RR 542
- Title Source
- Information provided by Stoney Nakoda Elders during the Recognizing Relations project, an archives initiative undertaken in 2014 to identify Indigenous people in photographs held in the Whyte Museum Archives and Special Collections.
- Processing Status
- Processed
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- Part Of
- Archives General File Collection
- Scope & Content
- File consists of one photograph album, comprising 108 photographs, 17.5 x 12.5 cm or smaller. Photographs pertain to community life, schooling, business, and religion in and around Morely from the late 1800s to the early 1940s. File also contains three loose pages, possibly from the same album, wit…
- Date Range
- 1890-1942
- Reference Code
- V8 / 2014.8294
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Album
- Photograph
- Photograph print
- Private record
1 image
1 Electronic Resource
- Part Of
- Archives General File Collection
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M8 / V8 / S8
- Series
- Accession number : 2014.8294
- Sous-Fonds
- V8
- Accession Number
- 2014.8294
- Reference Code
- V8 / 2014.8294
- Date Range
- 1890-1942
- Physical Description
- 1 album (108 photographs : b&w ; 17.5 x 12.5 cm or smaller)
- Scope & Content
- File consists of one photograph album, comprising 108 photographs, 17.5 x 12.5 cm or smaller. Photographs pertain to community life, schooling, business, and religion in and around Morely from the late 1800s to the early 1940s. File also contains three loose pages, possibly from the same album, with a total of nine full-colour photographs of structures around Morely taken ca. 1970s.
- Subject Access
- Animals
- Architecture
- Banff Indian Days
- Buildings and facilities
- Children
- Churches
- Communities
- First Nations
- Forestry
- Fur trade
- Horses
- Hunting
- Indigenous Peoples
- Portrait
- Religions
- Stoney
- Stoney Nakoda
- Geographic Access
- Morley
- Alberta
- Canada
- Access Restrictions
- Sundance
- Reproduction Restrictions
- Sundance
- Language
- English
- Conservation
- Pages of photographs pertaining to sun dance not scanned.
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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