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People - Portraits & Groups

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Part Of: Bruno Engler fonds

Scope & Content: File pertains to 114 b&w prints of various people, usually posed either on their own or in a group. Includes portraits of movie stars, mountain guides, Banff locals, various clubs and boards, Miss Australia, Princess Margaret, Piere Chretien, skiers, and more. Also includes 1 negative depicting a g…

Date Range: 1952-1987

Reference Code: V190 / VI / P / ii / a / PA - 01 to PA - 114

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Print

25 images

Part Of: Bruno Engler fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M323 / S40 / V190

Series: VI : Retained file, P : Alphabetical order

Sous-Fonds: V190

Sub-Series: ii : People, a : Portraits & Groups

Accession Number: 7436

Reference Code: V190 / VI / P / ii / a / PA - 01 to PA - 114

GMD: Photograph; Print

Date Range: 1952-1987

Physical Description: 114 photographs : b&w ; 25.2 x 20.2 cm or smaller

History / Biographical: See fonds level description

Scope & Content: File pertains to 114 b&w prints of various people, usually posed either on their own or in a group. Includes portraits of movie stars, mountain guides, Banff locals, various clubs and boards, Miss Australia, Princess Margaret, Piere Chretien, skiers, and more. Also includes 1 negative depicting a group of skaters, probably a club.

Name Access: Whyte, Catharine; Beil, Charlie; Vroom, Bill; Anderson, Andy; Gallagher, Lloyd (Kiwi); Strom, Erling; Simpson, Jimmy, Sr.; O'Brien-ffrench, Conrad; Princess Margaret; White, Cliff; Wood, Sharon; Chretien, Jean; Gertsch, Rudi; Gmoser, Hans; Greene, Nancy; Lougheed, Peter

Subject Access: Activities; Advertising; Banff National Park; Banff Skating Club; Banff Ski Club; Children; Community events; Community life; Cowboys; Family; First Nations; Guides; Helicopter skiing; Helicopters; Indigenous Peoples; Lake Louise; Lake Minnewanka; Mountaineers; Movie Stars; Norquay Ski Hill; Parks Canada; Parks Canada Warden; Personal and Professional Life; Portrait; Ski areas; Skiers; Sulphur Mountain; Sunshine area; Winter

Geographic Access: Banff; Lake Louise; Banff National Park

Language: English

Related Material: V190 / VI / P / ii / a / NA - 01

Creator: Engler, Bruno

Title Source: Original title kept

Processing Status: Processed

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Personalities

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Part Of: Bruno Engler fonds

Scope & Content: File pertains to 178 b&w & colour prints of mostly posed portraits of people. Includes close-ups, professionally staged portraits in a studio setting, shots of actors from various film projects, candid shots of people, and more. Includes shots of people swimming, hiking, climbing, and at parties; P…

Date Range: 1950-1993

Reference Code: V190 / VI / P / iii / PA - 01 to PA - 178

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Print

24 images

Part Of: Bruno Engler fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M323 / S40 / V190

Series: VI : Retained file, P : Alphabetical order

Sous-Fonds: V190

Sub-Series: iii : Personalities

Accession Number: 7436 5507

Reference Code: V190 / VI / P / iii / PA - 01 to PA - 178

GMD: Photograph; Print

Date Range: 1950-1993

Physical Description: 178 photographs : b&w & col. ; 25.2 x 20.2 cm or smaller

History / Biographical: See fonds level description

Scope & Content: File pertains to 178 b&w & colour prints of mostly posed portraits of people. Includes close-ups, professionally staged portraits in a studio setting, shots of actors from various film projects, candid shots of people, and more. Includes shots of people swimming, hiking, climbing, and at parties; Park Wardens, artists, politicians, musicians, businessmen, and more.

Name Access: Simpson, Jimmy, Sr.; Brewster, Jim; de Grandmaison, Nicholas (Nick); Rolston, Shauna; Peyto, Paul; Anderson, Andy; Marty, Sid; Costigan, Pat; O'Brien-ffrench, Conrad; de Grandmaison, Sonia; Wood, Sharon; Watson, Sir Norman; Davies, Jim; Jones, Ken; Brewster, Dell; Perren, Walter; Greene, Nancy; Hess, George; Encil, George; Gertsch, Rudi; Whyte, Catharine

Subject Access: Activities; Animals; Children; Community events; Community life; Family; Helicopters; Hiking; Horses; Lake Minnewanka; Personal and Professional Life; Portrait; Ski areas; Ski jumping; Ski racing; Skiers; Sulphur Mountain; Sunshine Village; Swimming; Winter; Winter sports

Geographic Access: Banff; Lake Louise; Banff National Park; Canmore; Seebe

Language: English

Related Material: V190 / VI / P / iii / NA - 01 to NA - 03 V190 / VI / P / iii / NS - 01 to NS - 03

Creator: Engler, Bruno

Title Source: Original title kept

Processing Status: Processed

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Avalanches

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Part Of: Bruno Engler fonds

Scope & Content: File pertains to 43 b&w prints of avalanches and avalanche control operations around Banff National Park, usually at various ski hills.

Date Range: [ca. 1960-1976]

Reference Code: V190 / VI / A / vi / a / PA - 01 to PA - 43

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Print

10 images

Part Of: Bruno Engler fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M323 / S40 / V190

Series: VI : Retained file, A : Alphabetical order

Sous-Fonds: V190

Sub-Series: vi : Avalanches

Accession Number: 7436

Reference Code: V190 / VI / A / vi / a / PA - 01 to PA - 43

GMD: Photograph; Print

Date Range: [ca. 1960-1976]

Physical Description: 43 photographs : b&w ; 25.4 x 20.3 cm

History / Biographical: See fonds level description

Scope & Content: File pertains to 43 b&w prints of avalanches and avalanche control operations around Banff National Park, usually at various ski hills.

Name Access: Auger, Tim

Subject Access: Avalanches; Lake Louise Ski Area; Mountains; Ski areas; Sunshine Ski Resort; Winter

Geographic Access: Banff; Banff National Park; Alberta

Language: English

Creator: Engler, Bruno

Title Source: Original title kept

Processing Status: Processed

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Banff Events

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Part Of: Bruno Engler fonds

Scope & Content: File pertains to 136 b&w & colour prints of various Banff community events, including Back to Banff 1985, unseasonable snowfall, mild flooding of area around the recreation grounds and Buffalo Nation Museum, summer traffic jams, an unidentified parade, the designation of Mt. Jimmy Simpson, Banff Wi…

Date Range: [ca. 1965-1985]

Reference Code: V190 / VI / B / ii / PA - 01 to PA - 136

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Print

20 images

Part Of: Bruno Engler fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M323 / S40 / V190

Series: VI : Retained file, B : Alphabetical order

Sous-Fonds: V190

Sub-Series: ii : Banff Events

Accession Number: 7436

Reference Code: V190 / VI / B / ii / PA - 01 to PA - 136

GMD: Photograph; Print

Date Range: [ca. 1965-1985]

Physical Description: 136 photographs : b&w & col. ; 25.2 x 20.2 cm or smaller

History / Biographical: See fonds level description

Scope & Content: File pertains to 136 b&w & colour prints of various Banff community events, including Back to Banff 1985, unseasonable snowfall, mild flooding of area around the recreation grounds and Buffalo Nation Museum, summer traffic jams, an unidentified parade, the designation of Mt. Jimmy Simpson, Banff Winter Carnival, RCMP Musical Ride, Banff Triathlon, and filming at Norquay Ski Hill.

Name Access: Beil, Charlie; Boyd, Larry; Carleton, Dorothy; Carleton, Ed; de Grandmaison, Sonia; Hart, E. J. (Ted); Harvey, Ralph; Madsen, Ken; Rummel, Lizzie; Simpson, Jimmy, Jr.; Simpson, Mary (Hallock); Stewart, Maryalice Harvey; Whyte, Catharine; Wright, Scotty

Subject Access: Automobiles; Back to Banff Day; Banff Winter Carnival; Buildings; Businesses; Banff townsite; Community events; Films and film making; Norquay Ski Hill; Parade; Portrait; Royal Canadian Mounted Police; Ski areas; Skiing; Winter; Winter sports

Geographic Access: Banff; Banff National Park; Alberta

Language: English

Related Material: V190 / VI / B / ii / NA - 01 to NA - 06

Creator: Engler, Bruno

Title Source: Original title kept

Processing Status: Processed

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Movie Stars - o.s.

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Part Of: Bruno Engler fonds

Scope & Content: File pertains to 25 b&w oversize prints of movie stars. Consisting of mostly head-shot-style portraits, some may have been enlarged from film stills. Not all are identified, one print is mounted on foamcore.

Date Range: 1953-1988

Reference Code: V190 / VI / M / x / b / PA - 01 to PA - 25 o.s.

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Print

11 images

Part Of: Bruno Engler fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M323 / S40 / V190

Series: VI : Retained file, M : Alphabetical order

Sous-Fonds: V190

Sub-Series: x : Movies, b : Movie Stars

Accession Number: 7436

Reference Code: V190 / VI / M / x / b / PA - 01 to PA - 25 o.s.

GMD: Photograph; Print

Date Range: 1953-1988

Physical Description: 25 photographs : b&w ; 27.8 x 35.5 cm or smaller

History / Biographical: See fonds level description

Scope & Content: File pertains to 25 b&w oversize prints of movie stars. Consisting of mostly head-shot-style portraits, some may have been enlarged from film stills. Not all are identified, one print is mounted on foamcore.

Name Access: Bottom, Timothy; Brennan, Walter; Eggar, Samantha; Gwynne, Fred; Kidder, Margot; Purl, Linda

Subject Access: Banff townsite; Columbia Icefield; Films and film making; Horses; Movie Stars; Sulphur Mountain; Winter

Geographic Access: Banff; Banff National Park; Alberta

Language: English

Creator: Engler, Bruno

Title Source: Original title kept

Processing Status: Processed

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Gondola Lift, Banff

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Part Of: Bruno Engler fonds

Scope & Content: Item consists of one 16 mm motion picture pertaining to footage of and from the Sulphur Mountain Gondola - including shots from inside the cars, shots of people getting in and out of the cars, and views of the Banff townsite - to be used for an unknown National Film Board project. The reel also co…

Date Range: 1960

Reference Code: V190 / VI / NF - 30

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Film; Motion picture

1 image

Part Of: Bruno Engler fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: M323 / S40 / V190

Series: VI : Retained file

Sous-Fonds: V190

Accession Number: 7436

Reference Code: V190 / VI / NF - 30

GMD: Film; Motion picture

Date Range: 1960

Physical Description: 1 motion picture (1 film reel: 300'): 16 mm, original, b&w, silent

History / Biographical: See fonds level description

Scope & Content: Item consists of one 16 mm motion picture pertaining to footage of and from the Sulphur Mountain Gondola - including shots from inside the cars, shots of people getting in and out of the cars, and views of the Banff townsite - to be used for an unknown National Film Board project. The reel also contains footage of the installation of a power line between Banff and Lake Louise - mostly consisting of shots from the ground of the helicopter picking up, flying with, and placing the poles. Most of this footage is underexposed. The original label on the case reads "Banff Gondola Lift 1960, Footage - 110ft B&W NFB, Camera Bruno Ungler NFB, Stringing Power Line, Banff-Lake Louise by Helicopter, Cam. B. Engler."

Subject Access: Advertising; Banff townsite; Construction; Films and film making; Gondolas; Helicopters; Mountains; National Film Board; National Film Board of Canada; Scenery; scenic; Sulphur Mountain; Sulphur Mountain Gondola; Sulphur Mountain lookout; Tourism

Geographic Access: Banff; Lake Louise; Banff National Park; Alberta

Language: English

Creator: Bruno Engler

Title Source: Original title kept

Processing Status: Processed

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Skiing on Mt Norquay, Western Can. Championship

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Part Of: Bruno Engler fonds

Scope & Content: Item consists of one 16 mm motion picture pertaining to the 1961 Western Canadian Ski Championship at Lake Louise Ski Hill, as well as footage from Norquay Ski Hill that includes ski jumping, shovel sledding races, and more. The original label on the case reads "Sking [sic] on Mt Norquay, Western C…

Date Range: 1961

Reference Code: V190 / VI / NF - 32

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Film; Motion picture

1 image

Part Of: Bruno Engler fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: M323 / S40 / V190

Series: VI : Retained file

Sous-Fonds: V190

Accession Number: 7436

Reference Code: V190 / VI / NF - 32

GMD: Film; Motion picture

Date Range: 1961

Physical Description: 1 motion picture (1 film reel: 300'): 16 mm, original, col., silent

History / Biographical: See fonds level description

Scope & Content: Item consists of one 16 mm motion picture pertaining to the 1961 Western Canadian Ski Championship at Lake Louise Ski Hill, as well as footage from Norquay Ski Hill that includes ski jumping, shovel sledding races, and more. The original label on the case reads "Sking [sic] on Mt Norquay, Western Can. Championship, Date 1961 Color, Camera: B. Engler, Footage. 300ft."

Subject Access: Activities; Buildings; Lake Louise Ski Area; Mountains; Norquay Ski Hill; Ski area; Ski jumping; Ski lodges and cabins; Ski racing; Ski schools; Skiers; Skiing; Skis; Winter; Winter sports

Geographic Access: Banff; Lake Louise; Banff National Park; Alberta

Language: English

Creator: Bruno Engler

Title Source: Original title kept

Processing Status: Processed

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Mountain Climbing

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Part Of: Bruno Engler fonds

Scope & Content: File pertains to 84 b&w prints of people climbing, mountaineering, and skiing in the Canadian Rockies. Includes shots of various climbing classes/courses (usually led by Rudi Gertsch), groups of people climbing rock, frozen waterfalls, and glaciers, various mountaineering activities, people cross-c…

Date Range: [ca. 1955-1975]

Reference Code: V190 / VI / M / iv / PA - 01 to PA - 84

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Print

19 images

Part Of: Bruno Engler fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M323 / S40 / V190

Series: VI : Retained file, M : Alphabetical order

Sous-Fonds: V190

Sub-Series: iv : Mountain Climbing

Accession Number: 7436

Reference Code: V190 / VI / M / iv / PA - 01 to PA - 84

GMD: Photograph; Print

Date Range: [ca. 1955-1975]

Physical Description: 84 photographs : b&w ; 25.2 x 20.2 cm or smaller

History / Biographical: See fonds level description

Scope & Content: File pertains to 84 b&w prints of people climbing, mountaineering, and skiing in the Canadian Rockies. Includes shots of various climbing classes/courses (usually led by Rudi Gertsch), groups of people climbing rock, frozen waterfalls, and glaciers, various mountaineering activities, people cross-country skiing, [possibly] the construction of a backcountry hut, helicopters, and scenic mountain views.

Name Access: Delesalle, Philippe; Gertsch, Rudi

Subject Access: Climbing; Cross-country skiing; Glaciers; Helicopters; Hiking; Ice climbing; Mountaineering; Mountains; Scenery; Skiing; Waterfalls; Winter

Geographic Access: Banff; Lake Louise; Banff National Park; Alberta

Language: English

Creator: Engler, Bruno

Title Source: Original title kept

Processing Status: Processed

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Accidents

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Part Of: Bruno Engler fonds

Scope & Content: File pertains to 43 b&w prints of various accidents around Banff National Park and the Banff townsite. Includes car collisions, train derailments, a small plane crash, and the Banff Bus Depot fire.

Date Range: [ca. 1962-1970]

Reference Code: V190 / VI / A / i / a / PA - 01 to PA - 43

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph print; Print

11 images

Part Of: Bruno Engler fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M323 / S40 / V190

Series: VI : Retained file, A : Alphabetical order

Sous-Fonds: V190

Sub-Series: i : Accidents

Accession Number: 7436

Reference Code: V190 / VI / A / i / a / PA - 01 to PA - 43

GMD: Photograph print; Print

Date Range: [ca. 1962-1970]

Physical Description: 43 photographs : b&w ; 25.5 x 20.5 cm or smaller

History / Biographical: See fonds level description

Scope & Content: File pertains to 43 b&w prints of various accidents around Banff National Park and the Banff townsite. Includes car collisions, train derailments, a small plane crash, and the Banff Bus Depot fire.

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Name Access: Engler, Bruno

Subject Access: Airplanes; Automobiles; Banff townsite; Buildings; Businesses; Fire; Trains

Geographic Access: Banff; Banff National Park; Alberta

Language: English

Creator: Engler, Bruno

Title Source: Original title kept

Processing Status: Processed

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Accidents - Rescues

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Part Of: Bruno Engler fonds

Scope & Content: File pertains to 51 b&w prints of various accidents and rescue missions around Banff National Park and the Banff townsite. Includes a forest fire, the Standish Hardware store fire, skiing rescue missions, and climbing/mountaineering rescue missions.

Date Range: [ca. 1962-1970]

Reference Code: V190 / VI / A / i / b / PA - 01 to PA - 51

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph print; Print

16 images

Part Of: Bruno Engler fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M323 / S40 / V190

Series: VI : Retained file, A : Alphabetical order

Sous-Fonds: V190

Sub-Series: i : Accidents

Accession Number: 7436

Reference Code: V190 / VI / A / i / b / PA - 01 to PA - 51

GMD: Photograph print; Print

Date Range: [ca. 1962-1970]

Physical Description: 51 photographs : b&w ; 25.5 x 20.5 cm or smaller

History / Biographical: See fonds level description

Scope & Content: File pertains to 51 b&w prints of various accidents and rescue missions around Banff National Park and the Banff townsite. Includes a forest fire, the Standish Hardware store fire, skiing rescue missions, and climbing/mountaineering rescue missions.