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Architectural drawings

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Part Of
Walter S. Painter fonds
Scope & Content
File consists of architectural drawings by Walter Painter of details and buildings he designed in Banff, Vancouver, Quebec City and Montreal
Date Range
1906-1912
Reference Code
M282 / 1 / O.S. / "G"
Description Level
3 / Series
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Walter S. Painter fonds
Description Level
3 / Series
Series
I.A. Walter Painter : Professional papers
Reference Code
M282 / 1 / O.S. / "G"
Date Range
1906-1912
Physical Description
26 architectural drawings (20 originals, 6 copies) : 134.5 x 79.5 cm and smaller
Scope & Content
File consists of architectural drawings by Walter Painter of details and buildings he designed in Banff, Vancouver, Quebec City and Montreal
Title Source
Title based on contents of file
Content Details
LIST OF ITEMS:
* Tower rendering. -- 1895. -- 1 drawing : 34 x 19cm, pen and ink. -- Title based on item
* Steeple rendering. -- 1896. -- 1 drawing : 73 x 20 cm, pen and ink. -- Title based on item
* Laughing face decorative detail. -- 1896. -- 1 drawing : 36.5 x 29 cm, pen and ink. -- Title based on item
* W. S. Painter residence, Banff, Alberta : [drawings]. -- 1912. -- 17 drawings (13 originals, 4 blueprint copies). -- Includes drawings of original house and site (10 originals, 1 copy) and undated drawings of alterations to residence (3 originals, 3 copies)
* Banff Springs Hotel : [elevation rendering] / W. S. Painter, Architect. --1906 Nov. 22. -- 1 drawing : 126.5 x 75.5 cm, on board, pen and ink
* Vancouver Hotel, Granville Street elevation : [elevation rendering] / Painter and Swales Architects, Montreal & Vancouver. -- [ca.1910]. -- 1 drawing : 44 x 50 cm, photographic copy. -- Copy is of original colour painted rendering
* Vancouver Hotel, Georgia Street elevation rendering / Painter and Swales Architects, Montreal & Vancouver. -- [ca.1910]. -- 2 drawings (1 original, 1 copy) : 90 x 78.5 cm and smaller. Original is painted, colour rendering on board; copy is b/w photographic copy, 45 x 50 cm. -- Title based on item and related items
* Canadian Pacific Railway, Chateau Frontenac, Quebec : [elevation rendering] / W. S. Painter, Architect. -- 1907 Sept. 24. -- 1 drawing : 112.5 x 81.5 cm, on board, pen and ink
* C.P.R. Montreal : [Windsor Station] / W. S. Painter. -- 1909 Jan. -- 1 drawing : 134.5 x 79.5 cm, on board, brownline copy
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Articles and newslcippings

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Part Of
Walter S. Painter fonds
Scope & Content
File consists of articles and newsclippings about Walter Painter projects
Date Range
1902-1934
Reference Code
M282 / 9 to 11
Description Level
3 / Series
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Part Of
Walter S. Painter fonds
Description Level
3 / Series
Series
I.A. Walter Painter : Professional papers
Reference Code
M282 / 9 to 11
Date Range
1902-1934
Physical Description
12 textual records
Scope & Content
File consists of articles and newsclippings about Walter Painter projects
Title Source
Title based on contents of file
Content Details
LIST OF ITEMS:
* 25 years old and a great architect : [newsclipping re Walter Painter], 1902, laminated by E. Painter Walker (M282/9)
* Drawings of perspective views of proposed $1,500,000 additions to the Chateau Frontenac, Quebec City", Construction, Jan. 1908 (M282/9)
* New addition to Chateau Frontenac, Construction, Feb. 1909, original and 2 reprints (M282/9 os-H)
* The Mount Carmel Wing of the Chateau Frontenac, Quebec, The Engineering Record, July 24, 1909 (M282/9 os-H)
* La dare du mile end est ouverte au public, La Patrie, Montreal, May 13, 1911. (M282/10)
* Construction camp at Glacier which has no parallel in history, The Gazette, Montreal, Aug. 16, 1913 (M282/10 os-H)
* Model construction camp at Canadian Pacific Railway Rogers Pass Tunnel Site, Canadian Railway and Marine World, November, 1913 (M282/10)
* The construction of an open air concrete swimming pool in the Canadian Rockies, Concrete, Apr. 1916 (M282/10)
* Atlanta terminal station character and convenience increased by improvements / W. S. Painter, The Atlanta Journal, Aug. 1, 1926 (M282/10)
* Antiquated building methods block path to recovery / Walter Painter, Real Estate Magazine, February, 1933 (M282/10)
* Excerpts from a paper by Walter Painter re: super highways, Aluminum News Letter, June 1934 (M282/10)
* Extension to Place Viger Station, Montreal Witness, May 27, 19-- (M282/11)
* Le plan definitif de la future Gare Windsor, unknown newspaper (M282/11)
* Portion of article on construction of new Banff Springs Hotel, The Contract Record (M282/11)
* Swimming pool and bath house at C.P.R. Banff Springs Hotel, The Contract Record (M282/11)
* Noteworthy building work at Montreal: progress reports on the Windsor Street and Place Viger Stations, The Contract Record (M282 / 11)
* The chief architect of the C.P.R. Contract Record, 2 copies (M282/11)
Articles and newsclippings about Walter Painter projects. -- 1909, 1913. LIST OF ITEMS:
* Construction camp at Glacier which has no parallel in history, The Gazette, Montreal, Aug. 16, 1913 (M282/10 os-H) Held in oversize "H"
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Cost book

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Part Of
Walter S. Painter fonds
Scope & Content
W. S. Painter cost book containing construction figures for the Banff Springs Hotel, Cave and Basin, Glacier Power House and Laundry, Lake Louise Chalet and other projects in Canada and the United States
Date Range
1904-1912
Reference Code
M282 / 2
Description Level
3 / Series
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Part Of
Walter S. Painter fonds
Description Level
3 / Series
Series
I.A. Walter Painter : Professional papers
Reference Code
M282 / 2
Date Range
1904-1912
Physical Description
1 textual record (2.5 cm)
Scope & Content
W. S. Painter cost book containing construction figures for the Banff Springs Hotel, Cave and Basin, Glacier Power House and Laundry, Lake Louise Chalet and other projects in Canada and the United States
Title Source
Title based on item
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Painter family papers

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Part Of
Walter S. Painter fonds
Scope & Content
File consists of: A Bucking Horse Contest : [article] / by Betty Painter; cheque for $15.00 payable to the Province of Quebec, Association of Architects, signed by W. S. Painter; professional biography of Walter Painter, Architect; Insurance Agent's file card covering building and furniture; bluepr…
Date Range
1918-1945
Reference Code
M282 / 14
Description Level
3 / Series
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Part Of
Walter S. Painter fonds
Description Level
3 / Series
Series
II. Painter family : Papers
Reference Code
M282 / 14
Date Range
1918-1945
Physical Description
7 textual records. -- 2 drawings
Scope & Content
File consists of: A Bucking Horse Contest : [article] / by Betty Painter; cheque for $15.00 payable to the Province of Quebec, Association of Architects, signed by W. S. Painter; professional biography of Walter Painter, Architect; Insurance Agent's file card covering building and furniture; blueprint of addition to servants' quarters property of E. R. Painter, Lot 10, Block B, Banff; letter from P. J. Jennings, Supt., Dept, of Mines and Resources, Lands, Parks and Forests Branch (Oct. 24, 1945), re: Lot 10, Block B, Banff and renewal of lease; pen and ink drawings of Painter home, 2 items; Elizabeth R. Painter high school diploma, [ca.1920]
Title Source
Title based on contents of file
Content Details
Elizabeth R. Painter high school diploma. held in oversize storage "B"
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Scenic and commerical photographs series. -- 1907-1975

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Part Of
Byron Harmon fonds
Scope & Content
Series consists of the photographic records and sample materials of Byron Harmon Photos, the photographic business of Byron Harmon and his successors. Primary component is film and glass negatives, 1907-1942, ca.6500 items. Also includes: postcard negatives and positives and production negatives t…
Date Range
1907 - 1942
Reference Code
V263 / PA / unnumbered
V263 / PS
V263 / NA / 1 - 6409
V263 / NG / 1 - 78
V263 / NA / unnumbered
V263 / sample products
Description Level
3 / Series
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Part Of
Byron Harmon fonds
Description Level
3 / Series
Fonds Number
V263
Series
I. Scenic and commercial photographs
Sous-Fonds
V263
Reference Code
V263 / PA / unnumbered
V263 / PS
V263 / NA / 1 - 6409
V263 / NG / 1 - 78
V263 / NA / unnumbered
V263 / sample products
Other Title Info
Parallel title is original title
Date Range
1907 - 1942
Physical Description
ca.10,000 photographs (and ca.35 cm) : negatives, prints, postcards, transparencies, sample products
Scope & Content
Series consists of the photographic records and sample materials of Byron Harmon Photos, the photographic business of Byron Harmon and his successors. Primary component is film and glass negatives, 1907-1942, ca.6500 items. Also includes: postcard negatives and positives and production negatives to ca.1955; original prints; a wide range of sample products, such as postcards, enlargements and framing prints, calendars and viewbooks, mainly by Harmon business, some by other photographers; and lantern slides, ca.1913-192-, pertaining to Columbia Icefield Expedition, mountaineering, mountain landscapes, Indigenous peoples, wildlife, Canadian Pacific Railway and Asian travel. Scenic / commercial series pertains to annual camps and expeditions of the Alpine Club of Canada in the Canadian Rockies and Selkirks, 1907-1913; private movie-making expeditions in the Canadian Rockies and Selkirks; mountain scenic views, primarily for postcard purposes; Banff events and development; skiing; birds and animals. Includes some material by Don Harmon and Lloyd Harmon, sons of Byron Harmon
Access Restrictions
Commercial use restrictions and restrictions on use of individual and family portraits, wedding photographs and similar works commissioned for personal use in effect. Access to original negatives restricted.
Finding Aid
Selected reference prints available in Visual Reference File
Related Material
Constitutes Series I of the Byron Harmon fonds
Title Source
Title based on accession records and contents of series
Content Details
V263 / NA - 1 to 6362 -- Series I.A.i.a. -- 1907 - 1942. -- 6362 items : negatives; 5 x 7" and smaller. -- Pertains to : annual camps and expeditions of the Alpine Club of Canada in the Canadian Rockies and Selkirks,1907-1913 ; private movie-making expeditions in the Canadian Rockies and Selkirks ; mountain scenic views, particularly for postcard purposes ; Banff events and development ; skiing ; birds and animals. Contains some views by Don Harmon and Lloyd Harmon, also some by Lewis Freeman. Incomplete item-level inventory available. Selected reference prints available. V263 / NA - 6363 to 6407 -- Series I.A.i.b. -- ca. 1910. -- 45 items : negatives ; panoramas, 4 x 11". -- Scenic views of Banff, Lake Louise and other areas in the Canadian Rockies. Item-level inventory available. Reference prints available. V263 / NA - 6408, 6409 -- Series I.A.i.c. -- 192-?. -- 2 items : negatives ; circut, 20 x 96 cm., 20 x 50 cm.-- View of group on shore of Lake O'Hara ; view of Lake McArthur with man on shore. V263 / NG - 1 to 78 -- Series I.A.i.d. -- ca. 1905 - ca. 1915. -- 78 items : negatives ; glass. -- Pertains to mountain peaks and scenes ; Alpine Club of Canada camps and activities ; mountaineering ; Banff views and activities, including Banff Springs Hotel ; Stoney First Nation. V263 / NA -- Series I.A.ii. -- ca. 192-? to ca. 1955. -- ca. 1100 items : negatives and positives, originals and copies ; mainly 5 x 7", some 11 x 14". -- Postcard negatives and positives and production negatives pertaining to scenic views throughout the Canadian Rockies, some elsewhere ; groups and conventions, facilities, buildings and interiors. Some by Don Harmon, Lloyd Harmon and F. A. Jackman of Jasper. Includes negatives by Herbert O. Frind of glacier trip to Columbia Icefield area, 1917. V263 / PA -- Series I.B. -- ca. 189-? to ca. 1965. -- ca. 900 items : prints, originals. -- Mainly first-generation prints of scenic and commercial views, wildlife, skiing, First Nation portraits, Banff Indian Days, Harmony Drug Store. Some prints were made at a much later date than negatives from which they came. V263 / PG -- Series I.C.i.a. -- ca. 1907 - ca. 1955. -- ca. 450 titles : postcards, black/white, hand-coloured. -- Mainly scenic and wildlife views of the Canadian Rockies. Arranged by publisher's number. Preliminiary item-level inventory available. V263 / PG -- Series I.C.i.b. -- After 1956. -- ca. 200 titles : postcards, natural colour. -- Mainly scenic and wildlife views of the Canadian Rockies. V263 / PA -- Series I.C.ii.a. -- ca. 191- to ca. 195-. -- ca. 800 items : prints, black/white. -- Mass-produced contact prints, enlargements and framing prints ; mainly scenic and wildlife views. V263 / PA -- Series I.C.ii.b. -- ca. 191- to ca. 195-. -- ca. 120 items : prints ; hand-coloured. -- Mass-produced contact prints, enlargements and framing prints ; mainly scenic and wildlife views. V263 / Series I.C.iii.a. -- Before 1942. -- ca. 10 cm. : various. -- Includes miniature views, advertising cards, postcard packages, view books, etc. of the Canadian Rockies. V263 / Series I.C.iii.b. -- After 1946. -- ca. 20 cm. : various. -- Includes 35 mm. slide packages, postcard packages, playing cards, greeting cards, calendars, viewbooks, etc. of the Canadian Rockies. V263 / Series I.C.iii.c. -- ca. 191- to ca. 196-. -- ca. 5 cm. : various. -- Sample products produced by other photographers for resale or comparison. Includes postcards, viewbooks, etc. V263 - PS -- Series I.D. -- ca. 1913 - ca. 192-. -- ca. 170 items : transparencies ; lantern slides, many hand-coloured. Lecture slides pertaining to Columbia Icefield Expedition, 1924, mountaineering, mountain landscapes, First Nations, wildlife, Canadian Pacific Railway ; also Asian travel photographs.
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