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Banff Indian Days posters
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- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 14 colour and b&w oversized promotional posters and information boards for Banff Indian Days celebrations, promoted by Canadian Pacific. Posters largely feature identified and unidentified Indigenous people, notably Chief Spotted Eagle and Blind Eagle. Art medium includes oil pain…
- Date Range
- [ca. 1930-1950]
- 1936
- 1937
- 1949
- Reference Code
- LUX / I / D3 / 1 - 14
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Textual record
- Poster
- Drawing
- Published record
18 images
- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- LUX
- Series
- I.D.3. Personal and professional : Organizations
- Sous-Fonds
- I. Norman Luxton sous-fonds
- Accession Number
- LUX
- Reference Code
- LUX / I / D3 / 1 - 14
- Responsibility
- Published and artwork attributed to Ernie Kehr, W.L. Kihn, G.H.W. Ashley, Crag & Canyon Press, Palenske, Canadian Pacific and Multi Color Poster
- Date Range
- [ca. 1930-1950]
- 1936
- 1937
- 1949
- Physical Description
- 14 posters : colour and b&w ; 35 x 56 cm or smaller
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 14 colour and b&w oversized promotional posters and information boards for Banff Indian Days celebrations, promoted by Canadian Pacific. Posters largely feature identified and unidentified Indigenous people, notably Chief Spotted Eagle and Blind Eagle. Art medium includes oil paint process mounted on cardboard made in Canada and distributed by Exhibits Branch Canadian Pacific, lithographic prints, and a mounted drawing attributed to Palenske. Some have annotations or stamps on the back.
- Notes
- Possibly unassociated shipping packing material addressed to Norman Luxton at the Trading Post from E.A. Kehr found in box - this has not been assigned a number. D3-10, a lithographic promotional material from 1936 has an identical design to LUX / II / F1 / 47, an Indian Days poster from 1928 Items LUX / I / D3 / 1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14 were originally associated with LUX / I / D3a / 6, which contains brochures and a flyer from Banff Indian Days LUX / I / D3 / 8, Palenske may have potentionally used photograph LUX / I / D3a / PA-26 as reference
- Material Details
- Some posters have foldable cardboard stand at back to place upright on surface, adhesives, and perhaps mounting additives.
- Subject Access
- Activities
- Advertising
- Community events
- Banff Indian Days
- Indigenous Peoples
- Tourism
- Geographic Access
- Banff
- Alberta
- Banff National Park
- Reproduction Restrictions
- Restrictions may apply
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Banff Winter Carnival
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- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of advertisements, programs, itineraries, information booklets and brochures pertaining to Banff Winter Carnival events held between 1921 and 1958, and an affiliated "Grand Prix" dog racing event in 1923. File also includes an invitation to a Banff Winter Carnival Homecoming Reunion e…
- Date Range
- 1921
- 1923
- 1925-1931
- 1933-1934
- 1939-1942
- 1944
- 1945
- 1946
- 1948-1958
- 1980
- Reference Code
- LUX / II / F1 / 21
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Textual record
- Published record
33 images
28 Electronic Resources
- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- LUX
- Series
- LUX / II / F : Collected material
- Sous-Fonds
- LUX / II : Eleanor Luxton sous-fonds
- Sub-Series
- LUX / II / F1 : Textual
- Accession Number
- LUX
- Reference Code
- LUX / II / F1 / 21
- Date Range
- 1921
- 1923
- 1925-1931
- 1933-1934
- 1939-1942
- 1944
- 1945
- 1946
- 1948-1958
- 1980
- Physical Description
- 3 cm of textual records : 46 texts
- Scope & Content
- File consists of advertisements, programs, itineraries, information booklets and brochures pertaining to Banff Winter Carnival events held between 1921 and 1958, and an affiliated "Grand Prix" dog racing event in 1923. File also includes an invitation to a Banff Winter Carnival Homecoming Reunion event [1980].
- Notes
- Items in file are arranged chronologically
- File contains numerous duplicates, some of which have been temporarily removed from file
- Subject Access
- Advertising
- Banff Winter Carnival
- Community events
- Dogs
- Events
- Winter sports
- Sports and recreation
- Tourism
- Snowshoes and snowshoeing
- Skiing
- Ski racing
- Ski jumping
- Ice sculpture
- Skating
- Hunting
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Alberta
- Banff
- Reproduction Restrictions
- Restrictions may apply
- Language
- English
- Conservation
- Some items in file have been placed in mylar
- Category
- Sports, recreation and leisure
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
Electronic Resources
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Banff Indian Days 1928 poster
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- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of one lithograph colour poster advertisement for Banff Indian Days celebrations in 1928, promoted by Canadian Pacific. Poster depicts four Indigenous people outside of teepee [one man on horseback, one woman standing, two children sitting] with text in large print at bottom.
- Date Range
- 1928
- Reference Code
- LUX / II / F1 / 47
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Textual record
- Published record
- Poster
1 image
- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- LUX
- Series
- LUX / II / F : Collected material
- Sous-Fonds
- LUX / II : Eleanor Luxton sous-fonds
- Sub-Series
- LUX / II / F1 : Textual
- Accession Number
- LUX
- Reference Code
- LUX / II / F1 / 47
- Responsibility
- Produced by Canadian Pacific
- Date Range
- 1928
- Physical Description
- 1 col. lithography poster on cardboard; 27 x 33 cm
- Scope & Content
- File consists of one lithograph colour poster advertisement for Banff Indian Days celebrations in 1928, promoted by Canadian Pacific. Poster depicts four Indigenous people outside of teepee [one man on horseback, one woman standing, two children sitting] with text in large print at bottom.
- Material Details
- Poster has foldable cardboard stand at back to place upright on surface
- Name Access
- Canadian Pacific Railway
- Subject Access
- Activities
- Advertising
- Cultural pluralism
- Community events
- Banff Indian Days
- Indigenous Peoples
- Tourism
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Alberta
- Banff
- Language
- English
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Banff Indian Days, Calgary Stampede scrapbook
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- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Scope & Content
- Scrapbook consists of newspaper clippings related to Banff Indian Days and the Calgary Stampede; various other newspaper clippings related to local and international news, including the opening of a new school in Morley and the Luxton Museum [now the Buffalo Nations Museum] in Banff, a fire at Jasp…
- Date Range
- [1947 - 1952]
- Reference Code
- LUX / III / B4 - 6
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Textual record
- Scrapbook
- Newspaper clipping
1 image
1 Electronic Resource
- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- LUX
- Series
- III.B.4. Georgina Luxton : Collected Material : Textual Records
- Sous-Fonds
- III. Luxton Family sous-fonds
- Accession Number
- LUX
- Reference Code
- LUX / III / B4 - 6
- Date Range
- [1947 - 1952]
- Physical Description
- 3 cm of textual records
- Scope & Content
- Scrapbook consists of newspaper clippings related to Banff Indian Days and the Calgary Stampede; various other newspaper clippings related to local and international news, including the opening of a new school in Morley and the Luxton Museum [now the Buffalo Nations Museum] in Banff, a fire at Jasper Park Lodge, and Canadian and international politics.
- Name Access
- Luxton, Norman
- Luxton, Georgina
- MacKinnon, Rev. Robert H.
- Crowchild, Chief David
- Bearspaw, David
- Hunter, Eva
- Rider, Eli
- Rider, Diane
- Bearspaw, Rosie
- Bearspaw, Harold
- Subject Access
- Activities
- Advertising
- Animals
- Banff Indian Days
- Luxton Museum
- Calgary Herald
- Calgary Stampede
- Children
- Commerce and industry
- Community events
- Community life
- Cultural pluralism
- Construction
- Education
- Fire
- Government
- Hotel
- Indigenous Peoples
- Horseback riding
- Horses
- Museums
- Multiculturalism
- Newspaper
- Parade
- Politics
- Public events
- Recreation
- Music
- Sanitarium Hotel
- School
- Stoney Nakoda
- Taxidermy
- Winnipeg Free Press
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Alberta
- Banff
- Canmore
- Calgary
- Jasper National Park
- Morley
- Access Restrictions
- Restrictions may apply
- Reproduction Restrictions
- Restrictions may apply
- Language
- English
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of item
- Processing Status
- Processed
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News scrapbook
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- Part Of
- Kidney family fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of one scrapbook [possibly compiled by Maud Kidney] with ca. 100 newspaper articles and full pages attached inside. Contents pertain to golden wedding anniversaries of Frank and Alice Wheatley and Annie and Ulysses LaCasse; obituary notices for numerous individuals including Norman an…
- Date Range
- 1933
- 1935 - 1940
- 1947
- 1950
- 1956
- 1960 - 1965
- 1968
- 1969
- 1974
- Reference Code
- M74 / IV / C / 1
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Textual record
- Published record
- Newspaper clipping
1 image
1 Electronic Resource
- Part Of
- Kidney family fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M74 / V324
- Series
- M74 / IV : Family, friends and community records
- Sous-Fonds
- M74
- Sub-Series
- M74 / IV / C : 1946 - 1970
- Accession Number
- 2016.8581
- Reference Code
- M74 / IV / C / 1
- Responsibility
- Articles mainly published by the Crag and Canyon and the Calgary Herald
- Date Range
- 1933
- 1935 - 1940
- 1947
- 1950
- 1956
- 1960 - 1965
- 1968
- 1969
- 1974
- Physical Description
- 1 cm of textual records (1 scrapbook : 52 pages ; 31 x 39 cm)
- Scope & Content
- File consists of one scrapbook [possibly compiled by Maud Kidney] with ca. 100 newspaper articles and full pages attached inside. Contents pertain to golden wedding anniversaries of Frank and Alice Wheatley and Annie and Ulysses LaCasse; obituary notices for numerous individuals including Norman and Georgina Luxton, Jimmy Simpson Sr. and Jim and Fern Brewster; articles on achievements by Jimmy Simpson Sr., Norman Luxton, Norman B. Sanson and others; and other news including opinion articles, sports updates and articles on construction/expansion projects and local events held in Banff.
- Notes
- Newspaper articles attached to inside of scrapbook cover wide range of dates. Scrapbook has been placed in sub-series M74 / IV / C [1946 - 1970] as a large portion of articles fall within specified dates.
- Some articles are loose in scrapbook
- Material Details
- Most newspaper clippings attached inside with adhesive, some items loose.
- Name Access
- Wheatley, Alice
- Wheatley, Frank
- Luxton, Norman
- Luxton, Georgina
- LaCasse, Annie
- LaCasse, Ulysses
- Kidney, Forest H. (Pop)
- Kidney, Maude
- Simpson, Jimmy, Sr.
- Sanson, Norman
- Brewster, Fern
- Brewster, Jim
- Harmon, Byron
- Brett, Robert G.
- Subject Access
- Businesses
- Calgary Herald
- Community events
- Commerce and industry
- Crag and Canyon newspaper
- Family and personal life
- Funeral
- Hockey
- Sports
- Travel
- Tourism
- Townsite development
- Skiing
- Politics
- Photography
- Advertising
- Industry
- Indigenous Peoples
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Alberta
- Banff
- Banff National Park
- Calgary
- Access Restrictions
- Physical access may be restricted due to fragile state
- Reproduction Restrictions
- Copyright restrictions may apply
- Language
- English
- Conservation
- Item has been tied with unbleached cotton string to keep contents together and prevent loss or misplacement of loose articles inside
- Item stored flat and separately from other materials to prevent further physical damage
- Consider digitizing contents of scrapbook and limiting access to the physical copy due to its poor condition and risk of loose contents
- Category
- Sports, recreation and leisure
- Land, settlement and immigration
- Commerce and industry
- Family and personal life
- Environment
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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George Paris photographs : [glass negatives]
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- Part Of
- George Paris fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of black and white glass negative photographs that pertain to George Paris family, friends, activities, recreation and sports; Banff people, places and events; Banff area and Canadian Rockies views. Photographs depict the Banff townsite, winter sports, views from mountain summits, and…
- Date Range
- 1893-1911
- Reference Code
- V484 / I / A / NG - 1 to NG - 106
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Negative
- Photograph
106 images
- Part Of
- George Paris fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- V484
- Series
- V484 / I : Negatives
- Sous-Fonds
- V484
- Sub-Series
- V484 / I / A : Glass
- Reference Code
- V484 / I / A / NG - 1 to NG - 106
- GMD
- Negative
- Photograph
- Date Range
- 1893-1911
- Physical Description
- 106 photographs : b&w negatives, glass ; 16.3 x 12 cm or smaller
- Scope & Content
- File consists of black and white glass negative photographs that pertain to George Paris family, friends, activities, recreation and sports; Banff people, places and events; Banff area and Canadian Rockies views. Photographs depict the Banff townsite, winter sports, views from mountain summits, and the Sanitarium Hotel.
- Notes
- Duplicate positive glass slide of NG-101 depicting black bear
- Name Access
- Paris, Cyril
- Paris, George
- Paris, Ida
- Edwards, Ralph
- Brewster, Fern
- Graves, Syd Brewster
- Roper, Raymond Montague
- Brett, Reginald H. (Harry)
- Lang, Harry
- Paris, Herb
- Paris, Ted
- Ashton, Philip
- Paris, Georgina
- Galletly, David Drummond
- Subject Access
- Cave and Basin
- Hot Springs
- Banff
- Banff Spring Hotel
- Banff Springs Hotel
- Fairmont Banff Springs Hotel
- Bow River Bridge
- Bow River
- Mountain
- Snowshoes and snowshoeing
- Lake Minnewanka
- Sanitarium Hotel
- Sulphur Mountain
- Bow River Boat House
- Tunnel Mountain lookout
- Hoodoos
- Cascade Mountain
- Vermillion Lakes
- Curling
- Boats
- Canoes and canoeing
- Fishing
- Hospital
- Skating
- Bow Falls
- Hockey
- Horses
- Family and personal life
- Family
- Dogs
- Animal Paddock
- Buffalo
- Geographic Access
- Alberta
- Assiniboine
- Banff
- Banff National Park
- Canmore
- Devil's Canyon
- Lake Minnewanka
- Mount Assiniboine
- Mount Edith
- Mount Rundle
- Access Restrictions
- Access by appointment only
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of series and sub-series
- Content Details
- LIST OF NEGATIVES (V484/NG - 1 to 106):
- 1 Interior of cave at Cave and Basin sulphur springs, Banff
- 2 Banff Springs Hotel from Tunnel Mountain, [ca.1904]
- 3 Cascade Mountain and Bow River bridge, 1904?
- 4 Mount Rundle and Bow River bridge, 1904
- 5 Group on snowshoes
- 6 Banff Springs Hotel and Mount Rundle, 1904?
- 7 Sanitarium Hotel after heavy snowfall, 1903
- 8 Brett House and Sanitarium Hotel, 1898
- 9 Brett House, 1903?
- 10 Brett House, 1903
- 11 Sulphur Mountain Observatory, 1903
- 12 Bow River Boat House at sunset
- 13 Grand View Villa at the Upper Hot Springs, 1905
- 14 Paris house-under construction on Banff Avenue, 1902
- 15 N.W.M.P. barracks at Banff?
- 16 Sanitarium Hotel and Bow River bridge, 1908
- 17 Ida and Cyril Paris behind buildings at Lake Minnewanka, 1904
- 18 [Casey Oliver?] and interior of Brett Drug Store
- 19 Brett Drug Store (first drug store in Banff)
- 20 Charlie Barbour and Miss Thomson in school room, [ca.1905]
- 21 Tunnel Mountain, east side, and Bow Valley looking east
- 22 Hoodoos on Tunnel Mountain, Banff
- 23 Mount Rundle from the Cave and Basin Road, 1900
- 24 Cascade Mountain and Bow River after rainstorm, 1902
- 25 North face of Mount Rundle from Loop Drive
- 26 Mount Edith and the Bow River
- 27 Mount Rundle and Forty Mile Creek
- 28 Middle hot springs before it caved in, 1898
- 29 Mount Rundle and Forty Mile Creek in winter
- 30 Vermilion Lake in winter
- 31 Taxidermist Bob Robertson with large sheep head
- 32 Curling at Banff Front to back: Arthur Saddington, Ralph Edwards, Bill Mather
- 33 Group on the porch of the Brett Sanitarium Hotel, 1893
- 34 Hartley going over Bow Falls in boat, 1902
- 35 George Paris skating on old curling rink, 1901
- 36 Ida Paris and Mrs. Hatfield boating on Echo Creek, [ca.1900]
- 37 Ida Paris in canoe on Echo Creek ca, 1900
- 38 Ida Paris in boat on Forty Mile Creek, 1899
- 39 Ida Paris fishing from boat on channel between First and Second Vermilion Lakes (Boulder Creek), 1899
- 40 George Paris fishing from boat on channel between First and Second Vermilion Lakes, 1899
- 41, 42 Group outside hospital. Front: Fern Brewster, Claude Frost, Vivian Galletly holding Adeline Fulcher, Jack Frost (Brewster), Syd Frost (later Mrs. Syd Graves). Back row: Ethel Fulcher Ronald, Ida Paris holding Cyril, Mrs. William Frost (later Mrs. Bill Brewster), Mrs. Celia (Lowther) Harrison, Mrs. Jim Brewster, 1904
- 43 George and Ida Paris, 1903
- 44 George Paris skating an Forty Mile Creek, 1905
- 45 George Paris snowshoeing on the Bow River, 1901
- 46 Bodyguard (Sikhs) of Duke of Cornwall and York (later King George V) during Banff visit, 1901
- 47 [Three nurses?] and Chinese man [at Brett Hospital?]
- 48 Dr. White, [Raymond Rooper?], Dr. R. G. Brett, Mrs. Brett's sister, Mrs. Brett, Harry Brett at the Brett home, [ca.1903]
- 49 George Paris skating on the Bow River, 1905
- 50 George Paris skating on Willow Creek, 1905
- 51 Ida Paris and others in the Basin, 1900
- 52 George Paris skating on the Bow River, [ca.1905]
- 53 George Paris snowshoeing on Bow Falls, 1902
- 54 Nurse McLauchlin and another nurse in Sanitarium Hospital
- 55 Sydney Frost (Brewster) (later Mrs. Syd Graves)
- 56 Dr. White, Marion Cardell, Mrs. Brett, Dr. R. G. Brett, Mrs. Brett's sister, [ca.1903]
- 57 Sid Baker on snowshoes
- 58 Group at Lake Minnewanka: Ida Paris with Cyril, Mrs. Fulcher with Ronald, Miss Thompson, Charley Barbour, and two girls, 1904
- 59 Ida Parts and Cyril, 1904
- 60 Hockey game on Banff's first skating rink on the Bow River, 1894
- 61 Chinese laundrymen [or cooks?] at the Sanitarium Hotel, [ca.1898]
- 62 Raymond Rooper with baby and dog, ca. 1903
- 63 Raymond Rooper and Mrs. Donna Rooper, ca. 1903
- 64 Ida Paris with Cyril and Nurse McLauchlin, 1904
- 65 Ida Paris, Guusie Atkinson, Harry Lang and Harry Symonds with Cyril Paris, 1904
- 66 Cyril Paris in baby carriage, 1904
- 67 Ida Paris and Kit Storry, 1903
- 68 Herb and Ted Parts with nurses, 1911
- 69 Ida Paris with kitten Murphy
- 70 [Cyril Paris?] in the backyard, 1905?
- 71 Nurse Natress and three guests at the Sanitarium Hotel
- 72 Mrs. Brett, Dr. White, Marion Cardell, Dr. Brett, and woman, [ca.1903]
- 73 Ida Paris and three ladies on horses on top of Sulphur Mountain, 1901
- 74 Frank, Cyril (baby), Ida and George Paris, 1905
- 75 Ida and Cyril Paris, 1904
- 76 Ida and Georgie Paris, 1909
- 77 George and Ida Paris with baby Cyril, 1905
- 78 Phillip Ashton with Cyril, Ida and Georgie Paris, 1909
- 79 Ida and Cyril Paris, 1905
- 80 Ida Winberg (Paris), Charlie Barbour, Ruby Bryant during picnic on the river, 1902
- 81 Ida Paris with Cyril and Nurse McLauchlin, 1904
- 82 Echo Creek, 1899
- 83 Camp near Mount Assiniboine during pack trip led by Bill Peyto, 1900
- 84 Bow River and boathouse at Banff
- 85 Cerulean Lake
- 86 The Three Sisters
- 87 View of the summit of Mount Rundle showing Sulphur Mountain and the Bow Valley
- 88 Devil's Canyon
- 89 Basin end bathhouse with D. D. Galletly
- 90 View looking west from Banff? after snowstorm, 1906
- 91 Old Banff bridge, Banff town site and Cascade Mountain, 1898
- 92 View from summit of Mount Rundle, 1898
- 93 View from summit of Mount Rundle showing Mount Assiniboine and Sulphur Range, 1899
- 94 Falls at Upper Hot Springs, 1898
- 95 Mount Rundle reflected in the Bow River
- 96 Lime kiln on Tunnel Mountain above Deer Street, 1897
- 97 View from Sulphur Mountain showing Banff town site, Cascade Mountain, Tunnel Mountain, and the Bow Valley, 1898
- 98 Town of Banff from Tunnel Mountain, [ca.1900]
- 99 Cascade Mountain, Bow River bridge and town of Banff, {ca.1900]
- 100 View of Banff town site and fire at Bankhead from the Sanitarium Hotel, 1905
- 101 Fred Ballard's bear
- 102 Dr. Brett's greyhounds
- 103 Goats in animal paddocks
- 104 Mountain sheep head
- 105 Buffalo herd with Mount Rundle in the background, 1901
- 106 Buffalo herd, 1900
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Canadian Pacific Railway Lantern Slides
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- Part Of
- Archives General File Collection
- Scope & Content
- Series consists of 14 lantern slides [ca.1900-ca.1925]. Slides are views along the Canadian Pacific Railway.
- Date Range
- [c. 1905]
- Reference Code
- V8 / 5486 / PS - 1 to PS - 14
- Description Level
- 3 / Series
- GMD
- Transparency
- Lantern slide
14 images
- Part Of
- Archives General File Collection
- Description Level
- 3 / Series
- Fonds Number
- M8 / V8 / S8
- Series
- Accession Number: 5486
- Sous-Fonds
- V8
- Accession Number
- 5486
- Reference Code
- V8 / 5486 / PS - 1 to PS - 14
- Date Range
- [c. 1905]
- Physical Description
- 14 photographs : b&w and col. slides ; 10.2 x 8.2 cm
- History / Biographical
- The Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) was officially formed in Februray, 1881, to construct a railroad that would link the eastern provinces with British Columbia, a key component of the Canadian Confederation of 1867. Headed by William C. Van Horne as General Manager, the railroad arrived in the Canadian Rockies in 1883 and a siding was established just east of present-day Banff. When railroad workers discovered a natural hot spring on the south side of the Bow River, Van Horne ordered the construction of a hotel that would house visitors brought in by train to visit the springs. Construction of the Banff Springs Hotel finished in 1888 and joined a handful of CPR hotels throughout the Rocky and Selkirk Mountain ranges. The popularity of the hot springs and surrounding area led to the formation of a national park and to the town of Banff. After construction of the railway had completed, the CPR continued to survey and document the Rocky Mountains alongside federal agencies like the Department of the Interior and private outfitters. Utilizing coloured lantern slides the CPR was able to showcase the mountains as both tourist and settlement destinations. Magic lantern shows of these slides could be used for administrative purposes by the company to showcase land holdings and investments or in public shows as advertisements of the new railway.
- Scope & Content
- Series consists of 14 lantern slides [ca.1900-ca.1925]. Slides are views along the Canadian Pacific Railway.
- Name Access
- Canadian Pacific Railway
- Subject Access
- Lantern slide
- Education
- Tourism
- Travel and Exploration
- Trains
- Geographic Access
- Banff
- Lake Louise
- Alberta
- British Columbia
- Canada
- Language
- English
- Conservation
- All slides were cleaned prior to scanning.
- Creator
- Canadian Pacific Railway
- Biographical Source Notes
- https://cpconnectingcanada.ca/#building-the-railway
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of series
- Processing Status
- Processed
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