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Luxton Museum interior and exterior views
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions55020
- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 15 photographs pertaining to Norman Luxton and the Luxton Museum. Includes images of Norman Luxton posing with display items, exterior views of the museum and surrounding landscape, and taxidermy and mannequin displays inside the museum.
- Date Range
- 1959
- Reference Code
- LUX / I / D3e / ii / PA - 1 to 15
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Photograph
- Photograph print
29 images
- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- LUX
- Series
- LUX / I / D : Professional and Personal
- Sous-Fonds
- LUX / I : Norman Luxton sous-fonds
- Sub-Series
- LUX / I / D3 : Organizations
- Accession Number
- LUX
- Reference Code
- LUX / I / D3e / ii / PA - 1 to 15
- Date Range
- 1959
- Physical Description
- 15 photographs : b&w prints ; 20.5 x 25 cm
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 15 photographs pertaining to Norman Luxton and the Luxton Museum. Includes images of Norman Luxton posing with display items, exterior views of the museum and surrounding landscape, and taxidermy and mannequin displays inside the museum.
- Notes
- Back sides of photographs stamped with “Glenbow Foundation Photograph” label and file numbers, each dated May 30, 1959.
- Name Access
- Luxton, Norman
- Subject Access
- Museums
- History
- Indigenous Peoples
- Animals
- Taxidermy
- Mountain
- Businesses
- Landscapes
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Alberta
- Banff
- Access Restrictions
- Copyright status and restrictions unknown
- Reproduction Restrictions
- Copyright status and restrictions unknown
- Language
- English
- Category
- Indigenous Peoples
- Arts
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Opening Pioneer Memorial Building Calgary, Calgary Stampede, Fort Calgary House
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- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 6 photographs pertaining to Norman Luxton speaking at the opening of the Pioneer Memorial Building in Calgary and a reception ceremony, Norman Luxton participating in a Calgary Stampede parade, and the opening of the Old Timers Hut Exhibition Grounds [Fort Calgary House] in 1955.
- Date Range
- 1955
- Reference Code
- LUX / I / D3c / PA - 27 to 32
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Photograph
- Photograph print
12 images
- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- LUX
- Series
- LUX / I / D : Personal and Professional
- Sous-Fonds
- LUX / I : Norman Luxton sous-fonds
- Sub-Series
- LUX / I / D3 : Organizations
- Accession Number
- LUX
- Reference Code
- LUX / I / D3c / PA - 27 to 32
- Responsibility
- Photographs produced by Bil Marsden, copyright Alberta Government
- Date Range
- 1955
- Physical Description
- 6 photographs : b&w prints; 25 x 20.5 cm
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 6 photographs pertaining to Norman Luxton speaking at the opening of the Pioneer Memorial Building in Calgary and a reception ceremony, Norman Luxton participating in a Calgary Stampede parade, and the opening of the Old Timers Hut Exhibition Grounds [Fort Calgary House] in 1955.
- Notes
- Some individuals in photographs not identified
- Name Access
- Luxton, Norman
- MacKay, Don
- McNeill, Leishman
- Ross, William J.
- Southern Alberta Pioneers and Old Timers Association
- Subject Access
- Organizations
- Public events
- Events
- Public Speaking
- Calgary Stampede
- Parade
- Horses
- Animals
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Alberta
- Calgary
- Reproduction Restrictions
- Copyright restrictions may apply
- Language
- English
- Category
- Communications
- Family and personal life
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Content Details
- Item LUX/I/D3c/PA-32 has attached clipping with typed notes naming individuals in photograph [with handwritten edits]
- Processing Status
- Processed
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King George VI memorial scrapbook
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions22391
- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Scope & Content
- Scrapbook consists of newspaper clippings related to the death and funeral of King George VI.
- Date Range
- 1952
- Reference Code
- LUX / III / B4 - 7
- 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 - 7
- Date Range
- 1952
- Physical Description
- 3 cm of textual records
- Scope & Content
- Scrapbook consists of newspaper clippings related to the death and funeral of King George VI.
- Name Access
- King George VI
- Geographic Access
- England
- London
- Canada
- Alberta
- Calgary
- Access Restrictions
- Restrictions may apply
- Reproduction Restrictions
- Restrictions may apply
- Language
- English
- Category
- Family and personal life
- Politics
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of item
- Processing Status
- Processed
Electronic Resources
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Current Events [January - March 1940]
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions22409
- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Scope & Content
- Scrapbook is handmade from coloured construction paper. Scrapbook has annotated title page which reads "Current Events January February March". Scrapbook contains newspaper clippings relating to media coverage of World War II from early 1940.
- Date Range
- 1940
- Reference Code
- LUX / III / B4 - 25
- 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 - 25
- Date Range
- 1940
- Physical Description
- 1.5 cm of textual records
- Scope & Content
- Scrapbook is handmade from coloured construction paper. Scrapbook has annotated title page which reads "Current Events January February March". Scrapbook contains newspaper clippings relating to media coverage of World War II from early 1940.
- Notes
- Some pages are annotated in pen with dates [presumably the month and year of publication of each page's respective articles].
- Name Access
- Churchill, Winston
- Subject Access
- Commerce and industry
- Finances
- Geography
- Government
- History
- Labour
- Laws and legislation
- Military
- Newspaper
- Politics
- Public events
- Public Speaking
- Royalty
- War
- World War II
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Russia
- Japan
- Germany
- United States of America
- England
- Finland
- Italy
- India
- Brazil
- Argentina
- Access Restrictions
- Restrictions may apply
- Reproduction Restrictions
- Restrictions may apply
- Language
- English
- Conservation
- Several metal paperclips have been removed and replaced with plastic clips due to visible rust damage and risk of contaminating other materials in scrapbook
- Metal bindings of scrapbook have been replaced with unbleached string for preservation reasons.
- Related Material
- Scrapbook LUX/III/B4/25 is part of collection of related scrapbooks [LUX / III / B4 / 24 to 28] covering global current events, commerce and political news from 1938-1940.
- Category
- Commerce and industry
- Communications
- Government
- Labour
- Military
- Politics
- Science and technology
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of item
- Processing Status
- Processed
Electronic Resources
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Alberta and Canada Politics Scrapbook
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions22413
- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of a scrapbook containing newspaper articles, correspondence, and ephemera relating to Dr. George H. Ross, Liberal Candidate East Calgary Constituency, 1940 ; Canada and the War, 1940 ; Mackenzie King policies. Includes newspaper clippings, telegrams, typed and hand written letters, …
- Date Range
- 1940
- Reference Code
- LUX / III / B4 / 29
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Textual record
- Scrapbook
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 / 29
- Date Range
- 1940
- Physical Description
- 5.5 cm of textual records (43 pages ; 27.5 x 31 cm)
- History / Biographical
- See fonds level description.
- Scope & Content
- File consists of a scrapbook containing newspaper articles, correspondence, and ephemera relating to Dr. George H. Ross, Liberal Candidate East Calgary Constituency, 1940 ; Canada and the War, 1940 ; Mackenzie King policies. Includes newspaper clippings, telegrams, typed and hand written letters, and minutes for the Agricultural Supplies Committee.
- Name Access
- Ross, George
- Mackenzie King, WIlliam Lyon
- Subject Access
- Administration
- Advertising
- Communications
- Communities
- Government
- Laws and legislation
- Lecture
- Newspaper
- Politics
- Politics and government
- Public Speaking
- War
- World War II
- Geographic Access
- Calgary
- Edmonton
- Alberta
- Canada
- Language
- English
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
Electronic Resources
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[1940 Provincial Liberal Candidate Scrapbook]
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions22414
- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of a scrapbook containing newspaper articles relating to Mr. George H. Ross, Liberal Candidate East Calgary Constituency, 1940 and articles relating to the Glenbow Museum. Includes mainly newspaper articles and advertisement clippings, anouncements for Ross speaking engagements, colle…
- Date Range
- 1940
- Reference Code
- LUX / III / B4 / 30
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Textual record
- Scrapbook
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 / 30
- Date Range
- 1940
- Physical Description
- 3 cm of textual records (42 pages ; 27.5 x 31 cm)
- History / Biographical
- See fonds level description
- Scope & Content
- File consists of a scrapbook containing newspaper articles relating to Mr. George H. Ross, Liberal Candidate East Calgary Constituency, 1940 and articles relating to the Glenbow Museum. Includes mainly newspaper articles and advertisement clippings, anouncements for Ross speaking engagements, collections and artifacts in the Glenbow, posters announcing various political events, and letters pertaining to the Calgary East Federal Liberal Committee Rooms.
- Name Access
- Ross, George
- Subject Access
- Advertising
- Calgary Herald
- Community events
- Government
- Glenbow Foundation
- Glenbow-Alberta Institute
- Newspaper
- Politics
- Politics and government
- Geographic Access
- Calgary
- Alberta
- Canada
- Language
- English
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
Electronic Resources
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Queen Elizabeth and King George VI 1939 Canada tour
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions22396
- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Scope & Content
- Scrapbook consists of newspaper clippings about Queen Elizabeth and King George VI's 1939 Royal Tour across Canada.
- Date Range
- 1939
- Reference Code
- LUX / III / B4 - 12
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Textual record
- Scrapbook
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 - 12
- Date Range
- 1939
- Physical Description
- 2 cm of textual records
- Scope & Content
- Scrapbook consists of newspaper clippings about Queen Elizabeth and King George VI's 1939 Royal Tour across Canada.
- Subject Access
- Royal Visit
- Royal tours
- Public events
- Community events
- Churches
- Travel
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Alberta
- Banff
- Jasper
- Calgary
- Manitoba
- Winnipeg
- Ontario
- Toronto
- British Columbia
- Vancouver
- United States of America
- New York
- Language
- English
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of item
- Processing Status
- Processed
Electronic Resources
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Current Events [September - December 1939]
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions22408
- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Scope & Content
- Scrapbook is handmade from coloured construction paper. Scrapbook has annotated title page which reads "Current Events September October November and December". Scrapbook contains newspaper clippings relating to media coverage of World War II from 1939.
- Date Range
- 1939
- Reference Code
- LUX / III / B4 / 24
- 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 / 24
- Date Range
- 1939
- Physical Description
- 2 cm of textual records
- Scope & Content
- Scrapbook is handmade from coloured construction paper. Scrapbook has annotated title page which reads "Current Events September October November and December". Scrapbook contains newspaper clippings relating to media coverage of World War II from 1939.
- Notes
- Some clippings have small annotations in ink or pencil [i.e. publishing date of a specific newspaper article].
- Subject Access
- Agriculture
- Geography
- Government
- History
- Industry
- Military
- Natural resources
- Politics
- Public events
- War
- World War II
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Germany
- England
- Poland
- Russia
- France
- Access Restrictions
- Restrictions may apply
- Reproduction Restrictions
- Restrictions may apply
- Language
- English
- Conservation
- Metal bindings have been removed and replaced with unbleached string for preservation purposes
- Related Material
- Scrapbook LUX/III/B4/24 is part of collection of related scrapbooks [LUX / III / B4 / 24 to 28] covering global current events, commerce and political news from 1938-1940.
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of item
- Processing Status
- Processed
Electronic Resources
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Calgary Fish and Game Association certificate, Norman Luxton
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions55609
- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of one certificate given to Norman Luxton in 1937 by the Calgary Fish and Game Association. Certificate acknowledges Norman's contribution to the introduction of the chukar partridge in Alberta.
- Date Range
- 1937
- Reference Code
- LUX / I / D2 / 18
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Textual record
1 image
- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- LUX
- Series
- LUX / I / D : Personal and Professional
- Sous-Fonds
- LUX / I : Norman Luxton sous-fonds
- Sub-Series
- LUX / I / D2 : Recreation
- Accession Number
- LUX
- Reference Code
- LUX / I / D2 / 18
- GMD
- Textual record
- Date Range
- 1937
- Physical Description
- 0.1 cm of textual records (1 page ; 28 x 30.5 cm)
- Scope & Content
- File consists of one certificate given to Norman Luxton in 1937 by the Calgary Fish and Game Association. Certificate acknowledges Norman's contribution to the introduction of the chukar partridge in Alberta.
- Name Access
- Luxton, Norman
- Subject Access
- Birds
- Wildlife
- Conservation
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Alberta
- Calgary
- Language
- English
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Indigenous community events, Georgina Luxton
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions55299
- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 16 photographs pertaining to various members of the Stoney Nakoda community in Mini Thni [?] [Morley] with Georgina Luxton. Images were possibly taken during Banff Indian Days festivities. Images in file are accompanied by a photograph order form in Eleanor Luxton's name from Georg…
- Date Range
- 1934
- Reference Code
- LUX / II / E / PA - 622 to 637
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Photograph
- Photograph print
18 images
- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- LUX
- Series
- LUX / II / E : Travel and home records
- Sous-Fonds
- LUX / II : Eleanor Luxton sous-fonds
- Accession Number
- LUX
- Reference Code
- LUX / II / E / PA - 622 to 637
- Date Range
- 1934
- Physical Description
- 16 photographs : b&w prints ; 8 x 6 cm
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 16 photographs pertaining to various members of the Stoney Nakoda community in Mini Thni [?] [Morley] with Georgina Luxton. Images were possibly taken during Banff Indian Days festivities. Images in file are accompanied by a photograph order form in Eleanor Luxton's name from George Noble Photographer in Banff, dated 1934, and an annotated personal note on a business card of Paul Standard.
- Notes
- Most individuals in photographs are not identified
- Name Access
- Luxton, Georgina
- Standard, Paul
- Subject Access
- Events
- Community events
- Indigenous Peoples
- Cultural pluralism
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Alberta
- Morley
- Banff
- Language
- N/A
- Conservation
- Items stored in mylar
- Category
- Indigenous Peoples
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Banff Indian Days 1928 poster
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions54784
- 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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Sign of the Goat taxidermy poster and calendar, 1906
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions55132
- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of one b&w poster advertising Norman Luxton's taxidermy products sold at the Sign of the Goat curio store in Banff. Poster has small monthly 1906 calendar attached at bottom.
- Date Range
- 1906
- Reference Code
- LUX / I / E1 / 15 (O.S.)
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Calendar
- Poster
1 image
- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- LUX
- Series
- LIX / I / E : Collected material
- Sous-Fonds
- LUX / I : Norman Luxton sous-fonds
- Sub-Series
- LUX / I / E1 : Business records
- Accession Number
- LUX
- Reference Code
- LUX / I / E1 / 15 (O.S.)
- Date Range
- 1906
- Physical Description
- 1 print : b&w poster ; 28 x 42 cm
- Scope & Content
- File consists of one b&w poster advertising Norman Luxton's taxidermy products sold at the Sign of the Goat curio store in Banff. Poster has small monthly 1906 calendar attached at bottom.
- Material Details
- Poster has metal [brass?] covers on top and bottom edges of poster, and metal ring attached to upper back of poster [for hanging on wall?]
- Name Access
- Luxton, Norman
- Subject Access
- Advertising
- Businesses
- Commerce and industry
- Animals
- Taxidermy
- Calendar
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Alberta
- Banff
- Language
- English
- Conservation
- Item flattened and stored in mylar
- Category
- Commerce and industry
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Travel scrapbook of commercial postcard prints and souvenirs
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions54619
- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of one scrapbook containing ca. 200 attached postcard prints and commercial postcards, as well as two portrait photograph prints and two souvenir booklets. Content pertains to scenic views of the Canadian Rockies including Moraine Lake, Lake Louise, Maligne Lake, Revelstoke and the At…
- Date Range
- [ca. 1925 - ca. 1940]
- 1932
- Reference Code
- LUX / II / E / 1
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Scrapbook
- Postcard
1 image
1 Electronic Resource
- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- LUX
- Series
- LUX / II / E : Travel and home records
- Sous-Fonds
- LUX / II : Eleanor Luxton
- Accession Number
- LUX
- Reference Code
- LUX / II / E / 1
- Responsibility
- Some items produced by George S. Cladds [?], Byron Harmon, Gerta Christoffersen, Detroit Publishing Co., and A.C. Leighton
- Date Range
- [ca. 1925 - ca. 1940]
- 1932
- Physical Description
- 1 scrapbook : ca. 200 b&w and col. postcards ; 14 x 21.5 cm or smaller
- Scope & Content
- File consists of one scrapbook containing ca. 200 attached postcard prints and commercial postcards, as well as two portrait photograph prints and two souvenir booklets. Content pertains to scenic views of the Canadian Rockies including Moraine Lake, Lake Louise, Maligne Lake, Revelstoke and the Athabasca River; portrait paintings of unidentified Indigenous girls by artist Gerta Christoffersen; scenes from Australia, Brussels, Venice, Bermuda, Fiji, Portugal, London, Windsor Castle, California, Mexico, the Grand Canyon, Montana, Niagara Falls, Maine, Ohio and Pennsylvania; and sketched art by A.C. Leighton depicting horses and riders. Many postcards are colorized.
- Notes
- A few postcards are annotated, mostly blank
- Subject Access
- Travel
- Tourism
- Horses
- Horseback riding
- Landscapes
- Environment
- Mountains
- Indigenous Peoples
- Art
- Biography
- Fairmont Banff Springs Hotel
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Alberta
- Banff National Park
- England
- London
- Australia
- Belgium
- Italy
- Venice
- Bermuda
- Fiji
- Portugal
- United States of America
- California
- Maine
- Pennsylvania
- Ohio
- Lake Louise
- Massachusetts
- Moraine Lake
- Maligne Lake
- Athabasca Falls
- Niagara Falls
- British Columbia
- Access Restrictions
- Restrictions may apply
- Reproduction Restrictions
- Restrictions may apply
- Language
- English
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Postcard scrapbook, early 1900s Canada
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions54621
- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of one postcard scrapbook containing 325 postcards. Content pertains to various topics including Canadian landscapes, Indigenous peoples from Alberta, British Columbia, and Northwestern Canada [mostly unidentified] including members of Blackfoot, Squamish, Piegan, Cree, Sarcee and Sto…
- Date Range
- 1903
- 1904
- Reference Code
- LUX / II / E / 2
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Postcard
- Scrapbook
1 image
1 Electronic Resource
- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- LUX
- Series
- LUX / II / E : Travel and home records
- Sous-Fonds
- LUX / II : Eleanor Luxton
- Accession Number
- LUX
- Reference Code
- LUX / II / E / 2
- Responsibility
- Photographs produced by W.G. Macfarlane, Montreal Litho. Co. Ltd., John Innes, T.N. Hibben & Co., Thompson's Studio, Warwick Bros. & Rutter Ltd., Bailey Bros. Ltd., an J.W. Vought
- Date Range
- 1903
- 1904
- Physical Description
- ca. 325 prints : b&w and col. postcards ; 9 x 14 cm
- Scope & Content
- File consists of one postcard scrapbook containing 325 postcards. Content pertains to various topics including Canadian landscapes, Indigenous peoples from Alberta, British Columbia, and Northwestern Canada [mostly unidentified] including members of Blackfoot, Squamish, Piegan, Cree, Sarcee and Stoney communities; horses and ranching scenes in Western Canada; cattle and farming; wildlife; hunting and snowshoeing; and hotels and scenic views within the Bow Valley. Named individuals include Piegan Chief Crow Eagle and Winnipeg Jack [Blackfoot], most individuals not identified.
- Material Details
- Scrapbook contains unidentified white powdery substance between a few pages near middle of album.
- Name Access
- Crow Eagle
- Chief Buckskin Charlie
- Winnipeg Jack
- Subject Access
- Indigenous Peoples
- Communities
- Landscapes
- Totem pole
- Animals
- Buffalo
- Horses
- Wildlife
- Sports
- Snowshoes and snowshoeing
- Horse packing
- Hunting
- Hotels
- Fairmont Banff Springs Hotel
- Mount Royal Hotel
- Chateau Lake Louise
- Businesses
- Agriculture
- Ranching
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Alberta
- British Columbia
- Glacier
- Banff National Park
- Bow Valley
- Bow River
- Calgary
- Lake Minnewanka
- Michigan
- Sault Ste. Marie
- Ontario
- Toronto
- Hamilton
- Niagara Falls
- Devil's Canyon
- Quebec
- Montreal
- Access Restrictions
- Access restricted - see Material Details
- Reproduction Restrictions
- Restrictions may apply
- Language
- English
- Conservation
- Store flat and away from other materials due to unknown chemical content of white powder found inside some pages
- Category
- Cultural pluralism
- Sports, recreation and leisure
- Environment
- Land, settlement and immigration
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Souvenir postcard scrapbook
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions54622
- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of one scrapbook containing postcards likely collected by Eleanor Luxton during national and international travels. Locations include Hawaii, Hong Kong, San Francisco, New York, Montreal, Panama, and Japan. scrapbook has small textual page attached to inside titled "Interesting Facts …
- Date Range
- [ca. 1935 - ca. 1940]
- 1939
- Reference Code
- LUX / II / E / 3
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Scrapbook
- Postcard
- Textual record
1 image
1 Electronic Resource
- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- LUX
- Series
- LUX / II / E : Travel and home records
- Sous-Fonds
- LUX / II : Eleanor Luxton
- Accession Number
- LUX
- Reference Code
- LUX / II / E / 3
- Responsibility
- Some items produced by Curt Teich & Co., Nikkosha, Western Publishing & Novelty Co., and H.S. Crocker Co., Inc.
- Date Range
- [ca. 1935 - ca. 1940]
- 1939
- Physical Description
- 1 scrapbook (158 prints : b&w and col. postcards ; 9 x 14 cm -- 1 textual record)
- Scope & Content
- File consists of one scrapbook containing postcards likely collected by Eleanor Luxton during national and international travels. Locations include Hawaii, Hong Kong, San Francisco, New York, Montreal, Panama, and Japan. scrapbook has small textual page attached to inside titled "Interesting Facts About Canada" with statistics from 1936.
- Name Access
- Luxton, Eleanor
- Subject Access
- Travel
- Tourism
- Landscapes
- Sports
- Businesses
- Hotels
- Commerce and industry
- Government
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Quebec
- Montreal
- United States of America
- San Francisco
- California
- Hawaii
- Hong Kong
- Panama
- Japan
- New York
- Access Restrictions
- Restrictions may apply
- Reproduction Restrictions
- Restrictions may apply
- Language
- English
- Conservation
- Use caution when handling as postcards may fall out - item stored with unbleached cotton string fastening it shut to prevent misplacing contents
- Consider removing metal bindings to prevent future rust damage
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Souvenir photographs travel album
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- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of one album containing travel photographs, mostly captioned. Content pertains to Eleanor Luxton's national and international travels between ca. 1935 and 1940. Locations include the United States, Ontario, Quebec, Panama and Cuba. Subjects include unidentified Indigenous families and…
- Date Range
- [ca. 1935 - ca. 1940]
- 1939
- Reference Code
- LUX / II / E / PD - 2
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Photograph print
- Photograph
- Album
352 images
1 Electronic Resource
- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- LUX
- Series
- LUX / II / E : Travel and home records
- Sous-Fonds
- LUX / II : Eleanor Luxton
- Accession Number
- LUX
- Reference Code
- LUX / II / E / PD - 2
- Date Range
- [ca. 1935 - ca. 1940]
- 1939
- Physical Description
- 1 album (ca. 360 b&w and col. prints ; 9 x 14 cm or smaller)
- Scope & Content
- File consists of one album containing travel photographs, mostly captioned. Content pertains to Eleanor Luxton's national and international travels between ca. 1935 and 1940. Locations include the United States, Ontario, Quebec, Panama and Cuba. Subjects include unidentified Indigenous families and local scenics in Panama, buildings and landscapes, the 1939 World Fair in New York, boats and dockyard views, art portraits, Niagara Falls, monuments and statues. Most items are captioned with their respective subjects / locations, 4 items are colorized [rest are b&w].
- Notes
- Some items are postcard prints, vast majority are photograph prints
- Material Details
- Photographs are secured with paper corner fasteners attached to pages with adhesive
- Name Access
- Luxton, Eleanor
- Subject Access
- Travel
- Tourism
- Art
- Portrait
- Indigenous Peoples
- Buildings
- Memorial
- Statue
- Events
- Boats
- Fishing
- Landscapes
- Animals
- Farmland
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Ontario
- Niagara Falls
- Toronto
- Quebec
- Montreal
- United States of America
- New York
- Chicago
- Panama
- Cuba
- Havana
- Access Restrictions
- Caution when handling - some items are loose
- Reproduction Restrictions
- Restrictions may apply
- Language
- English
- Conservation
- Consider removing metal bindings from album in future. Currently no signs of rust or damage to album
- Category
- Exploration, discovery and travel
- Family and personal life
- Sports, recreation and leisure
- Environment
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Travel scrapbook
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- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of one travel scrapbook, with various materials including matchboxes, souvenir napkins, booklets and brochures, menus, advertisements, event programs, magazines, maps and travel guides, and one photograph. Content pertains to Eleanor Luxton's travels to the New York World Fair in 1939…
- Date Range
- [ca. 1935 - ca. 1940]
- 1939
- Reference Code
- LUX / II / E / 4
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Scrapbook
- Textual record
- Published record
- Photograph
- Photograph print
1 image
1 Electronic Resource
- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- LUX
- Series
- LUX / II / E : Travel and home records
- Sous-Fonds
- LUX / II : Eleanor Luxton
- Accession Number
- LUX
- Reference Code
- LUX / II / E / 4
- Date Range
- [ca. 1935 - ca. 1940]
- 1939
- Physical Description
- 6 cm of textual records -- 1 photograph : b&w print ; 20 x 25 cm on matboard
- Scope & Content
- File consists of one travel scrapbook, with various materials including matchboxes, souvenir napkins, booklets and brochures, menus, advertisements, event programs, magazines, maps and travel guides, and one photograph. Content pertains to Eleanor Luxton's travels to the New York World Fair in 1939, as well as Winnipeg, Montreal, Chicago, Panama and Havana, Cuba around the same time period. Includes image of Eleanor [far right] sitting with three unidentified friends at Sloppy Joe's Bar in Havana.
- Material Details
- Scrapbook has no cover or bindings
- Name Access
- Luxton, Eleanor
- Subject Access
- Travel
- Tourism
- Family and personal life
- Events
- Advertising
- Businesses
- Music
- Arts
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Manitoba
- Winnipeg
- Quebec
- Montreal
- United States of America
- Panama
- Cuba
- Havana
- Access Restrictions
- Access to original copy may be restricted due to poor condition
- Reproduction Restrictions
- Restrictions may apply
- Language
- English
- Conservation
- Materials held together with unbleached cotton string
- Use of original copy not recommended as there are many loose contents and small items which can be lost or misplaced in scrapbook. Once item has been digitized, access to original may be further restricted for preservation reasons
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Curtiss-Wright Corp. staff and family photographs album
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- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of one personal photograph album [likely created by Eleanor Luxton]. Content pertains to staff members of the Curtiss-Wright Corporation Aircraft Division and related events including a dinner party in New York, as well as friends and relatives of the Luxton family. Includes images of…
- Date Range
- [ca. 1910]
- [ca. 1920 - ca. 1930]
- [ca. 1940 - ca. 1945]
- 1941 - 1944
- 1950
- 1954
- 1956
- [ca. 1960 - ca. 1970]
- 1967 - 1969
- Reference Code
- LUX / II / C / PD - 1
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Album
- Photograph
- Photograph print
- Scrapbook
203 images
1 Electronic Resource
- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- LUX
- Series
- LUX / II / C : Personal
- Sous-Fonds
- LUX / II : Eleanor Luxton
- Accession Number
- LUX
- Reference Code
- LUX / II / C / PD - 1
- Responsibility
- Some photographs produced by Associated Screen News Ltd., Curtiss-Wright Corporation, Byron Harmon
- Date Range
- [ca. 1910]
- [ca. 1920 - ca. 1930]
- [ca. 1940 - ca. 1945]
- 1941 - 1944
- 1950
- 1954
- 1956
- [ca. 1960 - ca. 1970]
- 1967 - 1969
- Physical Description
- 1 album (193 b&w photographs ; 20 x 25.5 cm or smaller -- 2 textual records)
- Scope & Content
- File consists of one personal photograph album [likely created by Eleanor Luxton]. Content pertains to staff members of the Curtiss-Wright Corporation Aircraft Division and related events including a dinner party in New York, as well as friends and relatives of the Luxton family. Includes images of Eleanor Luxton as a child and as an adult, group and individual portraits of mostly unidentified individuals [likely immediate and extended family and friends of Eleanor, including Norman and Georgina Luxton], unidentified children playing, images from the Calgary Stampede parade [ca. 1940s], unidentified Indigenous groups and individuals [possibly Stoney Nakoda community members during Banff Indian Days], Dr. Casey's Ranch [1944], and a family picnic. File also includes one small textual record describing a 1943 Curtiss-Wright Corporation staff event, as well as an annotated Christmas card from Ruth and Frank Neustadt [n.d.].
- Notes
- Some items are annotated on back
- Items not in chronological or other clear order
- Material Details
- Album has clear plastic layer on surface of front and back covers
- Green plastic stitched around border of both covers and side bindings
- Name Access
- Luxton, Eleanor
- Ross, George
- McDougall, George
- Smith, Mary
- Smith, Archie
- Casey, Anne Ross
- Ross, Jean
- Knight, Sidney S.
- Luxton, Georgina
- Luxton, Norman
- Neustadt, Ruth
- Neustadt, Frank
- Subject Access
- Travel
- Family and personal life
- Businesses
- Children
- Community events
- Picnics and picnicking
- Fairmont Banff Springs Hotel
- Events
- Geographic Access
- Bermuda
- Canada
- Alberta
- Banff National Park
- Calgary
- United States of America
- New York
- Arizona
- Phoenix
- Reproduction Restrictions
- Copyright restrictions may apply
- Language
- English
- Conservation
- Loose items in album have been placed in mylar
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Personal scrapbook, early Banff and Morley
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions54634
- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of one scrapbook containing personal photographs, small clippings, wax seals, and blank and annotated postcards. Content pertains to Eleanor Luxton, relatives and friends of the Luxton family. Includes individual and group photographs of numerous unidentified individuals on horseback …
- Date Range
- 1908
- 1910
- [ca. 1910 - ca. 1920]
- 1911
- Reference Code
- LUX / II / C / 2
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Album
- Photograph
- Photograph print
1 image
1 Electronic Resource
- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- LUX
- Series
- LUX / II / C : Personal
- Sous-Fonds
- LUX / II : Eleanor Luxton
- Accession Number
- LUX
- Reference Code
- LUX / II / C / 2
- Date Range
- 1908
- 1910
- [ca. 1910 - ca. 1920]
- 1911
- Physical Description
- 1 scrapbook (42 b&w prints ; 10 x 21.5 cm or smaller -- 3 postcards - 0.5 cm of textual records -- 25 wax seals)
- Scope & Content
- File consists of one scrapbook containing personal photographs, small clippings, wax seals, and blank and annotated postcards. Content pertains to Eleanor Luxton, relatives and friends of the Luxton family. Includes individual and group photographs of numerous unidentified individuals on horseback and on foot, posing by family homes and ranches [likely in and around the Bow Valley]; and unidentified members of an Indigenous community [likely Stoney community members in Morley]. Scrapbook also contains various small clippings and symbols / pictures pertaining to academies, clubs and political groups based in Canada, England and the United States; invitations sent to Mr. and Mrs. McDougall to attend an Old Timers' Association event in 1908, and one in 1910 in Calgary ; four blank postcards depicting attractions in London, England; four annotated Christmas cards mailed to the Luxton family; one annotated postcard sent to Mrs. George H. Ross [May Ross] from Georgina Luxton [?]; and 25 wax seals attached to one scrapbook page.
- Name Access
- Luxton, Eleanor
- Luxton, Georgina
- Ross, May
- McDougall, David
- McDougall, Annie
- Southern Alberta Pioneers and Old Timers Association
- Subject Access
- Community events
- Community life
- Family and personal life
- Indigenous Peoples
- Horseback riding
- Horses
- Ranches
- Travel
- Tourism
- Education
- Christmas
- Politics and government
- Club
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Alberta
- Banff National Park
- Calgary
- Bow Valley
- Morley
- England
- London
- Access Restrictions
- Restrictions may apply
- Reproduction Restrictions
- Restrictions may apply
- Language
- English
- Conservation
- Album has been interleaved with acid-free paper to protect photographs from adhesive stains and other risky materials on adjacent pages
- Album has been secured with unbleached cotton string to protect damaged binding
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Content Details
- Blank postcards, Christmas cards, and annotated postcard were previously part of contents from album processed as file LUX / III / B3 / PD - 1 pertaining to David and Anne McDougall
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Eleanor Luxton early childhood and family album
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- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of one photograph album containing 54 photograph prints and 2 newspaper clippings pertaining to Norman Luxton winning a turkey shooting contest [ca. 1940] and an Old Timers Association event attended by Eleanor Luxton in Calgary in 1964. Photographs pertain to Eleanor Luxton as a baby…
- Date Range
- [ca. 1904]
- [1907 or 1908]
- 1908
- [ca. 1910 - ca. 1912]
- [ca. 1917 - ca. 1920]
- [ca. 1940]
- 1964
- Reference Code
- LUX / II / C / PD - 3
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Album
- Photograph
- Photograph print
- Newspaper clipping
- Textual record
- Scrapbook
59 images
1 Electronic Resource
- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- LUX
- Series
- LUX / II / C : Personal
- Sous-Fonds
- LUX / II : Eleanor Luxton
- Accession Number
- LUX
- Reference Code
- LUX / II / C / PD - 3
- Date Range
- [ca. 1904]
- [1907 or 1908]
- 1908
- [ca. 1910 - ca. 1912]
- [ca. 1917 - ca. 1920]
- [ca. 1940]
- 1964
- Physical Description
- 1 album (54 b&w prints ; 9 x 14 cm or smaller -- 2 newspaper clippings)
- Scope & Content
- File consists of one photograph album containing 54 photograph prints and 2 newspaper clippings pertaining to Norman Luxton winning a turkey shooting contest [ca. 1940] and an Old Timers Association event attended by Eleanor Luxton in Calgary in 1964. Photographs pertain to Eleanor Luxton as a baby and young child with her parents, posing with chickens and a turkey on a farm, with other small children [unidentified] and standing by the Bow River; portrait photographs of Eleanor as a young girl [roughly ages 5 to 12 years old]; a wedding celebration [possibly that of Norman and Georgina Luxton in 1904]; and images of a pregnant woman and a man on a farm [likely Georgina Luxton and possibly her father, David McDougall, ca. 1908]
- Notes
- One photograph of Eleanor Luxton as a young child, posing alone and smiling in a dark dress, was moved to its current location from album LUX / III / A3 / PD - 2.
- Name Access
- Luxton, Eleanor
- Luxton, Georgina
- Luxton, Norman
- McDougall, David
- Southern Alberta Pioneers and Old Timers Association
- Subject Access
- Animals
- Children
- Birds
- Farmland
- Property
- Community events
- Family and personal life
- Dogs
- Weddings
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Alberta
- Banff National Park
- Bow River
- Calgary
- Reproduction Restrictions
- Restrictions may apply
- Language
- English
- Conservation
- Item has been interleaved with acid-free paper to protect photographs
- Loose images have been placed in mylar
- Item secured with unbleached string to prevent loose items from falling out
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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