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Luxton family portraits, Norman's siblings and mother

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of 12 portrait photographs depicting Norman Luxton's mother, his siblings and their immediate family. Includes portraits of George Luxton (Norman's brother), George's wife, Ada (Livingston) Luxton, and their daughter, Patricia Luxton; Harold Malloch Luxton (Norman's youngest brother);…

Date Range: [1900-1920]; 1901

Reference Code: LUX / I / D1 / 19 / PA - 1 to 12

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print

17 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 / D1 : Personal and family life

Accession Number: LUX

Reference Code: LUX / I / D1 / 19 / PA - 1 to 12

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print

Responsibility: Some photographs produced by: Rembrandt Bros. (Minneapolis), Golliug Hesse (Minneapolis), and Hubner (Minneapolis)

Date Range: [1900-1920]; 1901

Physical Description: 12 photographs : b&w prints ; 19.5 x 26.5 cm or smaller

Scope & Content: File consists of 12 portrait photographs depicting Norman Luxton's mother, his siblings and their immediate family. Includes portraits of George Luxton (Norman's brother), George's wife, Ada (Livingston) Luxton, and their daughter, Patricia Luxton; Harold Malloch Luxton (Norman's youngest brother); and Sarah Jane (Edwards) Luxton (Norman's mother).

Notes: Some items are annotated

Name Access: Luxton, Norman; Luxton, George; Luxton, Ada (Livingston); Luxton, Sarah; Luxton, Patricia

Subject Access: Family and personal life; Portrait; Photography; Children

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; Calgary; United States of America; Minnesota; Minneapolis; Ontario; London

Language: English

Category: Family and personal life

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Norman Luxton's extended family, friends

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of portraits and other photographs pertaining to Norman Luxton, his extended relatives and friends. Name individuals include: Eleanor and Georgina Luxton; George, Ada and Patricia Luxton (Norman's brother, sister-in-law and niece); Louis Luxton, Harry Addison Luxton and Harold Malloch…

Date Range: 1886; [1890-1900]; 1894; 1899; [ca.1900]; 1904; 1906-1907; 1920-1921; [1920-1930]; 1930; 1937; 1939-1940; 1950; [1950-1960]; 1962

Reference Code: LUX / I / D1 / 20 / PA - 1 to 63

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print

100 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 / D1 : Personal and family life

Accession Number: LUX

Reference Code: LUX / I / D1 / 20 / PA - 1 to 63

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print

Responsibility: Some photographs produced by: Algot Anderson (St Paul), Byron Harmon (Banff), Nelson Photo Studios (St Paul), Ambassador Atelier (St Paul), Zintsmaster (Minneapolis), Frank Cooper (London, Ontario), Steele and Co [Coy?] (Winnipeg), A.H. Opsahl (Minneapolis), Rembrandt Grand (St Paul), Geo. E. Luxton (Minneaplos Times), Reynolds Studio (Minneapolis), Perkins, J. Douglas Eckhert (St Paul), Calgary Photo Supply Co, Pringle & Booth (Toronto), Glenbow Foundation, J [Rosrit?] Calgary Herald Photographer, Robert Lefroy

Date Range: 1886; [1890-1900]; 1894; 1899; [ca.1900]; 1904; 1906-1907; 1920-1921; [1920-1930]; 1930; 1937; 1939-1940; 1950; [1950-1960]; 1962

Physical Description: 63 photographs : b&w and col. prints ; 25 x 20.5 cm or smaller

Scope & Content: File consists of portraits and other photographs pertaining to Norman Luxton, his extended relatives and friends. Name individuals include: Eleanor and Georgina Luxton; George, Ada and Patricia Luxton (Norman's brother, sister-in-law and niece); Louis Luxton, Harry Addison Luxton and Harold Malloch Luxton (Norman's brothers); Mary Hosking Groeber (Norman's niece); Olive Luxton Hosking (Norman's sister), her husband Edgar and her daughter Dorothy; and Eleanor "Nellie" Luxton Foster (Norman's sister).

Notes: Some photographs are annotated. PA-15 is annotated at Emerald Lake, this is now known as Lake Louise

Name Access: Luxton, Eleanor; Luxton, Georgina; Luxton, Norman; Luxton, George; Luxton, Ada (Livingston); Luxton, Patricia; Luxton, Louis; Luxton, Harold; Hosking, Olive (Luxton); Hosking, Edgar; Hosking, Dorothy; McDougall, David Hardisty; Foster, Nellie (Luxton); Dodd, Florence E

Subject Access: Portrait; Family and personal life; Leisure; Animals

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; Calgary; United States of America; Minnesota; Minneapolis; Radium; Lake Louise; Montreal; Field; Marble Canyon

Language: English

Category: Family and personal life; Sports, recreation and leisure

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Wildlife

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of 87 b&w photographs [including 17 stereograph photos] pertaining to various wildlife living in the Rockies. File includes images from a [1907] buffalo roundup in Montana, and other untitled photographs of buffalo; a bird sanctuary in Calgary; a fox farm; wildlife images from an albu…

Date Range: [ca.1905-1910]; 1906-1908; [ca.1915-1930]; 1920; [ca.1930-1940]

Reference Code: LUX / I / D6c / PA - 1 to 87

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print

99 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 / D6 : Other activities and interests

Accession Number: LUX

Reference Code: LUX / I / D6c / PA - 1 to 87

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print

Responsibility: Items LUX/I/D6c/PA-1 to 16 produced by N.A. Forsyth [Butte, Montana]; PA-57 to 59 produced by Pete Tasker; PA-69 produced by E.C. [Elliott Chappel?] Barnes

Date Range: [ca.1905-1910]; 1906-1908; [ca.1915-1930]; 1920; [ca.1930-1940]

Physical Description: 87 photographs : b&w ; 20.5 x 25 cm or smaller

Scope & Content: File consists of 87 b&w photographs [including 17 stereograph photos] pertaining to various wildlife living in the Rockies. File includes images from a [1907] buffalo roundup in Montana, and other untitled photographs of buffalo; a bird sanctuary in Calgary; a fox farm; wildlife images from an album titled “Banff the Beautiful”; two unidentified women posing near black bears at a local dump; and other animals in and around the Banff area, including beavers, moose, bighorn sheep, and deer.

Notes: LUX/I/D6c/PA-45 and 46 accompanied by handwritten note with printing instructions for negative copy of photograph [see Related Material]; File contains some duplicates

Material Details: Items LUX/I/D6c/PA-53 to 56 are scanned paper copies of original images retrieved from an album

Name Access: Barnes, Elliott; Tasker, Peter; Forsyth, Norman A.

Subject Access: Wildlife; Animals; Birds; Hunting; Buffalo; Bison; Bears; Black Bears; Bighorn Sheep; Sheep; Moose; Foxes; Conservation; Environment

Geographic Access: United States of America; Montana; Canada; Alberta; Johnson Lake; Banff; Banff National Park; Inglewood

Language: English

Related Material: Negative photograph LUX/I/D6c/NA-17 is related to items LUX/I/D6c/PA-45 and 46 in this file

Category: Environment; Exploration, discovery and travel; Family and personal life; Natural resources; Sports, recreation and leisure

Title Source: Original title used

Processing Status: Processed

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[untitled]

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: [An unidentified man and two women sitting in front of a Christmas tree.]

Reference Code: LUX / I / E4 / PA - 29

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph

1 image

Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Series: Norman Luxton

Sub-Series: I.E.4. Collected Material: Photographs

Reference Code: LUX / I / E4 / PA - 29

GMD: Photograph

Physical Description: 1 photograph : print

Scope & Content: [An unidentified man and two women sitting in front of a Christmas tree.]

Subject Access: Family and personal life

Geographic Access: United States of America

Creator: [Images attributed to Norman Luxton]

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[untitled]

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: [Norman Luxton and two unidentified men standing in front of a log house.]

Reference Code: LUX / I / E4 / PA - 30

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph

2 images

Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Series: Norman Luxton

Sub-Series: I.E.4. Collected Material: Photographs

Reference Code: LUX / I / E4 / PA - 30

GMD: Photograph

Physical Description: 1 photograph : print (front and back)

Scope & Content: [Norman Luxton and two unidentified men standing in front of a log house.]

Subject Access: Family and personal life

Geographic Access: United States of America

Creator: [Images attributed to Norman Luxton]

Content Details: "Max and Fred [Mitchell?]. G.B. Mitchell. New York, Aug. 1935."

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[untitled]

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: [Norman Luxton and two unidentified men standing in front of a log house.]

Reference Code: LUX / I / E4 / PA - 31

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph

2 images

Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Series: Norman Luxton

Sub-Series: I.E.4. Collected Material: Photographs

Reference Code: LUX / I / E4 / PA - 31

GMD: Photograph

Physical Description: 1 photograph : print (front and back)

Scope & Content: [Norman Luxton and two unidentified men standing in front of a log house.]

Subject Access: Family and personal life

Geographic Access: United States of America

Creator: [Images attributed to Norman Luxton]

Content Details: "Max and Fred [Mitchell?]. Columbia Valley, Aug. 1935."

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Travel and correspondence scrapbook [Spain, Greece, Egypt, Ireland, Hawaii, England]

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of one scrapbook containing photograph prints, postcard prints, newspaper clippings, and two typed pages pertaining to John McDougall and the "Indian Uprising" in Alberta in 1880, and Marion Carson. Visual content pertains to various members and friends of the Luxton family attending …

Date Range: 1954; 1959 - 1962; 1967; 1968; 1970

Reference Code: LUX / II / C / 1

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Postcard; Scrapbook; Photograph; Photograph print; Newspaper clipping

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 / 1

GMD: Postcard; Scrapbook; Photograph; Photograph print; Newspaper clipping

Date Range: 1954; 1959 - 1962; 1967; 1968; 1970

Physical Description: 1 scrapbook (59 b&w and col. prints ; 16.5 x 21.5 cm or smaller -- 3 newspaper clippings - 2 textual records)

Scope & Content: File consists of one scrapbook containing photograph prints, postcard prints, newspaper clippings, and two typed pages pertaining to John McDougall and the "Indian Uprising" in Alberta in 1880, and Marion Carson. Visual content pertains to various members and friends of the Luxton family attending domestic and international trips between 1954 and 1970, including trips to Victoria, B.C., Hawaii, Italy, Egypt, Hong Kong, Japan, Ireland, India, Greece and England.

Notes: Some items are heavily annotated on back, some dates and locations provided on pages of scrapbook; Many items loose in scrapbook

Name Access: McLean, Nell; McDougall, George; Mitchell, Frank

Subject Access: Travel; Tourism; Family and personal life; Buildings; Events; Animals; Sports and recreation

Geographic Access: United States of America; Hawaii; Italy; Rome; Egypt; Cairo; Spain; Greece; Athens; Ireland; Killarney; England; London

Reproduction Restrictions: Restrictions may apply

Language: English

Conservation: Handle with caution as some items are stored loose in album and may fall out; Item has been secured with unbleached cotton string to keep contents together; Pages have been interleaved to protect photographs from other materials

Category: Exploration, discovery and travel; Family and personal life

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

GMD: Album; Photograph; Photograph print; Scrapbook

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

Category: Family and personal life; Commerce and industry

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Hawaii, Japan, China cruise album

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of one album containing 28 colorized postcard print images, 227 black and white prints and one annotated hand-drawn diagram on paper. Content pertains to a boat cruise attended by Eleanor Luxton to Hawaii, Japan and China [1937]. Includes images of the interior and exterior of the cru…

Date Range: [ca. 1937]

Reference Code: LUX / II / C / PD - 2

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Album; Photograph; Photograph print; Drawing; Scrapbook

254 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 - 2

GMD: Album; Photograph; Photograph print; Drawing; Scrapbook

Date Range: [ca. 1937]

Physical Description: 1 album (255 b&w and col. prints ; 13.5 x 19.5 cm or smaller -- 1 diagram ; 6 x 4 cm)

Scope & Content: File consists of one album containing 28 colorized postcard print images, 227 black and white prints and one annotated hand-drawn diagram on paper. Content pertains to a boat cruise attended by Eleanor Luxton to Hawaii, Japan and China [1937]. Includes images of the interior and exterior of the cruise ship, as well as cruise staff members and on-board entertainment; landscapes, monuments and buildings; surfing; historic sites; dockyard scenes with unidentified workers; local individuals and families; and fishing and harvesting. Album also includes small tissue-like paper sheet with hand-drawn diagram of mechanical parts and measurements with annotations [possibly belonging to Eleanor Luxton, n.d.]

Notes: Most photographs are annotated on the lower front in white text with contextual information - location, name of landmark, etc.; Date provided is based on dating of similar items pertaining to cruise to Hawaii, Japan and China collected by Eleanor Luxton. Photographs are likely from the same trip, but not confirmed.

Name Access: Luxton, Eleanor

Subject Access: Travel; Tourism; Cruise ships; Boats; Fishing; Landscapes; Buildings; Statue; Community life; Commerce and industry; Dockyard; Labour; Farmland; Hotel

Geographic Access: United States of America; Hawaii; Japan; Kyoto; Yokohama; Kamakura; China; Canton; Guangzhou; Shanghai; Repulse Bay

Access Restrictions: Restrictions may apply

Reproduction Restrictions: Restrictions may apply

Language: English; Japanese

Conservation: Paper diagram in album has been placed in mylar sleeve and kept in original location; Consider removing metal ring bindings on album if they pose a risk of rust damage in future; Album has been secured with unbleached cotton string to prevent loose items from falling out

Related Material: LUX / II / E / 5

Category: Exploration, discovery and travel; Family and personal life; Commerce and industry; Labour; Transportation

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

GMD: Scrapbook; Textual record; Published record; Photograph; Photograph print

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

Category: Exploration, discovery and travel; Family and personal life; Commerce and industry; Arts

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

GMD: Photograph print; Photograph; Album

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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Summer & Autumn 1947 Canadian Rockies Trip [1/2]

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Part Of: Lillian Gest fonds

Scope & Content: File pertains to 103 35mm colour transparency slides mounted in cardboard sleeves. Includes photographs taken during the summer and autumn of 1947 in and around the Banff townsite, Lake O'Hara, and the Yoho Valley. Subjects include mountains, landscapes, the Bow River, lakes, people, horses, variou…

Date Range: 1947

Reference Code: V225 / II / C / ii / a / i / NS - 111 to 116

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Film; Photograph; Transparency

98 images 1 Electronic Resource

Part Of: Lillian Gest fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M67 / S36 / V225

Series: II.C. Activities / photography

Sous-Fonds: V225

Sub-Series: ii.a.i Photographic material / transparencies / boxes

Accession Number: 5142

Reference Code: V225 / II / C / ii / a / i / NS - 111 to 116

GMD: Film; Photograph; Transparency

Parallel Title: R79-1 to R124-15. -- 1943-1947 V225 / NS - 4

Date Range: 1947

Physical Description: 103 photographs : col. slides ; 35 mm

History / Biographical: See fonds level description

Scope & Content: File pertains to 103 35mm colour transparency slides mounted in cardboard sleeves. Includes photographs taken during the summer and autumn of 1947 in and around the Banff townsite, Lake O'Hara, and the Yoho Valley. Subjects include mountains, landscapes, the Bow River, lakes, people, horses, various camps [mostly Alpine Club of Canada camps], hiking, wildlife, the opening dedication of the A.O. Wheeler Hut, and the drive back home. Some slides missing; most explained in notebook. Titles: Ansco film Reel 111 July 1-1947 1. China - merion 2. [China - merion] 3. [China - merion] 4. [China - merion] 5. [China - merion] 6. Cherry tree 7. Eva in cherry tree 8. Same 9. BH. G under cherry tree 10. [BH. G] looks at cherries 11. [BH. G] picking cherries 12. [BH. G] and cherries 13. BH. G and Eva 14. Eva eating cherries 17. Iron Deer in shade 18. [Iron Deer] house in b.g. 19. Tulip poplar 20. BHG. under fringe tree 21. BHG. [under] twin pine 22. [BHG.] and her basket 23. [BHG.] close up Canadian Rockies 1947 Reel 112 Aug 4-47 1. Buck on edge of bank - Underexp. 2. [Buck] and BHG on back porch not bad 3. 2 bucks [and BHG on back porch] 0 of 7 7. Tree, Mt Cascade, buck in willows 8. Buck in shadow - morning 12. --- 14. 2 bucks morning down [illegible] 15. 2 bucks below Jand[?] pit poor 16. 2 bucks near pit poor 25. Fly spotted oulies[?] by Hatchery 26. BH. G in Suring Light Stuck 27. [BH. G in Suring] Best 28. [BH. G in Suring] 29. Ah hahina and rose bough 30. Ah hahina fr. road below 31. Ah hahina fr. road below better 32. Ah ha hina from road in front 33. Whiteman House - Cascade 34. Our driveway St. Julien Rd. and Meadow 35. Norquay fr. Ahhahina 36. Telegraph Pole Lane to town Reel 113 Aug 4-1947 2. St. Julien Rd. and Mt. Brewster 4. [Banff Springs Hotel fr. Tunnell] 7. Flowers on Tunnell - Bow R. below 8. Precipice on Tunnell fr. trail 9. Deer on bank Cascade in b.g 10. Rundle slopes of Astley 12. Eric and Meus[illegible] - slopes of Astley 13. Party on slopes of Astley - Eugene Eric Jean Vallances 16. [Party] 4 figures not posed 17. [Party] 5 figures [not posed] 20. Peter and Jean 21. Party on shoulder of Mt. Astley 23. Fawns on lawn 28. Fawn by roadside 32. Fawn - doe and fawn back of tree 33. Fawn on lawn deep shadow 35. Fawn in grass - tree trunks in b.g 38. Doe and 2 fawns overexp. 39. 2 fawns 2 children Side and doe in b.g. Reel 114 Aug 1947 1. BH.G. in reclining chair 3. [Fawn in Harmon's garden] 4. [Fawn] nearer 5. Doe eating Mrs. H's flowers 6. Fawn moving - doe in b.g. poor 7. Deer at Harmon's gate 8. Fawn in woods 9. Little Bear and girl 10. Little bear and boy 11. [Little bear] on road 17. [Beaver] and one under water Reel 115 Aug 22. 47 1. Moose moving in woods - not mounted 2. Moose in stream 3. [Moose] running 6. [Moose] fair 9. BHG. at stream at Picnic Place 10. BHG and Sig [at Picnic Place] 12. Sawback Pinnacle 13. [Sawback Pinnacle] 16. P.O and Cars - Mt. Cascade 17. Mt. Astley 18A. Hermit Range 18B. Hermit Range 20. Line going up snow on Abbot Reel 116 Aug 31 - 1947 1. Mt Cheops 3. On [Glacier Creek] 2 climbers 4. Ascent on snow. gl. crest. 5. Crowd ascending snow 6. Lunch glacier Crest. 8. Avalanche and Eagle fr. gl. Crest. 9. Lunch on gl. Crest. 10. Mt. Burney 11. Castor and Pollux 12. Descent fr. gl. Crest. 13. Snow descent fr. Perley Rock 13A. Sir Donald 14. Party on Perley Rock 15. On Perley Rock 16. Mr. Dowler and Polly 17. Mr. [Dowler] and his saw 18. Packing to High Camp 19. [Packing to High Camp] 20. [Packing to High Camp] 21. [blank] 22. [blank] 23. Camp fr. Aval. Lookout 26. B.C. trail 27. Sunday Service McRuer up 28. [Sunday Service McRuer] 29. [Sunder Service] hymns 30. Washing dishes 32. Richardson and Horst 33. Edward and the Wheelers 34. Bob and Jim 35. Bob and Jim close up 36. Wheeler Hut

Notes: Slide numbering kept as originally organized, see SL I for more information (M67 / II / C / i / a / 51 - 1). Please note: titles listed below are only those located in this box. Some others have been romved from their original order for use in slide shows made by Lillian Gest prior to accession. Please see related material notebook SL I for full title lists.

Name Access: Gest, Lillian; Harmon, Byron; Harmon, Aileen; Hinman, Caroline; Sampson, Herbert E.

Subject Access: Activities; Administration; Alpine Club of Canada; Animals; Automobiles; Backpacking; Banff Springs Hotel; Boats; Buildings; Cabins; Cabins and shelters; Camping; Camps; Climbing; Club; Environment; Environment and Nature; Exploration; Family and personal life; Fishing; Flowers; Glaciers; Guides; Hiking; Horse packing; Horses; Hotels; Landscapes; Mountain; Mountains; Mountaineering; National parks and reserves; Organizations; Outfitters; Pack trips; Personal and Professional Life; Photography; Prince of Wales Hotel; Recreation; Sports and leisure; Sports and recreation; Swiss Guides; Tourism; Trails; Travel; Wheeler Hut; Wildlife

Geographic Access: Banff; Banff National Park; Yoho National Park; Seebe; Kananaskis; Waterton; Waterton National Park; Alberta; British Columbia; Canada; Great Falls; Montana; Yellowstone National Park; United States of America

Language: NA

Conservation: Removed from original boxes and rehoused in slide sleeves and acid-free folders.

Creator: Gest, Lillian

Title Source: Title based on contents of file.

Processing Status: Processed

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Autumn 1947 Canadian Rockies & US Auto Trip [2/2]

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Part Of: Lillian Gest fonds

Scope & Content: File pertains to 100 35mm colour transparency slides mounted in cardboard sleeves. Includes photographs taken during the summer and autumn of 1947 in and around the Banff townsite, Lake O'Hara, and the Yoho Valley. Subjects include mountains, landscapes, the Bow River, lakes, people, horses, variou…

Date Range: 1947

Reference Code: V225 / II / C / ii / a / i / NS - 117 to 124a

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Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M67 / S36 / V225

Series: II.C. Activities / photography

Sous-Fonds: V225

Sub-Series: ii.a.i Photographic material / transparencies / boxes

Accession Number: 5142

Reference Code: V225 / II / C / ii / a / i / NS - 117 to 124a

GMD: Film; Photograph; Transparency

Parallel Title: R79-1 to R124-15. -- 1943-1947 V225 / NS - 4

Date Range: 1947

Physical Description: 100 photographs : col. slides ; 35 mm

History / Biographical: See fonds level description

Scope & Content: File pertains to 100 35mm colour transparency slides mounted in cardboard sleeves. Includes photographs taken during the summer and autumn of 1947 in and around the Banff townsite, Lake O'Hara, and the Yoho Valley. Subjects include mountains, landscapes, the Bow River, lakes, people, horses, various camps [mostly Alpine Club of Canada camps], hiking, wildlife, the opening dedication of the A.O. Wheeler Hut, and the drive back home. Some slides missing; most explained in notebook. Titles: Reel 117 Sept 1947 2. [Wheeler Hugh Dedication] 3. group at [Dedication] 4. H.E. Sampson speaking 5. Sir Oliver Wheeler 6. Bonldew Prastice 7. [Bonldew Prastice] 8. Belaying from above 9. Roping down 11. Sid and Eric 12. Phebe and Polly on road 13. My tentmates 14. Banff Musance[?] Park sign 16. Elk on mud flats 17. [Elk on mud flats] 18. [Elk] morning 19. Elk and Roy T. 20. [Elk] overexp. 21. Elk 26. Lamb descending rocks 27. Ewe and lamb 29. Rams at Bankhead - nearer 30. [Rams at Bankhead] further 31. [Rams at Bankhead] moving off Reel 118 Sept 1947 8 pictures 6. Delphiniums good 10. Sheep in swamp fair 12. [Sheep in swamp] overexp. 20. Mt. Eisenhower good 8/2 Reel 119- Sept 1947 13. View down river 15. Dam at Seebe 8/10 18. Aileen and Mrs B. at Seebe 19. [Aileen and Mrs B.] and house at Seebe Reel 120 Sept 1947 1. Down Couloir fr. Sawback Pinnacle 7. Bear on road overexp. 8. [Bear on road overexp.] 17. House and garden near Grassi's 21. Buffalo Reel 121 Sept 1947 6. Bears at dump 13. The Bear Show 15. Goose flats - Bow R. 17. BHG. at window A-ha-hi-na 19. Mt Rundle and reflections Reel 122 Sept 22. 47 1. The Sea Cadet Races 2. [The Sea Cadet Races] Boathouses in b.g. 3. [The Sea Cadet Races] Mt. Cascade 4. Sunset on Fairholme Range 5. Goat at paddock 6. [Goat at paddock] 12. Rundle fr. Vermilion Lakes 13. Mt. Rundle and Reflections 15. Fr Bridge - moon over Bourgeau 16. At Mrs. Lyalls - C.H. and Mrs L. 18. The Wee Hoose 19. Mrs. Lyalls garden 20. Kilmorey Lodge - Dodge and C.H. 21. Waterton from P of W. Hotel Reel 123 Oct 1947 1. The road home 2. Sheep on road 3. Sheep moving off road 5. View out back of car - sheep 6. Giant Springs of great Falls, Mont. 7. Feeding dogs at Rodman Ranch 9. Mrs. Rodman and dog 10. Hayel and 2 pups - standing 11. Hayel sitting down and pups 12. Yellowstone 13. Caroline near pool - Yellowstone 14. L.G. by pool 15. Yellowstone - 16. Old Faithful and circle of people 19. [Old Faithful] no people 21. [Old Faithful] and trees and road Reel 124 Oct. 10 - 47 1. Durls Tower from foot on trail 2. [Durls Tower from foot on trail] 4. Blank 5. Durls Tower whole with trees 6. [Durls Tower] solid mass 7. [Durls Tower] fr. auto road 11. Grain fields and trees 13. [Rushmore memorial] 14. [Rushmore memorial] thru window 15. The road home - drive [illegible] 16. Wheat fields 18. BHG. on enclosed porch 19. Enclosed porch BHG. 20. 650 Hayle[illegible] ave - good of house 21. Peace Rose The last 10 slides [named 124a] depict sites around Yellowstone National Park and were most likely purchased by Lillian Gest while visiting the park. The slides' matting paper states they were manufactured by the park and all are wrapped in a thin plastic sleeve.

Notes: Slide numbering kept as originally organized, see SL I for more information (M67 / II / C / i / a / 51 - 1). Please note: titles listed below are only those located in this box. Some others have been romved from their original order for use in slide shows made by Lillian Gest prior to accession. Please see related material notebook SL I for full title lists. R112 - not numbered slides ; 12 omitted R113 - not numbered slides R114 - not numbered slides

Name Access: Gest, Lillian; Harmon, Byron; Harmon, Aileen; Hinman, Caroline; Sampson, Herbert E.

Subject Access: Activities; Administration; Alpine Club of Canada; Animals; Automobiles; Backpacking; Banff Springs Hotel; Boats; Buildings; Cabins; Cabins and shelters; Camping; Camps; Climbing; Club; Environment; Environment and Nature; Exploration; Family and personal life; Fishing; Flowers; Glaciers; Guides; Hiking; Horse packing; Horses; Hotels; Landscapes; Mountain; Mountains; Mountaineering; National parks and reserves; Organizations; Outfitters; Pack trips; Personal and Professional Life; Photography; Prince of Wales Hotel; Recreation; Sports and leisure; Sports and recreation; Swiss Guides; Tourism; Trails; Travel; Wheeler Hut; Wildlife

Geographic Access: Banff; Banff National Park; Yoho National Park; Seebe; Kananaskis; Waterton; Waterton National Park; Alberta; British Columbia; Canada; Great Falls; Montana; Yellowstone National Park; United States of America

Language: NA

Conservation: Removed from original boxes and rehoused in slide sleeves and acid-free folders.

Creator: Gest, Lillian

Title Source: Title based on contents of file.

Processing Status: Processed

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1939 Western US and Canadian Rockies Trip [2/2]

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Part Of: Lillian Gest fonds

Scope & Content: File pertains to 173 35mm colour transparency slides mounted in carboard sleeves. Pertain to Waterton Lakes National Park region; Grandview Ranch; Frank Slide; Grand Coulee Dam; Mason City; Mount Rainer; Crater Lake; Mount Hood; fish hatchery; Columbia River area; [Bonneville?] Dam and salmon ladde…

Date Range: 1939

Reference Code: V225 / II / C / ii / a / i / NS - 14 to 22

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Film; Photograph; Transparency

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Fonds Number: M67 / S36 / V225

Series: II.C. Activities / photography

Sous-Fonds: V225

Sub-Series: ii.a.i Photographic material / transparencies / boxes

Accession Number: 5142

Reference Code: V225 / II / C / ii / a / i / NS - 14 to 22

GMD: Film; Photograph; Transparency

Parallel Title: R13 to R22, 1939 Box II. -- 1939 V225 / NS - 2

Date Range: 1939

Physical Description: 173 photographs : col. slides ; 35 mm

History / Biographical: See fonds level description.

Scope & Content: File pertains to 173 35mm colour transparency slides mounted in carboard sleeves. Pertain to Waterton Lakes National Park region; Grandview Ranch; Frank Slide; Grand Coulee Dam; Mason City; Mount Rainer; Crater Lake; Mount Hood; fish hatchery; Columbia River area; [Bonneville?] Dam and salmon ladders; friends and associates, including B.H.G., Charlie Hunter and Caroline [Hinman?]. -- See notebook SL I for more information (M67/51).

Notes: Titles on box lid: Glacier Park; After camp; Auto trip; Auto trip. Slide numbering kept as originally organized, see notebook SL I for more information (M67 / II / C / i / a / 51 - 1). Titles: Reel 14 1. Appekunny Lake and goldenrod 2. Boots, glasses, ice ax 3. Many gl. Hotel from Mt. Altyn 4. [Many gl. Hotel from Mt. Altyn] 5. Charley's - house and chicken houses 6. The pigs - five little ones and mother 7. Charley's house - front view 8. Barn - grandview Ranch 9. Charley's house - front view 11. Wheat fields and Charley on horseback 12. Farm houses and cow 13. Charley riding in 14. Caroline weeding garden 15. St. Mary's Lake fron Sun Chalet 16. BH.G. and "Sig" - porch at Sun Chalet 17. Going-to-the-Sun Mt. 18. Hills point and cottage fr. Sun Chalet 19. Chipmunk at Caroline's feet 20. [Chipmunk at Caroline's feet] Reel 15 1. Logan Pass Highway w. of summit 2. Same - further view to left 3. Porch and flower boxes, Mac P. Hotel 4. St. Mary's lake 6. Same view fr. nearer edge of road 7. Cracker[?] Lake first view 8. [Cracker[?] Lake] fr. near end 9. Cracker Lake fr. side of Red Rock 10. Cracker Lake reflections 11. Caroline at lunch place - Cracker Lake 12. My foot 13. Cracker mine mines 14. Caroline is swimming 15. Red Rock fr. across lake 16. Down the stream fr. lake 18. Auto Road and Chief Mt. 19. Cameron Falls Reel 16 1. Down valley to [blank] Lake 2. Charley and fire in bushes 3. Upper lakes and fishermen in dist. 4. Charley on upper trail 5. Waterton and lake from trail thru trees 6. Same without mt. 7. From Spray glacier 8. Party on Spray glacier 9. Party at lunch place - Spray gl. 10. Deer on lawn 12. Deer and tourists 13. Launch at wharf - Mac D. Lake 14. Mac D. Hotel - BH.G. on balcony 15. Close-up of deer 16. Town of Frank and rockslide 17. Train at site of Frank 18. Road through boulders of slide 19. Grand Coulee Dam - first view Same as 1714 Reel 17 1. Dam at night 2. Dam fr. below - Mason City side (E) 3. Dam fr. bridge below 4. Part of Coulee Dam and dam from bridge 5. Part of east side and dam [from bridge] 6. Gov't village and children on lawn 7. Dam fr. below [?] east side fr. [illegible] 8. Dam fr. below same as 7 - [illegible] 9. Dam [fr. below] sae as 7, less foreground 10. Dam fr. above taken at w. side viewpoint 11. Same from avobe the dam, on west side 12. Same - shows full dam and east side above dam 13. From w. side viewpoint - shows east side 14. Dam and villages from hill (same as first view) 15. Villages fr. hills on west side 16. From west side looking up Col. R. 17. Road down hill into grand Coulee 18. Coulee Dam villages fr. hill 19. Road into Grand Coulee Reel 18 1. Lakes at foot of Dry Falls 2. Looking down Lower Coulee - lake[?] 3. Road - looking down lake in Lower Coulee 4. Looking up same lake of Lower Coulee 5. Mt. Rainier fr. our camp site 6. Outlying peaks - Mt Adams ? 7. [Outlying peaks] further to right 8. Slopes of Rainier - Gibralter[?] Rock 9. C.H. on glacier 10. L.S. [on glacier] 11. Mt Rainier with cloud 12. Clouds in valley - Mt. Hood ? 13. Outliers[?] and clouds in valley - further to left 14. Similar Mt. better than 12 15. Mt. Rainier fr. road around to west 16. C.H. on stone seat - fr. same place 17. Surf on rocks 18. Surf on rocks below Furistone[?] 19. [Surf on rocks below Furistone[?]] 20. Furistone[?] Cottage - C.H. Reel 19 1. Rocks and surf at Sporting rocks 2. View further to right 3. [View further to right] again 4. Seal rocks 5. Bay above seal rock and parth to cave 6. Seal cave (best) 7. Seal cave 8. Double exposure - cave 9. Chipmunks at oregon caves w. children 11. Crater Lake from Summit Memorial 12. Crater lake and Wizard Is. [from Summit Memorial] 13. Same further to left [from Summit Memorial] 14. Lake, and still further to the left [from Summit Memorial] 15. Lake fr. terrace below hotel 16. Caroline on trail by tree 17. Lodge fr. across valley on trail up Mt. 18. Lake and Wizard Island thru trees 19. Trail up Mt. 20. Trail and lodge beyond Reel 20 1. Crater Lake and phantom ship 2. Crater Lake and Wizard Is. thru trees 3. [Crater Lake and Wizard Is.] no trees 4. Caroline on seat 5. L.S. [on seat] 6. View over pummice (?) flats 7. Rim trail and lake 8. Bears at feeding grounds 9. Same nearer 10. Lake through trees - from trail detours to lake 11. [Lake through trees] C.H. on trail [detours to lake] 12. Lake [through trees] dark 13. Shore of Crater Lake - boats 15. Trees and figure walking around crate[?] 16. C.H. on crater [illegible] of Is. - trees and lake 17. Dead trees against sky 18. Trail in deep woods on Wizard Is. 19. Lake and shore of Wizard Island 20. C.H. in boat Reel 21 1. Crater Lake through dark trees 3. Road around lake, and bluff beyond 4. Lake and reflection - morning we left 5. Wheat fields and Mt. Jefferson in dist. 6. Mt. Hood and Mount Winter 7. CH. at parapet of TImberline Lodge Mt Jeff. in dist. 8. Mt. Hood from Timberline Lodge 9. Timberline Lodge 10. Mt. Hood fr. Cloud Cap Inn 11. Distant view from same towards Adams and Rainier 12. Bonneville Dam - spillways 13. Part of dam - looking straight down 14. Bonneville Dam from above 15. [Bonneville Dam from] below 16. Power plant - building in process 17. Salmon ladders 18. Salmon 19. Salmon (better) 20. Lock - highest lift in world ? Reel 22 1. View above lock - Bonneville Dam 2. Gov't town and baby Salmon waterway 5. Pool in fish hatchery and fish 6. Sturgeon in pool 9. Horsetail falls - dark 10. Down Columbia R. fr. Vista Point 11. Up [Columbia R. fr. Vista Point] 12. Falls where we lunched 13. Upper part Col. R. Highway 14. Down river at same point 15. Falls in river 16. Forest fire [illegible] at St. Mary's 17. [Forest fire [illegible] at St. Mary's] 18. Cape Myrtle at Merion 19. Merion - B.H. G. and cape Myrtle 20. Merion - B.H. G. that oh don't look

Name Access: Gest, Lillian; Hinman, Caroline; Prescott, Polly; Prescott, Kay; Brooks, Eric; Munday, Phyllis; Wheeler, John Oliver; Kingman, Henry S.; Bloch-Hiller, Walter; Bloch-Hiller, Paula; Kramer, Andrew; Feuz, Walter

Subject Access: Activities; Administration; Alpine Club of Canada; Animals; Automobiles; Backpacking; Boats; Buildings; Cabins; Cabins and shelters; Camping; Camps; Climbing; Club; Environment; Environment and Nature; Exploration; Family and personal life; Fishing; Flowers; Glaciers; Guides; Hiking; Horse packing; Horses; Hotels; Landscapes; Mountain; Mountains; Mountaineering; National parks and reserves; Organizations; Outfitters; Pack trips; Personal and Professional Life; Photography; Recreation; Sports and leisure; Sports and recreation; Swiss Guides; Tourism; Trails; Travel; Wildlife

Geographic Access: Washington; Oregon; United States of America

Language: NA

Conservation: Removed from original boxes and rehoused in slide sleeves and acid-free folders. R22 18-20 missing - locate if possible.

Creator: Gest, Lillian

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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1939 Western US and Canadian Rockies Trip [1/2]

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Scope & Content: File pertains to 172 35mm colour transparency slides mounted in cardboard sleeves. Pertains to rodeo events; views from around Glacier National Park, U.S.A.; A.C.C. Goodsirs summer camp, 1939; Prince of Wales Hotel; friends and associates including Polly Prescott, Kay [Prescott], Lillian Gest, Eric…

Date Range: 1939

Reference Code: V225 / II / C / ii / a / i / NS - 3 to 13

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Film; Photograph; Transparency

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Fonds Number: M67 / S36 / V225

Series: II.C. Activities / photography

Sous-Fonds: V225

Sub-Series: ii.a.i Photographic material / transparencies / boxes

Accession Number: 5142

Reference Code: V225 / II / C / ii / a / i / NS - 3 to 13

GMD: Film; Photograph; Transparency

Parallel Title: R3 to R13, 1939 Box 1. -- 1939PHYS 172 transparencies : colour. V225 / NS - 1

Date Range: 1939

Physical Description: 172 photographs : col. slides ; 35 mm

History / Biographical: See fonds level description.

Scope & Content: File pertains to 172 35mm colour transparency slides mounted in cardboard sleeves. Pertains to rodeo events; views from around Glacier National Park, U.S.A.; A.C.C. Goodsirs summer camp, 1939; Prince of Wales Hotel; friends and associates including Polly Prescott, Kay [Prescott], Lillian Gest, Eric Brooks, Phyllis Munday, John Wheeler, the Kingmans, Walter and Paula Bloch-Hiller, Sig[?], B.H.G., Andrew Kramer, Ernest [Feuz], and Rudolph [Aemmer?]. Titles: Reel 3 1939? 8 - Horses on road near [illegible] 9 - Road near St. Mary's w. clouds 16 - [Rodeo bucking] 17 - [Rodeo bucking] 18 - Rodeo people on fence 19 - [Rodeo] fence and chutes 20 - [Rodeo fence and chutes] 21 - [Rodeo fence and chutes] Reel 4 2 - Calf-roping 3 - Two med. Lake fr. Mt. Henry 7 - Meadow of flowers 8 - Shooting star [flower] 9 - Rabbit 10 - Fishermen by bridge 11 - Lower Two Med. Lake 12 - Pompeely's [?] Pillar? 15 - [Beargrass] (best) 16 - Queen cup 17 - [Queen cup] 19 - BH.G. - Trick Falls trail Reel 5 1939? 1 - Trick Falls best 2 - [Trick Falls] more to left 3 - BH.G. arm on stump 4 - BH.G. on bridge - Trick Falls trail 5 - Old tree above Two Med. 7 - Two med Lake fr. Astor Creek shoulder 8 - Mary [?] glacier Lake from our balcony - South [?] 9 - Looking across lake [from our balcony] west 10 - Lake Josephine and wharf w. boats 11 - Same without Mt. [illegible] 12 - Trail to Grinnell Gl. 13 - Grinnell Lake 14 - Grinnell Lake 15 - Ptarmigan Lake - Polly and Kay 16 - [Ptarmigan Lake] fr. trail to tunnel 17 - At [Ptarmigan Lake] tunnel - Polly, Kay, L.G. [Lillian Gest] 18 - [At Ptarmigan Lake tunnel] CCC and Polly Reel 6 1. A[?] Pass and Lake Helen 2. Crossley Lake and tents 3. [Crossley Lake] no tents 4. Towards Indian Pass 6. Towards Ahew[?] Pass - Lake 7. Lake Elizabeth (?) Kay and Polly 8. Polly wading 9. [Polly wading] 10. [Polly wading] 11. Kay [wading] 12. [Kay wading] 13. [Kay wading] w. foot up 14. [Kay wading] near shore 15. Lake Helen - reflections - down valley 16. Mt. and snow bank Ahew[?] Pass 17. At hell on Swift current pass - P. and K. 18. Polly on trail to marry[?] from pass Reel 7 1939 1. People under eating fly 2. Ms. Munday and Kingmans 3. Boys pealing potatoes 4. N. Tower w. clouds 5. Aletta[?] at tent 6. Laundry at lady's quarters 7. Sauna 8. Sox and boots near tent 9. Tent and stream 10. Survey station peak - "Black and white" 11. Party leaving camp 12. Same - Ennis party before leaving 13. Head of valley fr. rocky flats 15. Hanbury fr. rocky flats 16. Chancellor in clouds 17. N. Tower and clouds 18. Mt. Hanbury[?] 19. N. Tower 20. Mt. Hanbury[?] fr. nearer camp Reel 8 1939 Camp ACC 1. Goodsir N. Tower at sunset 2. Party on alplands[?] en route to Vaux 3. Chancellor from [alplands[?] en route to Vaux] 4. N. Tower and G. from same 5. Party on rocks - Roger getting out rope 6. Chancellor - twin peaks appear 7. Up the route to High Camp 9. Party standing on Vaux Glacier 10. High Camp - Roger in distance 12. Party on glacier 13. [Party on glacier] closer - diff background 14. [Party on glacier] on ice axes 15. Lunch on top 16. Chancellor fr. Vaux 17. Church Service 18. [Church Service] sun out 19. N. Tower at sunset 20. N. Tower [at sunset] Reel 9 1. Aylards [?] and Miss Gullion 2. Mr. Laird and Miss Burns 3. Eric Brooks 4. Grahams and party 5. [Grahams and party] 6. [Grahams and party] 7. Peckham, Helen Yellmer [?] and John Wheeler 8. Packers and horse 9. Mrs. Forbes, Peckham, Kingman 10. Woodie Kingman 11. Walter Bloch-Hillen and Miss Gullion 12. Woodie Kingman - close up 13. Andrew Kiamer 14. Packer and horse 15. Group watching packing 16. ? , Ernest, Rudolph 17. Ernest and clincher on trail by tent 18. Major Tweedy - hand out 19. [Major Tweedy] close-up of same 20. Paula Bloch-Hillen Reel 10 1. Head of Ice RIver valley 2. Party on trail to zinc Creek camp 3. Mt Chancellor 4. [Mt Chancellor] with cloud 5. [Mt Chancellor] and Kay on trail 6. S. Tower Goodsir fr. zinc Creek 7. N. [Tower Goodsir fr. sinc Creek] 8. Chancellor fr. zinc Creek trail w. Polly 9. Tent and figure - Zinc Creek camp 10. S. Tower fr. Zinc Col. 11. Chancellor [fr. Zinc Col.] 12. Zinc Mt. 13. Goodsirs from Martius Ridge 14. Rex's rope on [Martius Ridge] 15. Same and Martius Peak 16. View probably towards wash[illegible] 17. Andrew on summit 18. Goodsirs again 19. Rex;s rope 20. Eric on horseback Reel 11 1. Hans Fuhrer 2. Taking down tent 4. Eating fly supports 5. Pile of duffle 6. Tweedy and one of men taking down fly 7. Rangers cabin and guides 8. Kay on bridge over Lodalite Creek 9. Car on road, Yoho in distance 10. Same further to right - less of car 11. Mt. Hector from road 12. Polly and Katie 13. Mt Chephron and road 14. Road working up Mistaya bel. Patterson[?] 15. Mt Weed from lower Mistaya valley 16. Polly Kay Phyl - up Mistaya valley to Chephron 18. Waterfowl lake and up Mistaya valley 19. Same - but more to left 20. Mt. [illegible] ? Reel 12 1. Peyto Lookout - view to north 2. Katie w. movie camera; Peyto lookout 3. Up Peyto glacier to Mt. Rhonda (?) 4. Banff and Mt. Cascade 5. Gopher and lunch box gimmell[?] gl. 7. Jim Whilt 8. Jim and party at lunch place - gimmell gl. 9. Tickle grass at Sherbourne Lake 10. [Tickle grass at Sherbourne Lake] 11. Sherbourne Lake and view up valley 12. Flowers along road to many[?] 13. Annette, Sam and rig 14. [Annette, Sam and rig] 15. Chief Mt. and road 16. Brown eyed Susan 17. Close up [Brown eyed Susan] 19. Mother at Price of Wales Reel 13 1. Prince of Wales Hotel 2. Waterton Lake, Mt. Cleveland in dist. 4. [Waterton Lake] village fr. Prince of Wales 5. [Waterton Lake village fr. Prince of Wales] 6. Fawn by tree 7. Fawn in bush 8. Chief Mt. and tiny lake 9. Appekunny Falls 10. [Appekunny Falls] lower part 11. Falls aobve Appenkunny 12. Flower decked falls ab. Appenkunny 13. Flowers by falls 14. Same - nearer 15. Fireweed by stream 16. Meadow of flowers by stream 17. Monkey flowers 19. Coffee pot, fire, cup and rucksask

Notes: Titles on box lid: Glacier before camp; Camp; Camp - trip back; Glacier after camp. Slide numbering kept as originally organized, see notebook SL I for more information (M67 / II / C / i / a / 51 - 1).

Name Access: Gest, Lillian; Prescott, Polly; Prescott, Kay; Brooks, Eric; Munday, Phyllis; Wheeler, John Oliver; Kingman, Henry S.; Bloch-Hiller, Walter; Bloch-Hiller, Paula; Kramer, Andrew; Feuz, Walter

Subject Access: Activities; Administration; Alpine Club of Canada; Animals; Automobiles; Backpacking; Boats; Buildings; Cabins; Cabins and shelters; Camping; Camps; Climbing; Club; Environment; Environment and Nature; Exploration; Family and personal life; Fishing; Flowers; Glaciers; Guides; Hiking; Horse packing; Horses; Hotels; Landscapes; Mountain; Mountains; Mountaineering; National parks and reserves; Organizations; Outfitters; Pack trips; Personal and Professional Life; Photography; Recreation; Sports and leisure; Sports and recreation; Swiss Guides; Tourism; Trails; Travel; Wildlife

Geographic Access: Banff; Lake Louise; Banff National Park; Alberta; Canada; Washington; United States of America

Language: NA

Conservation: Removed from original boxes and rehoused in slide sleeves and acid-free folders.

Related Material: M67 / II / C / i / a / 51 - 1 to 4

Creator: Gest, Lillian

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Part Of: Bert Riggall fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of 437 b&w negative photographs pertaining to Riggall pack trains and camps, and day trips in the Beehive, Kintla Creek, Mount Lyall, Yarrow Creek, Cache Creek and other areas.

Date Range: [ca.1904 to ca.1959]

Reference Code: V26 / IX / C / NA (C1 to C16)

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Negative

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Part Of: Bert Riggall fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M376 / V26

Series: IX. Riggall Negatives Scanned and Described

Sous-Fonds: V26

Accession Number: 7102

Reference Code: V26 / IX / C / NA (C1 to C16)

GMD: Photograph; Negative

Date Range: [ca.1904 to ca.1959]

Physical Description: 437 photographs : b&w negatives

Scope & Content: File consists of 437 b&w negative photographs pertaining to Riggall pack trains and camps, and day trips in the Beehive, Kintla Creek, Mount Lyall, Yarrow Creek, Cache Creek and other areas.