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Canadian commercial postcards

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Part Of
Luxton family fonds
Scope & Content
File consists of commercial postcards with images pertaining to landscapes, tourist attractions, Stoney Nakoda community members [including Leah Rider Hunter], winter sports, wildlife and other related themes within Canada. Images primarily depict scenes in Banff National Park and the Canadian Rock…
Date Range
[1910-1930]
Reference Code
LUX / I / E5 / PG - 1 to 63
Description Level
5 / File
GMD
Published record
Postcard
Part Of
Luxton family fonds
Description Level
5 / File
Fonds Number
LUX
Series
LUX / I / E : Collected materials
Sous-Fonds
LUX / I : Norman Luxton sous-fonds
Sub-Series
LUX / I / E5 : Postcards
Accession Number
LUX
Reference Code
LUX / I / E5 / PG - 1 to 63
GMD
Published record
Postcard
Responsibility
Most images in file produced by photographer Byron Harmon; some materials produced by photographers George Noble, G. & W. Fear, Rumsey & Co. Ltd, and J.C. Walker
Date Range
[1910-1930]
Physical Description
63 b&w postcards ; 9 x 14 cm
Scope & Content
File consists of commercial postcards with images pertaining to landscapes, tourist attractions, Stoney Nakoda community members [including Leah Rider Hunter], winter sports, wildlife and other related themes within Canada. Images primarily depict scenes in Banff National Park and the Canadian Rockies, and also include content from Saskatchewan and British Columbia.
Notes
Date range for materials in file is estimate provided by Processing Archivist
Some items are annotated with information pertaining to images on postcards [names of individuals, locations, etc.]
Name Access
Hunter, Leah Rider
McDougall, David
Subject Access
Activities
Aerial photography
Animals
Businesses
Buildings
Buffalo
Bison
Black Bears
Communities
Community life
Community events
Dogs
Dogsledding
Environment
Hot Springs
Hotels
Indigenous Peoples
Landscapes
Leisure
Mountains
Mount Royal Hotel
Photography
Postcards
Recreation
Scenery
Snowshoes and snowshoeing
Sports and recreation
Sports
Stoney Nakoda
Tourism
Travel
Winter
Winter sports
Geographic Access
Canada
Alberta
Banff National Park
Banff
Saskatchewan
Loon Lake
British Columbia
Fairmont
Language
English
Conservation
Some items stored in mylar
Category
Commerce and industry
Cultural pluralism
Environment
Exploration, discovery and travel
Indigenous Peoples
Sports, recreation and leisure
Title Source
Title based on contents of file
Processing Status
Processed
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Personal scrapbook, early Banff and Morley

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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
GMD
Album
Photograph
Photograph print
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
Category
Cultural pluralism
First nations
Family and personal life
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
Electronic Resources
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Souvenir postcard album, Cuba

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Part Of
Luxton family fonds
Scope & Content
File consists of one album of colorized commercial postcards and one postcard print. Content pertains to tourist attractions and communities within Havana and other rural regions of Cuba. Subjects include unidentified local families and individuals, crop harvesting [including bananas, pineapples an…
Date Range
[ca. 1900 - ca. 1905]
1904
1909
1911
Reference Code
LUX / II / E / PD - 3
Description Level
5 / File
GMD
Postcard
Photograph
Photograph print
  98 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 - 3
GMD
Postcard
Photograph
Photograph print
Responsibility
Some items produced by Harris Bros. Co., and Curt Teich & Co.
Date Range
[ca. 1900 - ca. 1905]
1904
1909
1911
Physical Description
1 album (96 col. postcards ; 9 x 14 cm and 8 cm x 13.5 cm -- 1 print : b&w postcard ; 8 x 13 cm)
Scope & Content
File consists of one album of colorized commercial postcards and one postcard print. Content pertains to tourist attractions and communities within Havana and other rural regions of Cuba. Subjects include unidentified local families and individuals, crop harvesting [including bananas, pineapples and cane sugar], livestock, dockyard and wharf scenes, a street carnival and other community events in Havana, city views, Cuba's 1909 presidential inauguration, a mass burial site, cathedrals, landmarks, and botanical gardens. Most items not dated or annotated. Postcard print has personal message addressed to "David" [likely David McDougall] in 1909, and one postcard depicting mass burial site has personal message to David McDougall from Mr. Adam Mackenzie.
Notes
One postcard and b&w postcard print are annotated on back
Many items are duplicates of postcards in album LUX / II / E / PD - 4
Name Access
McDougall, David
Mackenzie, Adam
Subject Access
Tourism
Travel
Farmland
Animals
Churches
Memorial
Buildings
Businesses
Commerce
Community events
Horses
Transportation
Grave
Garden
Boats
Industry
Natural resources
Family and personal life
Geographic Access
Cuba
Havana
Reproduction Restrictions
Restrictions may apply
Language
English
Conservation
Handle with caution if temporarily removing item[s] from album as corner insert spaces holding postcards may tear easily
Related Material
LUX / II / E / PD - 4
Category
Exploration, discovery and travel
Commerce and industry
Environment
Natural resources
Transportation
Family and personal life
Title Source
Title based on contents of file
Processing Status
Processed
Electronic Resources
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Calgary Alberta Canada Souvenir Edition 1914

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Part Of
Luxton family fonds
Scope & Content
File consists of one copy of published text titled "Calgary Alberta Canada: Souvenir Edition 1914" [ed. B.S. White]. Pertains to the early settlement history, business development and expansion of Calgary, with articles featuring numerous local business owners, politicians and other professionals.
Date Range
1914
Reference Code
LUX / II / F1 / 45
Description Level
5 / File
GMD
Textual record
Published record
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 / 45
GMD
Textual record
Published record
Responsibility
Produced by the Western Standard Publishing Company
Date Range
1914
Physical Description
0.7 cm of textual records (1 volume ; 26 x 36.5 cm)
Scope & Content
File consists of one copy of published text titled "Calgary Alberta Canada: Souvenir Edition 1914" [ed. B.S. White]. Pertains to the early settlement history, business development and expansion of Calgary, with articles featuring numerous local business owners, politicians and other professionals.
Notes
First page annotated in pencil: "D. M.Dougall" [likely David McDougall]
Name Access
McDougall, David
Subject Access
Advertising
Businesses
Commerce
Commercial products
Communities
Finances
Industry
Land use
Land, settlement and immigration
History
Politics
Property
Government
Municipal views
Tourism
Geographic Access
Canada
Alberta
Calgary
Language
English
Conservation
Item has been placed in mylar
Category
Commerce and industry
Government
Title Source
Title based on contents of file
Processing Status
Processed
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Part Of
Canadian Pacific Railway fonds
Scope & Content
File pertains to reports pertaining to various properties throughout the Canadian Rockies. Some of the reports were compiled by Canadian Pacific Hotels Architectural Engineer Ed Steel. Reports outline the costs of materials and goods needed for or provided by bungalow camps, lodges, tea houses, bac…
Date Range
[ca.1925]
Reference Code
M584 / I / 01 - 07
Description Level
3 / Series
GMD
Organization record
Textual record
Part Of
Canadian Pacific Railway fonds
Description Level
3 / Series
Fonds Number
M584 / V782
Series
I : organizational records
Sous-Fonds
M584
Accession Number
303, 304, 1471, 1086, 1544, 3288, 6740, 7071, 2021.18
Reference Code
M584 / I / 01 - 07
GMD
Organization record
Textual record
Date Range
[ca.1925]
Physical Description
5 cm of textual records
Scope & Content
File pertains to reports pertaining to various properties throughout the Canadian Rockies. Some of the reports were compiled by Canadian Pacific Hotels Architectural Engineer Ed Steel. Reports outline the costs of materials and goods needed for or provided by bungalow camps, lodges, tea houses, backcountry camps, huts, and hotels, as well as dimensions of new additions to buildings/camps. Properties include Banff Springs Hotel, Chateua Lake Louise, Calgary Palliser Hotel and Station, Glacier House, Lake O'Hara, Yoho Valley, Radium Hot Springs, Moraine Lake, Lake Agnes, Plain of Six Glaciers, Mt. Assiniboine, Lake Windermere Ranch, Saddleback Rest House, Abbott Pass Hut, Sunshine Valley, Mystic Lake, Shadow Lake, Castle Mountain, Emerald Lake, and more.
Notes
Some records absorbed from old M48.
Name Access
Canadian Pacific Railway
Subject Access
Buildings
Buildings and facilities
Camps
Construction
Environment
Huts
Tourism
Trains
Transportation
Geographic Access
Banff National Park
Jasper National Park
Yoho National Park
Glacier
Alberta
British Columbia
Canada
Language
English
Title Source
Title based on contents of file
Processing Status
Processed
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Canadian Pacific film

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Part Of
Canadian Pacific Railway fonds
Scope & Content
File pertains to the screenplay for the 1948 film "Canadian Pacific" by Jack DeWitt. The film was made in Banff, directed by Nat Holt, and follows the construction of the line through the Rockies in the 1880s.
Date Range
[ca.1925]
Reference Code
M584 / II / 01
Description Level
3 / Series
GMD
Organization record
Textual record
Part Of
Canadian Pacific Railway fonds
Description Level
3 / Series
Fonds Number
M584 / V782
Series
II : screenplay
Sous-Fonds
M584
Accession Number
3502
Reference Code
M584 / II / 01
GMD
Organization record
Textual record
Date Range
[ca.1925]
Physical Description
5 cm of textual records
Scope & Content
File pertains to the screenplay for the 1948 film "Canadian Pacific" by Jack DeWitt. The film was made in Banff, directed by Nat Holt, and follows the construction of the line through the Rockies in the 1880s.
Notes
Record absorbed from old M48.
Name Access
Canadian Pacific Railway
Subject Access
Buildings
Buildings and facilities
Camps
Construction
Environment
Huts
Tourism
Trains
Transportation
Geographic Access
Banff
Lake Louise
Banff National Park
Jasper National Park
Yoho National Park
Glacier
Alberta
British Columbia
Canada
Language
English
Title Source
Title based on contents of file
Processing Status
Processed
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Canadian Pacific Railway fonds

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Part Of
Canadian Pacific Railway fonds
Scope & Content
Fonds consists of visual and texual material pertaining to the Canadian Pacific Railway and its holdings. Visual material conists of two series. Series I: lantern slides, Series II: prints. Textual material consists of two series. Series I: organizational records, Series II: the 1942 film "Canadian…
Date Range
[ca.1900-1950]
Reference Code
M584 / V782
Description Level
1 / Fonds
GMD
Photograph
Transparency
Lantern slide
Print
Organization record
Textual record
Part Of
Canadian Pacific Railway fonds
Description Level
1 / Fonds
Fonds Number
M584 / V782
Sous-Fonds
V782
Accession Number
303, 304, 625, 1471, 1086, 1544, 3288, 3502, 6740, 7071, 2014.8366, 2021.18
Reference Code
M584 / V782
GMD
Photograph
Transparency
Lantern slide
Print
Organization record
Textual record
Date Range
[ca.1900-1950]
Physical Description
69 b&w lantern slides, 5 cm of textual records, ca. 309 prints : b&w ; 27.9 x 20.3 cm or smaller
Scope & Content
Fonds consists of visual and texual material pertaining to the Canadian Pacific Railway and its holdings. Visual material conists of two series. Series I: lantern slides, Series II: prints. Textual material consists of two series. Series I: organizational records, Series II: the 1942 film "Canadian Pacific" screenplay and associated documents. Visual material includes black and white lantern slides and black and white prints depicting various scenes pertaining to travelling on the Canadian Pacific Railway and depict dining rooms, scnes involving trains and mountains, farming scenes and fields, people in train cars, various cities and towns, figures in natural landscapes, horses and horseback riding, mountains, waterfalls, skiing, ships, CP hotels, and other grand buildings [across Canada] such as Notre Dame Cathedral in Montreal. Textual material includes paper reports [some compiled by Canadian Pacific Hotels Architectural Engineer Ed Steel] detailing various construction and/or renovation projects for hotels, lodges, tea houses, bugalow camps, huts, and backcountry lodges throughout the Canadian Rockies as well as records pertaining to CP hotels in the Canadian Rockies, and the screenplay for "Canadian Pacific."
Notes
Slides were stored in rectangular wood box with leather handle on top, and metal handle at one end. White label that says “Lyon & Turnbull 432 04 February 2009” on lid of the box. Old, peeling, and stained label on top under handle, illegible. Faded, peeling labels on front, some words legible: “from the Canadian Pacific…” 2 stained and water damaged labels detached from box appear to be English shipping labels.“10” stamped in black on both ends of box. Stamped in black on rear of box: “Canadian Pacific Rly Co. 62 to 65 Charing Cross, London, S.W. 1. “3” engraved on upper rim of box. Box is divided into 3 sections with removable wood separators, small pieces of felt line 2 sections of the box.
Name Access
Canadian Pacific Railway
Subject Access
Buildings
Buildings and facilities
Camps
Construction
Environment
Huts
Tourism
Trains
Transportation
Geographic Access
Banff National Park
Jasper National Park
Yoho National Park
Glacier
Alberta
British Columbia
Canada
Language
Language is English
Title Source
Title based on contents of fonds
Content Details
Prints and some textual records absorbed from old records V121 and M48. Lantern slides donated to the Whyte Museum by Dr. William and Mrs. Wynn Bensen. The slides were purchased by the Bensens from Lyon and Turnbull in Scotland.
Processing Status
Processed
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Promotional Lantern Slides

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Part Of
Canadian Pacific Railway fonds
Scope & Content
File contains slides showing various cities and towns, scenes of nature including waterfalls, mountains, and fields, figures on horseback, dining rooms, a map of Canada and the Canadian Pacific Railway, ships, trains among mountains, and grand buildings. File also includes labels from the original …
Date Range
[c. 1930]
Reference Code
V782 / I / PS - 1 to PS - 42
Description Level
5 / File
GMD
Photograph
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Part Of
Canadian Pacific Railway fonds
Description Level
5 / File
Fonds Number
M584 / V782
Series
I : lantern slides
Sous-Fonds
V782
Accession Number
2014.8366
Reference Code
V782 / I / PS - 1 to PS - 42
GMD
Photograph
Date Range
[c. 1930]
Physical Description
42 photographs : b&w ; 8.2cm x 8.2cm
Scope & Content
File contains slides showing various cities and towns, scenes of nature including waterfalls, mountains, and fields, figures on horseback, dining rooms, a map of Canada and the Canadian Pacific Railway, ships, trains among mountains, and grand buildings. File also includes labels from the original storage box.
Name Access
Canadian Pacific Railway
Subject Access
Lantern slide
Photography
Promo
Trains
Tourism
Language
N/A
Conservation
Replace binding tape.
Title Source
Title based on content of file
Processing Status
Processed
Electronic Resources

v782_i_ps_inserts.pdf

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Promotional Lantern Slides

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Canadian Pacific Railway fonds
Scope & Content
File contains slides showing various cities and towns, scenes of nature including waterfalls, mountains, and fields, figures on horseback, dining rooms, a map of Canada and the Canadian Pacific Railway, ships, trains among mountains, and grand buildings. File also includes labels from the original …
Date Range
[c. 1930]
Reference Code
V782 / I / PS - 43 to PS - 69
Description Level
5 / File
GMD
Transparency
Lantern slide
  27 images     1 Electronic Resource  
Part Of
Canadian Pacific Railway fonds
Description Level
5 / File
Fonds Number
M584 / V782
Series
I : lantern slides
Sous-Fonds
V782
Accession Number
2014.8366
Reference Code
V782 / I / PS - 43 to PS - 69
GMD
Transparency
Lantern slide
Date Range
[c. 1930]
Physical Description
27 photographs : b&w slides ; 8.2cm x 8.2cm
Scope & Content
File contains slides showing various cities and towns, scenes of nature including waterfalls, mountains, and fields, figures on horseback, dining rooms, a map of Canada and the Canadian Pacific Railway, ships, trains among mountains, and grand buildings. File also includes labels from the original storage box.
Name Access
Canadian Pacific Railway
Subject Access
Lantern slide
Photography
Promo
Trains
Tourism
Language
N/A
Conservation
Replace binding tape.
Title Source
Title based on contents of file
Processing Status
Processed
Electronic Resources
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Canadian Pacific Railway Lantern Slides

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Part Of
Archives General File Collection
Scope & Content
Series consists of 14 lantern slides [ca.1900-ca.1925]. Slides are views along the Canadian Pacific Railway.
Date Range
[c. 1905]
Reference Code
V8 / 5486 / PS - 1 to PS - 14
Description Level
3 / Series
GMD
Transparency
Lantern slide
  14 images  
Part Of
Archives General File Collection
Description Level
3 / Series
Fonds Number
M8 / V8 / S8
Series
Accession Number: 5486
Sous-Fonds
V8
Accession Number
5486
Reference Code
V8 / 5486 / PS - 1 to PS - 14
GMD
Transparency
Lantern slide
Date Range
[c. 1905]
Physical Description
14 photographs : b&w and col. slides ; 10.2 x 8.2 cm
History / Biographical
The Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) was officially formed in Februray, 1881, to construct a railroad that would link the eastern provinces with British Columbia, a key component of the Canadian Confederation of 1867. Headed by William C. Van Horne as General Manager, the railroad arrived in the Canadian Rockies in 1883 and a siding was established just east of present-day Banff. When railroad workers discovered a natural hot spring on the south side of the Bow River, Van Horne ordered the construction of a hotel that would house visitors brought in by train to visit the springs. Construction of the Banff Springs Hotel finished in 1888 and joined a handful of CPR hotels throughout the Rocky and Selkirk Mountain ranges. The popularity of the hot springs and surrounding area led to the formation of a national park and to the town of Banff. After construction of the railway had completed, the CPR continued to survey and document the Rocky Mountains alongside federal agencies like the Department of the Interior and private outfitters. Utilizing coloured lantern slides the CPR was able to showcase the mountains as both tourist and settlement destinations. Magic lantern shows of these slides could be used for administrative purposes by the company to showcase land holdings and investments or in public shows as advertisements of the new railway.
Scope & Content
Series consists of 14 lantern slides [ca.1900-ca.1925]. Slides are views along the Canadian Pacific Railway.
Name Access
Canadian Pacific Railway
Subject Access
Lantern slide
Education
Tourism
Travel and Exploration
Trains
Geographic Access
Banff
Lake Louise
Alberta
British Columbia
Canada
Language
English
Conservation
All slides were cleaned prior to scanning.
Creator
Canadian Pacific Railway
Biographical Source Notes
https://cpconnectingcanada.ca/#building-the-railway
Title Source
Title based on contents of series
Processing Status
Processed
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