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Byron Harmon fonds

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Part Of: Byron Harmon fonds

Scope & Content: Fonds consists of the photographic records and sample materials of Byron Harmon Photos, the photographic business of Byron Harmon and his successors; as well as the personal photographs of Byron Harmon. I. Scenic / commercial, 1907-1975, ca.7600 items. Primary component of series is film and glass…

Date Range: [ca.1890-ca.1975]

Reference Code: V263

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

GMD: Motion picture; Film; Photograph; Negative; Photograph print; Postcard; Transparency; Textual record; Published record

Part Of: Byron Harmon fonds

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

Fonds Number: V 263

Sous-Fonds: V 263

Accession Number: 235, 980, 1549, 1622, 2588, 2656, 2770, 2792, 2895, 3005, 3394, 3423, 3657, 3807, 3824, 3859, 3988, 4028, 4076, 5052, 5181, 5205, 5254, 5381, 6070, 6127, 6587, 6602

Reference Code: V263

GMD: Motion picture; Film; Photograph; Negative; Photograph print; Postcard; Transparency; Textual record; Published record

Other Title Info: Also known as the Byron Harmon Photos fonds.

Date Range: [ca.1890-ca.1975]

Physical Description: ca.10,500 photographs (and ca.35 cm) : prints, postcards, negatives, transparencies, motion pictures, sample products

History / Biographical: Byron Hill Harmon, 1876-1942, was a professional photographer and businessman at Banff, Alberta, Canada. He was born near Tacoma, Washington, USA and operated a portrait studio there for a time. In 1903, while travelling around the United States and Canada as an itinerant photographer, he decided to settle in Banff and by 1907 had produced enough mountain views to begin selling a line of postcards. Between 1906 and 1913, Harmon was official photographer for the Alpine Club of Canada and made trips in numerous mountain areas, such as the Bugaboos (1910) and Mount Robson (1911, 1913). Harmon personally financed trips into other areas, such as Tonquin Valley (1918) and Lake of the Hanging Glaciers (1920, 1922), producing both still photographs and motion pictures for commercial sale. After his last major expedition in 1924 across Saskatchewan Glacier, through to Maligne Lake and back to Banff by packtrain, Harmon devoted most of his time to photographing scenes along the railway, skiing in the Assiniboine and Skoki regions, and the annual rides and hikes of the Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies and the Sky Line Trail Hikers of the Canadian Rockies. At the same time he managed several businesses, including a drug store, fountain lunch, theatre and book store. In his later years, Harmon spent much time travelling and photographing in other parts of the world. The business, Byron Harmon Photos, was managed successively by his son, Don Harmon, then his grand-daughter, Carole Harmon.

Scope & Content: Fonds consists of the photographic records and sample materials of Byron Harmon Photos, the photographic business of Byron Harmon and his successors; as well as the personal photographs of Byron Harmon.; I. Scenic / commercial, 1907-1975, ca.7600 items. Primary component of series is film and glass negatives, 1907-1942, ca.6500 items. Also includes: postcard negatives and positives and production negatives to ca.1955; original prints; a wide range of sample products, such as postcards, enlargements and framing prints, calendars and viewbooks, mainly by Harmon business, some by other photographers; and lantern slides, ca.1913-192-, pertaining to Columbia Icefield Expedition, mountaineering, mountain landscapes, Indians, wildlife, Canadian Pacific Railway and Asian travel. Scenic / commercial series pertains to annual camps and expeditions of the Alpine Club of Canada in the Canadian Rockies and Selkirks, 1907-1913; private movie-making expeditions in the Canadian Rockies and Selkirks; mountain scenic views, primarily for postcard purposes; Banff events and development; skiing; birds and animals. Includes some material by Don Harmon and Lloyd Harmon, sons of Byron Harmon.; II. Personal, 189- to 194-, ca.370 items. Includes: family photographs and views received from others; motion picture out-takes pertaining to world travels, 1930s; and 35 mm. transparencies, ca.1940, pertaining mainly to world travels, also mountain and prairie scenics.

Notes: For more information on the Byron Harmon photographs, see "Great Days in the Rockies: The Photographs of Byron Harmon, 1906-1934" (Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1978) or "Byron Harmon, Mountain Photographer" by Carole Harmon and Bart Robinson (Banff: Altitude Publishing, 1992)

Name Access: Harmon, Byron

Subject Access: Arts; Environment; Exploration, discovery and travel; Family and personal life; Sports, recreation and leisure

Access Restrictions: Some restrictions on access to originals; Copyright, privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply

Language: Language is English

Finding Aid: Finding aids and reference tools: series description; selected modern reference prints; digital images in Images database and in Alberta InSight database

Related Material: Byron Harmon postcards can also be found in the Postcard general file (V466)

Creator: Harmon, Byron

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

Title Source: Title based on accession records and contents of fonds

Processing Status: Processed

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Bill Gibbons fonds

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Part Of: Bill Gibbons fonds

Scope & Content: Fonds consists of photographic business records of professional photographer Bill Gibbons in three series: I. Commercial black and white series, ca.1945-ca.1958, ca.5400 photographs; II. Canadian Rockies colour series, ca.1945-ca.1990, predominant ca.1966-ca.1972, ca.8000 photographs; III. Other …

Date Range: [ca.1945-ca.1990]

Reference Code: M532 / V227

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

GMD: Photograph; Negative; Photograph print; Postcard; Transparency; Textual record; Private record

Part Of: Bill Gibbons fonds

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

Fonds Number: M 532; V 227

Sous-Fonds: M 532; V 227

Accession Number: 194, 275, 1991, 2020, 5753, 5756, 6760, 7936, 7237

Reference Code: M532 / V227

GMD: Photograph; Negative; Photograph print; Postcard; Transparency; Textual record; Private record

Responsibility: Fonds consists of the private business records of Bill Gibbons. Some photographs may have been made by employees.

Date Range: [ca.1945-ca.1990]

Physical Description: ca.13,404 photographs: negatives, prints, transparencies, albums, postcards. -- 2.5 cm textual records

History / Biographical: W. J. L. "Bill" Gibbons, 1914-1994 , was a professional photographer at Banff, Alberta, Canada from 1945 until 1959. Gibbons came to Canada in 1941 and settled in Banff after the war with his wife, Ella Mae (Becker), a Banff native. He established British Photographic Laboratories, with partners Lou Crosby and Jack Anderson, in the basement of the Mount Royal Hotel, moving later to street-level. Bill and Ella Mae Gibbons travelled throughout the mountain parks photographing views for sale in the Banff shop. These were offered as hand-coloured prints, with much of the colouring done or supervised by Ella Mae.; Later the business expanded to include colour postcards and slide sets. Gibbons employed other photographers, such as Bruno Engler, for specialty work, such as ski photography, and the Banff studio also did portraiture. Gibbons himself did most of the 4 x 5 format landscape work and made extensive use of models, many of who were young women employed by his Banff store. In 1959, Gibbons sold his business to a group of Banff businessmen and moved to Vancouver. In subsequent years, he continued to be active as a photographer and in publishing, working in different areas of the world. He made several photographic trips through the mountain parks, ca.1966-1972.

Scope & Content: Fonds consists of photographic business records of professional photographer Bill Gibbons in three series: I. Commercial black and white series, ca.1945-ca.1958, ca.5400 photographs; II. Canadian Rockies colour series, ca.1945-ca.1990, predominant ca.1966-ca.1972, ca.8000 photographs; III. Other black and white series, ca. 1947, 4 photographs.; I. Commercial black and white series consists of six sub-series: A. Portraits and documentary views, 1945-1950, 2437 negatives (individual and group portraits, weddings, conferences, events, buildings, facilities and places; Banff and area); B. Banff School of Fine Arts, ca.1949, 277 negatives (privately produced views of classes, group portraits, activities, buildings and facilities); C. "S" sub-series, ca.1950, 1220 negatives (scenic views in the vicinity of Banff, Lake Louise, Banff-Jasper Highway, Jasper National Park, Radium and Columbia Valley, British Columbia and Pacific Coast, First Nations views); D. "T" sub-series, ca.1950, 482 negatives (scenic and commercial views, mainly Jasper, Banff-Jasper Highway and Lake Louise areas); E. Rolliflex and panorama negatives, 1949-1958, 584 negatives (Banff Winter Carnival, Banff School of Fine Arts, and Banff and area); F. Other, ca.1945-1951, 364 items (material similar to that in other series, some unidentified). Accompanied by small number of prints and postcards; also, publication: "Photographing the Canadian Rockies" by Bill J. L. Gibbons, 1948.; II. Canadian Rockies colour series consists of four sub-series: A. CR1 to CR84, ca.1966-ca.1972, ca.260 prints; B. CR1 to CR443, ca.1966-ca.1972, ca.5130 photographs; C. CR35-2 to CR35-81, ca.1966-ca.1972, ca.2310 photographs; D. Other photographs, ca.1945-ca.1990. Series consists primarily of commercial colour negatives and corresponding proof prints pertaining to Banff, Jasper and Yoho National Parks, also some transparencies and oversize display prints.; III. Other black and white series. Series consists of 2 black and white prints of crash landing at Sunshine with Al Gaetz and Dick Pike, 1947 and two copy negatives with prints of Bruno Engler and Ella Mae Gibbons, ca.1947.; Textual records are record book, 1945-1953, 62 p; and book layout.

Name Access: Gibbons, Bill

Subject Access: Arts; Buildings and facilities; Commerce and industry; Education; Environment; Family and personal life; Sports, recreation and leisure

Access Restrictions: Some restriction/s on access; Copyright, privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply

Language: Language is English

Finding Aid: Finding aids and reference tools: arrangement outline; series and file description; electronic finding aid; selected modern reference prints

Creator: Gibbons, Bill

Category: Arts; Commerce and industry; Education; Environment; Family and personal life; Sports, recreation and leisure

Title Source: Title based on accession records and contents of fonds

Processing Status: Processed

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McGuffin family. -- [1945?]

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Part Of: Bill Gibbons fonds

Scope & Content: Family portrait.

Date Range: [1945?]

Reference Code: V227 / I. / 1, 2

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Negative

2 images

Part Of: Bill Gibbons fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: V227

Series: I.A. Black and white series : Portraits and documentary views

Sous-Fonds: V227

Reference Code: V227 / I. / 1, 2

GMD: Photograph; Negative

Date Range: [1945?]

Physical Description: 2 negatives : 6 x 8 cm

Scope & Content: Family portrait.

Access Restrictions: Access by appointment only

Processing Status: Processed

Images

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Mr. Olsen family. -- [1945?]

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Part Of: Bill Gibbons fonds

Scope & Content: Family portrait.

Date Range: [1945?]

Reference Code: V227 / I. / 3, 4

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Negative

2 images

Part Of: Bill Gibbons fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: V227

Series: I.A. Black and white series : Portraits and documentary views

Sous-Fonds: V227

Reference Code: V227 / I. / 3, 4

GMD: Photograph; Negative

Date Range: [1945?]

Physical Description: 2 negatives : 6 x 8 cm

Scope & Content: Family portrait.

Access Restrictions: Access by appointment only

Processing Status: Processed

Images

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Mr. J. Sloan. -- [1945?]

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Part Of: Bill Gibbons fonds

Scope & Content: Wedding photographs.

Date Range: [1945?]

Reference Code: V227 / I. / 5 to 7

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Negative

3 images

Part Of: Bill Gibbons fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: V227

Series: I.A. Black and white series : Portraits and documentary views

Sous-Fonds: V227

Reference Code: V227 / I. / 5 to 7

GMD: Photograph; Negative

Date Range: [1945?]

Physical Description: 3 negatives : 6 x 8 cm

Scope & Content: Wedding photographs.

Access Restrictions: Access by appointment only

Processing Status: Processed

Images

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Mr. Cameron. -- [1945?]

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Part Of: Bill Gibbons fonds

Scope & Content: Painting by Cliff [Wilns?], log cabin with Mt. Rundle in background.

Date Range: [1945?]

Reference Code: V227 / I. / 8

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Negative

1 image

Part Of: Bill Gibbons fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: V227

Series: I.A. Black and white series : Portraits and documentary views

Sous-Fonds: V227

Reference Code: V227 / I. / 8

GMD: Photograph; Negative

Date Range: [1945?]

Physical Description: 1 negative : 6 x 8 cm

Scope & Content: Painting by Cliff [Wilns?], log cabin with Mt. Rundle in background.

Access Restrictions: Access by appointment only

Processing Status: Processed

Images

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Snelson Wedding. --

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Part Of: Bill Gibbons fonds

Date Range: [1945?]

Reference Code: V227 / I. / 9 to 17

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Negative

9 images

Part Of: Bill Gibbons fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: V227

Series: I.A. Black and white series : Portraits and documentary views

Sous-Fonds: V227

Reference Code: V227 / I. / 9 to 17

GMD: Photograph; Negative

Date Range: [1945?]

Physical Description: 9 negatives : 6 x 8 cm

Access Restrictions: Access by appointment only

Processing Status: Processed

Images

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Calgary Brewery. -- [1945?]

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Part Of: Bill Gibbons fonds

Scope & Content: [Rear view of Cascade Hotel?]

Date Range: [1945?]

Reference Code: V227 / I. / 18

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Negative

1 image

Part Of: Bill Gibbons fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: V227

Series: I.A. Black and white series : Portraits and documentary views

Sous-Fonds: V227

Reference Code: V227 / I. / 18

GMD: Photograph; Negative

Date Range: [1945?]

Physical Description: 4 negatives : 6 x 8 cm

Scope & Content: [Rear view of Cascade Hotel?]

Access Restrictions: Access by appointment only

Location (Copy): V227 / 18

Processing Status: Processed

Images

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Tower Wedding. -- [1945?]

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Part Of: Bill Gibbons fonds

Date Range: [1945?]

Reference Code: V227 / I. / 19, 20

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Negative

2 images

Part Of: Bill Gibbons fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: V227

Series: I.A. Black and white series : Portraits and documentary views

Sous-Fonds: V227

Reference Code: V227 / I. / 19, 20

GMD: Photograph; Negative

Date Range: [1945?]

Physical Description: 2 negatives : 6 x 8 cm

Access Restrictions: Access by appointment only

Processing Status: Processed

Images

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Convention. -- [1945?]

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Part Of: Bill Gibbons fonds

Scope & Content: Unidentified group.

Date Range: [1945?]

Reference Code: V227 / I. / 21 to 25

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Negative

5 images

Part Of: Bill Gibbons fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: V227

Series: I.A. Black and white series : Portraits and documentary views

Sous-Fonds: V227

Reference Code: V227 / I. / 21 to 25

GMD: Photograph; Negative

Date Range: [1945?]

Physical Description: 5 negatives : 6 x 8 cm

Scope & Content: Unidentified group.

Access Restrictions: Access by appointment only

Processing Status: Processed

Images

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Silver Wedding. -- [1945?]

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Part Of: Bill Gibbons fonds

Scope & Content: [Silver family or Silver wedding anniversary?]

Date Range: [1945?]

Reference Code: V227 / I. / 26

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Negative

1 image

Part Of: Bill Gibbons fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: V227

Series: I.A. Black and white series : Portraits and documentary views

Sous-Fonds: V227

Reference Code: V227 / I. / 26

GMD: Photograph; Negative

Date Range: [1945?]

Physical Description: 1 negative : 6 x 8 cm

Scope & Content: [Silver family or Silver wedding anniversary?]

Access Restrictions: Access by appointment only

Location (Copy): V227 / 26

Processing Status: Processed

Images

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Larry. -- [1945?]

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Part Of: Bill Gibbons fonds

Scope & Content: Portrait, unidentified woman.

Date Range: [1945?]

Reference Code: V227 / I. / 27, 28

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Negative

2 images

Part Of: Bill Gibbons fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: V227

Series: I.A. Black and white series : Portraits and documentary views

Sous-Fonds: V227

Reference Code: V227 / I. / 27, 28

GMD: Photograph; Negative

Date Range: [1945?]

Physical Description: 2 negatives : 6 x 8 cm

Scope & Content: Portrait, unidentified woman.

Access Restrictions: Access by appointment only

Location (Copy): V227 / 27, 28

Processing Status: Processed

Images

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Showcase Banff Station. -- [1945?]

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Part Of: Bill Gibbons fonds

Scope & Content: Pertains to Banff Station (C.P.R.) and Canadian Pacific Railway tourist information. Inscription on envelope: Negs 1 & 2 sent CPR.

Date Range: [1945?]

Reference Code: V227 / I. / 29

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Negative

1 image

Part Of: Bill Gibbons fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: V227

Series: I.A. Black and white series : Portraits and documentary views

Sous-Fonds: V227

Reference Code: V227 / I. / 29

GMD: Photograph; Negative

Date Range: [1945?]

Physical Description: 1 negative : 6 x 8 cm

Scope & Content: Pertains to Banff Station (C.P.R.) and Canadian Pacific Railway tourist information. Inscription on envelope: Negs 1 & 2 sent CPR.