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Children on Banff Avenue

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Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Scope & Content: Image of a row of unidentified children wearing skis standing in a line on Banff Avenue [possibly as part of the Banff Winter Carnival] with buildings [including the Brewster Trading Co] and Sulphur Mountain in the background - "Boy's Ski Race on Banff Avenue" written on the back in pencil

Date Range: [ca. 1885-1945]

Reference Code: V683 / III / A / 15 / PA - 692

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph

2 images

Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: M36 / V683 / S37

Series: V683 / III / A / 15 : Peter and Catharine Whyte: Collected Photographs

Sous-Fonds: V683

Accession Number: .

Reference Code: V683 / III / A / 15 / PA - 692

GMD: Photograph

Date Range: [ca. 1885-1945]

Physical Description: Photograph: 1 print (front and back) ; b&w.

Scope & Content: Image of a row of unidentified children wearing skis standing in a line on Banff Avenue [possibly as part of the Banff Winter Carnival] with buildings [including the Brewster Trading Co] and Sulphur Mountain in the background - "Boy's Ski Race on Banff Avenue" written on the back in pencil

Subject Access: Banff Winter Carnival; Buildings; Brewster Trading Company Ltd.; Children; Skiing; Winter; Winter Carnival

Geographic Access: Banff; Banff National Park

Language: English

Title Source: Title based on item

Processing Status: Processed

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George Paris photographs : [film negatives, group 1]

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Part Of: George Paris fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of b&w negatives depicting George Paris family, friends, activities, recreation and sports; Banff people, places and events; Banff area and Canadian Rockies views. Predominantly featured are winter sports including group snowshoe trips, skating, and ski-jumping around Banff, particula…

Date Range: 1894-1919

Reference Code: V484 / I / B / NA - 1 to NA - 99

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Negative

98 images

Part Of: George Paris fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: V484

Series: V484 / I : Negatives

Sous-Fonds: V484

Sub-Series: V484 / I / B : Film

Reference Code: V484 / I / B / NA - 1 to NA - 99

GMD: Photograph; Negative

Date Range: 1894-1919

Physical Description: 100 photographs : b&w negatives, film ; 8.5 x 12 cm or smaller

Scope & Content: File consists of b&w negatives depicting George Paris family, friends, activities, recreation and sports; Banff people, places and events; Banff area and Canadian Rockies views. Predominantly featured are winter sports including group snowshoe trips, skating, and ski-jumping around Banff, particularly Sulphur Mountain, Lake Minnewanka and Vermilion Lakes.

Name Access: Paris, Cyril; Paris, George; Paris, Herb; Paris, Ted; Paris, Ida; Atkin, Gilbert M.; Hine, Ashley; Whyte, Peter; Moore, Pearl; Paris, Georgina

Subject Access: Snowshoes and snowshoeing; Ski jumping; Skiers; Skiing; Skis; Fire; Hotel; Hotels; Iceboats and Iceboating; Family and personal life; Family; Skating; Moose; Sulphur Mountain

Geographic Access: Banff; Banff National Park; Alberta; Lake Minnewanka; Sulphur Mountain

Access Restrictions: Access by appointment only

Conservation: Most have yellowing of the film base indicating nitrate deterioration

Title Source: Title based on contents of series. Sub-title reflects imposed division of series contents into manageable units for description purposes

Content Details: LIST OF NEGATIVES (V484/NA - 1 to 99):; 1 Imperial Banff staff snowshoeing on Forty Mile [Creek]; 2 Hockey match 1905; 3 George Paris with snowshoes; 4 George Paris snowshoeing on Vermilion Lake; 5 George Paris snowshoeing, [ca.1915]; 6 Dr. Atkin on snowshoes; 7 George Paris on snowshoes, 1894; 8 Group on snowshoes - Jack Stanley, Sid Baker, Sid Collins, Pig the dog, [ca.1900]; 9 Dr. Atkin on snowshoes; 10 George Paris on snowshoes; 11 Dr. Atkin on snowshoes; 12 George Paris skating on Lake Minnewanka; 13 George Paris skating on Vermilion Lake; 14 George Paris and one other on snowshoe trip to Lake Minnewanka, 1908 or 1909; 15 Group of snowshoers on trip to Lake Minnewanka 1908 or 1909; 16 Ashley Hine and [George Paris?] on snowshoe trip to Lake Minnewanka, 1908 or 1909; 17 Group of snowshoers on trip to Lake Minnewanka, 1908 or 1909; 18 Jack Stanley's iceboat on Lake Minnewanka; 19 Group of people in sleighs on Banff Avenue, [ca.1905]; 20 George Paris feeding young moose in Banff Animal Paddock; 21 Group of men feeding antelope in Banff Animal Paddock; 22 Group of men feeding young moose in Animal Paddock; 23 Horses pulling sleigh back of Paris tea room, 1916; 24 Back of tea room after 4 foot snowfall, 1916; 26 George Paris on Banff Avenue after big snowstorm, 1916; 27 George and Cyril Paris on snowshoe trip up Sulphur Mountain 1915; 28 to 31 Ida and Cyril Paris on snowshoe trip up Sulphur Mountain; 32 Cyril and George Paris with snowshoes, 1915; 33 Pool room after Park Hotel fire, 1915; 34, 35 After Park Hotel fire, 1915; 36 to 39 Group on snowshoe trip up Mount Rundle, 1917; 40, 41 Children sliding, 1916; 42 to 45 Group of snowshoers going up Sulphur Mountain, 1917; 46 Peter Whyte, Cyril Paris George Paris, Pearl Moore, her friend Mrs. Broadwick and Raymond Young going up Sulphur Mountain, 1917; 47 to 50 Group of snowshoers going up Sulphur Mountain on Harmon movie trip, 1917; 51 Raymond Young, Cyril Paris, Pete Whyte on Sulphur Mountain, 1917; 52, 53 George Paris with snowshoes on Sulphur Mountain, 1917; 54 Group of snowshoers on Observatory Tower, 1917; 55 to 59 Child skiing back of Standish house, 1917; 60 [Ida Paris?] on skis, 1917; 61 Cyril, Ted, Herb and person on snowshoes, 1917; 62 Cyril, Ted, Herb Paris on snowshoes, 1917; 63 George Paris and [George Pulham?], 1915; 64, 65 Ida Paris and [George Pulham?] with Paris twins, 1915; 66 George Paris and George Pulham in Hot Springs pool, 1915; 67 Ida Paris, [George Pulham] and Paris twins; 68 Paris family, [ca.1915]; 69 Paris children on porch of house in winter, [ca.1915]; 70 George [Pulham?], George Paris and Paris twins, 1915; 71 George [Pulham?], Ida Paris, and Paris children, 1915; 72 to 74 Boys ski jumping on Learn's Hill, [ca.1919]; 75, 76 Boys ski jumping on Learn's Hill; 77 Georgie Paris with snowshoes; 78 [Cyril?] Paris sliding: on snowshoes, 1919; 79 Ted or Herb Paris sliding on snowshoes, 1919; 80 Paris boys on snowshoes, 1919; 81 [Ida Paris] sliding on snowshoes, 1919; 82 George Paris sliding on snowshoe, 1919?; 83 [Cyril?] Paris sliding on snowshoes, 1919; 84 Herb Paris sliding on snowshoes, 1919; 85 Ted Paris sliding on snowshoes, 1919; 86 Ida, Cyril, Herb and Ted Paris on snowshoes, 1919; 87 to 90 Paris twins, 1912; 90 Mr. and Mrs. Paris, Cyril and Georgia, 1911; 91 Mrs. Annie Hoggard, Ida Paris, Cyril and Georgie, 1911; 92 George, Ida, Cyril and Georgie Paris 1911; 93 George Paris sitting in boat beside the Bow River, 1911; 94 Ida Paris with boat beside Bow River, 1911; 95 George Paris paddling boat 1911 96 Ida Paris in boat, 1911; 97 Ida Paris sitting on edge of boat, 1911; 98 Ida Paris standing beside boat on Bow River, 1911; 99 Ida Paris sitting on boat on Bow River, 1911

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Glacier

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Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Scope & Content: Image of a glacier on a mountain peak - skiers visible in bottom left

Date Range: [ca. 1885-1945]

Reference Code: V683 / III / A / 15 / PA - 657

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph

1 image

Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: M36 / V683 / S37

Series: V683 / III / A / 15 : Peter and Catharine Whyte: Collected Photographs

Sous-Fonds: V683

Accession Number: .

Reference Code: V683 / III / A / 15 / PA - 657

GMD: Photograph

Date Range: [ca. 1885-1945]

Physical Description: Photograph: 1 print ; b&w.

Scope & Content: Image of a glacier on a mountain peak - skiers visible in bottom left

Subject Access: Glaciers; Mountains; Skiing; Winter

Language: English

Title Source: Title based on item

Processing Status: Processed

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Mountain landscape

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Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Scope & Content: Image of a mountain peak with skiers on the glacier

Date Range: [ca. 1885-1945]

Reference Code: V683 / III / A / 15 / PA - 664

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph

1 image

Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: M36 / V683 / S37

Series: V683 / III / A / 15 : Peter and Catharine Whyte: Collected Photographs

Sous-Fonds: V683

Accession Number: .

Reference Code: V683 / III / A / 15 / PA - 664

GMD: Photograph

Date Range: [ca. 1885-1945]

Physical Description: Photograph: 1 print ; b&w.

Scope & Content: Image of a mountain peak with skiers on the glacier

Subject Access: Glaciers; Mountains; Skiing; Winter

Language: English

Title Source: Title based on item

Processing Status: Processed

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Oversized Prints

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Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Scope & Content: Sub-series consists of 31 oversize b&w prints. The prints pertain to various activities in and around the Banff area. Prints document the royal visit, boats on the Bow River, Banff Indian Days, ski jumping, waxing skis, and downhill skiing.

Date Range: [ca.1900-ca.1930]

Reference Code: V683 / II / E / PA - 271 O.S. to PA - 302 O.S.

Description Level: 4 / Sub-series

Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Description Level: 4 / Sub-series

Fonds Number: M36 / V683 / S37

Series: V683 / II / E : Peter Whyte Banff and Area Activities and Events Sub-Series

Sous-Fonds: V683

Reference Code: V683 / II / E / PA - 271 O.S. to PA - 302 O.S.

Date Range: [ca.1900-ca.1930]

Physical Description: Photographs: 31 prints; b&w, oversized --

Scope & Content: Sub-series consists of 31 oversize b&w prints. The prints pertain to various activities in and around the Banff area. Prints document the royal visit, boats on the Bow River, Banff Indian Days, ski jumping, waxing skis, and downhill skiing.

Subject Access: Ski jumping; Indigenous Peoples; Skiing

Title Source: Title based on contents of sub-series

Content Details: V683 / II / E / PA - 271 O.S. V683 / II / E / PA - 272 O.S. V683 / II / E / PA - 273 O.S. V683 / II / E / PA - 274 O.S. V683 / II / E / PA - 275 O.S. V683 / II / E / PA - 276 O.S. V683 / II / E / PA - 277 O.S. V683 / II / E / PA - 278 O.S. V683 / II / E / PA - 279 O.S. V683 / II / E / PA - 280 O.S. V683 / II / E / PA - 281 O.S. V683 / II / E / PA - 282 O.S. V683 / II / E / PA - 283 O.S. V683 / II / E / PA - 284 O.S. V683 / II / E / PA - 285 O.S. V683 / II / E / PA - 286 O.S. V683 / II / E / PA - 287 O.S. V683 / II / E / PA - 288 O.S. V683 / II / E / PA - 289 O.S. V683 / II / E / PA - 290 O.S. - Portrait of two Stoney Nakoda men by F.Gully V683 / II / E / PA - 291 O.S. - Portrait of two Stoney Nakoda men by F.Gully V683 / II / E / PA - 292 O.S. V683 / II / E / PA - 293 O.S. V683 / II / E / PA - 294 O.S. V683 / II / E / PA - 295 O.S. V683 / II / E / PA - 296 O.S. V683 / II / E / PA - 297 O.S. V683 / II / E / PA - 298 O.S. V683 / II / E / PA - 299 O.S. V683 / II / E / PA - 300 O.S. - Mounted print taken by R.H.Trueman, captioned "Bow River and Twin Peaks, Banff, ALTA." V683 / II / E / PA - 301 O.S.- Mounted print taken by R.H.Trueman, captioned "Bow River and Twin Peaks, Banff, ALTA." V683 / II / E / PA - 302 O.S.

Processing Status: Processed

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Peter Whyte Album

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Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Scope & Content: Album contains 163 b&w prints, some tipped in, some pasted in. Prints pertain to ski jumping, Peter Whyte on skis, Banff Winter Carnival, White family children, White family members with Stoney Nakoda, Banff street scenes, White family car and automobile travel, Peter Whyte on a beach, and a White …

Date Range: [1909 - 1922]

Reference Code: V683 / II / A / PD - 1

Description Level: 5 / File

Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M36 / V683 / S37

Series: V683 / II / A : Peter Whyte Personal Subseries

Reference Code: V683 / II / A / PD - 1

Date Range: [1909 - 1922]

Physical Description: Photograph Album: 1 photograph album (163 b&w prints) --

Scope & Content: Album contains 163 b&w prints, some tipped in, some pasted in. Prints pertain to ski jumping, Peter Whyte on skis, Banff Winter Carnival, White family children, White family members with Stoney Nakoda, Banff street scenes, White family car and automobile travel, Peter Whyte on a beach, and a White family trip to California.

Subject Access: Skiing; Travel; Family

Title Source: Title based on contents of item

Content Details: The front cover has ‘Photographs’ embossed in gold. Album covers and spine are in excellent shape. Album has two-hole punch binding. Front and back covers of album are leather covered. Minor scratching found on some prints caused by opposite album page.Moderate fading of prints noted. Some adhesive residue staining on some prints. Album contains 24 empty pages.

Processing Status: Processed

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Peter Whyte papers and photographs

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Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Scope & Content: Series consists of the following sub-series: 1. Personal papers, 1905-1956; 2. Correspondence, 1909-1962; 3. Financial, legal and business papers, 1914-1964; 4. Professional activities and interests, 1920-1961; 5. Photographs, ca.1900-1930. Textual records pertain to Whyte's interests, influences a…

Date Range: 1905-1964

Reference Code: M36 / S37 / V683 / I / B

Description Level: 3 / Series

Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Description Level: 3 / Series

Fonds Number: M36 / V683 / S37

Series: I.B. Peter Whyte papers and photographs series

Accession Number: 3069

Reference Code: M36 / S37 / V683 / I / B

Date Range: 1905-1964

Physical Description: 73 cm of textual records. -- ca.3400 photographs (ca.2000 prints, ca.1400 negatives, 3 albums of ca.300 prints).

History / Biographical: Peter Whyte, 1905-1966, was an artist, photographer, outdoor enthusiast, traveller and philanthropist at Banff, Alberta. Born in Banff, Alberta to pioneer Banff merchant Dave White and Annie (Curren) White, Peter Whyte took advantage of the many opportunities for winter sports afforded by the mountains, becoming an accomplished skier and ski jumper. He was one of the region's first native-born painters with an intimate knowledge of the mountains. Whyte studied cartooning by correspondence and was encouraged by resident and visiting artists to pursue an art career, first at the Otis Art Institute, Los Angeles, 1923-1924, and in 1925 at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston where he met Catharine Robb.; Peter Whyte's varied activities included driving Hollywood stars to mountain motion picture locations, escorting groups of Chinese workers for the Canadian Pacific Railway, painting with Belmore Browne and J. E. H. MacDonald and travelling around the world by steamer. Following his marriage to Catharine, their painting flourished and their involvement in early ski development at Skoki occupied their winters. The accidental death of one of their ski guests had a profound effect on Pete and they left the ski business to travel.; During the war, Whyte seved in the reserve army, Banff Company of the Calgary Highlanders and later with the Royal Canadian Air Force as a photographer. He served briefly as an official war artist. In civilian life he resumed his art career, explored new photographic technologies and sculpted. Cataracts interupted his work during the 1950's. Declining health plagued Whyte and after a protracted illness he died in 1966. The Peter Whyte Foundation (later the Peter and Catharine Whyte Foundation) was named in his honor.

Scope & Content: Series consists of the following sub-series: 1. Personal papers, 1905-1956; 2. Correspondence, 1909-1962; 3. Financial, legal and business papers, 1914-1964; 4. Professional activities and interests, 1920-1961; 5. Photographs, ca.1900-1930.; Textual records pertain to Whyte's interests, influences and friendships prior to his marriage; also to Catharine Robb Whyte, Peter Whyte's travels, artwork, photography and skiing. Includes material arising from Whyte's Army and Air Force career and his involvement in the Sky Line Trail Hikers of the Canadian Rockies and Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies. Correspondents include Belmore Browne, John Murray Gibbon, Lawren Harris, J. E. H. McDonald, Aldro Hibbard, Carl Rungius.; Photographs consist of 1390 negatives and ca.500 corresponding prints by Peter Whyte dating from the time he began photography, ca.1920, until his marriage to Catharine Robb in 1930. Negative formats include vest pocket (4 x 6 cm) and Ica roll film (8.3 x 11 cm). Material pre-dating 1920 may have been taken by another family member. Photographs pertain to scenic views in the Banff-Lake Louise area, Banff and area events, friends and activities, mountain trips and world travels. Also includes prints of friends, relatives and promotional views of national parks collected by Peter Whyte and photograph albums assembled by Whyte pertaining to family and friends, winter sports, Banff Winter Carnival and motor trips.

Subject Access: Banff; Banff National Park; Films and film making M; Photography M; Royal Canadian Air Force M; Skiing; Whyte, Catharine Robb M; World War II, 1939-1945 M

Access Restrictions: Access to photographs requires permission in advance from the Head Archivist.

Finding Aid: Sub-series-level outline available. Inventory available in printed form and through this database. Photographs are described at the sub-series level only. Printed inventory provides more detail than the database for photographs.

Related Material: Constitutes Sous-fonds I, Series B of the Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds. Other photographs by Peter Whyte are found in Sous-fonds I, Series C.

Title Source: Title based on contents of series

Content Details: Forms part of Sous-fonds I, Series B of the Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds. With the acquisition of a vest pocket camera around 1920, at approximately 15 years of age, Peter Whyte's very prolific photographic career began. (While vest pocket images -- 4 x 6 cm. negatives -- appear in the White family collection as early as 1917, none of these can be positively identified as being taken by Peter; it seems more likely that the camera was utilized by Annie, Clifford, or even Lila, and then handed down to Peter.) The earliest photograph of Peter handling a camera was taken on a family trip to the western U.S. in 1921. Indeed, many of his early photographs were taken on these family motor camping trips. In late 1922 or early 1923, Peter acquired an Ica roll film camera (3 x 4 inch negative) which he used throughout his marriage to Catharine Robb and into the early 1930s. A large number of photographs were made with this camera, particularly in the 1923-1924 period. During his trip around the world in 1929, he returned briefly to the vest pocket format, probably for the sake of convenience.