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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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Elliott Barnes fonds

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Part Of
Elliott Barnes fonds
Scope & Content
Fonds pertains to: Elliott Barnes and Barnes family; pack trips; wildlife; Alaska trip; Eau Claire logging operations in Spray Valley; Jumping Pound homestead, Morley and S-L Ranch; Sawback Lake trip; bear hunting trip; Banff area views; Paradise Valley ACC camp; hockey at Banff; Stoney Indians at…
Date Range
[ca.1905-ca.1914]
Reference Code
V48
Description Level
1 / Fonds
GMD
Photograph
Negative
Photograph print
Part Of
Elliott Barnes fonds
Description Level
1 / Fonds
Fonds Number
V 48
Sous-Fonds
V 48
Accession Number
2512, 2580, 3247, 3307, 5431, 5076
Reference Code
V48
GMD
Photograph
Negative
Photograph print
Date Range
[ca.1905-ca.1914]
Physical Description
ca.500 photographs : prints, negatives
History / Biographical
Elliott Chappel Barnes, 1866-1938, was a rancher, outfitter and trail guide and professional photographer at Kootenay Plains, Banff and Jumping Pound, Alberta. Barnes was born in Rochester, New York in 1866. In the early 1890s he travelled throughout the American Rockies supporting himself as an itinerant photographer. In 1905, Barnes and his family immigrated to Canada and homesteaded on the Kootenay Plains. For a short time, Barnes ran a small outfitting operation out of Banff, mostly dealing with the newly-created Alpine Club of Canada and its members. Also, while wintering in Banff during 1907-1908, he worked briefly with Byron Harmon in the photographic business. Following this association, Barnes upgraded from a small "pocket" Kodak camera to a 5x7 Graflex with a stereo adaptor. Utilizing this camera, he published a set of stereo view-cards and custom postcards. In 1908, Barnes moved to a homestead at Little Jumping Pound Creek in the foothills west of Calgary and abandoned photography as a profession. After several farming ventures near Calgary, the family moved into the city, where Elliott Barnes died in 1938.
Scope & Content
Fonds pertains to: Elliott Barnes and Barnes family; pack trips; wildlife; Alaska trip; Eau Claire logging operations in Spray Valley; Jumping Pound homestead, Morley and S-L Ranch; Sawback Lake trip; bear hunting trip; Banff area views; Paradise Valley ACC camp; hockey at Banff; Stoney Indians at Kootenay Plains; Bankhead mine site and operations; winter trip; Mount Rainer, Washington; other (mainly people, places and activities)
Notes
A detailed biography of Elliott Barnes can be found in: "A Delicate Wilderness: The Photography of Elliott Barnes, 1905- 1914" by Edward Cavell (Banff: Altitude Publishing and the Whyte Foundation, 1983).
Name Access
Barnes, Elliott
Subject Access
Arts
Exploration, discovery and travel
Family and personal life
Natural resources
Sports, recreation and leisure
Access Restrictions
Some restrictions on access to originals
Public domain (other restrictions may apply)
Language
Language is English
Finding Aid
Finding aids and reference tools: modern reference prints
Creator
Barnes, Elliott
Category
Arts
Exploration, discovery and travel
Family and personal life
Natural resources
Sports, recreation and leisure
Title Source
Title based on accession records
Processing Status
Processed
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Elliott Barnes and Barnes Family Photographs

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Part Of
Elliott Barnes fonds
Scope & Content
File pertains to Barnes family members and activities at Kootenay Plains, Banff, Jumping Pound and Morley, Alberta. Includes a mix of family portraits, scenic views, wildlife, sports and recreation, Stoney Nakoda, and ranching.
Date Range
[ca.1905-ca.1914]
Reference Code
V48 / I / B / NG - 1 to 76
Description Level
5 / File
GMD
Negative
Transparency
  73 images  
Part Of
Elliott Barnes fonds
Description Level
5 / File
Fonds Number
V48
Series
I.B. Negatives : Glass
Sous-Fonds
V48
Accession Number
.
Reference Code
V48 / I / B / NG - 1 to 76
GMD
Negative
Transparency
Date Range
[ca.1905-ca.1914]
Physical Description
76 photographs : negatives, glass
History / Biographical
See fonds level description
Scope & Content
File pertains to Barnes family members and activities at Kootenay Plains, Banff, Jumping Pound and Morley, Alberta. Includes a mix of family portraits, scenic views, wildlife, sports and recreation, Stoney Nakoda, and ranching.
Notes
Negatives are related to negatives in sub-series I.A. Negatives : Film
Identifications provided by Barnes family and Archives LIST OF NEGATIVES :
1 Elliott Barnes and dog (Gyp)
2 Elliott Barnes in front of fireplace at his Kootenay Plains cabin, [1907?]
3 Barnes cabin at Kootenay Plains, Elliott Barnes on step, Elliott Peak in background
4 Horses on Kootenay Plains, Indigenous man and Barnes herding, Elliott Peak in background
5 Horses pasturing on Kootenay Plains
6 Kootenay Plains, 1906
7 Kootenay Plains and Mt. Siffleur
8 Kootenay Plains and unknown peak
9 Indigenous woman and child at Kootenay Plains [Mrs. Paul Beaver]
10 Barnes pack train on Siffleur River
11 Horse (Grace) on Badger Pass
12 Valley of the Ten Peaks, 1906
13 Glacier
14, 18 Waterfall/s
15 to 18 Mountain scene/s
19 Elliott Barnes fishing on Forty Mile Creek
20 Elliott Barnes and Mr. Jordan fishing on Forty Mile Creek
21 Fishing scene
22 Elliott Barnes fishing
23 Hockey on Bow River at Banff, 1905-1906
24 Hockey on Bow River at Banff, 1906-1907
25 Cave and Basin bathhouse and pool, 1905 or 1906
26 Elliott Barnes and son Findlay
27 Mrs. E. Barnes and sons, 1907
28 Elliott Jr. and Findlay Barnes, 1907
29 Findlay Barnes with chickens at S-L Ranch
30, 31 Findlay Barnes using stereo viewer, 1909 or 1910
32 Stoney Band, 1909
33 People fishing on Little Jumping Pound Creek
34 Elliott Barnes and Lois fishing on Little Jumping Pound Creek
35 Boys fishing on Jumping Pound Creek (Jack Leeson on right)
36 Jack Leeson cooking fish
37 John Copithorne, [1910?]
38 Elliott and Robert Barnes roping horses at Jumping Pound
39 Elliott and Robert Barnes roping horses at Jumping Pound
40 to 44 Elliott Jr., Robert and Findlay Barnes at Jumping Pound homestead, [1914], portrait
45 Findlay Barnes at Jumping Pound homestead
46, 47 Findlay Barnes at Jumping Pound homestead (sawing), 1911
48 Findlay Barnes with fish
49 Findlay Barnes with sheep at Jumping Pound
50 Findlay Barnes on cart at Jumping Pound
51 Main room of homestead at Jumping Pound, [1914]
52 Family on porch of Jumping Pound homestead, [1914]
53, 54 Muriel Barnes at Milo, 1919, portrait
55 Baby (Eggley baby?)
56 Portrait of woman
57 Elliott Barnes' anti-rattler invention
58 Mounted specimen of cougar attacking deer from Luxton's
59 Bear attacking man
60 Hen and chicks at S-L Ranch
61 [Stoney children with playhouse teepee at Kootenay Plains, 1906?]
62 [Silas Abraham on horseback at Kootenay Plains, 1906?]
63 [Silas Abraham, Morley or Issac Beaver, and John House at Kootenay Plains, 1906?]
64 [Pack train at Kootenay Plains, 1907?]
65, 66 [Stoney horse racing at Morley, 1910?]
67, 68 [Stoney archery competition at Morley, 1910?] NG 69 to 76 added, no independant entry
Name Access
Barnes, Elliott
Abraham, Silas
House, John
Beaver, Issac
Subject Access
Activities
Animals
Children
Dogs
Family
Family and personal life
Fishing
Glaciers
Horses
Landscapes
Mountains
Photography
Portrait
Ranching
Sports and leisure
Sports and recreation
Wildlife
Waterfalls
Winter
Geographic Access
Kootenay Plains
Forty Mile Creek
Banff
Banff National Park
Alberta
Canada
Access Restrictions
Access by appointment only
Language
NA
Title Source
Title based on contents of file
Processing Status
Processed
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106. Giant Stairway (ACC?)

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Part Of
Byron Harmon fonds
Scope & Content
Giant Steps, Paradise Valley Attributed to: Alpine Club of Canada trip, camp or activity
Date Range
[between 1903 and 1942]
Reference Code
V263 / NA - 48
Description Level
6 / Item
GMD
Photograph
Negative
  1 image  
Part Of
Byron Harmon fonds
Description Level
6 / Item
Fonds Number
V263
Series
I. Scenic / commercial series
Sub-Series
A.1.a. Negatives, Main series : 13 x 18 cm and smaller
Reference Code
V263 / NA - 48
GMD
Photograph
Negative
Date Range
[between 1903 and 1942]
Physical Description
1 photograph : negative, 13 x 18 cm or smaller
Scope & Content
Giant Steps, Paradise Valley
Attributed to: Alpine Club of Canada trip, camp or activity
Subject Access
Organizations
Sports and Recreation
Geographic Access
Alberta
Creator
Byron Harmon (Banff, Alberta)
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214. Climbing Mt. Huber

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Part Of
Byron Harmon fonds
Date Range
[between 1903 and 1942]
Reference Code
V263 / NA - 6020
Description Level
6 / Item
GMD
Photograph
Negative
  1 image  
Part Of
Byron Harmon fonds
Description Level
6 / Item
Fonds Number
V263
Series
I. Scenic / commercial series
Sub-Series
A.1.a. Negatives, Main series : 13 x 18 cm and smaller
Reference Code
V263 / NA - 6020
GMD
Photograph
Negative
Date Range
[between 1903 and 1942]
Physical Description
1 photograph : negative, 13 x 18 cm or smaller
Subject Access
Environment and Nature
Sports and Recreation
Geographic Access
British Columbia
Creator
Byron Harmon (Banff, Alberta)
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239. Huskies resting, Ike Mills

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Part Of
Byron Harmon fonds
Scope & Content
Alberta or British Columbia
Date Range
[between 1903 and 1942]
Reference Code
V263 / NA - 749
Description Level
6 / Item
GMD
Photograph
Negative
  1 image  
Part Of
Byron Harmon fonds
Description Level
6 / Item
Fonds Number
V263
Series
I. Scenic / commercial series
Sub-Series
A.1.a. Negatives, Main series : 13 x 18 cm and smaller
Reference Code
V263 / NA - 749
GMD
Photograph
Negative
Date Range
[between 1903 and 1942]
Physical Description
1 photograph : negative, 13 x 18 cm or smaller
Scope & Content
Alberta or British Columbia
Subject Access
Sports and Recreation
Geographic Access
Canada
Conservation
Reprocessed / archival quality gold-toned, 1973
Creator
Byron Harmon (Banff, Alberta)
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310. Ascending snow slope on Mt. Habel, sheet film

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Part Of
Byron Harmon fonds
Date Range
[between 1903 and 1942]
Reference Code
V263 / NA - 6126
Description Level
6 / Item
GMD
Photograph
Negative
  1 image  
Part Of
Byron Harmon fonds
Description Level
6 / Item
Fonds Number
V263
Series
I. Scenic / commercial series
Sub-Series
A.1.a. Negatives, Main series : 13 x 18 cm and smaller
Reference Code
V263 / NA - 6126
GMD
Photograph
Negative
Date Range
[between 1903 and 1942]
Physical Description
1 photograph : negative, 13 x 18 cm or smaller
Subject Access
Environment and Nature
Sports and Recreation
Geographic Access
Alberta
Creator
Byron Harmon (Banff, Alberta)
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316. A 30 lb. lake trout

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Part Of
Byron Harmon fonds
Scope & Content
Alberta or British Columbia
Date Range
[between 1903 and 1942]
Reference Code
V263 / NA - 443
Description Level
6 / Item
GMD
Photograph
Negative
  1 image  
Part Of
Byron Harmon fonds
Description Level
6 / Item
Fonds Number
V263
Series
I. Scenic / commercial series
Sub-Series
A.1.a. Negatives, Main series : 13 x 18 cm and smaller
Reference Code
V263 / NA - 443
GMD
Photograph
Negative
Date Range
[between 1903 and 1942]
Physical Description
1 photograph : negative, 13 x 18 cm or smaller
Scope & Content
Alberta or British Columbia
Subject Access
Environment and Nature
Sports and Recreation
Geographic Access
Canada
Creator
Byron Harmon (Banff, Alberta)
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336. Longstaff on Sentinel Pass, ACC

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Part Of
Byron Harmon fonds
Scope & Content
Alpine Club of Canada
Date Range
[between 1903 and 1942]
Reference Code
V263 / NA - 5990
Description Level
6 / Item
GMD
Photograph
Negative
  1 image  
Part Of
Byron Harmon fonds
Description Level
6 / Item
Fonds Number
V263
Series
I. Scenic / commercial series
Sub-Series
A.1.a. Negatives, Main series : 13 x 18 cm and smaller
Reference Code
V263 / NA - 5990
GMD
Photograph
Negative
Date Range
[between 1903 and 1942]
Physical Description
1 photograph : negative, 13 x 18 cm or smaller
Scope & Content
Alpine Club of Canada
Subject Access
Environment and Nature
Organizations
Sports and Recreation
Geographic Access
Alberta
Creator
Byron Harmon (Banff, Alberta)
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656. Marble Canyon bungalow camp

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Part Of
Byron Harmon fonds
Scope & Content
Kootenay National Park
Date Range
[between 1903 and 1942]
Reference Code
V263 / NA - 5674
Description Level
6 / Item
GMD
Photograph
Negative
  1 image  
Part Of
Byron Harmon fonds
Description Level
6 / Item
Fonds Number
V263
Series
I. Scenic / commercial series
Sub-Series
A.1.a. Negatives, Main series : 13 x 18 cm and smaller
Reference Code
V263 / NA - 5674
GMD
Photograph
Negative
Date Range
[between 1903 and 1942]
Physical Description
1 photograph : negative, 13 x 18 cm or smaller
Scope & Content
Kootenay National Park
Subject Access
Sports and Recreation
Geographic Access
British Columbia
Creator
Byron Harmon (Banff, Alberta)
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