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Alice Harding fonds

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Part Of
Alice Harding fonds
Scope & Content
Photographs pertain to Glacier House hotel, staff, guests, activities; also Illecillewaet Glacier, Canadian Pacific Railway, Glacier area landscape and scenic views, including Nakimu Caves. Includes some views from across Canada. Other items are a poem titled "Lines written at Laggan" by G. E. Si…
Date Range
1913-1917
Reference Code
M109 / V260
Description Level
1 / Fonds
GMD
Photograph
Album
Photograph print
Part Of
Alice Harding fonds
Description Level
1 / Fonds
Fonds Number
M 109
V 260
Sous-Fonds
M109 / V260
Accession Number
782, 1085
Reference Code
M109 / V260
GMD
Photograph
Album
Photograph print
Date Range
1913-1917
Physical Description
2 photograph albums (ca.200 prints). -- 53 photographs : prints. -- 4 textual records
History / Biographical
Alice Harding, b.ca.1892, was a chambermaid at the Lake Louise Chalet in Alberta, Canada in 1913, and at Glacier House at Glacier, British Columbia from 1914 to ca.1917.
Scope & Content
Photographs pertain to Glacier House hotel, staff, guests, activities; also Illecillewaet Glacier, Canadian Pacific Railway, Glacier area landscape and scenic views, including Nakimu Caves. Includes some views from across Canada. Other items are a poem titled "Lines written at Laggan" by G. E. Sinclair, 1913; and menu and envelope from Glacier House, 1915 and n.d.
Name Access
Harding, Alice
Subject Access
Buildings and facilities
Exploration, discovery and travel
Family and personal life
Access Restrictions
No restrictions on access
Copyright, privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply
Language
Language is English
Finding Aid
Finding aids and reference tools: basic description
microfilm copies of albums
Creator
Harding, Alice
Category
Exploration, discovery and travel
Family and personal life
Title Source
Title based on accession records and contents of fonds
Processing Status
Processed
Less detail
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Baker family fonds

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Part Of
Baker family fonds
Scope & Content
Fonds pertains to Baker family, Glacier House and area, ca.1902-1916; also pack trip, Laggan to Jasper and Kootenay Plains, Alberta, 1926. Many views are unidentified. Album was assembled by Sydney Baker.
Date Range
Copies made in 1984
Reference Code
V770
Description Level
1 / Fonds
GMD
Photograph
Negative
Part Of
Baker family fonds
Description Level
1 / Fonds
Fonds Number
V 770
Sous-Fonds
V770
Accession Number
3848
Reference Code
V770
GMD
Photograph
Negative
Date Range
Copies made in 1984
Physical Description
75 photographs : copy negatives
History / Biographical
Sydney Baker, 1880-1948, was an outfitter and photographer at Banff, Alberta and Glacier, British Columbia, Canada. Baker married Elizabeth "Bessie" Simpson Walker in Banff, ca.1902. Syd Baker operated the Canadian Pacific Railway concession at Glacier House from 1905 until 1915, while Bessie had a curio tent there. Children, Muriel (1907-1976), Jack (1911-ca.1992) and Hiram (b.1914) accompanied the Bakers on a 1926 trip through Syd Baker's 1902 trapping / guiding territory. After 1915, Baker lived in Vancouver, where he operated a photography business and bookstore.
Scope & Content
Fonds pertains to Baker family, Glacier House and area, ca.1902-1916; also pack trip, Laggan to Jasper and Kootenay Plains, Alberta, 1926. Many views are unidentified. Album was assembled by Sydney Baker.
Name Access
Baker, Elizabeth (Bessie)
Baker, Hiram
Baker, Jack
Baker, Muriel
Baker, Sydney
Subject Access
Family and personal life
Sports, recreation and leisure
Access Restrictions
No restrictions on access
Public domain (other restrictions may apply)
Language
Language is English
Finding Aid
Finding aids and reference tools: modern reference prints
Creator
Baker, Sydney
Category
Family and personal life
Sports, recreation and leisure
Title Source
Title based on accession record
Processing Status
Processed
Less detail
This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and potentially offensive content. Read more.
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