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George Noble fonds
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- Part Of
- George Noble fonds
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of a broad-ranging commercial negative collection. Includes four series. I. Scenic and documentary views, 2839 items; includes film and glass negatives in sizes up to 8 X 10 inches. Pertains to Banff and area buildings, facilities, activities, events, such as Banff Winter Carnival a…
- Date Range
- [ca.1912]-1958
- Reference Code
- M533 / V469
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- GMD
- Photograph
- Negative
- Photograph print
- Transparency
- Textual record
- Corporate record
- Part Of
- George Noble fonds
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- Fonds Number
- M 533
- V 469
- Sous-Fonds
- M 533
- V 469
- Accession Number
- 82, 168, 275, 940, 1157, 1992, 2020, 3513, 5281, 6753, 6841, 7135
- Reference Code
- M533 / V469
- Date Range
- [ca.1912]-1958
- Physical Description
- ca.8500 photographs : negatives. -- 36 transparencies : stereo, colour. -- 2 textual records
- History / Biographical
- George Noble, 1879-1965, was a professional photographer at Banff, Alberta, Canada. Noble was born in Woolwich, England where he apprenticed as a photographer. He came to Banff in 1909 to operate a photographic business for his uncles, George and Bill Fear, who owned a curio business. In 1919, Noble bought the photographic business and, in 1932, acquired the remainder of the Fear Brothers business. He built a new studio and shop, which offered portraiture, photo- finishing and framing services and sold photographic supplies, camera equipment and English china. In addition to portraiture, George Noble and employees, such as photographer Bill Jamieson, produced a wide range of documentary, scenic and commercial views. Noble's shop offered black and white and hand-coloured prints of local events and Rocky Mountain views. George Noble was an active member of the community, serving on both the Banff School Board and the Banff Board of Trade for many years. Upon his retirement in 1957, his business was acquired by a group of investors which included Bill Jamieson, lab-technician and photographer for the Noble business from 1936 to 1957
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of a broad-ranging commercial negative collection. Includes four series.
- I. Scenic and documentary views, 2839 items; includes film and glass negatives in sizes up to 8 X 10 inches. Pertains to Banff and area buildings, facilities, activities, events, such as Banff Winter Carnival and Banff Indian Days; Indigenous; scenic views of Banff and area and other Rocky Mountains locations.
- II. Commercial views, 765 items; includes buildings, businesses, facilities, sports events, organizations, conventions, group portraits, displays and presentations.
- III. Mixed views, 242 items; includes scenic, documentary and commercial views similar to material in previous series. Also includes some views know to have been produced by Fred Armbrister, a professional photographer who operated out of Lake Louise, Alberta, ca.1930.
- IV. Portraits, ca.4600. This series contains four groups: A. 1920s-1950s, most unidentified; B. 1930s and 1940s, arranged alphabetically, many unidentified; C. 1950s, arranged alphabetically, most identified, many with proofs (prints); D. 1950s, arranged chronologically by job number.
- V. Other, ca.50 items. Includes 36 colour stereo transparencies, ca.1955, re Administration Building and gardens, Banff-Jasper Highway scenics, mountain sheep, autumn colour, Banff Avenue, George Noble and staff. Also includes small number of commercial prints produced by Noble, including several large hand-painted views.
- Fonds is accompanied by business record books, 1950-1958, 2 v. (M533)
- Name Access
- Noble, George
- Subject Access
- Arts
- Buildings and facilities
- Commerce and industry
- Community life
- Environment
- Sports, recreation and leisure
- Transportation
- 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: arrangement outline
- file description and index
- electronic finding aid
- selected modern reference prints
- Related Material
- Related commercial photographs made by Bill Jamieson in the employ of George Noble are located in the Ron Duke fonds (V180 / II.A.i. - V180 / II.A.vi.; V180 / III.A.)
- Portrait camera and electric 3D viewer reside in Heritage collections, Whyte Museum
- Creator
- Noble, George
- Title Source
- Title based on accession records and contents of fonds
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Noble family fonds
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- Part Of
- Noble family fonds
- Scope & Content
- Fonds pertains to Noble family, particularly George Noble; also family friends and relations
- Date Range
- Copies made in 1985
- Reference Code
- V360
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- GMD
- Photograph
- Negative
- Part Of
- Noble family fonds
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- Fonds Number
- V 360
- Sous-Fonds
- V 360
- Accession Number
- 5105
- Reference Code
- V360
- GMD
- Photograph
- Negative
- Date Range
- Copies made in 1985
- Physical Description
- 22 photographs : copy negatives
- History / Biographical
- The Noble family of Banff, Alberta, Canada included brothers James George Noble, 1879- 1965, a professional photographer; William Mitchell Noble, 1877-1951, a government employee; George's wife Jessie Hilda (Wells) Noble, 1880-1925; and children Edwin George, 1912-1932, and Evelyn Ethel (Ley), b.1916.
- Scope & Content
- Fonds pertains to Noble family, particularly George Noble; also family friends and relations
- Name Access
- Noble, George
- Noble, Margaet
- Subject Access
- Family and personal life
- Access Restrictions
- No restrictions on access
- Copyright, privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply
- Language
- Language is English
- Creator
- Noble, Margaret
- Noble, George
- Category
- Family and personal life
- Title Source
- Title based on accession record
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Tom Wilson family fonds
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- Part Of
- Tom Wilson family fonds
- Scope & Content
- Fonds includes textual records and photographs generated and collected by the Wilson family and pertaining to Tom Wilson, son Ed Wilson, daughter Ada Wilson and other family members. Textual records include: Ed Wilson's scrapbook, 1881-1968, which includes mainly items pertaining to Tom Wilson, Ed …
- Date Range
- 1861-1982
- Reference Code
- M10 / V701
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- GMD
- Photograph
- Negative
- Photograph print
- Textual record
- Diary
- Private record
- Published record
- Scrapbook
- Part Of
- Tom Wilson family fonds
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- Fonds Number
- M 10
- V 701
- Sous-Fonds
- M 10
- V 701
- Accession Number
- 551, 981, 1234, 1578, 1634, 2097, 3039, 7750 (unproc)
- Reference Code
- M10 / V701
- GMD
- Photograph
- Negative
- Photograph print
- Textual record
- Diary
- Private record
- Published record
- Scrapbook
- Date Range
- 1861-1982
- Physical Description
- 2 v. and 2 cm of textual records. -- ca.400 photographs : prints, copy negatives. -- 1 cm of print material
- History / Biographical
- The Wilson family were guides, outfitters and ranchers at Morley, Kootenay Plains, Banff and Nordegg, Alberta, Canada. Thomas Edmonds (Tom) Wilson, 1859- 1933, and Minnie McDougall Wilson, 1865-1936, had six children, including sons John Clark Wilson, 1888-1932, and Thomas Edmonds (Ed) Wilson, 1892-1973. Daughters were Ada, 1886-1967?, Rene, Bessie and Dora. Tom Wilson is credited with the discovery of Lake Louise in July of 1882, while working as a packer on the Canadian Pacific Railway survey through the mountains. In 1883, Wilson established his own business at Banff, Lake Louise and Field, British Columbia. After selling the business in 1904, Tom Wilson operated a horse ranch at Kootenay Plains. He later retired to Banff. Ed Wilson was born at Morley and raised in Banff. Around 1910 he began working for Brewster Trading Company at Banff and, later, Lake Louise. Just before the First World War, he moved to Nordegg, where he worked for the Bighorn Trading Company for many years.
- Scope & Content
- Fonds includes textual records and photographs generated and collected by the Wilson family and pertaining to Tom Wilson, son Ed Wilson, daughter Ada Wilson and other family members.
- Textual records include: Ed Wilson's scrapbook, 1881-1968, which includes mainly items pertaining to Tom Wilson, Ed Wilson, the Wilson family, and early guiding and exploration in the Canadian Rockies (photocopy in two volumes); miscellaneous papers, 1905-1929, including a holograph speech by D. D. Galletly on the cave at Banff; letter and note re sale of horses to Frank Wellman, 1920; letters to Catharine Whyte from Ada Wilson re personal matters and Wilson family history, 1964-1965; transcripts of manuscripts by Tom Wilson and B. M. (Bess) Wilson re the CPR and tourism and 1916 pack trip Lake Louise to Kootenay Plains; letters of Col. Robert O'Hara to Tom Wilson, 1895- 1914, re Mount Assiniboine and Lake O'Hara; letter by Catharine Robb Whyte to Tom Link, 1965, re Lake O'Hara history based partly upon above material; diary, Trip to ranch by B. M. Wilson; essay, The last of the pathfinders by Dorie (Wilson) Legit; programmes, articles, clippings re Tom Wilson, 1924-1982; Eliza Edmonds certificate, 1845, and later clipping.
- Photographs pertain to outfitting and guiding activities of Tom, John and Ed Wilson, including clients, associates and trips throughout the Rocky Mountains; Wilson family, friends and associates; Stoney Indians; Kootenay Plains; Banff people and events; Banff townsite and surrounding area; Canadian Pacific Railway; Nordegg area; 1861-1930. Includes photograph of Tom Wilson at Lake Louise inscribed to A. O. Wheeler, 1932. Many of the early photographs were taken by clients of Tom Wilson. Later, after settling at Kootenay Plains, Wilson was apparently given a camera by Mary Vaux and likely took many of the Stoney Indians views. Ed Wilson was an amateur photographer and likely took most of the views of staff at Lake Louise and of Nordegg.
- Name Access
- Wilson, Ada
- Wilson, Ed
- Wilson, Tom
- Subject Access
- Exploration, discovery and travel
- Family and personal life
- First nations
- Sports, recreation and leisure
- 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
- modern reference prints
- Creator
- Wilson, Ed
- Wilson, Tom
- Category
- Exploration, discovery and travel
- Family and personal life
- First nations
- Sports, recreation and leisure
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of fonds
- Processing Status
- Processed / Unprocessed
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Archery humour- joke pose with archers aiming at man
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- Part Of
- George Noble fonds
- Scope & Content
- [Archery humour- joke pose with archers aiming at man-Pertains to Banff Indian Days]
- Date Range
- [ca.1920-ca.1940]
- Reference Code
- V469 / 2212
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- GMD
- Photograph
- Negative
1 image
- Part Of
- George Noble fonds
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Fonds Number
- V469
- Sous-Fonds
- V469
- Accession Number
- n/a
- Reference Code
- V469 / 2212
- GMD
- Photograph
- Negative
- Date Range
- [ca.1920-ca.1940]
- Physical Description
- 1 negative : 9 x 15 cm or smaller
- Scope & Content
- [Archery humour- joke pose with archers aiming at man-Pertains to Banff Indian Days]
- Name Access
- Noble, George
- Subject Access
- Banff Indian Days
- First Nations
- Indigenous Peoples
- Stoney Nakoda
- Stoney
- Geographic Access
- Banff Indian Grounds
- Alberta
- Language
- English
- Creator
- Noble, George
- Title Source
- Stoney Nakoda Elders provided naming and other culturally relevant information during interviews held for Recognizing Relations, an archives initiative active from 2014-2023.
- The goal of this initiative was to name local Indigenous peoples in photographs held in the WMCR archives as well as encouraging access for Indigenous communities to these images.
- Processing Status
- Processed
Images
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Banff Indian Days - judge on white horse. Man is biting horse's ear to keep it still.
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- Part Of
- George Noble fonds
- Scope & Content
- [Pertains to Banff Indian Days]
- Date Range
- [ca.1920-ca.1940]
- Reference Code
- V469 / 2186
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- GMD
- Photograph
- Negative
1 image
- Part Of
- George Noble fonds
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Fonds Number
- V469
- Series
- I. Scenic and documentary views
- Sous-Fonds
- V469
- Accession Number
- n/a
- Reference Code
- V469 / 2186
- GMD
- Photograph
- Negative
- Date Range
- [ca.1920-ca.1940]
- Physical Description
- 1 negative : 9 x 15 cm or smaller
- Scope & Content
- [Pertains to Banff Indian Days]
- Name Access
- Noble, George
- Subject Access
- Banff Indian Days
- First Nations
- Indigenous Peoples
- Stoney Nakoda
- Stoney
- Geographic Access
- Alberta
- Language
- English
- Creator
- Noble, George
- Title Source
- Stoney Nakoda Elders provided naming and other culturally relevant information during interviews held for Recognizing Relations, an archives initiative active from 2014-2023.
- The goal of this initiative was to name local Indigenous peoples in photographs held in the WMCR archives as well as encouraging access for Indigenous communities to these images.
- Content Details
- [Updated description: Banff Indian Days - judge on white horse. Man is biting horse's ear to keep it still. No chutes, no corrals.]* .
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Group of people in regalia at Banff Indian Days event at the Banff Springs Hotel
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- Part Of
- George Noble fonds
- Scope & Content
- [Unknown people. Pertains to Banff Indian Days; Banff Springs Hotel]
- Date Range
- [ca.1925-ca.1935]
- Reference Code
- V469 / 1463
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- GMD
- Photograph
- Negative
1 image
- Part Of
- George Noble fonds
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Fonds Number
- V469
- Sous-Fonds
- V469
- Accession Number
- n/a
- Reference Code
- V469 / 1463
- GMD
- Photograph
- Negative
- Parallel Title
- Banff Indian Days - Dancing
- Date Range
- [ca.1925-ca.1935]
- Physical Description
- 1 negative : 12 x 17 cm
- Scope & Content
- [Unknown people. Pertains to Banff Indian Days; Banff Springs Hotel]
- Name Access
- Noble, George
- Subject Access
- Banff Indian Days
- First Nations
- Indigenous Peoples
- Stoney Nakoda
- Stoney
- Geographic Access
- Alberta
- Language
- English
- Creator
- Noble, George
- Title Source
- Stoney Nakoda Elders provided naming and other culturally relevant information during interviews held for Recognizing Relations, an archives initiative active from 2014-2023.
- The goal of this initiative was to name local Indigenous peoples in photographs held in the WMCR archives as well as encouraging access for Indigenous communities to these images.
- Processing Status
- Processed
Images
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Gussie Abraham (Mrs. Silas Abraham) and child, Stoney Nakoda
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- Part Of
- George Noble fonds
- Scope & Content
- [Woman with child] [Updated description: Gussie Abraham, Stoney Nakoda (Mrs. Silas Abraham)]
- Date Range
- [ca.1920-ca.1940]
- Reference Code
- V469 / 2205
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- GMD
- Photograph
- Negative
1 image
- Part Of
- George Noble fonds
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Fonds Number
- V469
- Sous-Fonds
- V469
- Accession Number
- n/a
- Reference Code
- V469 / 2205
- GMD
- Photograph
- Negative
- Parallel Title
- [Indian mother and child]
- Date Range
- [ca.1920-ca.1940]
- Physical Description
- 1 negative : 9 x 15 cm or smaller
- Scope & Content
- [Woman with child] [Updated description: Gussie Abraham, Stoney Nakoda (Mrs. Silas Abraham)]
- Name Access
- Abraham, Gussie
- Noble, George
- Subject Access
- First Nations
- Indigenous Peoples
- Stoney Nakoda
- Stoney
- Geographic Access
- Alberta
- Language
- English
- Creator
- Noble, George
- Title Source
- Identification made through cross referencing at the Morley Archives. Information provided by Stoney Elders during the Recognizing Relations project, an archives initiative undertaken in 2014 to identify Stoney people in photographs held in the Whyte Museum Archives.
- The goal of this initiative was to name local Indigenous peoples in photographs held in the WMCR archives as well as encouraging access for Indigenous communities to these images.
- Content Details
- Identification made through cross referencing at the Morley Archives.
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Hannah Benjamin, daughter of Jonas and Libby Benjamin
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- Part Of
- George Noble fonds
- Scope & Content
- Item consists of young Hannah Benjamin, daughter of Jonas Benjamin and Libby Benjamin, posed in front of a tipi.
- Date Range
- [ca.1920-ca.1940]
- Reference Code
- V469 / 2211
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- GMD
- Photograph
- Negative
1 image
- Part Of
- George Noble fonds
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Fonds Number
- V469
- Sous-Fonds
- V469
- Accession Number
- n/a
- Reference Code
- V469 / 2211
- GMD
- Photograph
- Negative
- Date Range
- [ca.1920-ca.1940]
- Physical Description
- 1 negative : 9 x 15 cm or smaller
- Scope & Content
- Item consists of young Hannah Benjamin, daughter of Jonas Benjamin and Libby Benjamin, posed in front of a tipi.
- Name Access
- Noble, George
- Subject Access
- Recognizing Relations Collection
- First Nations
- Indigenous Peoples
- Stoney
- Stoney Nakoda
- Geographic Access
- Alberta
- Language
- English
- Creator
- Noble, George
- Title Source
- Stoney Nakoda Elders provided naming and other culturally relevant information during interviews held for Recognizing Relations, an archives initiative active from 2014-2023. .
- The goal of this initiative was to name local Indigenous peoples in photographs held in the WMCR archives as well as encouraging access for Indigenous communities to these images.
- Processing Status
- Processed
Images
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Jonas Benjamin, Stoney Nakoda
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- Part Of
- George Noble fonds
- Scope & Content
- [Unidentified man in front of teepee - Pertains to Banff Indian Days]
- Date Range
- [ca.1920-ca.1940]
- Reference Code
- V469 / 2197
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- GMD
- Photograph
- Negative
1 image
- Part Of
- George Noble fonds
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Fonds Number
- V469
- Sous-Fonds
- V469
- Accession Number
- n/a
- Reference Code
- V469 / 2197
- GMD
- Photograph
- Negative
- Date Range
- [ca.1920-ca.1940]
- Physical Description
- 1 negative : 9 x 15 cm or smaller
- Scope & Content
- [Unidentified man in front of teepee - Pertains to Banff Indian Days]
- Name Access
- Benjamin, Jonas
- Noble, George
- Subject Access
- Banff Indian Days
- First Nations
- Indigenous Peoples
- Stoney Nakoda
- Stoney
- Geographic Access
- Alberta
- Language
- English
- Creator
- Noble, George
- Title Source
- Identification made through cross referencing with this and other fonds. Information provided by Stoney Elders during the Recognizing Relations project, an archives initiative undertaken in 2014 to identify Stoney people in photographs held in the Whyte Museum Archives.
- The goal of this initiative was to name local Indigenous peoples in photographs held in the WMCR archives as well as encouraging access for Indigenous communities to these images.
- Content Details
- [Updated description: Jonas Benjamin, Stoney Nakoda]* Identification made through cross referencing with this and other fonds.
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Jonas Benjamin (top), Joseph below, woman on left is Libby Benjamin with daughter Annie, Stoney Nakoda
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- Part Of
- George Noble fonds
- Scope & Content
- [Unidentified family posing outside teepee] [Updated description: Jonas Benjamin (top), Joseph below, woman on left is Libby Benjamin with daughter Annie, Stoney Nakoda]
- Date Range
- [ca.1920-ca.1930]
- Reference Code
- V469 / 2183
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- GMD
- Photograph
- Negative
1 image
- Part Of
- George Noble fonds
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Fonds Number
- V469
- Sous-Fonds
- V469
- Accession Number
- n/a
- Reference Code
- V469 / 2183
- GMD
- Photograph
- Negative
- Date Range
- [ca.1920-ca.1930]
- Physical Description
- 1 negative : 9 x 15 cm or smaller
- Scope & Content
- [Unidentified family posing outside teepee] [Updated description: Jonas Benjamin (top), Joseph below, woman on left is Libby Benjamin with daughter Annie, Stoney Nakoda]
- Subject Access
- First Nations
- Indigenous Peoples
- Stoney Nakoda
- Stoney
- Geographic Access
- Alberta
- Language
- English
- Creator
- Noble, George
- Title Source
- Stoney Nakoda Elders provided naming and other culturally relevant information during interviews held for Recognizing Relations, an archives initiative active from 2014-2023.
- The goal of this initiative was to name local Indigenous peoples in photographs held in the WMCR archives as well as encouraging access for Indigenous communities to these images.
- Processing Status
- Processed
Images
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