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Luxton Museum interior and exhibits

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions55332

Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of 43 photographs pertaining to displays and views inside the Luxton Museum in Banff. Photographs depict artwork, taxidermy displays, wax figures, and visitors inside the museum.

Date Range: 1955; 1958; [1955-1960]

Reference Code: LUX / I / D3e / PA - 114 to 156

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print

72 images

Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: LUX

Series: LUX / I / D : Personal and professional

Sous-Fonds: LUX / I : Norman Luxton sous-fonds

Sub-Series: LUX / I / D3 : Organizations

Accession Number: LUX

Reference Code: LUX / I / D3e / PA - 114 to 156

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print

Responsibility: Some photographs produced by Ernest Kehr

Date Range: 1955; 1958; [1955-1960]

Physical Description: 43 photographs : b&w and col. prints ; 25 x 20 cm or smaller

Scope & Content: File consists of 43 photographs pertaining to displays and views inside the Luxton Museum in Banff. Photographs depict artwork, taxidermy displays, wax figures, and visitors inside the museum.

Subject Access: Museums; Taxidermy; Indigenous Peoples; History; Animals; Luxton Museum

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; Banff

Access Restrictions: Restrictions may apply

Reproduction Restrictions: Restrictions may apply

Language: English

Category: Indigenous Peoples

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Luxton Museum interior and exterior views

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions55020

Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of 15 photographs pertaining to Norman Luxton and the Luxton Museum. Includes images of Norman Luxton posing with display items, exterior views of the museum and surrounding landscape, and taxidermy and mannequin displays inside the museum.

Date Range: 1959

Reference Code: LUX / I / D3e / ii / PA - 1 to 15

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print

29 images

Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: LUX

Series: LUX / I / D : Professional and Personal

Sous-Fonds: LUX / I : Norman Luxton sous-fonds

Sub-Series: LUX / I / D3 : Organizations

Accession Number: LUX

Reference Code: LUX / I / D3e / ii / PA - 1 to 15

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print

Date Range: 1959

Physical Description: 15 photographs : b&w prints ; 20.5 x 25 cm

Scope & Content: File consists of 15 photographs pertaining to Norman Luxton and the Luxton Museum. Includes images of Norman Luxton posing with display items, exterior views of the museum and surrounding landscape, and taxidermy and mannequin displays inside the museum.

Notes: Back sides of photographs stamped with “Glenbow Foundation Photograph” label and file numbers, each dated May 30, 1959.

Name Access: Luxton, Norman

Subject Access: Museums; History; Indigenous Peoples; Animals; Taxidermy; Mountain; Businesses; Landscapes

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; Banff

Access Restrictions: Copyright status and restrictions unknown

Reproduction Restrictions: Copyright status and restrictions unknown

Language: English

Category: Indigenous Peoples; Arts

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Trading Post photographs

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of photographs pertaining to the Sign of the Goat Curio Shop [later renamed the Banff Indian Trading Post] which was owned by Norman Luxton. File includes images of the building’s interior and exterior, Norman feeding a pet bear outside of the Trading Post, taxidermy displays, individ…

Date Range: 1904; 1906; 1910; [ca.1940-1945]; 1949; [ca.1950-1955]; 1956-1959; 1961

Reference Code: LUX / I / D3e / PA - 85 to PA - 113

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print

48 images

Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: LUX

Series: LUX / I / D : Personal and Professional

Sous-Fonds: LUX / I : Norman Luxton sous-fonds

Sub-Series: LUX / I / D3 : Organizations

Accession Number: LUX

Reference Code: LUX / I / D3e / PA - 85 to PA - 113

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print

Responsibility: Some items produced by Ernest Kehr [PA-96 and PA-101], A.S. Williams [PA-104], George Luxton [PA-105], and Ronald J. Cooke [PA-106].

Date Range: 1904; 1906; 1910; [ca.1940-1945]; 1949; [ca.1950-1955]; 1956-1959; 1961

Physical Description: 29 photographs : b&w and col. prints ; 20.5 x 25 cm or smaller

Scope & Content: File consists of photographs pertaining to the Sign of the Goat Curio Shop [later renamed the Banff Indian Trading Post] which was owned by Norman Luxton. File includes images of the building’s interior and exterior, Norman feeding a pet bear outside of the Trading Post, taxidermy displays, individuals posing with a dog outside of the Trading Post, and the “Man Fish” of Lake Minnewanka on display.

Notes: Item LUX / I / D3e/PA-107 is a copy negative photograph

Name Access: Kehr, Ernie; Luxton, Norman; Cathcart, John George (Red); Gourlay, Hugh (Bud)

Subject Access: Businesses; Buffalo; Animals; Bears; Buildings; Taxidermy; Commerce and industry; Professional and Personal Life; Tourism

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; Banff

Language: English

Category: Commerce and industry; Sports, recreation and leisure

Title Source: Original title used

Processing Status: Processed

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Woodworth family, Kidney family, friends

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Part Of: Kidney family fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of 40 photographs [including some in book-style folders and one postcard print] pertaining to various members of the Woodworth and Kidney families and their friends in the Banff community. Includes images of boy scouts in Banff, skating on the Bow River, baby portraits [possibly Herb …

Date Range: [ca. 1900]; 1908; [ca. 1915 - ca. 1925]; 1933; [ca. 1935 - ca. 1940]; 1944; [ca. 1950]; 1953; 1963; [ca. 1965]; 1966; 1971

Reference Code: V324 / IV / E / PA - 166 to 203

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print

2 images

Part Of: Kidney family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M74 / V324

Series: V324 / IV : Family, friends and community records

Sous-Fonds: V324

Sub-Series: V324 / IV / E : Maude Kidney Collection

Accession Number: 3109

Reference Code: V324 / IV / E / PA - 166 to 203

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print

Responsibility: Some photographs produced by Ted Dinsmore, F.W. Round and Silvana

Date Range: [ca. 1900]; 1908; [ca. 1915 - ca. 1925]; 1933; [ca. 1935 - ca. 1940]; 1944; [ca. 1950]; 1953; 1963; [ca. 1965]; 1966; 1971

Physical Description: 40 photographs : b&w and col. prints ; 20 x 25 cm or smaller

Scope & Content: File consists of 40 photographs [including some in book-style folders and one postcard print] pertaining to various members of the Woodworth and Kidney families and their friends in the Banff community. Includes images of boy scouts in Banff, skating on the Bow River, baby portraits [possibly Herb MacAulay], group photographs and individual portraits, Herb MacAulay and Jack MacAulay playing hockey, the Woodworth residence, bears by a Brewster touring bus, swimming in the Cave and Basin [Forest Kidney and friends], and a family reunion. Other named individuals include Fred and Ben Woodworth, Reverend Tom Lonsdale and Florence Lonsdale, Jack Brown, Ethel [Woodworth] Edwards, and Karin MacAulay.

Notes: Some dates are estimates provided by the Processing Archivist; File contains duplicates; Photographs in this file were accompanied by notes made shortly before or after accession in 1979 giving names/contextual information about photographs. Some notes are by Jim Deegan, 1987. Information has been transferred to the back of each photograph.

Name Access: Woodworth, Fred; Kidney, Forest H. (Pop); Woodworth, Ethel; Edwards, Ethel; Brown, Jack; Lonsdale, Tom; Lonsdale, Florence; MacAulay, Jack; MacAulay, Karin; MacAulay, Herb

Subject Access: Family and personal life; Boy Scouts of Canada; Military; World War I; Skating; Sports; Children; Landscapes; Swimming; Hockey; Animals; Bears

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; Banff; Cave ad Basin; Bow Falls

Access Restrictions: Restrictions may apply

Reproduction Restrictions: Restrictions may apply

Language: English

Category: Family and personal life; Sports, recreation and leisure; Military; Environment

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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