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Soole family fonds
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- Part Of
- Soole family fonds
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of textual and visual materials pertaining to members of the Soole and Astley family, as well as the Homestead Hotel and property near Lake Minnewanka. Includes family photographs and albums; published materials, including two guidebooks; collected newspaper articles; notes and corre…
- Date Range
- [ca.1905-1960]
- Reference Code
- M596 / V811
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- GMD
- Album
- Photograph
- Photograph print
- Transparency
- Private record
- Published record
- Part Of
- Soole family fonds
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- Fonds Number
- M591
- V811
- Sous-Fonds
- M591
- V811
- Accession Number
- 2022.24
- Reference Code
- M596 / V811
- Date Range
- [ca.1905-1960]
- Physical Description
- 3 photo albums -- ca.6 cm of textual records -- ca.124 photographs (48 prints; 76 transparencies) -- one annotated ribbon
- History / Biographical
- David Mowbray Soole (1885-1959) was postmaster at Bankhead until 1913 when he moved to Banff to establish a real estate and insurance business. He sold the business in 1919 and bought the Homestead Hotel in Banff which he operated until 1945. Eric and his wife, Violet, had two children: a daughter, Ivy (Bond), and a son, Eric A. Soole. Eric Astley Soole (1918-2012) grew up in Banff and Calgary. He married Sylvia (Maberley) Soole (1924-2016) in 1942 or 1943. Eric served in the Royal Canadian Air Force
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of textual and visual materials pertaining to members of the Soole and Astley family, as well as the Homestead Hotel and property near Lake Minnewanka. Includes family photographs and albums; published materials, including two guidebooks; collected newspaper articles; notes and correspondence, including genealogical records; Eric and Sylvia Soole's marriage certificate; and other related materials.
- Name Access
- Soole, Eric
- Soole, Sylvia
- Subject Access
- Family and personal life
- Hotels
- Homestead Hotel
- Travel
- Publication
- Correspondence
- Genealogy
- Research
- Marriage
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Alberta
- Banff
- Lake Minnewanka
- Language
- English
- Biographical Source Notes
- https://albertaonrecord.ca/d-m-soole-fonds https://www.legacy.com/ca/obituaries/timescolonist/name/eric-soole-obituary?pid=157142355
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of fonds
- Processing Status
- Unprocessed
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Alberta Canada 1969 tourist guide approved accommodation
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- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1969
- Author
- Alberta. Travel Bureau
- Publisher
- Edmonton : Alberta Government Travel Bureau
- Call Number
- 02.5 Al1ac Pam
- Author
- Alberta. Travel Bureau
- Publisher
- Edmonton : Alberta Government Travel Bureau
- Published Date
- 1969
- Physical Description
- 95p. : map
- Subjects
- Campgrounds
- Hotels
- Accession Number
- 7471
- Call Number
- 02.5 Al1ac Pam
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Banff and area businesses, townsite, scenic views
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions55024
- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of photographs pertaining to businesses, tourist attractions and natural views in and around Banff. Includes images of backcountry camps in Banff National Park; the Bow River Boat House; Beaver Lodge and Bampton Cottage [both located on Beaver Street in Banff]; fires at Breton Hall Ho…
- Date Range
- [ca.1890-1900]
- [1896-1898]
- 1904-1905
- [ca.1910-1920]
- 1912
- 1914
- [ca.1930-1935]
- 1933
- 1941
- [ca.1950-1960]
- Reference Code
- LUX / I / D6c / PA - 133 to 182
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Photograph
- Photograph print
1 image
- 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 / D6 : Other activities and interests
- Accession Number
- LUX
- Reference Code
- LUX / I / D6c / PA - 133 to 182
- Responsibility
- PA-182 produced by Canadian Pacific
- Date Range
- [ca.1890-1900]
- [1896-1898]
- 1904-1905
- [ca.1910-1920]
- 1912
- 1914
- [ca.1930-1935]
- 1933
- 1941
- [ca.1950-1960]
- Physical Description
- 50 photographs ; b&w prints ; 25 x 20.5 cm or smaller
- Scope & Content
- File consists of photographs pertaining to businesses, tourist attractions and natural views in and around Banff. Includes images of backcountry camps in Banff National Park; the Bow River Boat House; Beaver Lodge and Bampton Cottage [both located on Beaver Street in Banff]; fires at Breton Hall Hotel and Banff Springs Hotel; the Park Museum and Information Bureau; early views of Banff Springs Hotel [1904]; Vermillion River Bungalow Camp and the Lake Louise Chalet; Paddy J. Nolan’s home [built by Norman Luxton]; a postcard print titled “Starved Bachelors Retreat Banff Alberta"; swimming at the Cave and Basin[?] and Banff Upper Hot Springs; the Crag and Canyon office [ca.1905]; Skoki Lodge; and the office of photographers Wilson and Fear [1896-1898].
- Notes
- Photographs LUX/I/D6c/PA-181 and 182 [depicting Wilson and Fear storefront] are copies of the same image but annotated with different dates [ca.1896 and ca.1898]. Based on context and dating of related images in Whyte Museum archives, actual image date may be closer to [ca.1894].
- Material Details
- LUX/I/D6c/PA-173 has three red sun-shaped stickers attached to back left corner, red ribbon attached to back right corner
- Name Access
- Wilson, John
- Fear, George
- Fear, William (Bill)
- Nolan, Paddy J.
- Luxton, Norman
- Smyth, S. A.
- Subject Access
- Bow River Boat House
- Pack trips
- Horses
- Teepees
- Boats
- Property
- Land use
- Hotels
- Fire
- Banff Springs Hotel
- Photography
- Businesses
- Tourism
- Hot Springs
- Leisure
- Mountain
- Newspaper
- Organizations
- Travel
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Alberta
- Banff
- Banff National Park
- Vermilion Lakes
- Lake Louise
- Bow River
- Sulphur Mountain
- Cave and Basin
- Language
- English
- Related Material
- Items LUX/I/D6c/PA-163 to 168 have duplicate negative copies processed as LUX/I/D6c/NA-41 to 46
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Buildings and Hotels
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions56793
- Part Of
- Bruno Engler fonds
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to 68 b&w prints of various buildings' interiors and exteriors around Banff, Edmonton, Radium, and Wapta. Includes St. Paul's Presbyterian Church, Mineral Springs Hospital (located on the south side of the Bow River), the Voyager Inn, the Rimrock Inn, the Parks Canada Administration B…
- Date Range
- [ca. 1960-1977]
- Reference Code
- V190 / VI / B / vii / PA - 01 to PA - 68
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Photograph
10 images
- Part Of
- Bruno Engler fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M323 / S40 / V190
- Series
- VI : Retained file, B : Alphabetical order
- Sous-Fonds
- V190
- Sub-Series
- vii : Buildings and Hotels
- Accession Number
- 7436
- Reference Code
- V190 / VI / B / vii / PA - 01 to PA - 68
- GMD
- Photograph
- Date Range
- [ca. 1960-1977]
- Physical Description
- 68 photographs : b&w ; 25.2 x 20.2 cm or smaller
- History / Biographical
- See fonds level description
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to 68 b&w prints of various buildings' interiors and exteriors around Banff, Edmonton, Radium, and Wapta. Includes St. Paul's Presbyterian Church, Mineral Springs Hospital (located on the south side of the Bow River), the Voyager Inn, the Rimrock Inn, the Parks Canada Administration Building, Num-ti-Jaw Lodge, the lobby of the Bank of Montreal, various unidentified houses (both intact and being demolished), a federal building in Edmonton, the Radium Hot Springs Inn, the Wapta Inn, alters and shrines (interior and exterior), and the interiors of various hotels - including public spaces and rooms.
- Subject Access
- Buildings
- Businesses
- Cabins
- Churches
- Hot Springs
- Hotels
- Government
- Mountains
- Parks Canada
- Rivers
- Roads
- Winter
- Geographic Access
- Banff
- Lake Louise
- Banff National Park
- Edmonton
- Alberta
- Radium
- British Columbia
- Language
- English
- Related Material
- V190 / VI / B / vii / NA - 01 to NA - 04
- Creator
- Engler, Bruno
- Title Source
- Original title kept
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Canadian Pacific Landscape Posters
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions54183
- Part Of
- Nicholas Morant fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 24 large printed posters, colour. Content pertains to promotional tourism imagery produced by Nicholas Morant, depicting various Canadian landscapes and sights. Most of posters depict regions in or close to the Rocky Mountains, with additional images featuring areas in Nova Scotia …
- Date Range
- [ca. 1940 - ca. 1960]
- Reference Code
- V500 / II / C / 6 / PA - 14 to 37 O.S.
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Poster
- Textual record
- Part Of
- Nicholas Morant fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M300 / S20 / V500
- Sous-Fonds
- V500
- Sub-Series
- V500 / II / C / 6 : Promotional Items, Awards and Correspondence
- Accession Number
- 7784
- Reference Code
- V500 / II / C / 6 / PA - 14 to 37 O.S.
- GMD
- Poster
- Textual record
- Responsibility
- Nicholas Morant , Canadian Pacific
- Date Range
- [ca. 1940 - ca. 1960]
- Physical Description
- Posters: paper; colour
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 24 large printed posters, colour. Content pertains to promotional tourism imagery produced by Nicholas Morant, depicting various Canadian landscapes and sights. Most of posters depict regions in or close to the Rocky Mountains, with additional images featuring areas in Nova Scotia and Quebec and some which do not mention locations in their titles.
- Notes
- Items originally stored together in large poster tube, labelled : "Montreal Quebec - 8 I '63 Canada Postage 15 [cents]" "Mr. Nick Morant, P.O. Box 1288, Banff, Alberta. Department of Publc Relations Canadian Pacific Railway Company Windsor Station - Montreal 3, Quebec" "OLD CP VIEWS - Kodaks - " "CP Airline Plane / Chateau Frontenac / Sulphur Mt. Skyline View / Evangeline Church / Kick. Horse - Mt. Field / Kick Horse Canyon with Train / Empress Hotel / BS Hotel from Sulphur Mt. / Quebec Windmills / Yoho Valley Hi-Line Trail / Peggy's Cove / Thompson River View / Moraine Lake Scenic / Icefields / Yoho Valley / Lake Louise / Lake O'Hara / 'Canadian' Stoney Cr. / Freight nr. Lake Louise / Empress of Britain (painting)"
- Storage Range
- In oversize storage as V500 / II / C / 6 / PA - 14 O.S. to V500 / II / C / 6 / PA - 37 O.S.
- Subject Access
- tourism
- Advertising
- Canadian Pacific
- Travel
- Landscapes
- Trains
- Mountains
- Scenery
- Empress Hotel
- Hotels
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Alberta
- British Columbia
- Canadian Rocky Mountains
- Yoho National Park
- Quebec
- Nova Scotia
- Lake Louise
- Moraine Lake
- Access Restrictions
- Items in this file are not to be accessed or distributed without the explicit permission of their identified copyright owners.
- Reproduction Restrictions
- Items in this file are not to be reproduced without the explicit permission of their identified copyright owners.
- Language
- English
- Creator
- Nicholas Morant
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Canadian Pacific Railway promotional prints
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- Part Of
- Canadian Pacific Railway fonds
- Scope & Content
- Series pertains to photograph prints of Canadian Pacific Railway properties and surrounding locations. Includes scenes from around the town of Banff and Banff National Park, interior and exterior views of hotels [particularly the Banff Springs Hotel and the Chateau Lake Louise], trophies, portraits…
- Date Range
- [ca.1960-1960]
- Reference Code
- V782 / II / PA115 - 01 to 309
- Description Level
- 3 / Series
- GMD
- Photograph
- Part Of
- Canadian Pacific Railway fonds
- Description Level
- 3 / Series
- Fonds Number
- M584 / V782
- Sous-Fonds
- V782
- Accession Number
- 625
- Reference Code
- V782 / II / PA115 - 01 to 309
- GMD
- Photograph
- Date Range
- [ca.1960-1960]
- Physical Description
- 309 prints : b&w ; 27.9 x 20.3 cm or smaller
- Scope & Content
- Series pertains to photograph prints of Canadian Pacific Railway properties and surrounding locations. Includes scenes from around the town of Banff and Banff National Park, interior and exterior views of hotels [particularly the Banff Springs Hotel and the Chateau Lake Louise], trophies, portraits, horses and horseback riding, skiing, trains, photographs of paintings, and various scenic views.
- Notes
- Most prints have titles or captions on the backs, as well as negatives information.
- Subject Access
- Administration building
- Art
- Artists
- Banff Springs Hotel
- Buildings
- Buildings and facilities
- Camps
- Chateau Lake Louise
- Environment
- Gondolas
- Hiking
- Horses
- Horseback riding
- Hotels
- Mountains
- Outfitters
- Painting
- Skiing
- Sports and recreation
- Tourism
- Trains
- Transportation
- Geographic Access
- Banff
- Lake Louise
- Moraine Lake
- Banff National Park
- Alberta
- Canada
- Reproduction Restrictions
- Not to be reproduced (see NA 31). Copyright belongs to CPR Archives, now managed by The Canadian Railway Museum (Exporail), Montreal.
- Language
- English
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of series
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Canmore History
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions56885
- Part Of
- Bruno Engler fonds
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to 24 b&w prints of historical buildings and sites around the town of Canmore. Includes the exteriors of homes (including Lawrence Grassi's), businesses, and hotels, the train station, the Canmore Mine, and portraits of men with dogs.
- Date Range
- 1936-1993
- Reference Code
- V190 / VI / C / iv / PA - 01 to PA - 24
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Photograph
15 images
- Part Of
- Bruno Engler fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M323 / S40 / V190
- Series
- VI : Retained file, C : Alphabetical order
- Sous-Fonds
- V190
- Sub-Series
- iv : Canmore History
- Accession Number
- 7436
- Reference Code
- V190 / VI / C / iv / PA - 01 to PA - 24
- GMD
- Photograph
- Date Range
- 1936-1993
- Physical Description
- 24 photographs : b&w ; 25.2 x 20.2 cm or smaller
- History / Biographical
- See fonds level description
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to 24 b&w prints of historical buildings and sites around the town of Canmore. Includes the exteriors of homes (including Lawrence Grassi's), businesses, and hotels, the train station, the Canmore Mine, and portraits of men with dogs.
- Notes
- Not all photographs are taken by Bruno Engler
- Name Access
- Grassi, Lawrence
- Subject Access
- Automobiles
- Buildings
- Businesses
- Canmore Hotel
- Canmore Mines
- Dogs
- Hotels
- Mountains
- Portrait
- Trains
- Geographic Access
- Canmore
- Alberta
- Language
- English
- Title Source
- Original title kept
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Commerical buildings
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions56497
- Part Of
- Ron Duke fonds
- Scope & Content
- Sub-series pertains to ca. 1089 black & white and colour negatives and b&w prints pertaining to various exteriors and interiors of buildings throughout the Bow Valley including buildings in Exshaw, hotels, personal homes, heritage buildings, churches, restaurants, moving the Moore House, the Banff …
- Date Range
- [ca. 1965-1980]
- Reference Code
- V180 / V / A / iii / NA - 01 to NA - 65
- Description Level
- 4 / Sub-series
- GMD
- Negative
- Part Of
- Ron Duke fonds
- Description Level
- 4 / Sub-series
- Fonds Number
- M175 / V180
- Series
- V.A. Later material / events
- Sous-Fonds
- V180
- Accession Number
- .
- Reference Code
- V180 / V / A / iii / NA - 01 to NA - 65
- GMD
- Negative
- Date Range
- [ca. 1965-1980]
- Physical Description
- ca. 1089 photographs : b&w negatives ; 12.5 x 10 cm
- History / Biographical
- See fonds level description
- Scope & Content
- Sub-series pertains to ca. 1089 black & white and colour negatives and b&w prints pertaining to various exteriors and interiors of buildings throughout the Bow Valley including buildings in Exshaw, hotels, personal homes, heritage buildings, churches, restaurants, moving the Moore House, the Banff School of Fine Arts, and the Whyte Museum Archives. Includes: [1] - Exshaw Bldgs [2] - Mountainholme Fire [3] - Homestead Hotel [4] - Log Houses [5] - [House Construction] [6] - [House Exterior] [7] - Warden Bldg [Demolition of “Equipment Bldg”] [8] - United Church Manse [9] - House [Duke House?] [10] - [Wax Museum?] [11] - Bank of Montreal [12] - Voyager, Wedding Setup [13] - Rafter 6 [14] - Hotel Interiors [Mount Royal?] [15] - United Church [16] - Dungeon [17] - Morr. Lake – Int. [Restaurant Interior] [18] - [Store Interiors – 35mm] [19] - Art School Misc. [20] - Copy Neg. Ballet Teacher [21] - Pentacostal Group, BSFA [22] - [BSFA Activities] [23] - Orchestra, BSFA, Feb/70 [24] - BSFA Copy Negs., Leslie Wertman, Mary Lou Fallis, Louis McDonald [25] - BSFA Copy Neg., Dodi Protero [26] - Telephoto, BSFA Bldgs. [27] - New Theatre Copy, BSFA [28] - [Ken] Madsen House Winter [29] - BSFA Winter [30] - BSFA Volley Ball [31] - BSFA [32] - [BSFA – Misc.] [33] - BSFA Furniture [34] - BSAM Windup [35] - Copies, BSFA [36] - [BSFA Portraits] [37] - [BSFA Activities] [38] - Art School Misc. [39] - Drs. Group [40] - Bosh Group, BSFA, Mr. Preston [41] - [BSFA Stage Productions] [42] - Archives Interior [43] - Art Exhibit Archives, Alpine Club Show [44] - Art Exhibit Archives [45] - ACR Fire [46] - Plasket, Archives [47] - Weaving Display, Archives [48] - Pearl Moore House Moving, Archives [49] - Archives Buildings [50] - Building, Archives [51] - Old Timers – 73, Archives [52] - Xmas Tree with Kids, Archives, Christmas 1973 (Story Hour) [53] - Archives, Art Exhibit [54] - Copies of Painting & Drawing, Archives [55] - Mary Alice Stewart [56] - Vic Kutchera, Archives [57] - Peyto Cabin & Art Show, Archives [58] - Archives Bldg [59] - Archives Ceramic Display [60] - Archives [61] - Whyte Centre – Alpine Club Archives [62] - [Building Exteriors – Historic Bldgs?] [63] - Copies of Curran Pictures – Archives [64] - [Archives – Library – Gallery] [65] - [Library – Gallery Activities]
- Notes
- All items contain more than one negative or print.
- Name Access
- Stewart, Maryalice Harvey
- Subject Access
- Alpine Club of Canada
- Archives
- Art
- Banff School of Fine Arts
- Banff Centre
- Buildings
- Businesses
- Christmas
- Community life
- Construction
- Dance
- Hotels
- Houses
- Library
- Moore House
- Photography
- Oldtimers
- School
- Skating
- Theatre
- Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies
- Wardens
- Geographic Access
- Banff
- Banff National Park
- Exshaw
- Language
- NA
- Creator
- Duke, Ron
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of sub-series
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Copies & Misc.
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions56535
- Part Of
- Ron Duke fonds
- Scope & Content
- Sub-series pertains to 18 b&w prints depicting various scenes around Banff National Park, possibly collected by Duke. Includes pack trains, the original pool at the Cave & Basin, group portraits, camps and cabins, portraits [including one of Bill Peyto], Banff Avenue, the Chateau Lake Louise, train…
- Date Range
- [ca. 1965-1975]
- Reference Code
- V180 / V / B / vi / PA - 01 to PA - 18
- Description Level
- 4 / Sub-series
- GMD
- Photograph
- Photograph print
- Part Of
- Ron Duke fonds
- Description Level
- 4 / Sub-series
- Fonds Number
- M175 / V180
- Series
- V.B. Later material / prints
- Sous-Fonds
- V180
- Accession Number
- .
- Reference Code
- V180 / V / B / vi / PA - 01 to PA - 18
- Date Range
- [ca. 1965-1975]
- Physical Description
- 18 photographs : b&w ; 25.4 x 20.5 cm or smaller
- History / Biographical
- See fonds level description
- Scope & Content
- Sub-series pertains to 18 b&w prints depicting various scenes around Banff National Park, possibly collected by Duke. Includes pack trains, the original pool at the Cave & Basin, group portraits, camps and cabins, portraits [including one of Bill Peyto], Banff Avenue, the Chateau Lake Louise, trains, and various shots of the 1969 Kiwanis Dollar Coin featuring Walking Buffalo [George McLean].
- Name Access
- Walking Buffalo (George McLean)
- McLean, George
- Peyto, Bill
- Subject Access
- Banff townsite
- Buildings
- Businesses
- Camps
- Cave and Basin
- Chateau Lake Louise
- Hotels
- Mountains
- Money
- Pack trains
- Pack trips
- Portrait
- Geographic Access
- Banff
- Lake Louise
- Banff National Park
- Language
- NA
- Creator
- Duke, Ron
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of sub-series
- Processing Status
- Processed
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CPR Advertising Posters and Glacier House Blueprints
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- Part Of
- Nicholas Morant fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 3 printed posters and 2 pages with blueprints/illustrations. Content pertains to colour advertisements for the Canadian Pacific Railroad (one promoting a new route to Thunder Bay via Winnipeg on the CPR, one advertising 'The Red Letter Day' in 1986 as the CPR opened up a direct lin…
- Date Range
- [ca. 1900 to ca. 1925]
- 1926
- [ca. 1940 to ca. 1970]
- [ca. 1980 to ca. 1990]
- 1986
- Reference Code
- V500 / II / C / 6 / PA - 9 to 13 O.S.
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Textual record
- Blueprint
- Poster
- Part Of
- Nicholas Morant fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M300 / S20 / V500
- Sous-Fonds
- V500
- Sub-Series
- V500 / II / C / 6 : Promotional Items, Awards and Correspondence
- Accession Number
- 7784
- Reference Code
- V500 / II / C / 6 / PA - 9 to 13 O.S.
- Responsibility
- Nichols Morant
- Date Range
- [ca. 1900 to ca. 1925]
- 1926
- [ca. 1940 to ca. 1970]
- [ca. 1980 to ca. 1990]
- 1986
- Physical Description
- 6 Prints: posters and blueprints/illustrations; colour and b&w
- History / Biographical
- The Glacier House was originally built in 1886 to remove the burden of heavy dining cars by acting as one of multiple attractive pit stops for CPR passengers to take their meals. The building was expanded multiple times over the following 3 decades to accommodate a growing demand for overnight accommodation and increased railway traffic. Glacier House became less marketable by the 20's as dining service improved onboard trains, and the building closed in 1925. Plans were made for new extensions in 1926, but these were never realized.
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 3 printed posters and 2 pages with blueprints/illustrations. Content pertains to colour advertisements for the Canadian Pacific Railroad (one promoting a new route to Thunder Bay via Winnipeg on the CPR, one advertising 'The Red Letter Day' in 1986 as the CPR opened up a direct line from the Atlantic to Pacific coasts, and one reprint of a poster, date unknown, which originally promoted the CPR in the early 20th century). Also consists of a blueprint design for a proposed extension to the original Glacier House building in the Selkirks (dated 1926) and one print copy of a painted illustration depicting another proposed building design for the Glacier House, date unknown. The blueprint and illustration are possibly more recent copies of older items, and therefore a later date range of [ca. 1940 to ca. 1970] has been added to this file description.
- Storage Range
- In oversize storage as V500 / II / C / 6 / PA - 9 O.S. to V500 / II / C / 6 / PA - 13 O.S.
- Subject Access
- Travel
- tourism
- Hotels
- Canadian Pacific Railway
- Glacier House
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Canadian Rocky Mountains
- British Columbia
- Selkirks
- Access Restrictions
- Items in this file are not to be accessed or distributed without the explicit permission of their identified copyright owners.
- Reproduction Restrictions
- Items in this file are not to be reproduced without the explicit permission of their identified copyright owners.
- Language
- English
- Conservation
- Items in this file must be stored in mylar to prevent further surface damage while in storage.
- Creator
- Nicholas Morant
- Biographical Source Notes
- https://www.pc.gc.ca/en/lhn-nhs/bc/rogers/decouvrir-discover/natcul6.aspx http://www.geog.uvic.ca/dept2/faculty/smithd/477/2010/2010_05_paper.pdf http://doug56.net/CPRMS1887/glacier-house.html
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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