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Commercial postcards

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Part Of
Kidney family fonds
Scope & Content
File consists of 20 commercial postcards, mostly produced by Byron Harmon, of Banff and the Canadian Rockies. Content pertains to winter sports (hockey, snowshoeing, skiing, curling, ski jumping, etc.), wildlife, the town of Banff and some locations in Eastern British Columbia. Some postcards are a…
Date Range
[ca. 1900 - ca. 1910]
1912 - 1916
1922
Reference Code
V324 / IV / E / PG - 1 to 20
Description Level
5 / File
GMD
Postcard
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 / PG - 1 to 20
GMD
Postcard
Responsibility
Produced by Byron Harmon, V & Sons, Gowen Sutton Co. Ltd., Vancouver, George Noble, Novelty Mfg. Co. Ltd., Montreal
Date Range
[ca. 1900 - ca. 1910]
1912 - 1916
1922
Physical Description
20 postcards : b&w and col. ; 14 x 9 cm and 13.5 x 8.5 cm
Scope & Content
File consists of 20 commercial postcards, mostly produced by Byron Harmon, of Banff and the Canadian Rockies. Content pertains to winter sports (hockey, snowshoeing, skiing, curling, ski jumping, etc.), wildlife, the town of Banff and some locations in Eastern British Columbia. Some postcards are annotated with dates/brief details. One postcard dated 1913 contains letter addressed to Flora Woodworth from her cousin, Mary Woodworth, with stamp affixed [see "Full Text"].
Notes
Some dates are estimates provided by the Processing Archivist
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
Harmon, Byron
Noble, George
Subject Access
Travel
Tourism
Sports
Winter sports
Hockey
Snowshoes and snowshoeing
Mountain
Landscapes
Banff Winter Carnival
Animals
Bears
Hunting
Canadian Pacific Railway
Hotel
Ice sculpture
Horses
Ski jumping
Children
Geographic Access
Canada
Alberta
Banff
British Columbia
Field
Bow River
Glacier
Cascade Mountain
Access Restrictions
Restrictions may apply
Reproduction Restrictions
Restrictions may apply
Language
English
Conservation
Heavily annotated postcard with affixed stamp [item V324 / IV / E / PG - 12] has been placed in mylar to prevent ink transfer.
Category
Sports, recreation and leisure
Transportation
Family and personal life
Environment
Title Source
Title based on contents of file
Processing Status
Processed
Less detail
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Part Of
Charlie Russell fonds
Scope & Content
Subseries consists of 2377 black and white 35mm negatives pertaining to the filming of "Grizzly Country",ranching, friends and family, wildlife, skiing, hunting trophies, hiking, a trip to New York City, snowshoeing, and pack trains.
Date Range
ca.1961-ca.1968
Reference Code
V557 / I / V
Description Level
4 / Sub-series
GMD
Photograph
Negative
Part Of
Charlie Russell fonds
Description Level
4 / Sub-series
Fonds Number
V557
Series
I
Sous-Fonds
V557
Sub-Series
C
Accession Number
7728
Reference Code
V557 / I / V
GMD
Photograph
Negative
Date Range
ca.1961-ca.1968
Physical Description
2337 photographs : b&w negatives ; 35 mm
Scope & Content
Subseries consists of 2377 black and white 35mm negatives pertaining to the filming of "Grizzly Country",ranching, friends and family, wildlife, skiing, hunting trophies, hiking, a trip to New York City, snowshoeing, and pack trains.
Notes
When initially housed in negative books, certain negatives had numbered or unnumbered red stickers and verlaid rectangles to indicate which negatives were to be reproduced for Charlie Russells book "Spirit Bear", as well as how to reporduction was to be cropped. Both the stickers and the cropping information was carried over into the new housing and corresponds with the "These are the negs used for Spirit Bear chapter one" document in the case file.
Name Access
Russell, Andrew Charles (Charlie)
Russell, Andy
Tillenius, Clarence
Russell, Dick
Subject Access
Animals
Backpacking
Birds
Bison
Marmots
Hiking
Skiing
Caribou
Family and personal life
Moose
Horse packing
Camping
Environment and Nature
Farmland
Filmaking
Grizzly Bears
Hawk's Nest Ranch
Hunting
Outfitters, trail guides and packers
Geographic Access
Waterton
Waterton Lakes National Park
Alberta
Canada
Alaska
New York
United States of America
British Columbia
Language
English
Finding Aid
Revised digital and original handwritten in case file
Creator
Charlie Russell
Title Source
Title based on contents of file
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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