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Canadian Pacific Railway fonds
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- Part Of
- Canadian Pacific Railway fonds
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of visual and texual material pertaining to the Canadian Pacific Railway and its holdings. Visual material conists of two series. Series I: lantern slides, Series II: prints. Textual material consists of two series. Series I: organizational records, Series II: the 1942 film "Canadian…
- Date Range
- [ca.1900-1950]
- Reference Code
- M584 / V782
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- GMD
- Photograph
- Transparency
- Lantern slide
- Organization record
- Textual record
- Part Of
- Canadian Pacific Railway fonds
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- Fonds Number
- M584 / V782
- Sous-Fonds
- V782
- Accession Number
- 303, 304, 625, 1471, 1086, 1544, 3288, 3502, 6740, 7071, 2014.8366, 2021.18
- Reference Code
- M584 / V782
- Date Range
- [ca.1900-1950]
- Physical Description
- 69 b&w lantern slides, 5 cm of textual records, ca. 309 prints : b&w ; 27.9 x 20.3 cm or smaller
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of visual and texual material pertaining to the Canadian Pacific Railway and its holdings. Visual material conists of two series. Series I: lantern slides, Series II: prints. Textual material consists of two series. Series I: organizational records, Series II: the 1942 film "Canadian Pacific" screenplay and associated documents. Visual material includes black and white lantern slides and black and white prints depicting various scenes pertaining to travelling on the Canadian Pacific Railway and depict dining rooms, scnes involving trains and mountains, farming scenes and fields, people in train cars, various cities and towns, figures in natural landscapes, horses and horseback riding, mountains, waterfalls, skiing, ships, CP hotels, and other grand buildings [across Canada] such as Notre Dame Cathedral in Montreal. Textual material includes paper reports [some compiled by Canadian Pacific Hotels Architectural Engineer Ed Steel] detailing various construction and/or renovation projects for hotels, lodges, tea houses, bugalow camps, huts, and backcountry lodges throughout the Canadian Rockies as well as records pertaining to CP hotels in the Canadian Rockies, and the screenplay for "Canadian Pacific."
- Notes
- Slides were stored in rectangular wood box with leather handle on top, and metal handle at one end. White label that says “Lyon & Turnbull 432 04 February 2009” on lid of the box. Old, peeling, and stained label on top under handle, illegible. Faded, peeling labels on front, some words legible: “from the Canadian Pacific…” 2 stained and water damaged labels detached from box appear to be English shipping labels.“10” stamped in black on both ends of box. Stamped in black on rear of box: “Canadian Pacific Rly Co. 62 to 65 Charing Cross, London, S.W. 1. “3” engraved on upper rim of box. Box is divided into 3 sections with removable wood separators, small pieces of felt line 2 sections of the box.
- Name Access
- Canadian Pacific Railway
- Subject Access
- Buildings
- Buildings and facilities
- Camps
- Construction
- Environment
- Huts
- Tourism
- Trains
- Transportation
- Geographic Access
- Banff National Park
- Jasper National Park
- Yoho National Park
- Glacier
- Alberta
- British Columbia
- Canada
- Language
- Language is English
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of fonds
- Content Details
- Prints and some textual records absorbed from old records V121 and M48. Lantern slides donated to the Whyte Museum by Dr. William and Mrs. Wynn Bensen. The slides were purchased by the Bensens from Lyon and Turnbull in Scotland.
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Along Banks of Ganges River Benares
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions39877
- Part Of
- Mary Schaffer fonds
- Date Range
- [ca. 1908 - 192-]
- Reference Code
- V527 / PS 1 - 1352
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- GMD
- Photograph
- Lantern slide
- Transparency
1 image
- Part Of
- Mary Schaffer fonds
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Series
- II. Photography series
- Sub-Series
- A. Lantern slides 10. World travels
- Reference Code
- V527 / PS 1 - 1352
- Date Range
- [ca. 1908 - 192-]
- Physical Description
- 1 transparency : lantern slide
- Subject Access
- Transportation
- Family and personal life
- Geographic Access
- India
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Along banks of Ganges River- Benares India
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions39870
- Part Of
- Mary Schaffer fonds
- Date Range
- [ca. 1908 - 192-]
- Reference Code
- V527 / PS 1 - 1345
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- GMD
- Photograph
- Lantern slide
- Transparency
1 image
- Part Of
- Mary Schaffer fonds
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Series
- II. Photography series
- Sub-Series
- A. Lantern slides 10. World travels
- Reference Code
- V527 / PS 1 - 1345
- Date Range
- [ca. 1908 - 192-]
- Physical Description
- 1 transparency : lantern slide
- Subject Access
- Buildings and memorials
- Transportation
- Family and personal life
- Geographic Access
- India
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Arrival of Champlain
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions38593
- Part Of
- Mary Schaffer fonds
- Scope & Content
- [Fur trade illustration - First Nations in canoes greeting ship]
- Date Range
- [ca. 1910]
- Reference Code
- V527 / PS 1 - 604
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- GMD
- Photograph
- Lantern slide
- Transparency
1 image
- Part Of
- Mary Schaffer fonds
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Series
- II. Photography series
- Sub-Series
- A. Lantern slides 6. Fur trade
- Reference Code
- V527 / PS 1 - 604
- Date Range
- [ca. 1910]
- Physical Description
- 1 transparency : lantern slide
- Scope & Content
- [Fur trade illustration - First Nations in canoes greeting ship]
- Subject Access
- Discovery and Exploration
- Environment and Nature
- First nations
- Immigration and homesteading
- Transportation
- Geographic Access
- Canada
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Canadian scenes
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions14787
- Part Of
- Malcolm Geddes fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 20 lantern slide photographs depicting scenes in Victoria, Vancouver and vicinity in British Columbia; Edmonton, Calgary and vicinity in Alberta; Regina and other regions in Saskatchewan; Winnipeg in Manitoba; and shipping activity on the Great Lakes.
- Date Range
- [ca.1925]
- Reference Code
- V756 / III / A / PS - 312 to 331
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Photograph
- Lantern slide
- Part Of
- Malcolm Geddes fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M39
- V756
- Series
- V756 / III : Personal and family records
- Sous-Fonds
- V756
- Sub-Series
- V756 / III / A : Travel and mountain expeditions
- Accession Number
- 6504
- Reference Code
- V756 / III / A / PS - 312 to 331
- Responsibility
- Most images in file issued by Department of the Interior Natural Resources Intelligence Branch
- Date Range
- [ca.1925]
- Physical Description
- 20 photographs : lantern slides
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 20 lantern slide photographs depicting scenes in Victoria, Vancouver and vicinity in British Columbia; Edmonton, Calgary and vicinity in Alberta; Regina and other regions in Saskatchewan; Winnipeg in Manitoba; and shipping activity on the Great Lakes.
- Notes
- Most items in file are captioned
- Material Details
- Items in file are hand-coloured
- Subject Access
- Scenery
- Ship
- Transportation
- Travel
- Communities
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- British Columbia
- Vancouver
- Victoria
- Alberta
- Edmonton
- Calgary
- Saskatchewan
- Regina
- Manitoba
- Winnipeg
- Great Lakes
- Access Restrictions
- Fragile- restrictions may apply
- Language
- English
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Dog cariole : courtesy H.B.Co. [Hudson's Bay Company] - [illustration]
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions38575
- Part Of
- Mary Schaffer fonds
- Date Range
- [ca. 1910]
- Reference Code
- V527 / PS 1 - 586
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- GMD
- Photograph
- Lantern slide
- Transparency
1 image
- Part Of
- Mary Schaffer fonds
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Series
- II. Photography series
- Sub-Series
- A. Lantern slides 6. Fur trade
- Reference Code
- V527 / PS 1 - 586
- Date Range
- [ca. 1910]
- Physical Description
- 1 transparency : lantern slide
- Subject Access
- Discovery and Exploration
- Environment and Nature
- Immigration and homesteading
- Transportation
- Geographic Access
- Canada
Images
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[Fur trade illustration - dogs pulling cariole]
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions38571
- Part Of
- Mary Schaffer fonds
- Date Range
- [1899]
- Reference Code
- V527 / PS 1 - 582
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- GMD
- Photograph
- Lantern slide
- Transparency
1 image
- Part Of
- Mary Schaffer fonds
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Series
- II. Photography series
- Sub-Series
- A. Lantern slides 6. Fur trade
- Reference Code
- V527 / PS 1 - 582
- Date Range
- [1899]
- Physical Description
- 1 transparency : lantern slide
- Subject Access
- Discovery and Exploration
- Environment and Nature
- Immigration and homesteading
- Transportation
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Creator
- Heming
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[Fur trade illustration - explorer talking with First Nations]
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions38617
- Part Of
- Mary Schaffer fonds
- Date Range
- [ca. 1910]
- Reference Code
- V527 / PS 1 - 628
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- GMD
- Photograph
- Lantern slide
- Transparency
1 image
- Part Of
- Mary Schaffer fonds
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Series
- II. Photography series
- Sub-Series
- A. Lantern slides 6. Fur trade
- Reference Code
- V527 / PS 1 - 628
- Date Range
- [ca. 1910]
- Physical Description
- 1 transparency : lantern slide
- Geographic Access
- Canada
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[Fur trade illustration - explorers in canoe with First Nations]
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions38621
- Part Of
- Mary Schaffer fonds
- Date Range
- [ca. 1910]
- Reference Code
- V527 / PS 1 - 632
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- GMD
- Photograph
- Lantern slide
- Transparency
1 image
- Part Of
- Mary Schaffer fonds
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Series
- II. Photography series
- Sub-Series
- A. Lantern slides 6. Fur trade
- Reference Code
- V527 / PS 1 - 632
- Date Range
- [ca. 1910]
- Physical Description
- 1 transparency : lantern slide
- Geographic Access
- Canada
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[Fur trade illustration - explorers in canoes]
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions38622
- Part Of
- Mary Schaffer fonds
- Date Range
- [ca. 1910]
- Reference Code
- V527 / PS 1 - 633
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- GMD
- Photograph
- Lantern slide
- Transparency
1 image
- Part Of
- Mary Schaffer fonds
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Series
- II. Photography series
- Sub-Series
- A. Lantern slides 6. Fur trade
- Reference Code
- V527 / PS 1 - 633
- Date Range
- [ca. 1910]
- Physical Description
- 1 transparency : lantern slide
- Geographic Access
- Canada
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