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Banff Indian Days posters

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Part Of
Luxton family fonds
Scope & Content
File consists of 14 colour and b&w oversized promotional posters and information boards for Banff Indian Days celebrations, promoted by Canadian Pacific. Posters largely feature identified and unidentified Indigenous people, notably Chief Spotted Eagle and Blind Eagle. Art medium includes oil pain…
Date Range
[ca. 1930-1950]
1936
1937
1949
Reference Code
LUX / I / D3 / 1 - 14
Description Level
5 / File
GMD
Textual record
Poster
Drawing
Published record
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Part Of
Luxton family fonds
Description Level
5 / File
Fonds Number
LUX
Series
I.D.3. Personal and professional : Organizations
Sous-Fonds
I. Norman Luxton sous-fonds
Accession Number
LUX
Reference Code
LUX / I / D3 / 1 - 14
GMD
Textual record
Poster
Drawing
Published record
Responsibility
Published and artwork attributed to Ernie Kehr, W.L. Kihn, G.H.W. Ashley, Crag & Canyon Press, Palenske, Canadian Pacific and Multi Color Poster
Date Range
[ca. 1930-1950]
1936
1937
1949
Physical Description
14 posters : colour and b&w ; 35 x 56 cm or smaller
Scope & Content
File consists of 14 colour and b&w oversized promotional posters and information boards for Banff Indian Days celebrations, promoted by Canadian Pacific. Posters largely feature identified and unidentified Indigenous people, notably Chief Spotted Eagle and Blind Eagle. Art medium includes oil paint process mounted on cardboard made in Canada and distributed by Exhibits Branch Canadian Pacific, lithographic prints, and a mounted drawing attributed to Palenske. Some have annotations or stamps on the back.
Notes
Possibly unassociated shipping packing material addressed to Norman Luxton at the Trading Post from E.A. Kehr found in box - this has not been assigned a number. D3-10, a lithographic promotional material from 1936 has an identical design to LUX / II / F1 / 47, an Indian Days poster from 1928 Items LUX / I / D3 / 1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14 were originally associated with LUX / I / D3a / 6, which contains brochures and a flyer from Banff Indian Days LUX / I / D3 / 8, Palenske may have potentionally used photograph LUX / I / D3a / PA-26 as reference
Material Details
Some posters have foldable cardboard stand at back to place upright on surface, adhesives, and perhaps mounting additives.
Name Access
Luxton, Norman
Kehr, Ernie
Palenske, Reinhold H.
Canadian Pacific Railway
Subject Access
Activities
Advertising
Community events
Banff Indian Days
Indigenous Peoples
Tourism
Geographic Access
Banff
Alberta
Banff National Park
Reproduction Restrictions
Restrictions may apply
Title Source
Title based on contents of file
Processing Status
Processed
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Part Of
Bruno Engler fonds
Scope & Content
File pertains to 59 b&w & colour prints of the Banff Centre. Includes interior and exterior shots of campus buildings and the 1980 Banff Centre Car Rally, the Banff Centre Wilderness Course from the mid-1970s - a course that combined mountaineering and photography, and portraits of Centre Director …
Date Range
[ca. 1974-1987]
Reference Code
V190 / VI / B / i / PA - 01 to PA - 59
Description Level
5 / File
GMD
Photograph
Print
Textual record
  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
i : Banff Centre
Accession Number
7436
Reference Code
V190 / VI / B / i / PA - 01 to PA - 59
GMD
Photograph
Print
Textual record
Date Range
[ca. 1974-1987]
Physical Description
59 photographs : b&w & col. ; 20.3 x 25.4 cm or smaller
History / Biographical
See fonds level description
Scope & Content
File pertains to 59 b&w & colour prints of the Banff Centre. Includes interior and exterior shots of campus buildings and the 1980 Banff Centre Car Rally, the Banff Centre Wilderness Course from the mid-1970s - a course that combined mountaineering and photography, and portraits of Centre Director Dr. Paul Fleck. Also includes newspaper clippings and documents pertaining to the High Altitude Wilderness Course.
Name Access
Fleck, Paul D.
Gertsch, Rudy
Subject Access
Aerial photography
Banff Centre
Banff School of Fine Arts
Buildings
Climbing
Community events
Guides
Mountains
School
Photography
Portrait
Theatre
Geographic Access
Banff
Banff National Park
Alberta
Language
English
Creator
Engler, Bruno
Title Source
Original title kept
Processing Status
Processed
Images
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Part Of
Luxton family fonds
Scope & Content
File consists of one photograph of Mount Rundle on construction paper, annotated with an original poem by Mary Belle Rich. Photograph and poem were gifted to Norman Luxton.
Date Range
[ca.1925-1930]
Reference Code
LUX / I / E4 / PA - 691 (O.S.)
Description Level
5 / File
GMD
Photograph
Print
Textual record
  1 image  
Part Of
Luxton family fonds
Description Level
5 / File
Fonds Number
LUX
Series
LUX / I / E : Collected material
Sous-Fonds
LUX / I : Norman Luxton sous-fonds
Sub-Series
LUX / I / E4 : Photographs
Accession Number
LUX
Reference Code
LUX / I / E4 / PA - 691 (O.S.)
GMD
Photograph
Print
Textual record
Responsibility
Produced by Mary Belle Rich
Date Range
[ca.1925-1930]
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w print on paper ; 30 x 40 cm
History / Biographical
Mary Belle Rich was a published poet and children's book author. Mary Belle grew up in Buffalo, New York before purchasing a large ranch and moving to Pincher Creek, Alberta in her adult years. Mary Belle's best-known work is her compilation of children's poems, titled "Fairy Tales and Grown-up Talk" (published ca.1913).
Scope & Content
File consists of one photograph of Mount Rundle on construction paper, annotated with an original poem by Mary Belle Rich. Photograph and poem were gifted to Norman Luxton.
Notes
Item in file possibly produced during or shortly following Mary Belle Rich travelled to Banff in 1927.
Name Access
Luxton, Norman
Rich, Mary Belle
Subject Access
Art
Poetry
Photography
Mountains
Geographic Access
Canada
Alberta
Banff National Park
Mount Rundle
Language
English
Creator
Mary Belle Rich
Category
Arts
Biographical Source Notes
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/34621443/edmonton-journal-21-july-1927/
https://www.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.992326/53?r=0&s=1
Title Source
Original title used
Processing Status
Processed
Images
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