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Canadian cadences

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 1949

Author: Murray Gibbon, John

Publisher: Toronto : The Ryerson Press

Call Number: 05.1 M96t

Author: Murray Gibbon, John

Publisher: Toronto : The Ryerson Press

Published Date: 1949

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Series: The Ryerson Poetry Chap-Books

Subjects: Poetry

Accession Number: 3069A

Call Number: 05.1 M96t

Collection: Archives Library

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Douglas of the fir : a biography of David Douglas botanist

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 1947

Author: George Harvey, Athelstan

Publisher: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press

Call Number: 04.1 H26d

Author: George Harvey, Athelstan

Publisher: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press

Published Date: 1947

Physical Description: x, 290 pages illustrations, portraits, maps 23 cm

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: Botany; Science; Travel; Canada; Upper Canada; Columbia River

Contents: Scotland ; The Horticultural Society ; United States and Upper Canada ; First Great Adventure ; Columbia River Region ; With Chief Tha-a-muxi ; Up the Columbia to Kettle Falls ; The Blue Mountains ; In Search of the Sugar Pine ; Homeward by Hudson's Bay Express ; Putting Mountains on the Map ; Fame and its Aftermath ; Second Great Adventure ; California ; Third Visit to the Columbia ; Ill-Fated Journey ; Flakes of Gold ; Hawaii and its Volcanoes ; Last Journey ; In Tribute

Accession Number: 3069A

Call Number: 04.1 H26d

Collection: Archives Library

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Through the heart of Canada

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 1913

Author: Yeigh, Frank

Publisher: London : T. Fisher Unwin

Edition: 2nd Edition, 4th Impression

Call Number: 02.4 Ye3 1913 (Great Britain)

Author: Yeigh, Frank

Edition: 2nd Edition, 4th Impression

Publisher: London : T. Fisher Unwin

Published Date: 1913

Physical Description: 319p. : ill

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: Alpine Club of Canada; Camps

Accession Number: 400

Call Number: 02.4 Ye3 1913 (Great Britain)

Collection: Archives Library

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In praise of Switzerland : being the alps in prose and verse

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 1912

Author: Spender, Harold

Publisher: London : Constable and Company Ltd.

Call Number: 05 Sp3i

Author: Spender, Harold

Publisher: London : Constable and Company Ltd.

Published Date: 1912

Physical Description: 291 pages

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: Alps; Literature; Poetry; History; Fiction

Contents: I. The Alps in admiration -- II. The Alps in description -- III. The Alps in adventure, i. The pioneers, ii. The heroes -- The Alps in tragedy -- The Alps in comedy -- The Alps in history -- The Alps in fiction

Accession Number: 2023.47

Call Number: 05 Sp3i

Collection: Archives Library

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Flora of Southern British Columbia and Vancouver Island

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 1915

Author: Henry, Joseph Kaye

Publisher: Toronto : W. J. Gage & Co., Limited

Call Number: 04.1 H39f

Author: Henry, Joseph Kaye

Publisher: Toronto : W. J. Gage & Co., Limited

Published Date: 1915

Physical Description: 363 pages

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: Botany; Glossary; British Columbia

Contents: Abbreviations, metric system -- Analytical key to the families -- Tabular analysis -- flora -- glossary -- addenda -- index.

Accession Number: 2023.47

Call Number: 04.1 H39f

Collection: Archives Library

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Ski-runs in the high Alps

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 1913

Author: Roget, F. F.

Publisher: London : T. Fisher Unwin

Call Number: 01.5 R63s

Author: Roget, F. F.

Responsibility: Illustrations by L. M. Crisp

Publisher: London : T. Fisher Unwin

Published Date: 1913

Physical Description: 312 pages

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: Skiing; Education; Alps; Switzerland; Skiing, Cross Country; Ski mountaineering

Accession Number: 2023.47

Call Number: 01.5 R63s

Collection: Archives Library

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Outdoor life cyclopedia : a complete guide for sportsmen

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 1945

Publisher: New York : Outdoor Life

Call Number: 02.7 Ou8o

Responsibility: Prepared by the editorial staff of Outdoor Life

Publisher: New York : Outdoor Life

Published Date: 1945

Physical Description: 334 pages

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: Fishing; Firearms; Hunting; Deer; Elk; Bears; Dogs; Water Travel; Camping; Woodcraft; Food

Contents: Angling equipment -- Methods of fishing -- Fresh water fishing -- Ocean fishing -- The sporting rifle -- Learning to shoot -- Methods of hunting -- The deer family -- Elk, antelope, sheep, bear -- Hunting small game -- The shotgun -- American waterfowl -- Our upland birds -- Mastering the handgun -- Your gun dog -- The sportsman's boat -- Camping and woodcraft -- Camp recipies.

Accession Number: 2023.47

Call Number: 02.7 Ou8o

Collection: Archives Library

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Matchbox Holder

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Date: 1940 – 1960

Material: metal; tin;

Catalogue Number: 102.04.0596

Description: Metal wall-mounted matchbox holder with an opening at the top and another that curves up from the bottom so that boxes can be filled from the top and funnel through to the lower opening. Printed on the front in blue inside a zig-zag border is “CASH OR CREDIT AT MURDOCH’S Staple and Fancy GROCERIES …

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Title: Matchbox Holder

Date: 1940 – 1960

Material: metal; tin;

Dimensions: 14.5 x 7.0 x 7.1 cm

Description: Metal wall-mounted matchbox holder with an opening at the top and another that curves up from the bottom so that boxes can be filled from the top and funnel through to the lower opening. Printed on the front in blue inside a zig-zag border is “CASH OR CREDIT AT MURDOCH’S Staple and Fancy GROCERIES and PRODUCE Telephone 129 BANFF, ALBERTA.”

Subject: Crosby family; Abegweit; hosehold accessories; Murdoch’s Grocery

Credit: Gift of Robert Crosby Family, Banff, 1998

Catalogue Number: 102.04.0596

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Meat Pudding

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Date: 1910 – 1930

Material: ceramic;

Catalogue Number: 104.19.0267

Description: Beige ceramic pudding “Quick-Cooker.” Consists of a narrow, deep bowl with a hollow central funnel and a lid with a central hole. Both the bowl and the lid have instructions and advertisements [for other Grimwades products] throughout the insides and outsides. The bowl has four notches on the botto…

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Title: Meat Pudding

Date: 1910 – 1930

Material: ceramic;

Dimensions: 13.5 cm

Description: Beige ceramic pudding “Quick-Cooker.” Consists of a narrow, deep bowl with a hollow central funnel and a lid with a central hole. Both the bowl and the lid have instructions and advertisements [for other Grimwades products] throughout the insides and outsides. The bowl has four notches on the bottom and the lid has four corresponding notches in the rim where two loops of string fit to hold the lid in place while cooking.According to the instructions throughout, these bowls were used predominantly for “meat puddings” - the central funnel serves like a bundt pan in order to evenly cook the pudding.

Subject: Crosby family; Abegweit; kitchen utensils; cooking tools

Credit: Gift of Robert Crosby Family, Banff, 1998

Catalogue Number: 104.19.0267

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Grater

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Date: 1910 – 1950

Material: metal;

Catalogue Number: 104.19.0280

Description: Cylindrical metal grater with a handle on top. The cylinder is divided into three surfaces: large holes, small holes, and standard cheese grater.

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Title: Grater

Date: 1910 – 1950

Material: metal;

Dimensions: 21.8 cm

Description: Cylindrical metal grater with a handle on top. The cylinder is divided into three surfaces: large holes, small holes, and standard cheese grater.

Subject: kitchen utensils; food preparation;

Credit: Gift of Bill Mather, Edmonton, 1991

Catalogue Number: 104.19.0280

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Projection Lens

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Date: 1940 – 1950

Material: metal; glass; cardboard

Catalogue Number: 104.41.0122

Description: A Kodak Precision Enlarger f/4.5 51mm focussing lens centered in a square metal plate with a black velvet-lined lens cap housed in the original grey Kodak cardboard box. This lens would be used with an enlarger as the very bottom piece before the image that is being enlarged.

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Title: Projection Lens

Date: 1940 – 1950

Material: metal; glass; cardboard

Dimensions: 4.4 x 7.5 x 7.5 cm

Description: A Kodak Precision Enlarger f/4.5 51mm focussing lens centered in a square metal plate with a black velvet-lined lens cap housed in the original grey Kodak cardboard box. This lens would be used with an enlarger as the very bottom piece before the image that is being enlarged.

Subject: Nicholas Morant; photography; camera equipment;

Credit: Gift of Nicholas Morant, Banff, 2006

Catalogue Number: 104.41.0122

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Camera

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Date: 1949 – 1990

Material: metal; leather; glass;

Catalogue Number: 104.41.0130

Description: A Linhof Technika 4x5 metal camera. The front panel folds down and has the option to extend beyond 90 degrees - the lens plate mount slides out on tracks and can be adjusted by two gears, extending the bellows. The camera has a Technika Xenar 1:4,5 / 150 lens mounted. The back of the camera also fo…

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Title: Camera

Date: 1949 – 1990

Material: metal; leather; glass;

Dimensions: 17.7 x 20.5 x 10.2 cm

Description: A Linhof Technika 4x5 metal camera. The front panel folds down and has the option to extend beyond 90 degrees - the lens plate mount slides out on tracks and can be adjusted by two gears, extending the bellows. The camera has a Technika Xenar 1:4,5 / 150 lens mounted. The back of the camera also folds down to show the exposure plate inside the main compartment - on the panel that folds down is some kind of leather hood and a depth of field table printed onto the panel. The main compartment of the camera has a leather handle on the left-hand side, a view-finder and mount for a flash on the right-hand side, another attachment mount and a circular level on the top, and a hole in the bottom where it can be fixed to a tripod - there is a second tripod mount in the front panel.

Subject: Nicholas Morant; photography; camera;

Credit: Gift of Nicholas Morant, Banff, 2006

Catalogue Number: 104.41.0130

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Pin Holder

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Date: 1940 – 1970

Material: cardboard; plastic; metal;

Catalogue Number: 104.45.0066

Description: Black plastic “OAKVILLE PIN HOLDER” in its original yellow cardboard box. The pin holder consists of a two-tiered body on a wider sloped base - the lower compartment contains the pins and the upper piece is pressed down on a spring, which funnels a pin through a hole on the top, allowing it to be p…

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Title: Pin Holder

Date: 1940 – 1970

Material: cardboard; plastic; metal;

Dimensions: 6.5 x 6.8 x 9.3 cm

Description: Black plastic “OAKVILLE PIN HOLDER” in its original yellow cardboard box. The pin holder consists of a two-tiered body on a wider sloped base - the lower compartment contains the pins and the upper piece is pressed down on a spring, which funnels a pin through a hole on the top, allowing it to be pulled out. The top consists of a cap that can be snapped off by pressing a small metal lever in order to access the pin compartment. The yellow cardboard box contains manufacturer information and instructions throughout the outside.

Subject: Crosby family; Abegweit; sewing equipment; homewares; household items

Credit: Gift of Robert Crosby Family, Banff, 1998

Catalogue Number: 104.45.0066

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Putting Improver

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Date: 1940 – 1960

Material: cardboard; metal;

Catalogue Number: 108.04.0051

Description: Square green box with a hinged lid containing a white and red metal putting improver. On the lid of the box is a paper label with “THE ‘NORTHWOOD’” printed along the top, and unidentified manufacturer’s logo in the middle, “Red & White” written in black ink on the right-hand side, and “Putting Impr…

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Title: Putting Improver

Date: 1940 – 1960

Material: cardboard; metal;

Dimensions: 2.7 x 18.5 x 18.5 cm

Description: Square green box with a hinged lid containing a white and red metal putting improver. On the lid of the box is a paper label with “THE ‘NORTHWOOD’” printed along the top, and unidentified manufacturer’s logo in the middle, “Red & White” written in black ink on the right-hand side, and “Putting Improver” written in black ink along the bottom. The tool itself consists of an eight-sided plate with hinged attachments on each side that fold towards the center when pushed over.

Subject: Crosby family; Abegweit; golf; golf equipment;

Credit: Gift of Robert Crosby Family, Banff, 1998

Catalogue Number: 108.04.0051

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Trading Post taxidermy photographs

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of black and white negatives depicting Trading Post exteriors, interiors, taxidermy specimens and skulls, including coyotes, pronghorn, elk, caribou, bighorn sheep, bison, birds, mountain goats, and musk ox. The file also consists of regalia, staged environmental wildlife taxidermy ph…

Date Range: [ca.1905] [1910s]

Reference Code: LUX / I / C4 / 29 / NA - 1 to NA - 49

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Negative

49 images

Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: LUX

Series: LUX / I / C : Business, Legal and Financial

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

Sub-Series: LUX / I / C4 : Topical files

Accession Number: LUX

Reference Code: LUX / I / C4 / 29 / NA - 1 to NA - 49

GMD: Photograph; Negative

Date Range: [ca.1905] [1910s]

Physical Description: 49 photographs : b&w negatives ; 11 x 6.6 cm or smaller

Scope & Content: File consists of black and white negatives depicting Trading Post exteriors, interiors, taxidermy specimens and skulls, including coyotes, pronghorn, elk, caribou, bighorn sheep, bison, birds, mountain goats, and musk ox. The file also consists of regalia, staged environmental wildlife taxidermy photographs and sheep in a pasture [potentially with young mountain goats].

Name Access: Luxton, Norman

Subject Access: Animals; Businesses; Taxidermy; Regalia

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; Banff

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 black and white negatives depicting Indian Trading Post activities and contents such as buffalo and bighorn sheep taxidermy, moose antlers, wolf pelt, figurine tableaus, Indigenous art, and the merman and portraits of Norman Luxton, Bill Round Sr. and Luxton's dogs. The buffalo tax…

Date Range: 1903; 1940; 1936; 1920; [ca. 1930-1949]

Reference Code: LUX / I / C4 / 30 / NA - 1 to NA - 50

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Negative

52 images

Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: LUX

Series: LUX / I / C : Business, Legal and Financial

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

Sub-Series: LUX / I / C4 : Topical files

Accession Number: LUX

Reference Code: LUX / I / C4 / 30 / NA - 1 to NA - 50

GMD: Photograph; Negative

Date Range: 1903; 1940; 1936; 1920; [ca. 1930-1949]

Physical Description: 50 photographs : b&w negatives ; 17.5 x 12.5 cm or smaller

Scope & Content: File consists of black and white negatives depicting Indian Trading Post activities and contents such as buffalo and bighorn sheep taxidermy, moose antlers, wolf pelt, figurine tableaus, Indigenous art, and the merman and portraits of Norman Luxton, Bill Round Sr. and Luxton's dogs. The buffalo taxidermy includes an annotated envelope from the Sanitarium Hotel addressed to George Paris. The wolf pelt is annotated as from July 1920 and measures 7'4".

Name Access: Luxton, Norman; Round, William E. (Bill), Sr.

Subject Access: Animals; Businesses; Taxidermy; Sanitarium Hotel; Regalia

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; Banff

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 colour and black and white photographs depicting The Sign of the Goat and Indian Trading Post interiors, exteriors, artwork, taxidermy, and furs, in addition to portraits of Norman Luxton with identified and unidentified people, and the Luxton dogs. Some photographs are captioned w…

Date Range: [1920s]; 1936; 1948; [1940s]; 1957

Reference Code: LUX / I / C4 / 31 / PA - 1 to PA - 37

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph

51 images

Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: LUX

Series: LUX / I / C : Business, Legal and Financial

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

Sub-Series: LUX / I / C4 : Topical files

Accession Number: LUX

Reference Code: LUX / I / C4 / 31 / PA - 1 to PA - 37

GMD: Photograph

Responsibility: Some photographs attributed to Lloyd Harmon

Date Range: [1920s]; 1936; 1948; [1940s]; 1957

Physical Description: 37 photographs : colour and b&w prints ; 26.7 x 20.5 cm or smaller

Scope & Content: File consists of colour and black and white photographs depicting The Sign of the Goat and Indian Trading Post interiors, exteriors, artwork, taxidermy, and furs, in addition to portraits of Norman Luxton with identified and unidentified people, and the Luxton dogs. Some photographs are captioned with names and dates.

Notes: Some photographs are stamped with Taylor Made Snapshot Service Stamp, Processed by Munshaw Colour Print, and Lloyd Harmon. PA-14 was sent from [Kim?] and Lyle Figley from Winnipeg, Manitoba.

Name Access: Luxton, Norman; Harmon, Lloyd; Rayner, Stan; Fenton, Bob

Subject Access: Animals; Businesses; Taxidermy

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; Banff

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Lux Theatre sample illustrations

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of hand-drawn sample illustrations produced as potential advertising material or signage for the LUX Theatre in Banff, ca. 1916. Illustrations depict animal and human figures posed in various ways to spell "LUX".

Date Range: [ca.1916]

Reference Code: LUX / I / C4 / 33

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Drawing

8 images

Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: LUX

Series: LUX / I / C : Business, Legal and Financial

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

Sub-Series: LUX / I / C4 : Topical files

Accession Number: LUX

Reference Code: LUX / I / C4 / 33

GMD: Drawing

Date Range: [ca.1916]

Physical Description: 7 drawings : illustration, ink ; 39.5 x 19.5 cm or smaller

Scope & Content: File consists of hand-drawn sample illustrations produced as potential advertising material or signage for the LUX Theatre in Banff, ca. 1916. Illustrations depict animal and human figures posed in various ways to spell "LUX".

Notes: 4 and 6 have ink lines on the back, in addition to a pencil sketch on 6

Subject Access: Advertising; Animals; Businesses; Lux Theatre

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; Banff

Language: N/A

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Norman, Georgina and Eleanor Luxton - oversize photographs

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of 16 photographs depicting Norman Luxton and his immediate family. Includes professional portraits of Georgina Luxton; images of Eleanor Luxton as a young girl; professional portraits of Eleanor as a student and adult; portraits of a dog belonging to the Luxton family; professional p…

Date Range: [ca.1909]; [ca.1910-1920]; [ca.1927-1930]; [ca.1940-1955]; 1958

Reference Code: LUX / I / D1 / 17 / PA - 13 to 28

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Print

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 / D1 : Personal and family life

Accession Number: LUX

Reference Code: LUX / I / D1 / 17 / PA - 13 to 28

GMD: Photograph; Print

Date Range: [ca.1909]; [ca.1910-1920]; [ca.1927-1930]; [ca.1940-1955]; 1958

Physical Description: 16 photographs : b&w prints ; 40 x 50 cm or smaller

Scope & Content: File consists of 16 photographs depicting Norman Luxton and his immediate family. Includes professional portraits of Georgina Luxton; images of Eleanor Luxton as a young girl; professional portraits of Eleanor as a student and adult; portraits of a dog belonging to the Luxton family; professional portraits of Norman Luxton; and photographs depicting Norman Luxton meeting Princess Margaret during her royal visit to Banff in 1958.

Name Access: Luxton, Norman; Luxton, Eleanor; Luxton, Georgina

Subject Access: Family and personal life; Portrait; Royalty; Royal Visit; Education; Animals; Dogs

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; Banff

Language: English

Category: Family and personal life

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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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

18 images

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