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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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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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Beyond the rockies : three thousand miles by trail and canoe through little-known British Columbia

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

Published Date: 1929

Author: Johnston, Lukin

Publisher: London ; Toronto : J. M. Dent and Sons Ltd.

Edition: 1st edition

Call Number: 02.5 J64b

Author: Johnston, Lukin

Edition: 1st edition

Publisher: London ; Toronto : J. M. Dent and Sons Ltd.

Published Date: 1929

Physical Description: 212 pages ; 52 ill.

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

Subjects: Travel; Cariboo Mountains; Northern British Columbia; Vancouver Island

Contents: Foreword -- I. In which we discover an island eden in the Gulf of Georgia -- II. We explore Galiano, Pender and Salt Spring Islands -- III. Over the Cariboo highway--A foot and otherwise -- IV. In which a bishop comes to the rescue -- V. A "hobo's" adventures by the way -- VI. A sky-pilot among the enchanted islands of the British Columbia coast -- VII. Barkerville--The town of a thousand golden memories -- VIII. Chilcotin--Heart of the great British Columbia cattle country -- IX. Secrets in the great north -- X. Prince George and historic Fort St. James -- XI. Trappers, traders and pioneer settlers -- XII. Romantic trails of northern British Columbia -- XIII. The bridge river valley -- XIV. Waterways of the great north -- XV. Down the Peace--From finlay forks to old Fort St. John -- XVI. Peace River--The Last great west -- XVII. Taming the northern wilderness--The Story of sixteen years.

Accession Number: 2023.47

Call Number: 02.5 J64b

Collection: Archives Library

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Tales of western mountaineer : a record of mountain experiences on the Pacific coast

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

Published Date: 1924

Author: Rusk, C. E.

Publisher: Boston ; New York : Houghton Mifflin Company

Edition: 1st edition

Call Number: 01.3 R89t

Author: Rusk, C. E.

Edition: 1st edition

Publisher: Boston ; New York : Houghton Mifflin Company

Published Date: 1924

Physical Description: 309 pages ; 40 ill.

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

Subjects: Mountaineering; Alpine sport; Glaciers; Avalanches; Crevasses

Abstract: This is a book of cliffs and crags, glaciers and crevasses, rope-work, axe-work, glissading, bergschrunds, arêtes, snow cornices, avalanches, -- everything that goes to make up mountain climbing of the genuine alpine sort. Excerpt from dustjacket.

Accession Number: 2023.47

Call Number: 01.3 R89t

Collection: Archives Library

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The art & sport of alpine photography

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

Published Date: 1927

Author: Gardner, Arthur

Publisher: London : H. F. and G. Witherby

Call Number: 06.4 G17t

Author: Gardner, Arthur

Publisher: London : H. F. and G. Witherby

Published Date: 1927

Physical Description: 234 pages ; 150 ill.

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

Subjects: Photography; Alpine Photography

Contents: I. Stating the case -- II. On composition and foregrounds -- III. Weather, lighting and seasons -- IV. Mountain portraits -- V. Conclusion

Accession Number: 2023.47

Call Number: 06.4 G17t

Collection: Archives Library

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Untitled

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Scope & Content: 81 personal unidentified photograph prints, which includes images of metal Bow River Bridge (1887-1914), Buffalo Paddock, Brett Sanitarium (1887-1933), Government Museum (built 1903), Alpine Club of Canada Camp, Cave and Basin, Sulphur Mountain weather station?, Bankhead Tipple (1903-1922), various…

Date Range: ca. 1915

Reference Code: V8 / accn. 2022.15 / PD - 1

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Album

Part Of: Archives General File Collection

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M8 / V8 / S8

Sous-Fonds: V8

Accession Number: 2022.15

Reference Code: V8 / accn. 2022.15 / PD - 1

GMD: Album

Date Range: ca. 1915

Physical Description: Photograph Album : 1 photograph album (81b&w photographs)

Scope & Content: 81 personal unidentified photograph prints, which includes images of metal Bow River Bridge (1887-1914), Buffalo Paddock, Brett Sanitarium (1887-1933), Government Museum (built 1903), Alpine Club of Canada Camp, Cave and Basin, Sulphur Mountain weather station?, Bankhead Tipple (1903-1922), various businesses and unidentified people. Photographs are pasted in an album. Album is a suede souvenir album painted with Indigenous portrait on front, and Banff Alta engraved on the back cover.

Subject Access: Banff; Bison; Bow River Bridge

Geographic Access: Banff, Alberta

Language: English

Creator: Unknown

Category: Commerce and industry; Family and personal life

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Unprocessed

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Jack and Merle Brewster photographs

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Part Of: Archives General File Collection

Scope & Content: File consists of 18 photograph prints pertaining to Jack and Merle Brewster. Images depict Jack with hunting trophies; local wildlife; Jack and Merle posing together near Jasper; Jack bowling; and related subjects.

Date Range: [ca.1920 - 1940]

Reference Code: V8 / 2023.42

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Print

Part Of: Archives General File Collection

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M8; V8; S8

Sous-Fonds: V8

Accession Number: 2023.42

Reference Code: V8 / 2023.42

GMD: Photograph; Print

Date Range: [ca.1920 - 1940]

Physical Description: 18 photographs : b&w prints ; 20 x 25 cm or smaller

Scope & Content: File consists of 18 photograph prints pertaining to Jack and Merle Brewster. Images depict Jack with hunting trophies; local wildlife; Jack and Merle posing together near Jasper; Jack bowling; and related subjects.

Notes: Some images are annotated on the back

Name Access: Brewster, Jack Walker; Brewster, Merle

Subject Access: Family and personal life; Wildlife; Recreation; Sports; Hunting; Bison; Buffalo; Elk

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; Banff; Jasper

Reproduction Restrictions: Restrictions may apply

Language: English

Related Material: M436 / V90 [Jim Brewster family fonds]

Category: Family and personal life; Sports, recreation and leisure

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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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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[Indian Days Camp]

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: Item consists of a panoramic black and white negative of unidentified people standing in front of tipis in camp during Indian Days. Included is a George Noble photo finishing envelope.

Date Range: [1910-1953]

Reference Code: LUX / I / E6 / NA - 118

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph; Negative

2 images

Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: LUX

Series: LUX / I / E : Collected Material

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

Sub-Series: LUX / I / E / 6 : Photographs: Stoney

Reference Code: LUX / I / E6 / NA - 118

GMD: Photograph; Negative

Date Range: [1910-1953]

Physical Description: 1 photograph: b&w negative ; 32 x 9 cm

Scope & Content: Item consists of a panoramic black and white negative of unidentified people standing in front of tipis in camp during Indian Days. Included is a George Noble photo finishing envelope.

Subject Access: Indigenous Peoples; Tipi; Cascade Mountain

Geographic Access: Cascade Mountain; Banff National Park; Banff; Alberta

Processing Status: Processed

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[Backus water motor]

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: Item consists of a photograph negative of a Backus water motor.

Date Range: 1900-1950

Reference Code: LUX / I / E4 / NA - 2

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph; Negative

1 image

Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: LUX

Series: LUX / I / E : Collected Material

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

Sub-Series: LUX / I / E / 4 : Photographs

Reference Code: LUX / I / E4 / NA - 2

GMD: Photograph; Negative

Date Range: 1900-1950

Physical Description: 1 photograph: b&w negative ;

Scope & Content: Item consists of a photograph negative of a Backus water motor.

Subject Access: Industry; Commercial products

Geographic Access: Banff; Alberta

Related Material: Corresponding print LUX / I / E4 / PA - 39

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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[Unidentified people standing outside house]

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: Item consists of a b&w photograph negative of a three unidentified people standing outside of a home

Date Range: [1904-1940]

Reference Code: LUX / I / D6c / NA - 47

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph; Negative

1 image

Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: LUX

Series: LUX / I / D : Personal and professional

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

Sub-Series: LUX / I / D / 6 : Other activities and interests

Reference Code: LUX / I / D6c / NA - 47

GMD: Photograph; Negative

Date Range: [1904-1940]

Physical Description: 1 photograph: b&w negative ; 14 x 9 cm

Scope & Content: Item consists of a b&w photograph negative of a three unidentified people standing outside of a home

Subject Access: Family and personal life

Geographic Access: Banff National Park; Banff; Alberta

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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[Airplane on Bow River]

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: Item consists of a b&w photograph negative of an airplane on the Bow River.

Date Range: 1929

Reference Code: LUX / I / D6c / NA - 66

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph; Negative

3 images

Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: LUX

Series: LUX / I / D : Personal and professional

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

Sub-Series: LUX / I / D / 6 : Other activities and interests

Reference Code: LUX / I / D6c / NA - 66

GMD: Photograph; Negative

Date Range: 1929

Physical Description: 1photograph: b&w negative ; 15.2 x 9 cm

Scope & Content: Item consists of a b&w photograph negative of an airplane on the Bow River.

Notes: Annotated George Noble processing envelope indicates this is Fred McCall's landing of the Stinson Detrioter on the Bow River in January 1929

Name Access: Luxton, Norman; McCall, Fred

Subject Access: Banff; Airplane; Airplanes

Geographic Access: Banff; Banff National Park; Bow River

Related Material: LUX / I / D6c / NA - 66

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Ethel McKnight annotated postcard collection

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Part Of: Archives General File Collection

Scope & Content: File consists of souvenir postcards sent to Ethel McKnight from various friends and relatives between ca.1909-1945. Postcard images pertain to views in and around Banff and the Canadian Rockies. Items are annotated with personal messages to Ethel.

Date Range: 1909; [1910-1920]; 1919; 1929-1930; 1940-1945

Reference Code: M8 / accn. 1430 / 1 to 25

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Postcard; Textual record

Part Of: Archives General File Collection

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M8; V8; S8

Sous-Fonds: M8

Accession Number: 1340

Reference Code: M8 / accn. 1430 / 1 to 25

GMD: Postcard; Textual record

Date Range: 1909; [1910-1920]; 1919; 1929-1930; 1940-1945

Physical Description: 25 annotated postcards

Scope & Content: File consists of souvenir postcards sent to Ethel McKnight from various friends and relatives between ca.1909-1945. Postcard images pertain to views in and around Banff and the Canadian Rockies. Items are annotated with personal messages to Ethel.

Notes: One item in file is souvenir booklet

Subject Access: Travel; Tourism; Family and personal life; Mountains; Landscapes; Swimming; Recreation

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; Banff; Canmore; Jasper National Park; British Columbia; Yoho National Park; Emerald Lake

Language: English

Conservation: Postcards are stored in mylar sleeves

Related Material: M8/accn.3151

Category: Exploration and travel; Family and personal life; Tourism; Sports, recreation and leisure

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Mann family annotated postcard collection

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Part Of: Archives General File Collection

Scope & Content: File consists of annotated souvenir postcards sent to Walter and Richard Mann from various friends and relatives between ca.1905-1920. Postcard images pertain to views in and around Banff and the Canadian Rockies, including views of Lake Louise, Edmonton, Lake O'Hara and Glacier National Park.

Date Range: 1905; [1910-1920]; 1916; 1920

Reference Code: M8 / accn. 3151 / 1 to 9

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Postcard; Textual record

Part Of: Archives General File Collection

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M8; V8; S8

Sous-Fonds: M8

Accession Number: 3151

Reference Code: M8 / accn. 3151 / 1 to 9

GMD: Postcard; Textual record

Date Range: 1905; [1910-1920]; 1916; 1920

Physical Description: 9 annotated postcards

Scope & Content: File consists of annotated souvenir postcards sent to Walter and Richard Mann from various friends and relatives between ca.1905-1920. Postcard images pertain to views in and around Banff and the Canadian Rockies, including views of Lake Louise, Edmonton, Lake O'Hara and Glacier National Park.

Subject Access: Travel; Tourism; Family and personal life; Mountains; Landscapes; Trains; Canadian Pacific Railway

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; Banff; Lake Louise; Edmonton; British Columbia; Glacier National Park

Language: English

Conservation: Postcards are stored in mylar sleeves

Related Material: M8/accn.1430

Category: Exploration and travel; Family and personal life; Tourism

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Buffalo Nations Musum and Banff Indian Days photographs

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of 30 b&w negative photographs pertaining to Buffalo Nations Museum and Banff Indian Days celebrations in Banff. Includes images of events, including parades, and wildlife including a black bear. Some images show Eleanor [?] on a gurney alongside an ambulance.

Date Range: 1927; [1950-1959]

Reference Code: LUX / II / E / NA - 258 to NA - 287

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Negative

30 images

Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: LUX

Series: LUX / II / E : Travel and home records

Sous-Fonds: LUX / II : Eleanor Luxton sous-fonds

Accession Number: LUX

Reference Code: LUX / II / E / NA - 258 to NA - 287

GMD: Photograph; Negative

Date Range: 1927; [1950-1959]

Physical Description: 30 photographs : b&w negatives ; 6.5 x 6.5 cm or smaller

Scope & Content: File consists of 30 b&w negative photographs pertaining to Buffalo Nations Museum and Banff Indian Days celebrations in Banff. Includes images of events, including parades, and wildlife including a black bear. Some images show Eleanor [?] on a gurney alongside an ambulance.

Notes: Photograph prints are included in Eleanor Luxton's Banff album, LUX / II / E / PD / 1

Name Access: Luxton, Norman; Luxton, Eleanor

Subject Access: Banff Indian Days; Community events; Events; Horses; Horseback riding; Indigenous Peoples; Cultural pluralism; Public events; Teepees; Performance; Music

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; Banff

Category: Indigenous Peoples

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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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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Banff Indian Days panoramic photographs

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: Files consists of panorama photographs of Banff Indian Days, largely photographs of unidentified Indigenous people, and camp at the base of Cascade Mountain. Possibly includes photos of Tom Wilson and Jack Clarke.

Date Range: [ca.1910s]

Reference Code: LUX / I / D3a / 11

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Negative

11 images

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 / D / 3 : Organizations

Accession Number: LUX

Reference Code: LUX / I / D3a / 11

GMD: Photograph; Negative

Date Range: [ca.1910s]

Physical Description: 11 photograph : b&w negatives ; 30.2 x 9.8 cm

Scope & Content: Files consists of panorama photographs of Banff Indian Days, largely photographs of unidentified Indigenous people, and camp at the base of Cascade Mountain. Possibly includes photos of Tom Wilson and Jack Clarke.

Notes: Some photographs have copy prints of varying paper textures. One negative, NA - 41, has a hand-coloured print. NA - 35 is annotated "Copyright Lux Banff" and NA - 39 is annotated "Copyright Luxton Banff" NA - 36 is not in the folder.