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- Mary M. Vaux (Philadelphia USA) 23
- Dr. Sharples (Philadelphia USA) 9
- Mary Schaffer (Philadelphia, USA) - attributed to 6
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George Noble fonds
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- Part Of
- George Noble fonds
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of a broad-ranging commercial negative collection. Includes four series. I. Scenic and documentary views, 2839 items; includes film and glass negatives in sizes up to 8 X 10 inches. Pertains to Banff and area buildings, facilities, activities, events, such as Banff Winter Carnival aā¦
- Date Range
- [ca.1912]-1958
- Reference Code
- M533 / V469
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- GMD
- Photograph
- Negative
- Photograph print
- Transparency
- Textual record
- Corporate record
- Part Of
- George Noble fonds
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- Fonds Number
- M 533
- V 469
- Sous-Fonds
- M 533
- V 469
- Accession Number
- 82, 168, 275, 940, 1157, 1992, 2020, 3513, 5281, 6753, 6841, 7135
- Reference Code
- M533 / V469
- Date Range
- [ca.1912]-1958
- Physical Description
- ca.8500 photographs : negatives. -- 36 transparencies : stereo, colour. -- 2 textual records
- History / Biographical
- George Noble, 1879-1965, was a professional photographer at Banff, Alberta, Canada. Noble was born in Woolwich, England where he apprenticed as a photographer. He came to Banff in 1909 to operate a photographic business for his uncles, George and Bill Fear, who owned a curio business. In 1919, Noble bought the photographic business and, in 1932, acquired the remainder of the Fear Brothers business. He built a new studio and shop, which offered portraiture, photo- finishing and framing services and sold photographic supplies, camera equipment and English china. In addition to portraiture, George Noble and employees, such as photographer Bill Jamieson, produced a wide range of documentary, scenic and commercial views. Noble's shop offered black and white and hand-coloured prints of local events and Rocky Mountain views. George Noble was an active member of the community, serving on both the Banff School Board and the Banff Board of Trade for many years. Upon his retirement in 1957, his business was acquired by a group of investors which included Bill Jamieson, lab-technician and photographer for the Noble business from 1936 to 1957
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of a broad-ranging commercial negative collection. Includes four series.
- I. Scenic and documentary views, 2839 items; includes film and glass negatives in sizes up to 8 X 10 inches. Pertains to Banff and area buildings, facilities, activities, events, such as Banff Winter Carnival and Banff Indian Days; Indigenous; scenic views of Banff and area and other Rocky Mountains locations.
- II. Commercial views, 765 items; includes buildings, businesses, facilities, sports events, organizations, conventions, group portraits, displays and presentations.
- III. Mixed views, 242 items; includes scenic, documentary and commercial views similar to material in previous series. Also includes some views know to have been produced by Fred Armbrister, a professional photographer who operated out of Lake Louise, Alberta, ca.1930.
- IV. Portraits, ca.4600. This series contains four groups: A. 1920s-1950s, most unidentified; B. 1930s and 1940s, arranged alphabetically, many unidentified; C. 1950s, arranged alphabetically, most identified, many with proofs (prints); D. 1950s, arranged chronologically by job number.
- V. Other, ca.50 items. Includes 36 colour stereo transparencies, ca.1955, re Administration Building and gardens, Banff-Jasper Highway scenics, mountain sheep, autumn colour, Banff Avenue, George Noble and staff. Also includes small number of commercial prints produced by Noble, including several large hand-painted views.
- Fonds is accompanied by business record books, 1950-1958, 2 v. (M533)
- Name Access
- Noble, George
- Subject Access
- Arts
- Buildings and facilities
- Commerce and industry
- Community life
- Environment
- Sports, recreation and leisure
- Transportation
- Access Restrictions
- Some restrictions on access to originals
- Copyright, privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply
- Language
- Language is English
- Finding Aid
- Finding aids and reference tools: arrangement outline
- file description and index
- electronic finding aid
- selected modern reference prints
- Related Material
- Related commercial photographs made by Bill Jamieson in the employ of George Noble are located in the Ron Duke fonds (V180 / II.A.i. - V180 / II.A.vi.; V180 / III.A.)
- Portrait camera and electric 3D viewer reside in Heritage collections, Whyte Museum
- Creator
- Noble, George
- Title Source
- Title based on accession records and contents of fonds
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Vaux family fonds
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- Part Of
- Vaux family fonds
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of two or more series. Series I. Photography, 1893-1913, is processed. Series II. Textual records are processed and consist of six series. Photography series consists of twenty-four sub-series: A. to O. Travel 1893 to Travel 1907; P. to S. Travel 1909 to Travel 1913; T. Travel geā¦
- Date Range
- [after 1855]
- Reference Code
- M107 / V653
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- GMD
- Photograph
- Album
- Negative
- Photograph print
- Transparency
- Textual record
- Map
- Private record
- Published record
- Part Of
- Vaux family fonds
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- Fonds Number
- M 107
- V 653
- Sous-Fonds
- M 107
- V 653
- Accession Number
- 739, 1117, 1118, 1793, 2883, 3236, 3942, 4012, 7202, 7579 (unproc), 7792 (unproc)
- Reference Code
- M107 / V653
- GMD
- Photograph
- Album
- Negative
- Photograph print
- Transparency
- Textual record
- Map
- Private record
- Published record
- Date Range
- [after 1855]
- Physical Description
- 2924 photographs: 2632 negatives, 167 transparencies, 125 prints. -- 1 photograph album (50 prints). -- ca.2.7 m textual records
- History / Biographical
- The Vaux family of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania were photographers, mountaineers and scientists. Mary M. Vaux, 1860-1940, George Vaux Jr., 1863-1927, and William S. Vaux Jr., 1872-1908, were the children of George Vaux (VIII) of Philadelphia. They were all involved in photography in the early 1880s and were members of the Photographic Society of Philadelphia. All three were taking photographs when the family made its first trip west in 1885. The first Vaux family photographs of the Canadian mountain west were made in 1887 during a summer trip along the Canadian Pacific Railway to Glacier House in the Selkirk Mountains of British Columbia in 1887.
- The family made frequent visits to the Selkirk and Rocky Mountains over the next two decades to study the Illecillewaet and other glaciers, photograph, paint and climb. George's and Mary's photographic work centred on the mountain landscape, while William's concentrated upon the movement and physical features of glaciers. Due to the size of their large format cameras, the two brothers took most of the photographs during these trips and Mary was responsible for all of the printing. William Vaux died in 1908 and George did not return to the Canadian mountains after 1911; however, Mary Vaux Walcott returned to the region virtually every summer for over forty years. A detailed discussion of their activities is contained in "Legacy In Ice: The Vaux Family and the Canadian Alps," Whyte Foundation, Banff, 1983
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of two or more series. Series I. Photography, 1893-1913, is processed. Series II. Textual records are processed and consist of six series.
- Photography series consists of twenty-four sub-series: A. to O. Travel 1893 to Travel 1907; P. to S. Travel 1909 to Travel 1913; T. Travel general, 1894?-1912?; U. Prints, 1899-1907; V. Lantern slides, 1900-1909; W. Photograph album, before 1907; X. Textual records, 1893-1910; Y. Damaged Negatives; Z. Mary Schaffer Negatives. Photographic negatives, arranged chronologically, are prominent in the series. Images pertain to landscape studies and scenic views of the Selkirk and Rocky Mountains, especially the Glacier, Yoho and Lake Louise areas; glaciers in the Selkirk and Rocky Mountains, especially Illecillewaet, Asulkan, Yoho and Bow Glaciers; mountain scenes and panorama views in the Selkirks and Rockies; Canadian Pacific Railway in the Selkirks and CPR hotels; Glacier and Field, B.C. and Banff, Alberta and areas; climbing and other mountain activities; United States and Canadian views on trips to the mountains. Negatives include both glass (962 items) and film negatives (1740 items). Textual records are exposure records, original negative envelopes and publications.
- Textual series consists of six series: I. Trip Series, II. Correspondence Series, III. Publications Series, IV. George Vaux: Legal and Finance Management Series, V. Photographic Related Material, VI. Other Series (O.S.). Textual records pertain to glacier study, including research papers, maps and publications; William S. Vaux Jr. papers re travels, engineering and architecture, other; George Vaux Jr. writing and other papers; Mary Vaux correspondence and papers re writing and presentations; and other records, 1877, 1912-1913. Textual records also include family travel papers, 1881-1911; George Vaux, Jr. "Glacier" files; correspondence between George Vaux and the Schäffers, 1899-1926; papers of Dr. Charles Schäffer, Mary Schäffer and Schäffer estate, 1855-1927.
- Subject Access
- Environment
- Exploration, discovery and travel
- Family and personal life
- Access Restrictions
- Some restriction/s on access
- Copyright, privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply
- Language
- Language is English
- Finding Aid
- Finding aids and reference tools: arrangement outline
- series description
- file description for Series I
- electronic finding aid for Series I
- selected modern reference prints
- digital images in Images database and in Alberta InSight database
- Related Material
- Related by provenance to the Vaux family collection of photographs held by the Library Company of Philadelphia and the Vaux collection of correspondence, documents and graphics held by Special Collections of Haverford College Library, Haverford, Pennsylvania
- Creator
- Vaux, George
- Vaux, Mary
- Vaux, William
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of fonds
- Processing Status
- Processed
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[Sir James Hector at Revelstoke, B.C.]
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- Part Of
- Vaux family fonds
- Scope & Content
- Image of a man identified as Sir James Hector seated in a chair in front of a house
- Date Range
- August 1903
- Reference Code
- v653 / 4 / na66 - 2289
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- GMD
- Photograph
- Negative, copy
1 image
- Part Of
- Vaux family fonds
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Fonds Number
- V653
- Reference Code
- v653 / 4 / na66 - 2289
- Date Range
- August 1903
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : negative : copy negative
- Scope & Content
- Image of a man identified as Sir James Hector seated in a chair in front of a house
- Subject Access
- Discovery and Exploration
- Politics and government
- Science and technology
- Sports and Recreation
- Transportation
- Geographic Access
- Alberta
- British Columbia
- Title Source
- copy negative envelope
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Scenic and documentary views series. -- [ca.1925-ca.1945].
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- Part Of
- George Noble fonds
- Scope & Content
- Series consists of: A. Main series, film negatives, 5x7 inches, 2217 items; B. Film negatives, most 8x10 inches, 553 items; C. Glass negatives, 69 items. Material pertains to Banff and area buildings, facilities, activities, events, such as Banff Winter Carnival and Banff Indian Days; Indians; sceā¦
- Date Range
- [ca.1912]-1958
- Reference Code
- V469 / 1
- to 2839
- Description Level
- 3 / Series
- GMD
- Photograph
- Negative
- Part Of
- George Noble fonds
- Description Level
- 3 / Series
- Fonds Number
- V469
- Series
- I. Scenic and documentary views
- Sous-Fonds
- V469
- Reference Code
- V469 / 1
- to 2839
- GMD
- Photograph
- Negative
- Date Range
- [ca.1912]-1958
- Physical Description
- 2839 photographs : negatives (and some prints).
- Scope & Content
- Series consists of: A. Main series, film negatives, 5x7 inches, 2217 items; B. Film negatives, most 8x10 inches, 553 items; C. Glass negatives, 69 items. Material pertains to Banff and area buildings, facilities, activities, events, such as Banff Winter Carnival and Banff Indian Days; Indians; scenic views of Banff and area and other Rocky Mountains locations. Accompanied by a small number of commercial prints produced by Noble, including several large hand-painted views. -- Title based on contents of series. -- Arrangement outline available in printed form; file-level inventory available through this database; selected contact prints available in visual reference file.
- Access Restrictions
- Access to negatives is by appointment only
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Banff views, Bow Valley. -- [ca.1920-ca.1940]
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- Part Of
- George Noble fonds
- Scope & Content
- Pertains to Bow Valley; Fairholme Range
- Reference Code
- V469 / 16 - 30
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Part Of
- George Noble fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Series
- I. Scenic and documentary views
- Reference Code
- V469 / 16 - 30
- Physical Description
- 15 negatives : 12 x 17 cm or smaller
- Scope & Content
- Pertains to Bow Valley; Fairholme Range
- Access Restrictions
- Access by appointment only
- Location (Copy)
- V469 / 17, 26, 29
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Banff views, from Norquay and Stoney Squaw. -- [ca.1920-ca.1940]
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- Part Of
- George Noble fonds
- Scope & Content
- Pertains to Bow Valley; Norquay, Mount; Stoney Squaw
- Reference Code
- V469 / 31 - 36
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Part Of
- George Noble fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Series
- I. Scenic and documentary views
- Reference Code
- V469 / 31 - 36
- Physical Description
- 6 negatives : 12 x 17 cm or smaller
- Scope & Content
- Pertains to Bow Valley; Norquay, Mount; Stoney Squaw
- Access Restrictions
- Access by appointment only
- Location (Copy)
- V469 / 31, 32, 36
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Banff views, facing south (Sleeping Giant) -- [ca.1920-ca.1940]
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- Part Of
- George Noble fonds
- Scope & Content
- Pertains to Sundance Range
- Reference Code
- V469 / 37 - 42
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Part Of
- George Noble fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Series
- I. Scenic and documentary views
- Reference Code
- V469 / 37 - 42
- Physical Description
- 6 negatives : 11 x 16 cm or smaller
- Scope & Content
- Pertains to Sundance Range
- Access Restrictions
- Access by appointment only
- Location (Copy)
- V469 / 37
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Banff views, Fairholme Range. -- [ca.1920-ca.1940]
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- Part Of
- George Noble fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Series
- I. Scenic and documentary views
- Reference Code
- V469 / 1 - 15
- Physical Description
- 15 negatives : 12 x 17 cm or smaller
- Access Restrictions
- Access by appointment only
- Location (Copy)
- V469 / 2, 8, 10, 14
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Banff views, Cascade Mountain. -- [ca.1920-ca.1940]
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- Part Of
- George Noble fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Series
- I. Scenic and documentary views
- Reference Code
- V469 / 47 - 66
- Physical Description
- 20 negatives : 12 x 17 cm or smaller
- Access Restrictions
- Access by appointment only
- Location (Copy)
- V469 / 50, 53, 55, 58, 62, 63
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Banff views, Bow Falls. -- [ca.1920-ca.1940]
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- Part Of
- George Noble fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Series
- I. Scenic and documentary views
- Reference Code
- V469 / 67 - 75
- Physical Description
- 9 negatives : 12 x 17 cm or smaller
- Access Restrictions
- Access by appointment only
- Location (Copy)
- V469 / 72, 73
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