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Miniature souvenir photograph collection, Stoney Nakoda portraits

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Part Of: Archives General File Collection

Scope & Content: File consists of one souvenir collection of 16 miniature photographs by Byron Harmon in original envelope, titled "16 Miniature Photographs of Indians of Western Canada". Images include portraits of various unnamed Stoney Nakoda people [possibly including Hector Crawler and Leah Rider], teepees, an…

Date Range: [ca.1920-1940]

Reference Code: V8 / 2022.31

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Print; Published record

Part Of: Archives General File Collection

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M8; V8; S8

Sous-Fonds: V8

Accession Number: 2022.31

Reference Code: V8 / 2022.31

GMD: Photograph; Print; Published record

Date Range: [ca.1920-1940]

Physical Description: Souvenir photograph collection (16 photographs : b&w prints ; 4.5 x 7 cm)

Scope & Content: File consists of one souvenir collection of 16 miniature photographs by Byron Harmon in original envelope, titled "16 Miniature Photographs of Indians of Western Canada". Images include portraits of various unnamed Stoney Nakoda people [possibly including Hector Crawler and Leah Rider], teepees, and a totem pole.

Notes: Warning: Photographs include original titles, which contain derogatory and/or offensive language describing Indigenous people.

Name Access: Harmon, Byron

Subject Access: Photography; Portrait; Indigenous Peoples; Teepees; Totem pole

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; Morley

Reproduction Restrictions: Copyright restrictions may apply

Language: English

Category: Indigenous Peoples

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Other family and friends - identified

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of 41 photographs depicting friends and extended members of the Luxton family. Includes professional portraits, postcard prints and candid photographs. Individuals include Byron Harmon and his wife Maude; Norman and Georgina Luxton; Annie Whitaker; Ben Crawler and Mrs. Crawler [first …

Date Range: ca.1920-1940

Reference Code: LUX / III / C3 / PA - 205 to 245

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print

Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: LUX

Series: LUX / III / C : Extended family

Sous-Fonds: LUX / III : Luxton family sous-fonds

Sub-Series: LUX / III / C3 : Other extended family

Accession Number: LUX

Reference Code: LUX / III / C3 / PA - 205 to 245

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print

Date Range: ca.1920-1940

Physical Description: 41 photographs : b&w prints ; 28 x 22 cm or smaller

Scope & Content: File consists of 41 photographs depicting friends and extended members of the Luxton family. Includes professional portraits, postcard prints and candid photographs. Individuals include Byron Harmon and his wife Maude; Norman and Georgina Luxton; Annie Whitaker; Ben Crawler and Mrs. Crawler [first name not identified] during Banff Indian Days; Jeanette Windsor; Inspector K. Duncan of the RCMP; Chief Buffalo Child Long Lance (Sylvester Clark Long) ; members of the Harrison family; Margaret and Ashley Hine; and Winifred Ivy Hayden. Includes set of photographs pertaining to ceremony naming Georgina Luxton as Stoney Princess "Rainbow Woman", 1934.

Notes: File contains duplicates

Material Details: Item LUX/III/C3/PA-241 is hand-coloured

Name Access: Harmon, Byron; Harmon, Maude; Luxton, Georgina; Luxton, Norman; Ross, May; Whitaker, Annie; Crawler, Ben; Windsor, Jeanette; Chief Buffalo Child Long Lance; Hine, Margaret; Hine, Ashley; Hayden, Winifred

Subject Access: Community life; Family and personal life; Community events; Banff Indian Days; Indigenous Peoples; First Nations; Cultural pluralism; Travel; Ceremony

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; Banff; Morley; Calgary; British Columbia; Manitoba; Winnipeg; United States of America; California; San Diego

Reproduction Restrictions: Restrictions may apply

Language: English

Category: Family and personal life; First nations; Indigenous Peoples; Cultural pluralism

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Travel scrapbook of commercial postcard prints and souvenirs

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of one scrapbook containing ca. 200 attached postcard prints and commercial postcards, as well as two portrait photograph prints and two souvenir booklets. Content pertains to scenic views of the Canadian Rockies including Moraine Lake, Lake Louise, Maligne Lake, Revelstoke and the At…

Date Range: [ca. 1925 - ca. 1940]; 1932

Reference Code: LUX / II / E / 1

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Scrapbook; Postcard

1 image 1 Electronic Resource

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

Accession Number: LUX

Reference Code: LUX / II / E / 1

GMD: Scrapbook; Postcard

Responsibility: Some items produced by George S. Cladds [?], Byron Harmon, Gerta Christoffersen, Detroit Publishing Co., and A.C. Leighton

Date Range: [ca. 1925 - ca. 1940]; 1932

Physical Description: 1 scrapbook : ca. 200 b&w and col. postcards ; 14 x 21.5 cm or smaller

Scope & Content: File consists of one scrapbook containing ca. 200 attached postcard prints and commercial postcards, as well as two portrait photograph prints and two souvenir booklets. Content pertains to scenic views of the Canadian Rockies including Moraine Lake, Lake Louise, Maligne Lake, Revelstoke and the Athabasca River; portrait paintings of unidentified Indigenous girls by artist Gerta Christoffersen; scenes from Australia, Brussels, Venice, Bermuda, Fiji, Portugal, London, Windsor Castle, California, Mexico, the Grand Canyon, Montana, Niagara Falls, Maine, Ohio and Pennsylvania; and sketched art by A.C. Leighton depicting horses and riders. Many postcards are colorized.

Notes: A few postcards are annotated, mostly blank

Name Access: Harmon, Byron; Christoffersen, Gerta; Leighton, Alfred Crocker

Subject Access: Travel; Tourism; Horses; Horseback riding; Landscapes; Environment; Mountains; Indigenous Peoples; Art; Biography; Fairmont Banff Springs Hotel

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; Banff National Park; England; London; Australia; Belgium; Italy; Venice; Bermuda; Fiji; Portugal; United States of America; California; Maine; Pennsylvania; Ohio; Lake Louise; Massachusetts; Moraine Lake; Maligne Lake; Athabasca Falls; Niagara Falls; British Columbia