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"A" series. -- [ca.1940-ca.1960]

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Part Of: Georgia Engelhard fonds

Scope & Content: Consists of mountain climbing and scenic views taken in the Alps of Switzerland and Italy, the Canadian Rockies, the Himalayas and the Teton Mountains of Wyoming. Canadian Rockies views are mainly Lake Louise area and include the Victoria Glacier, Goat Peak and other features. Photographs taken i…

Date Range: ca. 1940 - ca.1950

Reference Code: V751 / PA - 1 to 117

Description Level: 4 / Sub-series

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print

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Part Of: Georgia Engelhard fonds

Description Level: 4 / Sub-series

Fonds Number: V751

Series: I. Georgia Engelhard photographs

Sous-Fonds: V751

Accession Number: .

Reference Code: V751 / PA - 1 to 117

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print

Date Range: ca. 1940 - ca.1950

Physical Description: 117 photographs : prints

Scope & Content: Consists of mountain climbing and scenic views taken in the Alps of Switzerland and Italy, the Canadian Rockies, the Himalayas and the Teton Mountains of Wyoming. Canadian Rockies views are mainly Lake Louise area and include the Victoria Glacier, Goat Peak and other features. Photographs taken in Swiss Alps include Zermatt, the Matterhorn and Val D'Herens. Climbers photographed include Eaton Cromwell, renowned mountaineer (#6, 8, 87) and Edmund Petrig, prominent Swiss guide (#6, 8).

Language: English

Title Source: Title based on original numbering

Processing Status: Processed

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"278" series. -- [ca.1940-ca.1960]

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Part Of: Georgia Engelhard fonds

Scope & Content: Series includes numerous views pertaining of the Canadian Rockies and other Canadian locations, including Lake Louise area, Victoria Glacier, Mount Athabasca, Mount Assiniboine, Pinnacle Mountain, Mount Collie, Murchison Group and Bobbie Burns Group. Also includes views of Switzerland, including Ze…

Date Range: ca. 1940 to ca. 1950

Reference Code: V751 / PA - 162 to 220

Description Level: 4 / Sub-series

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print

3 images

Part Of: Georgia Engelhard fonds

Description Level: 4 / Sub-series

Fonds Number: V751

Series: I. Georgia Engelhard photographs

Sous-Fonds: V751

Accession Number: .

Reference Code: V751 / PA - 162 to 220

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print

Date Range: ca. 1940 to ca. 1950

Physical Description: 59 photographs : prints

Scope & Content: Series includes numerous views pertaining of the Canadian Rockies and other Canadian locations, including Lake Louise area, Victoria Glacier, Mount Athabasca, Mount Assiniboine, Pinnacle Mountain, Mount Collie, Murchison Group and Bobbie Burns Group. Also includes views of Switzerland, including Zermatt and Engadine districts and the Matterhorn; Italian Alps (Dolomites); and Teton Mountains. Includes Edward Feuz (#164?, 167, 173, 191?), Eaton Cromwell (#167), Georgia Engelhard (#183, 187, 188), Edmund Petrig (#190), Emil and Rudi Perren and unidentified climbers.

Language: English

Title Source: Title based on original numbering

Processing Status: Processed

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Guiding training photographs. -- [ca.1945]

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Part Of: Georgia Engelhard fonds

Scope & Content: Photographs document mountaineering techniques and guide training featuring Swiss guide Emil Perren and his son Rudi

Date Range: ca. 1940 to 1950

Reference Code: V751 / PA - 221 to 264

Description Level: 4 / Sub-series

GMD: Photograph

1 image

Part Of: Georgia Engelhard fonds

Description Level: 4 / Sub-series

Fonds Number: V751

Series: I.Georgia Engelhard photographs

Sous-Fonds: V751

Accession Number: .

Reference Code: V751 / PA - 221 to 264

GMD: Photograph

Date Range: ca. 1940 to 1950

Physical Description: 44 photographs : prints

Scope & Content: Photographs document mountaineering techniques and guide training featuring Swiss guide Emil Perren and his son Rudi

Language: English

Related Material: Related to "5" series and "278" series photographs

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Prints. -- 1915-1958.

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Part Of: Caroline Hinman fonds

Scope & Content: Pertain to Caroline Hinman and her camping, climbing,hiking, horse, canoe and motor trips in the Canadian Rockies. Includes camps, hunting, climbs, Skyline Hikes, pack trips, scenery etc. Some views pertain to trip personnel such as Jim Boyce and Curly Phillips, and clients such as Lillian Gest.

Date Range: 1915-1958

Reference Code: V282 / PA (1 - 566); V282 / PB (1 - 8)

Description Level: 4 / Sub-series

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Part Of: Caroline Hinman fonds

Description Level: 4 / Sub-series

Fonds Number: V282

Series: III.A. Photographs: prints

Sous-Fonds: V282

Accession Number: 1256

Reference Code: V282 / PA (1 - 566); V282 / PB (1 - 8)

Date Range: 1915-1958

Physical Description: 574 photographs : prints; 8 oversize.

Scope & Content: Pertain to Caroline Hinman and her camping, climbing,hiking, horse, canoe and motor trips in the Canadian Rockies. Includes camps, hunting, climbs, Skyline Hikes, pack trips, scenery etc. Some views pertain to trip personnel such as Jim Boyce and Curly Phillips, and clients such as Lillian Gest.

Finding Aid: Item-level list available.

Processing Status: Processed

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Jennie Mather photographs

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Part Of: Mather family fonds

Scope & Content: Photographs pertain to Banff people, places and activities; Mather family and friends.

Date Range: [ca.1900-ca.1950]

Reference Code: V397 / PA - 1 to 135

Description Level: 4 / Sub-series

2 images

Part Of: Mather family fonds

Description Level: 4 / Sub-series

Fonds Number: V397

Series: IV.B. Mather family photographs

Sous-Fonds: V397

Reference Code: V397 / PA - 1 to 135

Date Range: [ca.1900-ca.1950]

Physical Description: 135 photographs : prints

Scope & Content: Photographs pertain to Banff people, places and activities; Mather family and friends.

Finding Aid: Detailed item list available in print form.

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Content Details: LIST OF PHOTOGRAPHS - V397/PA :; 1 [Allan Mather and others]; 2 [J. E. Hutchins; Leslie Mather and others]; 3 George Noble; 4 George Paris in front of the boat house [ca.1945]; 5 [Zoo construction]; 6 [Skiers, including Peter Whyte]; 7 [Cyril Paris, Peter Whyte and others skiing]; 8-9 [World champion ski jumpers, including Henry Hall, Andres Haugen and Hans Hansen]; 10-11 [Carnival Queen Dahlia Schagel; attendants Jenny (Mather) Percy, Fern (Brewster) Dooley, Sid (Sylvia Brewster) Graves]; 12 Queen Emilie Mason & Stoney Nakoda Chiefs; 13 [George Paris and Jenny Mather at Banff skating rink]; 14 Jenny Mather and Harold McHugh; 15 Jenny Mather and Curtis Leonard; 16 [Banff curling rink]; 17 [Banff skating rink, skaters]; 18 [Jack White, Barbara Carpenter, Ruth Carpenter, Allan Mather (double wedding)]; 19 [Mather's first house]; 20-21 The Chalet. Lake Minnewanka [ca.1921]; 22 Stan Haigh (been with us 3 seasons) unloading a typical September cargo; 23 ["The Swallow" boat at boat house]; 24 ["Minnewanka" boat with plexiglass cover]; 25 Devil's Canyon at Lake Minnewanka before the dams; 26-27 [Mather boat dock on Bow River]; 28 Jenny Mather on train to Calgary; 29 Jenny I. Percy and Barbara A. Percy; 30 Dave White Sr., Annie Curran White and oldest son Clifford White; 31 "Me" in Coronado leaving a singing engagement . . . Lilian; 32 [Unidentified women]; 33 Part of the toboggan slide [Mt. Norquay]; 34-39 Jennie Mather [as a young girl]; 40 Jennie [Mather] Percy and baby Barbara Anne Vancouver 1929; 41-42 Jennie's brother Allan Mather [as a young man]; 43 Birthplace of Margaret Rodgers [McRavey] Mather; 44 John Curran, Margaret Rodgers McRavey (Mather) and Annie Curran (White); 45 Margaret (McRavey) Mather; 46 Jennie and Leslie Mather Banff, Alta. 1899; 47 Outside 1st log cabin in Banff. Near Boathouse. Margaret (Mather) with [daughters] Jennie and Leslie; 48 Margaret McRavey Mather with daughter Hazel Margaret Mather at time of christening Banff 1908; 49 Margaret (McRavey) Mather, Jennie Isabel Mather, Leslie Gilmour Mather, Allan Stewart Mather; Verena Bolton [with her mother] Jeannie Mather Bolton; 50-52 Susan Rodgers McRavey [Curran], mother of Margaret R. Mather; 53-54 Susan McRavey Baptie Exshaw Alta [Margaret McRavey Mather's sister]; 55 Margaret (McRavey) Mather's brother James McRavey; 56 Jennie's paternal grandparents, John and Janet (nee Picken) Mather [William Mather's parents]; 57 Margaret Mather, Mrs. Martin, Mrs. E.C. Smith, Margaret Smith. Taken at Cottonwood Beach, Washington, U.S.A. in August 1931; 58 [Allan Mather and others] Niagara Falls Oct. 22/48; 59 Allan [Mather] Hazel Mary Lee Lake Minnewanka beside boat house Nov.6/48; 60 Allan [Mather] Hazel Mary Lee [near] Ski jump at Mt. Norquay Nov.6/48; 61 Allan [Mather], Grace, Lilla, Susan & Mary Lee. Banff. Nov. 7/48; 62 Lake Minnewanka Banff; 63-64 Banff and Cascade Mountain [from Administration Grounds] [postcard]; 65 Main Street and Cascade Mountain 9,796 Ft., Banff . . . [postcard]; 66 [Banff Springs Hotel from Tunnel Mountain Drive - postcard]; 67 C.P.R. Banff Springs Hotel and Bow River, Banff, Canadian Rockies [postcard]; 68 C.P.R. Hotel and Bow Valley, Banff, Canadian Rockies [postcard]; 69 Bow Valley from C.P.R. Hotel, [terrace] Banff, Canadian Rockies [postcard]; 70 The boat houses on the Bow River . . . [postcard]; 71 Bow River Bridge & Mt. Rundle . . . [Brett's third Drug Store?] [postcard]; 72 The Cave and Basin Swimming Pools . . . [postcard]; 73 Government Hot Sulphur Bath [Cave and Basin] . . . [postcard]; 74 Lake Minnewanka [postcard]; 75 Castle Mountain from C.P.R. track, Canadian Rockies [postcard]; 76 The Falls, Johnson [Johnston] Canyon, near Banff . . . [postcard]; 77 [Unidentified view]; 78 Skating rink [Banff] 1919; 79 The old skating rink [Banff, n.d.]; 80 Playoff tie between Vancouver Amazons & Calgary Patricias, [Banff Winter] Carnival 1921.; 81 Banff Bonspiel Ritchie vs Georgeson 1913.; 82 Lila [and friend] 1920.; 83 [Group at Banff Indian Days, includes Mark Poucette, Mrs. Poucette, Pete and Jackie White, reg Smith in front] 1920.; 84 [Banff Winter Carnival? parade float includes] Jennie Mather, Phoebe Saukler, Dahlia Schagel.; 85 [Banff Winter Carnival] Queen Emilie Mason, Mayor Osborne of Calgary.; 86 [Banff Winter Carnival, group in front of Ice Palace]; 87 William Mather [in boat by Bow River boat dock, ca. 1910]; 88 [William Mather (white shirt), Leslie, Jennie & Allan Mather, on Bow River boat dock, ca.1910]; 89 One of John Walker's school picnics at Lake Minnewanka; 90 Lake Minnewanka [People and boats at boat dock, ca. 1925]; 91 Building of the Banff Zoo [ca. 1910-12, includes James McRavey, Nils Nilsson]; 92 [Mather house]; 93 James S. McRavey; 94 3311 Bow River and Cascade Mountain, Banff, Alta / R. H. Trueman & Co. Photo, Vancouver, B.C. -- 1900 [oversize]; 95 ["Mountain Belle" on the Bow River] - [oversize]; 96-103, 110-111 Calgary to Banff, Feb.14, 1918; 104-107 [Snow covered road; most with car]; 108 [Marble Canyon sign]; 109, 114-115 [Snow formations]; 112-113 [Calgary to Banff trip?]; 116 [Unidentified person]; 117 [Vancouver's Kitsilano Boy's Band, Canadian Champions Toronto, 1931]; 118-119 [Group at Snohomish, Washington]; 120-123 [Group fruit picking]; 124 [Leslie Mather, Jennie Mather and others]; 125 [Group digging out car]; 126 [Buses]; 127 [Fishermen]; 128 [Shoreline]; 129 [Empress of Asia]; 130-131 [Damaged car in repair shop]; 132 [Unidentified woman]; 133 [Group by car in unidentified city]; 134 [Train at Banff Station]; 135 [Plane wreckage]

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Topical files, photographs

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: Sub-series consists of photographs pertaining to the Trading Post and the King Edward Hotel

Date Range: [between 1904 and 1962]

Reference Code: LUX / I / C4 - 28 to 32

Description Level: 4 / Sub-series

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Description Level: 4 / Sub-series

Fonds Number: LUX

Series: I.C. Business, legal and financial

Sous-Fonds: I. Norman Luxton sous-fonds

Accession Number: .

Reference Code: LUX / I / C4 - 28 to 32

Date Range: [between 1904 and 1962]

Physical Description: 149 photographs (46 prints, 103 negatives). -- 1 photograph album (58 prints)

Scope & Content: Sub-series consists of photographs pertaining to the Trading Post and the King Edward Hotel

Language: English

Title Source: Title based on contents of sub-series

Content Details: TRADING POST PHOTOGRAPHS (LUX / I / C4-28 to 30):; 1.a. Trading post photograph album, ca.1905, 1 album (58 prints). Includes views of store front, interior wall displays, outdoor displays and scenes, mounted heads and specimens (folder 28); 1.b. Negatives for photograph album, ca.1905, 49 negatives : 6.5 x 11 cm. Includes views of store front (1 item); interior wall displays (4 items), outdoor displays and scenes (8 items), mounted heads and specimens (36 items) - (folder 29); 2.a. Buffalo head at trading post, 1907?, 2 negatives : 6.5 x 11 cm (folder 30); 2.b. Norman Luxton and Bill Round Sr near Bow River, after 1920, 1 negative : 9 x 10 cm (folder 30); 2.c. Man-fish by Bow River, after 1920, 2 negatives : 9 x 10 cm (folder 30) - (Accompanied by 1 print - folder 31); 2.d. Man-fish near Bow River; men with dog, ca.1930, 6 negatives : 7.5 x 12.5 cm (folder 30); 2.e. Norman Luxton with car and dog; moose antlers, ca.1930, 6 negatives : 7.5 x 12.5 cm (folder 30); 2.f. Sheep heads, 1936, 2 negatives : 12.5 x 17.5 cm (folder 30) - (Accompanied by prints - folder 31); 2.g. Native man and artifact display, ca.1940?, 16 negatives : 6.5 x 11 cm, 4.5 x 7 cm (folder 30); 2.h. Carl Rungius etchings?; Norman Luxton? and dogs, 1940s?, 4 negatives: 4.5 x 6.5 cm (folder 30) - (Accompanied by 1 print - folder 31); 2.i. Model tableaus, 1944, 8 negatives : 4.5 x 6.5 cm (folder 30); 3. Prints, before 1950?, 37 items. Includes interior and exterior views, mer-man, Norman Luxton and others ar trading post (folder 31); KING EDWARD HOTEL PHOTOGRAPHS (LUX / I / C4 - 32) :; 1. Exterior view, ca.1915, 1 print; 2. Interior views, ca.1920, 5 prints. Re lobby, dining room and guest rooms; 3. Exterior views, ca.1925, 2 negatives : 12.5 x 17.5 cm. Front and back view; 4. Exterior view, ca.1925, 1 negative : 20x25 cm. View of hotel block. Attributed to George Noble; 5. Exterior views, 1940s, 4 negatives, 4 prints : 4.5 x 6.5 cm

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[Bulletin sheet for May 24th, 1940 trapshooting competition]

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Part Of: Loyal Orange Lodge No. 2406 Banff fonds

Scope & Content: Item consists of trapshooting competition bulletin sheet from May 24, 1940. Annotation include names of squads, events, targets, and scores. Published by Canadian Industries Limited "Dominion" Ammunition Division in Montreal, Canada.

Date Range: 1940

Reference Code: M123 / 63 / O.S. / "H"

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Textual record

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Part Of: Loyal Orange Lodge No. 2406 Banff fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: M123 / Loyal Orange Lodge

Sous-Fonds: M123

Accession Number: 425

Reference Code: M123 / 63 / O.S. / "H"

GMD: Textual record

Responsibility: Attributed to Canadian Industries Limited "Dominion" Ammunition Division

Date Range: 1940

Physical Description: 1 text ; 29 x 49 cm

Scope & Content: Item consists of trapshooting competition bulletin sheet from May 24, 1940. Annotation include names of squads, events, targets, and scores. Published by Canadian Industries Limited "Dominion" Ammunition Division in Montreal, Canada.