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Luxton's Pacific Crossing

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: Sub-sub-series consists of records relating to Eleanor Luxton's research on Luxton's Pacific Crossing, working copies of the manuscript, manuscript edits, reviews, invoices, correspondence, corrections, and newsclippings

Date Range: 1969-1975

Reference Code: LUX / II / B5 - 1 to 20

Description Level: 4.1 / Sub-sub-series

Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Description Level: 4.1 / Sub-sub-series

Series: II.B.5. Professional : Literary papers

Sous-Fonds: II. Eleanor Luxton sous-fonds

Reference Code: LUX / II / B5 - 1 to 20

Date Range: 1969-1975

Physical Description: 20 cm textual records

Scope & Content: Sub-sub-series consists of records relating to Eleanor Luxton's research on Luxton's Pacific Crossing, working copies of the manuscript, manuscript edits, reviews, invoices, correspondence, corrections, and newsclippings

Title Source: Title based on contents of sub-sub-series

Processing Status: Processed

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Banff, Canada's First National Park

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: Sub-sub-series consists of records relating to Eleanor Luxton's research on Banff, Canada's First National Park manuscript and includes notes, working copies of the manuscript, publisher's galley copies, correspondence and reviews.

Date Range: ca. 1969-1975

Reference Code: LUX / II / B5 - 21 to 41

Description Level: 4.1 / Sub-sub-series

Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Description Level: 4.1 / Sub-sub-series

Series: II.B.5. Professional : Literary papers

Sous-Fonds: II. Eleanor Luxton sous-fonds

Reference Code: LUX / II / B5 - 21 to 41

Date Range: ca. 1969-1975

Physical Description: 0.6 m textual records and graphic material

Scope & Content: Sub-sub-series consists of records relating to Eleanor Luxton's research on Banff, Canada's First National Park manuscript and includes notes, working copies of the manuscript, publisher's galley copies, correspondence and reviews.

Title Source: Title based on contents of sub-sub-series

Processing Status: Processed

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Latch String Out

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: Sub-sub-series consists of records relating to Eleanor Luxton's research on Annie McDougall and the Latch String Out manuscript and includes notes, working copies of the manuscript, and correspondence.

Date Range: ca. 1969-1975

Reference Code: LUX / II / B5 - 42 to 57

Description Level: 4.1 / Sub-sub-series

Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Description Level: 4.1 / Sub-sub-series

Series: II.B.5. Professional : Literary papers

Sous-Fonds: II. Eleanor Luxton sous-fonds

Reference Code: LUX / II / B5 - 42 to 57

Date Range: ca. 1969-1975

Physical Description: 0.45 m textual records and graphic material

Scope & Content: Sub-sub-series consists of records relating to Eleanor Luxton's research on Annie McDougall and the Latch String Out manuscript and includes notes, working copies of the manuscript, and correspondence.

Title Source: Title based on contents of sub-sub-series

Processing Status: Processed

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Christmas Cards

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Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Scope & Content: sub-sub-series consists of Christmas cards sent to peter and Catharine or Catharine Whyte.

Date Range: [ca.1910? - 1980?]

Reference Code: M36 / I / C / A

Description Level: 4.1 / Sub-sub-series

GMD: Textual records

Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Description Level: 4.1 / Sub-sub-series

Fonds Number: M36 / V683 / S37

Sous-Fonds: M36

Accession Number: 3069

Reference Code: M36 / I / C / A

GMD: Textual records

Date Range: [ca.1910? - 1980?]

Physical Description: 60 cm of textual records : Christmas cards

Scope & Content: sub-sub-series consists of Christmas cards sent to peter and Catharine or Catharine Whyte.

Notes: Christmas cards have not been sorted into years or organized in any way.; Some photographs remain tucked into Christmas to maintain contextual information

Language: English

Processing Status: Processed

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[untitled]

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Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Scope & Content: sub-sub series consists of drafts and preliminary sketches for Peter and Catharine Whyte's Christmas cards. Also consists of copies of Christmas letters, notes and printing related phases for the Christmas cards. Also included is blank cards and stationary from Catharine and Peter Whyte.

Date Range: 1955; 1959; 1961; 1962; 1963; 1964; 1969; 1972; 1973; 1974; 1975; 1978

Reference Code: M36 / I / C / E

Description Level: 4.1 / Sub-sub-series

GMD: Textual, private record

Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Description Level: 4.1 / Sub-sub-series

Fonds Number: M36 / V683 / S37

Sous-Fonds: M36

Sub-Series: E: Drafts; cards and letters by Peter and Catharine Whyte

Accession Number: 3069

Reference Code: M36 / I / C / E

GMD: Textual, private record

Date Range: 1955; 1959; 1961; 1962; 1963; 1964; 1969; 1972; 1973; 1974; 1975; 1978

Physical Description: 24 cm of textual records

Scope & Content: sub-sub series consists of drafts and preliminary sketches for Peter and Catharine Whyte's Christmas cards. Also consists of copies of Christmas letters, notes and printing related phases for the Christmas cards. Also included is blank cards and stationary from Catharine and Peter Whyte.

Language: English

Title Source: [untitled]

Processing Status: Processed

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Topographical maps

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Part Of: Ben Gadd fonds

Scope & Content: Sub-sub series consists of topographical maps depicting various regions in Canada and the United States, which were collected by Ben Gadd. Includes ca.13 maps of regions in the United States (including Eagletail National Park in Arizona, Colorado Springs, and Montana); and ca.213 maps of regions in…

Date Range: [ca.1960-2005]

Reference Code: M590 / I / A / ii

Description Level: 4.1 / Sub-sub-series

GMD: Map

Part Of: Ben Gadd fonds

Description Level: 4.1 / Sub-sub-series

Fonds Number: M590; V810; S61

Series: M590 / I : Personal records

Sous-Fonds: M590

Sub-Series: M590 / I / A / ii : Travel guides and maps : Topographical maps

Accession Number: 2021.20

Reference Code: M590 / I / A / ii

GMD: Map

Date Range: [ca.1960-2005]

Physical Description: ca.226 topographical maps

Scope & Content: Sub-sub series consists of topographical maps depicting various regions in Canada and the United States, which were collected by Ben Gadd. Includes ca.13 maps of regions in the United States (including Eagletail National Park in Arizona, Colorado Springs, and Montana); and ca.213 maps of regions in Northern Canada, Western Canada and the Canadian Rockies (predominantly Alberta and British Columbia, as well as the Yukon).

Notes: Some maps include annotations by Ben Gadd

Name Access: Gadd, Ben

Subject Access: Geography; Map; Travel

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; British Columbia; Yukon; Canadian Rocky Mountains; Rocky Mountains

Reproduction Restrictions: Restrictions may apply

Language: English

Category: Exploration and travel

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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"GD - Series" Nicholas Morant Photographs

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Part Of: Nicholas Morant fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of ca. 4,700 photographs (ca. 3900 negatives, ca. 800 transparencies and 35 prints), b&w and colour, various sizes. Content pertains to the Canadian Pacific Railway Company. Includes CP Oil and Gas (CPOG); various hotels including Banff Springs Hotel, Empress Hotel, Royal York Hotel, …

Date Range: [ca. 1950 - ca. 1960]; [ca. 1960 - ca. 1970]; 1962; 1964; 1965; 1967; [ca. 1970 - ca. 1980]; 1972

Reference Code: V500 / I / A7

Description Level: 4.1 / Sub-sub-series

GMD: Photograph; Negative; Photograph print; Transparency

Part Of: Nicholas Morant fonds

Description Level: 4.1 / Sub-sub-series

Fonds Number: M300 / S20 / V500

Sous-Fonds: V500

Sub-Series: V500 / I / A : Photography : Negatives and Transparencies

Accession Number: 7438

Reference Code: V500 / I / A7

GMD: Photograph; Negative; Photograph print; Transparency

Responsibility: Produced by Nicholas Morant

Date Range: [ca. 1950 - ca. 1960]; [ca. 1960 - ca. 1970]; 1962; 1964; 1965; 1967; [ca. 1970 - ca. 1980]; 1972

Physical Description: ca. 4,670 Photographs: negatives, transparencies and prints; b&w, colour

Scope & Content: File consists of ca. 4,700 photographs (ca. 3900 negatives, ca. 800 transparencies and 35 prints), b&w and colour, various sizes. Content pertains to the Canadian Pacific Railway Company. Includes CP Oil and Gas (CPOG); various hotels including Banff Springs Hotel, Empress Hotel, Royal York Hotel, Chateau Frontenac and Chateau Lacombe; logging and forestry projects; Rail News photographs; and photos from Mexico and Peru. Dates range from around 1950s - 1970s. Most photographs titled.

Notes: Negatives, transparencies and prints stored separately. Contains duplicates.

Subject Access: Canadian Pacific Railway; Oil; Gas; Hotel; Banff Springs Hotel; Empress Hotel; Royal York Hotel; Chateau Frontenac; Chateau Lacombe; Logging; Forestry; Travel; tourism

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; British Columbia; Ontario; Quebec

Reproduction Restrictions: Reference use only; no reproduction

Language: English

Creator: Nicholas Morant

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Photographs used by John Garden

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Part Of: Nicholas Morant fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of ca. 405 photographs used in books "Nicholas Morant's Canada" and "Nicholas Morant's Canadian Pacific" by John Garden, and 23 textual items. Photographs include ca.123 prints (13 oversize), ca.125 transparencies, and ca.156 negatives. Content pertains to Rocky Mountain scenics, vari…

Date Range: [ca.1940 - ca.1980]

Reference Code: V500 / I / D2 and M300 / I / D2

Description Level: 4.1 / Sub-sub-series

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print; Negative; Transparency

Part Of: Nicholas Morant fonds

Description Level: 4.1 / Sub-sub-series

Fonds Number: M300 / V500 / S20

Sous-Fonds: M300 & V500

Sub-Series: V500 / I / D : Photography : other photographs

Accession Number: 7784

Reference Code: V500 / I / D2 and M300 / I / D2

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print; Negative; Transparency

Responsibility: Produced by Nicholas Morant

Date Range: [ca.1940 - ca.1980]

Physical Description: ca. 405 Photographs: prints, transparencies, negatives; b&w and colour

Scope & Content: File consists of ca. 405 photographs used in books "Nicholas Morant's Canada" and "Nicholas Morant's Canadian Pacific" by John Garden, and 23 textual items. Photographs include ca.123 prints (13 oversize), ca.125 transparencies, and ca.156 negatives. Content pertains to Rocky Mountain scenics, various hotel interior and exterior views, scenes from Peru, and other miscellaneous content relating to the Canadian Pacific Railway company. Textual materials include personal correspondence collected by Willie Morant, handwritten notes by Nicholas Morant, and one newspaper clipping (annotated).

Notes: Contains some duplicates. Negative photos to be re-housed in negative envelopes before moving to downstairs vault

Subject Access: Banff Springs Hotel; Banff National Park; Canadian Pacific Railway; Hotels; Rocky Mountains; Travel

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; British Columbia; Banff; Peru; Canadian Rocky Mountains

Access Restrictions: Items in this file are not to be accessed or distributed without the explicit permission of their identified copyright owners.

Reproduction Restrictions: Items in this file are not to be reproduced without the explicit permission of their identified copyright owners.

Language: English

Creator: Nicholas Morant

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Unidentified man outside stone building

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Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Scope & Content: Image of an unidentified man wearing a quilt jacket and a dark cap leaning against the outside windowsill of a stone building [possibly Peter and Catharine Whyte's house]

Date Range: [ca. 1940-1960]

Reference Code: V683 / III / A / 5 / PA - 168

Description Level: 6 / Image

GMD: Photograph

1 image

Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Description Level: 6 / Image

Fonds Number: M36 / V683 / S37

Series: V683 / III / A / 5 : Peter and Catharine Whyte: Landscapes

Sous-Fonds: V683

Accession Number: .

Reference Code: V683 / III / A / 5 / PA - 168

GMD: Photograph

Date Range: [ca. 1940-1960]

Physical Description: Photograph: 1 print; b&w.

Scope & Content: Image of an unidentified man wearing a quilt jacket and a dark cap leaning against the outside windowsill of a stone building [possibly Peter and Catharine Whyte's house]

Subject Access: Buildings; Portrait

Language: English

Title Source: Title based on item

Processing Status: Processed

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Winter landscape

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Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Scope & Content: Image of a snow-covered landscape - trees in the foreground - mountains visible in the distance

Date Range: [ca. 1940-1960]

Reference Code: V683 / III / A / 5 / PA - 169

Description Level: 6 / Image

GMD: Photograph

1 image

Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Description Level: 6 / Image

Fonds Number: M36 / V683 / S37

Series: V683 / III / A / 5 : Peter and Catharine Whyte: Landscapes

Sous-Fonds: V683

Accession Number: .

Reference Code: V683 / III / A / 5 / PA - 169

GMD: Photograph

Date Range: [ca. 1940-1960]

Physical Description: Photograph: 1 print; b&w.

Scope & Content: Image of a snow-covered landscape - trees in the foreground - mountains visible in the distance

Subject Access: Mountains; Winter

Language: English

Title Source: Title based on item

Processing Status: Processed

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Footprints in snow

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Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Scope & Content: Image of footprints - possibly from an animal - in the snow

Date Range: [ca. 1940-1960]

Reference Code: V683 / III / A / 5 / PA - 171

Description Level: 6 / Image

GMD: Photograph

1 image

Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Description Level: 6 / Image

Fonds Number: M36 / V683 / S37

Series: V683 / III / A / 5 : Peter and Catharine Whyte: Landscapes

Sous-Fonds: V683

Accession Number: .

Reference Code: V683 / III / A / 5 / PA - 171

GMD: Photograph

Date Range: [ca. 1940-1960]

Physical Description: Photograph: 1 print; b&w.

Scope & Content: Image of footprints - possibly from an animal - in the snow

Subject Access: Winter

Language: English

Title Source: Title based on item

Processing Status: Processed

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Christmas tree in the Whyte home

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Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Scope & Content: Image of a decorated Christmas tree in a corner of the living room in Peter and Catharine Whyte's home

Date Range: [ca. 1940-1960]

Reference Code: V683 / III / A / 5 / PA - 172

Description Level: 6 / Image

GMD: Photograph

1 image

Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Description Level: 6 / Image

Fonds Number: M36 / V683 / S37

Series: V683 / III / A / 5 : Peter and Catharine Whyte: Landscapes

Sous-Fonds: V683

Accession Number: .

Reference Code: V683 / III / A / 5 / PA - 172

GMD: Photograph

Date Range: [ca. 1940-1960]

Physical Description: Photograph: 1 print; b&w.

Scope & Content: Image of a decorated Christmas tree in a corner of the living room in Peter and Catharine Whyte's home

Subject Access: Christmas; Home; Whyte Home; Whyte House

Geographic Access: Banff

Language: English

Title Source: Title based on item

Processing Status: Processed

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The Whyte house

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Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Scope & Content: Image of the exterior of Peter and Catharine Whyte's house covered in snow

Date Range: [ca. 1940-1960]

Reference Code: V683 / III / A / 5 / PA - 173

Description Level: 6 / Image

GMD: Photograph

1 image

Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Description Level: 6 / Image

Fonds Number: M36 / V683 / S37

Series: V683 / III / A / 5 : Peter and Catharine Whyte: Landscapes

Sous-Fonds: V683

Accession Number: .

Reference Code: V683 / III / A / 5 / PA - 173

GMD: Photograph

Date Range: [ca. 1940-1960]

Physical Description: Photograph: 1 print; b&w.

Scope & Content: Image of the exterior of Peter and Catharine Whyte's house covered in snow

Subject Access: Whyte Home; Whyte House; Winter

Geographic Access: Banff

Language: English

Title Source: Title based on item

Processing Status: Processed

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Whyte house exterior

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Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Scope & Content: Image of a close up of a window and ledge on the exterior of the Whyte house

Date Range: [ca. 1940-1960]

Reference Code: V683 / III / A / 5 / PA - 174

Description Level: 6 / Image

GMD: Photograph

2 images

Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Description Level: 6 / Image

Fonds Number: M36 / V683 / S37

Series: V683 / III / A / 5 : Peter and Catharine Whyte: Landscapes

Sous-Fonds: V683

Accession Number: .

Reference Code: V683 / III / A / 5 / PA - 174

GMD: Photograph

Date Range: [ca. 1940-1960]

Physical Description: Photograph: 1 print (front and back) ; b&w.

Scope & Content: Image of a close up of a window and ledge on the exterior of the Whyte house

Subject Access: Whyte Home; Whyte House

Geographic Access: Banff

Language: English

Title Source: Title based on item

Processing Status: Processed

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Highway

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Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Scope & Content: Image of an unpaved highway with a building visible behind some trees on the left - mountain range in the distance

Date Range: [ca. 1940-1960]

Reference Code: V683 / III / A / 5 / PA - 175

Description Level: 6 / Image

GMD: Photograph

1 image

Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Description Level: 6 / Image

Fonds Number: M36 / V683 / S37

Series: V683 / III / A / 5 : Peter and Catharine Whyte: Landscapes

Sous-Fonds: V683

Accession Number: .

Reference Code: V683 / III / A / 5 / PA - 175

GMD: Photograph

Date Range: [ca. 1940-1960]

Physical Description: Photograph: 1 print ; b&w.

Scope & Content: Image of an unpaved highway with a building visible behind some trees on the left - mountain range in the distance

Subject Access: Buildings; Mountains; Roads

Language: English

Title Source: Title based on item

Processing Status: Processed

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Lodge

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Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Scope & Content: Image of a group of buildings along the side of an unpaved highway - possibly the Mount Eisenhower Lodge

Date Range: [ca. 1940-1960]

Reference Code: V683 / III / A / 5 / PA - 176

Description Level: 6 / Image

GMD: Photograph

1 image

Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Description Level: 6 / Image

Fonds Number: M36 / V683 / S37

Series: V683 / III / A / 5 : Peter and Catharine Whyte: Landscapes

Sous-Fonds: V683

Accession Number: .

Reference Code: V683 / III / A / 5 / PA - 176

GMD: Photograph

Date Range: [ca. 1940-1960]

Physical Description: Photograph: 1 print ; b&w.

Scope & Content: Image of a group of buildings along the side of an unpaved highway - possibly the Mount Eisenhower Lodge

Subject Access: Buildings; Buildings and facilities; Roads

Language: English

Title Source: Title based on item

Processing Status: Processed

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Mount Eisenhower Lodge

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Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Scope & Content: Image of the Mount Eisenhower Lodge sign with buildings visible behind some trees in the background

Date Range: [ca. 1940-1960]

Reference Code: V683 / III / A / 5 / PA - 177

Description Level: 6 / Image

GMD: Photograph

1 image

Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Description Level: 6 / Image

Fonds Number: M36 / V683 / S37

Series: V683 / III / A / 5 : Peter and Catharine Whyte: Landscapes

Sous-Fonds: V683

Accession Number: .

Reference Code: V683 / III / A / 5 / PA - 177

GMD: Photograph

Date Range: [ca. 1940-1960]

Physical Description: Photograph: 1 print ; b&w.

Scope & Content: Image of the Mount Eisenhower Lodge sign with buildings visible behind some trees in the background

Subject Access: Buildings; Mount Eisenhower Lodge

Geographic Access: Banff National Park

Language: English

Title Source: Title based on item

Processing Status: Processed

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Mount Eisenhower Lodge

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Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Scope & Content: Image of a jeep on a gravel road leading to a collection of log cabins that make up the Mount Eisenhower Lodge - a mountain range [probably Mount Eisenhower/Castle Mountain] visible in the distance

Date Range: [ca. 1940-1960]

Reference Code: V683 / III / A / 5 / PA - 178

Description Level: 6 / Image

GMD: Photograph

1 image

Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Description Level: 6 / Image

Fonds Number: M36 / V683 / S37

Series: V683 / III / A / 5 : Peter and Catharine Whyte: Landscapes

Sous-Fonds: V683

Accession Number: .

Reference Code: V683 / III / A / 5 / PA - 178

GMD: Photograph

Date Range: [ca. 1940-1960]

Physical Description: Photograph: 1 print ; b&w.

Scope & Content: Image of a jeep on a gravel road leading to a collection of log cabins that make up the Mount Eisenhower Lodge - a mountain range [probably Mount Eisenhower/Castle Mountain] visible in the distance