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Collected research photographs - early Banff

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Part Of
Luxton family fonds
Scope & Content
File consists of copy negatives of images from the Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies which were collected by Eleanor Luxton for research purposes. Content pertains to early views of Banff and local businesses, including: Norman Luxton and coworkers outside of the Crag and Canyon; Banff Indian Da…
Date Range
[ca.1900-1930]
Reference Code
LUX / II / B5 / NA - 83 to 118
Description Level
5 / File
GMD
Photograph
Print
Part Of
Luxton family fonds
Description Level
5 / File
Fonds Number
LUX
Series
LUX / II / B : Professional records
Sous-Fonds
LUX / II : Eleanor Luxton sous-fonds
Sub-Series
LUX / II / B5 : Literary papers
Accession Number
LUX
Reference Code
LUX / II / B5 / NA - 83 to 118
GMD
Photograph
Print
Responsibility
Photographs copied from original materials owned by the Whyte Museum
Date Range
[ca.1900-1930]
Physical Description
36 photographs : b&w negatives ; 9.5 x 12 cm
Scope & Content
File consists of copy negatives of images from the Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies which were collected by Eleanor Luxton for research purposes. Content pertains to early views of Banff and local businesses, including: Norman Luxton and coworkers outside of the Crag and Canyon; Banff Indian Days and Banff Winter Carnival events; trap shooting, cross country skiing, skating and other sports; dog sled and hiking trips; and related subjects.
Notes
Original print copies processed and stored separately as LUX/II/B5/PA-124 to 159
Name Access
Luxton, Norman
Luxton, Eleanor
Brett, Robert G.
McCowan, Dan
Sanson, Norman
Subject Access
Activities
Animals
Banff Indian Days
Banff Skating Club
Banff Winter Carnival
Buildings
Businesses
Community events
Community life
Crag and Canyon newspaper
Curling
Deer
Dog Team
Dogsledding
Environment
Events
Family and personal life
Festival
Hot Springs
Hotels
Hunting
Ice sculpture
Landscapes
Mountains
Municipal views
Newspaper
Organizations
Public events
Recreation
Shooting
Skating
Ski racing
Skiing
Sports
Swimming
Townsite development
Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies
Winter sports
Geographic Access
Canada
Alberta
Banff
Banff National Park
Lake Minnewanka
Devil's Canyon
Access Restrictions
Restrictions may apply - see "Related Material" (print copies available)
Reproduction Restrictions
Restrictions may apply
Language
English
Conservation
Items stored in original envelope
Related Material
LUX / II / B5 / PA - 124 to 159 [print copies]
Category
Environment
Family and personal life
Sports, recreation and leisure
Title Source
Title based on contents of file
Processing Status
Processed
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Collected research photographs - early Banff

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions55593
Part Of
Luxton family fonds
Scope & Content
File consists of copy photographs from the Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies which were collected by Eleanor Luxton for research purposes. Content pertains to early views of Banff and local businesses and views, including: various views of Banff Avenue; the Bow River Boathouse; the Frank Lloyd W…
Date Range
[ca.1887-1930]
Reference Code
LUX / II / B5 / PA - 107 to 159
Description Level
5 / File
GMD
Photograph
Print
Part Of
Luxton family fonds
Description Level
5 / File
Fonds Number
LUX
Series
LUX / II / B : Professional records
Sous-Fonds
LUX / II : Eleanor Luxton sous-fonds
Sub-Series
LUX / II / B5 : Literary papers
Accession Number
LUX
Reference Code
LUX / II / B5 / PA - 107 to 159
GMD
Photograph
Print
Responsibility
Photographs copied from original materials owned by the Whyte Museum
Date Range
[ca.1887-1930]
Physical Description
53 photographs : b&w prints ; 17.5 x 12.5 cm and 25 x 20 cm
Scope & Content
File consists of copy photographs from the Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies which were collected by Eleanor Luxton for research purposes. Content pertains to early views of Banff and local businesses and views, including: various views of Banff Avenue; the Bow River Boathouse; the Frank Lloyd Wright Pavilion; Norman Luxton and coworkers outside of the Crag and Canyon; Banff Indian Days and Banff Winter Carnival events; trap shooting, cross country skiing, skating and other sports; dog sled and hiking trips; and related subjects.
Notes
Prints LUX/II/B5/PA-124 to 159 originally accompanied by b&w copy negatives (9.5 x 12 cm) in yellow envelope; negatives have been stored separately and numbered as items LUX / II / B5 / NA - 83 to 118.
Name Access
Luxton, Norman
Luxton, Eleanor
Brett, Robert G.
McCowan, Dan
Sanson, Norman
Subject Access
Activities
Animals
Banff Indian Days
Banff Skating Club
Banff Winter Carnival
Bow River Boat House
Bridges
Buildings
Businesses
Community events
Community life
Crag and Canyon newspaper
Curling
Deer
Dog Team
Dogsledding
Environment
Events
Family and personal life
Festival
Hot Springs
Hotels
Hunting
Ice sculpture
Landscapes
Mountains
Municipal views
Newspaper
Organizations
Public events
Recreation
Shooting
Skating
Ski racing
Skiing
Sports
Swimming
Townsite development
Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies
Winter Carnival
Winter sports
Geographic Access
Canada
Alberta
Banff
Banff National Park
Lake Minnewanka
Devil's Canyon
Reproduction Restrictions
Restrictions may apply
Language
English
Conservation
Items stored in mylar
Related Material
LUX / II / B5 / NA - 83 to 118 [copy negatives]
Category
Environment
Family and personal life
Sports, recreation and leisure
Title Source
Title based on contents of file
Processing Status
Processed
Less detail
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Luxton family fonds

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Part Of
Luxton family fonds
Scope & Content
Fonds consists of textual, visual and sound materials pertaining to Norman Luxton, Eleanor Luxton and their family members and friends (including Georgina Luxton, Norman's parents and siblings, and members of the Ross, Graham and McDougall families). Includes correspondence, personal and profession…
Date Range
[ca.1860]-1995
Reference Code
LUX
Description Level
1 / Fonds
GMD
Photograph
Print
Cabinet card
Framed print
Negative
Sound recording
Cassette
Textual record
Corporate record
Private record
Published record
Scrapbook
  1 Electronic Resource  
Part Of
Luxton family fonds
Description Level
1 / Fonds
Fonds Number
LUX
Sous-Fonds
LUX
Accession Number
Lux1 - EL estate, 1996
Lux2 - Whyte Museum, 2000
Lux3 - Glenbow Archives, 2001
Reference Code
LUX
GMD
Photograph
Print
Cabinet card
Framed print
Negative
Sound recording
Cassette
Textual record
Corporate record
Private record
Published record
Scrapbook
Other Title Info
Also known as the Eleanor Luxton archives
Date Range
[ca.1860]-1995
Physical Description
ca.32.1 m of textual records (29.3 m textual records, 47 scrapbooks) -- ca.7290 photographs (ca.5300 b&w and col. prints, ca.1915 negatives, 75 transparencies, 2 tintypes) -- 17 albums -- ca.74 cm sound recordings (29 CDs, 45 audio cassettes, 17 R120 DAT tapes, 1 VHS, 8 voicewriter discs)
History / Biographical
The Norman Luxton family was a prominent family in Banff, Alberta, Canada from 1904 until 1962. Daughter Eleanor Luxton maintained the family's position in the town until her death in 1995.
Publisher and businessman Norman K. Luxton, 1876-1962, was the son of Winnipeg Free Press co-founder William Luxton. After working for the Winnipeg Free Press, Norman Luxton travelled, then joined the Calgary Herald for eight years. In 1901, he journeyed 10,000 miles on the Pacific in the dug-out canoe Tilikum. After becoming ill, Luxton abandoned the trip in Fiji and came to Banff to recuperate. The around-the-world trip was subsequently completed by his sailing partner, Capt. John Voss.
Luxton bought Banff's Crag and Canyon newspaper in 1902 and remained as publisher until 1951. Also in 1902, he established the Sign of the Goat Curio store which specialized in Stoney Indian handicrafts and taxidermy specimens. Other significant Luxton businesses were the King Edward Hotel and Livery, Luxton Bros. insurance (with brother Louis Luxton) and the Lux Block, which included a hotel, the Lux Theatre and retail stores.
In 1904, Norman Luxton married Georgina (Georgie) Elizabeth McDougall, 1870-1965, of the pioneer missionary McDougall family of Morley, Alberta. In addition to her McDougall connections, Georgie Luxton was related by marriage to Senator George Ross. Norman and Georgie Luxton had one child, Eleanor Georgina, born in Banff in 1908.
The Luxtons were important Banff "boosters" with involvement in numerous local organizations and events. Norman Luxton managed the Banff Indian Days from 1909 to 1950, was a founder of Banff Winter Carnival and was involved with native events at the Calgary Stampede for 25 years. In 1953, Norman established a museum to house his native artifacts. The Luxton Museum was built in co-operation with Eric Harvie of the Glenbow Foundation of Calgary. After Luxton's death, the museum continued to be managed by the Glenbow until 1992.
Eleanor Luxton, 1908-1995, was a writer, historian, researcher, engineer, teacher and business woman. After graduating from high school in Banff in 1926, she attended the University of Alberta from 1926 until 1939, receiving degrees in history (BA '30, MA'33), a Diploma in Education (1931) and subsequent education, biology and natural history courses during the summers.
Between 1937 and 1956, Eleanor received further degrees and certificates from studies at Garbutt Business College (Calgary), St. Stephen's College (Edmonton), Ottawa Technical High School, Havergal Ladies College (Ontario), St. George Williams College (Montreal), McGill University (Montreal) and the Banff School of Fine Arts. Subjects studied included office practices, shorthand, machine draughting, English, civil engineering (BSc '46), German, broadcast writing, management, commerce, accounting and commercial law.
Eleanor Luxton's extensive education overlapped and preceded a long and varied professional career. Her teaching career extended from high school teacher in Alberta (Banff and Sexsmith), 1933-1940, to university lecturer in Montreal in the 1950s. During the 1940s, she worked in locomotive design for the CPR in Montreal. Beginning in 1956 and continuing until 1965, when she returned to Banff to care for her mother, Eleanor worked throughout southern Alberta as a field researcher for Calgary's Glenbow Foundation. From 1965 until her death in 1995, Eleanor remained in Banff in her family home and pursued an active career in writing and research.
Scope & Content
Fonds consists of textual, visual and sound materials pertaining to Norman Luxton, Eleanor Luxton and their family members and friends (including Georgina Luxton, Norman's parents and siblings, and members of the Ross, Graham and McDougall families). Includes correspondence, personal and professional records, financial documents, organization and volunteer records, business and property records, scrapbooks and albums, research materials, candid and professional portraits, various collected materials, and other related content.
Notes
Fonds consists of three sous-fonds:
I. Norman Luxton sous-fonds, [ca.1880]-1962, ca. 7.5 m. of textual records and photographs in four series: A. Correspondence, B. Business, financial and legal, C. Personal, D. Personal and professional, E. Collected materials.
II. Eleanor Luxton sous-fonds, [ca.1890]-1995, ca. 15 m. of textual records, sound recordings and photographs in six series: A. Correspondence, B. Professional, C. Personal, D. Business, financial and legal, E. Travel and events, F. Collected materials.
III. Luxton family sous-fonds, 1836-1972, ca.6.5 m. of textual records and photographs in four series: A. Norman Luxton family series, [ca.1900-ca.1970]; B. Georgina Luxton series, [ca.1890]-1967; C. Related family series, [ca.1890]-1972; D. Other material series, 1836-1970; E. Luxton family home records [1996].
Name Access
Luxton, Eleanor
Luxton, Georgina
Luxton, Norman
Subject Access
Arts
Commerce and industry
Education
Exploration, discovery and travel
Family and personal life
First Nations
Professional and Personal Life
Sports, recreation and leisure
Research
Access Restrictions
Some restriction/s on access
Copyright, privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply
Reproduction Restrictions
Copyright, privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply
Language
Language is English
Finding Aid
Finding aids and reference tools: electronic finding aid for processed material
box list for unprocessed material
Creator
Luxton, Norman
Luxton, Georgina
Luxton, Eleanor
Category
Arts
Commerce and industry
Education
Exploration, discovery and travel
Family and personal life
First nations
Sports, recreation and leisure
Title Source
Title based on contents of fonds
Processing Status
Processed
Electronic Resources
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Personal and family photographs

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Part Of
Fred Brewster fonds
Scope & Content
Photographs pertain to Fred Brewster, the Brewster family, friends and Banff residents
Date Range
[ca.1887-1967]
Reference Code
V86 / IV / PA - 1 to 103
V86 / PA - 1 to 9 OS
Description Level
5 / File
GMD
Photograph
  3 images  
Part Of
Fred Brewster fonds
Description Level
5 / File
Fonds Number
M53 / V86
Series
IV. Photographs
Sous-Fonds
V86
Accession Number
.
Reference Code
V86 / IV / PA - 1 to 103
V86 / PA - 1 to 9 OS
GMD
Photograph
Date Range
[ca.1887-1967]
Physical Description
ca.115 photographs : prints
History / Biographical
See fonds level description
Scope & Content
Photographs pertain to Fred Brewster, the Brewster family, friends and Banff residents
Notes
LIST OF PRINTS:
1a Sarah (Irvine) Brewster
1b Margaret (Irvine)Todd
2a Jane (Donaldson) Thompson
2b Joseph Donaldson
3 William Donaldson and Catherine (Scott) Donaldson
4 Mrs. John Brewster and family, ca.1887
5 Portrait of William Andrew Brewster (brother of John) and his family, ca.1905
6 Portrait of John Brewster, 1929
7 Portrait of James I. Brewster, ca.1940
8 St. John's College football team, Fred Brewster second from left, middle row, ;ca.1900
9 Portrait of Harold Alderson Anderson, 1901 - 1903, St. John's College School, Winnipeg
10 Queen's University Football Team, 1907, Fred Brewster top right
11 [Queen's University Engineering class?], ca.1908
12 [Queen's University Engineering class?], ca.1908
13 Fred Brewster and three of his classmates at Queen's University, ca.1908
14 Fred Brewster's Queen's University graduation portrait, 1909 (NA66/483)
15 Portrait of K. R. Daly
16 Portrait of W. M. Campbell
17 Portrait of unidentified graduate
18 Portrait of G. J. McKay
19 Portrait of Frank N. B lagen
20 Portrait of Ed W. Brown Queen's, 1907
21 Portrait of Shirley King Queen's, 1907
22 Portrait of Karl Twitchell Queen's, 1907
23 Portrait of Gwynn G. Gibbins Xmas, 1908
24 Portrait of Ronald Hooper Queen's, 1908
25 Portrait of A. Y. Jackson Queen's, 1909
26 Portrait of Jno. K. Osborne April, 1909
27 Portrait of Andy, nephew of Mrs. John Brewster
28 Portrait of Charles E. Parke
29 Professor John Guillim, Professor of Mining Engineering, Queen's University (Fred Brewster his assistant along B. C. coast working for Consolidated Mining and Smelting, 1907)
30 [Fred Brewster?] in uniform on horseback, ca.1917?
31 [Fred Brewster?] and unidentified man in uniform on horseback. ca.1917?
32 Two men pulling toboggan on the Athabasca River, ca.1919
33 Two men pulling toboggan on the Athabasca River near Roche de Smet, ca.1919
34 Unidentified canyon, ca.1919
35 Unidentified winter scene, ca.1919
36 Looking down into [Athabasca River Valley] from unidentified creek, ca.1919
37 Man pulling toboggan, ca.1919
38 Man pulling toboggan, ca.1919
39 Unidentified stream in winter, ca.1919
40 Unidentified winter scene, ca.1919
41 Man with toboggan, ca.1919
42 to 44 Two men on snowshoes, ca.1919
45, 46 Man on snowshoes pulling toboggan up unidentified pass, ca.1919
47 View toward (Athabasca River Valley?] from top of unidentified pass, ca.1919
48 Fred and Jack Brewster with hunting trophies from Fowler party at Brewster and Moore corrals, 1919
49 Hunting trophies from Fowler party, 1919
50 First Nation grave (Cree) on Big Grave Flats, Sulphur River, 1920
51 Unidentified log structure
52 Party from camping trip Brazeau River and Icefield 1923. Left to right - David Guggenheim III, Fred Brewster, ? Hamilton, Hector Graham, George (Grader'., Joe Healy, Isaac Plante
53 Jack Brewster, Courtnay Ryley Cooper and Irving Cobb in camp, 1929
54 Camp scene with game on trip to Hay River with Fred Brewster, Harry Rowed, Charlie Borolin and Pete Withers, 1939
55 Packing up in Fred Brewster's corral, n.d.
56, 57 Horses in Fred Brewster's corral, n.d.
58 Fred Brewster's Medicine Lake Camp?], n.d.
59, 60 Fred Brewster's Medicine Lake Camp, 1927
61, 62 Horses in Medicine Lake corral, n.d.
63 to 71 Construction of [Fred Brewster's Maligne Lake Lodge?], ca.1930
72 Construction of [Fred Brewster's Maligne Lake Lodge?], Jack Brewster third from right, ca.1930
73 Construction crew on [Fred Brewster's Maligne Lake Lodge?], Jack Brewster second from right front row, ca.1930
74 American Nature Association party with Fred Brewster, 1930
75 Sir Frederick Banting, M.D., painting at Medicine Lake Chalet, ca.1930
76 Tom McDonough, General Passenger Agent CNR, Donald "Curly" Phillips, Fred Brewster, Dick Langford and Digby Harris, ca.1925
77 Lewis Swift?] in front of cabin, n.d
78 Living room of Fred Brewster's Home, ca.1920
79 Group with cars in front of Fred Brewster Limited Trading Company, ca.1925. Left to right: Harvey MacDougall, Fred Brewster, Ken Alexander, unidentified, Eaton Woolley, unidentified. Photographer: Joe Weiss
80 Fred Brewster and dog, ca.1922
81, 82 Fred Brewster, Fern Brewster and dog, ca.1922
83 Group of skiers in front of car; first party of women skiers to visit Columbia Icefield and Snowdome, March 1939. Left to right - Fred Brewster, Harold Taylor, Dorrie Horsfal, Jack Brewster, Merle Brewster, Doris Kensit. Photographer: Morris Taylor
84 Fred Brewster and Mrs Ewan (Ivan) Moberly, age 79, July 1941
85 Jack Brewster at mouth of Castleguard Cave, n.d
86 Jack Brewster and Columbia Icefield Chalet sign, ca.1940
87 Jack Brewster at Columbia Icefield, ca.1940
88 Jack Brewster in Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies marquis tent, n.d., Photographer: F. W. E. Round
89 Jonas Rider, Jim Brewster and Amos Bigstoney in Banff Indian Days parade, ca.1935
90 Brewster burial plot, n.d.
92 Gathering of 3 generations of John Brewster's family on steps of P. A. Moore home, ca.1940. Left to right, front row - Mrs. James I. "Del" Brewster, James I. "Jim" Brewster, Fern Brewster Clarkson, Pearl Brewster Moore, John Brewster, unidentified, unidentified; second row - [George Clarkson?] , unidentified , unidentified, William A. "Bill" Brewster, Edmee Moore, Frederick A. Brewster, ; third row - Col. Philip A. Moore, unidentified (with baby) , [George O. Brewster'; Mrs. Jack (Merle) Brewster, Jack W. Brewster; back row - unidentified, unidentified, Forrest O. "Pat" Brewster, unidentified
93 William A. "Bill" Brewster, Fern Brewster Dooley, unidentified, Mrs. James I. "Del" Brewster, unidentified , Pearl Brewster Moore at Banff station, ca.1955
94 Gathering of Brewster family on lawn of James I. Brewster home, August 1964. Left to right, front row - Frederick A. Brewster, William A. "Bill" Brewster, Mrs. Jack "Merle" Brewster, Mrs. George "Barbara" Brewster; back row - Forrest O. "Pat" Brewster, Mrs. Pearl Brewster Moore, unidentified, Mrs. Claude "Ruth" Brewster
95 Gathering of Brewster family on lawn of James I. Brewster home, August 1964. Left to right - Frederick A. Brewster, William A. "Bill" Brewster, Mrs. Pearl Brewster Moore, Forrest O. "Pat" Brewster
96 Mrs. Fern Brewster Dooley and Harry Dooley at Lake Louise, August 1964
97 Fred Brewster standing beside Pyramid Lake road, November 16, 1967
98 Charles Leroy with first milk cow to come to Banff on Banff Avenue, 1888
99 Portrait of Tom Wilson, 1929
100 Packtrain crossing Jonas Pass, 1924. Photographer: Byron Harmon
101 Portrait of an unidentified woman, n.d.
102 Campanula lasiocarpa (Alpine Harebell) at Big Shovel Pass, n.d.
103 Fern and Harry Dooley, Winter 1958-1959 LIST OF OS PRINTS:
1 Six sons of John Brewster, ca.1906. Left to right, front row - James I. "Jim" Brewster, Forrest 0. "Pat" Brewster, Frederick A. "Fred" Brewster back row - William A. "Bill" Brewster, Jack W. Brewster, George O. Brewster
2 St. John's College Champion Debaters, 1906
3 Queen's University Mining Engineers, Class 1907
4 Carnival Masquerade, Banff Feb. 13th, 1920
5, 6 CPR staff in early days
7 St. John's College Lacrosse Club, 1902. Welford photo
8 St. John's College Junior Hockey Team 1903. Welford photo
9 The First Post Office in Banff ... 1890? [four seated children - left to right: unidentified, Bill Brewster?, unidentified, Jim Brewster?; men standing: Tom McQueen (left) and Dick Donahue [Postmaster]
Name Access
Brewster, Bill
Brewster, Fred
Brewster, Fern
Brewster, Jim
Brewster, Pat
Brewster, Pearl
Moore, Phil
Moore, Pearl
Subject Access
Activities
Brewster Brothers
Brewster Transport Company Ltd.
Buildings
Family
Family and personal life
Landscapes
Mountains
Photography
Portrait
Geographic Access
Banff
Banff National Park
Alberta
Canada
Language
English
Title Source
Title based on contents of file
Processing Status
Processed
Images
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