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Byron Harmon fonds
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- Part Of
- Byron Harmon fonds
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of the photographic records and sample materials of Byron Harmon Photos, the photographic business of Byron Harmon and his successors; as well as the personal photographs of Byron Harmon. I. Scenic / commercial, 1907-1975, ca.7600 items. Primary component of series is film and glass…
- Date Range
- [ca.1890-ca.1975]
- Reference Code
- V263
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- GMD
- Motion picture
- Film
- Photograph
- Negative
- Photograph print
- Postcard
- Transparency
- Textual record
- Published record
- Part Of
- Byron Harmon fonds
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- Fonds Number
- V 263
- Sous-Fonds
- V 263
- Accession Number
- 235, 980, 1549, 1622, 2588, 2656, 2770, 2792, 2895, 3005, 3394, 3423, 3657, 3807, 3824, 3859, 3988, 4028, 4076, 5052, 5181, 5205, 5254, 5381, 6070, 6127, 6587, 6602
- Reference Code
- V263
- GMD
- Motion picture
- Film
- Photograph
- Negative
- Photograph print
- Postcard
- Transparency
- Textual record
- Published record
- Other Title Info
- Also known as the Byron Harmon Photos fonds.
- Date Range
- [ca.1890-ca.1975]
- Physical Description
- ca.10,500 photographs (and ca.35 cm) : prints, postcards, negatives, transparencies, motion pictures, sample products
- History / Biographical
- Byron Hill Harmon, 1876-1942, was a professional photographer and businessman at Banff, Alberta, Canada. He was born near Tacoma, Washington, USA and operated a portrait studio there for a time. In 1903, while travelling around the United States and Canada as an itinerant photographer, he decided to settle in Banff and by 1907 had produced enough mountain views to begin selling a line of postcards. Between 1906 and 1913, Harmon was official photographer for the Alpine Club of Canada and made trips in numerous mountain areas, such as the Bugaboos (1910) and Mount Robson (1911, 1913). Harmon personally financed trips into other areas, such as Tonquin Valley (1918) and Lake of the Hanging Glaciers (1920, 1922), producing both still photographs and motion pictures for commercial sale. After his last major expedition in 1924 across Saskatchewan Glacier, through to Maligne Lake and back to Banff by packtrain, Harmon devoted most of his time to photographing scenes along the railway, skiing in the Assiniboine and Skoki regions, and the annual rides and hikes of the Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies and the Sky Line Trail Hikers of the Canadian Rockies. At the same time he managed several businesses, including a drug store, fountain lunch, theatre and book store. In his later years, Harmon spent much time travelling and photographing in other parts of the world. The business, Byron Harmon Photos, was managed successively by his son, Don Harmon, then his grand-daughter, Carole Harmon.
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of the photographic records and sample materials of Byron Harmon Photos, the photographic business of Byron Harmon and his successors; as well as the personal photographs of Byron Harmon.
- I. Scenic / commercial, 1907-1975, ca.7600 items. Primary component of series is film and glass negatives, 1907-1942, ca.6500 items. Also includes: postcard negatives and positives and production negatives to ca.1955; original prints; a wide range of sample products, such as postcards, enlargements and framing prints, calendars and viewbooks, mainly by Harmon business, some by other photographers; and lantern slides, ca.1913-192-, pertaining to Columbia Icefield Expedition, mountaineering, mountain landscapes, Indians, wildlife, Canadian Pacific Railway and Asian travel. Scenic / commercial series pertains to annual camps and expeditions of the Alpine Club of Canada in the Canadian Rockies and Selkirks, 1907-1913; private movie-making expeditions in the Canadian Rockies and Selkirks; mountain scenic views, primarily for postcard purposes; Banff events and development; skiing; birds and animals. Includes some material by Don Harmon and Lloyd Harmon, sons of Byron Harmon.
- II. Personal, 189- to 194-, ca.370 items. Includes: family photographs and views received from others; motion picture out-takes pertaining to world travels, 1930s; and 35 mm. transparencies, ca.1940, pertaining mainly to world travels, also mountain and prairie scenics.
- Notes
- For more information on the Byron Harmon photographs, see "Great Days in the Rockies: The Photographs of Byron Harmon, 1906-1934" (Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1978) or "Byron Harmon, Mountain Photographer" by Carole Harmon and Bart Robinson (Banff: Altitude Publishing, 1992)
- Name Access
- Harmon, Byron
- Subject Access
- Arts
- Environment
- Exploration, discovery and travel
- Family and personal life
- Sports, recreation and leisure
- 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: series description
- selected modern reference prints
- digital images in Images database and in Alberta InSight database
- Related Material
- Byron Harmon postcards can also be found in the Postcard general file (V466)
- Creator
- Harmon, Byron
- Category
- Arts
- Environment
- Exploration, discovery and travel
- Family and personal life
- Sports, recreation and leisure
- Title Source
- Title based on accession records and contents of fonds
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Ben and Janet Kaquitts standing on the left in regalia, Mark Poucette standing to the right in regalia, Stoney Nakoda
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- Part Of
- Byron Harmon fonds
- Date Range
- [ca. 1925]
- Reference Code
- V263 / 3721
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- GMD
- Photograph
- Negative
1 image
- Part Of
- Byron Harmon fonds
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Fonds Number
- V263
- Sous-Fonds
- V263
- Accession Number
- n/a
- Reference Code
- V263 / 3721
- GMD
- Photograph
- Negative
- Parallel Title
- Indian Pow-wow Banff
- Other Title Info
- Parallel title is original title
- Date Range
- [ca. 1925]
- Physical Description
- 1 Negative
- Name Access
- Harmon, Byron
- Kaquitts, Benjamin
- Kaquitts, Janet
- Poucette, Mark
- Subject Access
- First Nations
- Indigenous Peoples
- Stoney Nakoda
- Stoney
- Geographic Access
- Alberta
- Language
- English
- Creator
- Harmon, Byron
- Title Source
- Stoney Nakoda Elders provided naming and other culturally relevant information during interviews held for Recognizing Relations, an archives initiative active from 2014-2023.
- The goal of this initiative was to name local Indigenous peoples in photographs held in the WMCR archives as well as encouraging access for Indigenous communities to these images.
- .
- Content Details
- [Ben and Janet Kaquitts standing on left in regalia, Mark Poucette standing to the right in regalia, Stoney Nakoda]* .
- Processing Status
- Processed
Images
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Lazarus Dixon (Ohâthi Sa) (Red Cloud), Stoney Nakoda
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- Part Of
- Byron Harmon fonds
- Scope & Content
- Item consists of Lazarus Dixon (Ohâthi Sa) (Red Cloud) from Eden Valley.
- Date Range
- [ca.1920-ca.1930]
- Reference Code
- V263 / NA - 3021
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- GMD
- Photograph
- Negative
1 image
- Part Of
- Byron Harmon fonds
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Fonds Number
- V263
- Series
- I. Scenic / commercial series
- Sous-Fonds
- V263
- Sub-Series
- A.1.a. Negatives, Main series : 13 x 18 cm and smaller
- Accession Number
- n/a
- Reference Code
- V263 / NA - 3021
- GMD
- Photograph
- Negative
- Other Title Info
- Parallel title is original title
- Date Range
- [ca.1920-ca.1930]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : negative, 13 x 18 cm or smaller
- Scope & Content
- Item consists of Lazarus Dixon (Ohâthi Sa) (Red Cloud) from Eden Valley.
- Name Access
- Dixon, Lazarus
- Harmon, Byron
- Subject Access
- Banff Indian Days
- First Nations
- Indigenous Peoples
- Recognizing Relations Collection
- Stoney Nakoda
- Stoney
- Geographic Access
- Alberta
- Language
- English
- Creator
- Harmon, Byron (Banff, Alberta)
- Title Source
- Stoney Nakoda Elders provided naming and other culturally relevant information during interviews held for Recognizing Relations, an archives initiative active from 2014-2023.
- The goal of this initiative was to name local Indigenous peoples in photographs held in the WMCR archives as well as encouraging access for Indigenous communities to these images.
- .
- Content Details
- [Updated description: Lazarus Dixon (Red Cloud) (O-ha-thi-sha Hunga), Stoney Nakoda]*
- Processing Status
- Processed
Images
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Lazarus Dixon (Ohâthi Sa) (Red Cloud), Stoney Nakoda
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- Part Of
- Byron Harmon fonds
- Scope & Content
- Item consists of Lazarus Dixon (Ohâthi Sa) (Red Cloud) from Eden Valley.
- Date Range
- [ca.1920- 1930]
- Reference Code
- V263 / NA - 3022
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- GMD
- Photograph
- Negative
1 image
- Part Of
- Byron Harmon fonds
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Fonds Number
- V263
- Series
- I. Scenic / commercial series
- Sous-Fonds
- V263
- Sub-Series
- A.1.a. Negatives, Main series : 13 x 18 cm and smaller
- Accession Number
- 2770
- Reference Code
- V263 / NA - 3022
- GMD
- Photograph
- Negative
- Parallel Title
- Indian
- Other Title Info
- Parallel title is original title
- Date Range
- [ca.1920- 1930]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : negative, 13 x 18 cm or smaller
- Scope & Content
- Item consists of Lazarus Dixon (Ohâthi Sa) (Red Cloud) from Eden Valley.
- Name Access
- Dixon, Lazarus
- Harmon, Byron
- Subject Access
- First Nations
- Public events
- Indigenous Peoples
- Geographic Access
- Alberta
- Language
- English
- Creator
- Harmon, Byron (Banff, Alberta)
- Title Source
- Lazarus Dixon (Red Cloud)(O-ha-thi-sha Hun-ga)*
- Content Details
- Lazarus Dixon (Red Cloud)(O-ha-thi-sha Hun-ga)*
- Processing Status
- Processed
Images
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Unknown man in headdress
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- Part Of
- Byron Harmon fonds
- Scope & Content
- [Unknown man in headdress]
- Date Range
- [ca.1920-ca.1930]
- Reference Code
- V263 / NA - 3023
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- GMD
- Photograph
- Negative
1 image
- Part Of
- Byron Harmon fonds
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Fonds Number
- V263
- Series
- I. Scenic / commercial series
- Sous-Fonds
- V263
- Sub-Series
- A.1.a. Negatives, Main series : 13 x 18 cm and smaller
- Accession Number
- n/a
- Reference Code
- V263 / NA - 3023
- GMD
- Photograph
- Negative
- Parallel Title
- Stoney
- Date Range
- [ca.1920-ca.1930]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : negative, 13 x 18 cm or smaller
- Scope & Content
- [Unknown man in headdress]
- Name Access
- Harmon, Byron
- Subject Access
- First Nations
- Indigenous Peoples
- Stoney Nakoda
- Stoney
- Recognizing Relations Collection
- Geographic Access
- Alberta
- Language
- English
- Creator
- Harmon, Byron (Banff, Alberta)
- Title Source
- Stoney Nakoda Elders provided naming and other culturally relevant information during interviews held for Recognizing Relations, an archives initiative active from 2014-2023.
- The goal of this initiative was to name local Indigenous peoples in photographs held in the WMCR archives as well as encouraging access for Indigenous communities to these images.
- Processing Status
- Processed
Images
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George Kaquitts (Sîktogeja Hîthke) (Wolf Teeth), Stoney Nakoda
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- Part Of
- Byron Harmon fonds
- Scope & Content
- Item consists of George Kaquitts (Sîktogeja Hîthke) (Wolf Teeth) in regalia on horseback at Banff Indian Days parade.
- Date Range
- [ca.1920-1930]
- Reference Code
- V263 / NA - 3030
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- GMD
- Photograph
- Negative
1 image
- Part Of
- Byron Harmon fonds
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Fonds Number
- V263
- Series
- I. Scenic / commercial series
- Sous-Fonds
- V263
- Sub-Series
- A.1.a. Negatives, Main series : 13 x 18 cm and smaller
- Accession Number
- 2770
- Reference Code
- V263 / NA - 3030
- GMD
- Photograph
- Negative
- Parallel Title
- Banff Indian Days parade
- Other Title Info
- Parallel title is original title
- Date Range
- [ca.1920-1930]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : negative, 13 x 18 cm or smaller
- Scope & Content
- Item consists of George Kaquitts (Sîktogeja Hîthke) (Wolf Teeth) in regalia on horseback at Banff Indian Days parade.
- Name Access
- Harmon, Byron
- Kaquitts, George
- Subject Access
- Banff Indian Days
- First Nations
- Indigenous Peoples
- Parades
- Public events
- Recognizing Relations Collection
- Stoney
- Stoney Nakoda
- Geographic Access
- Alberta
- Language
- English
- Creator
- Harmon, Byron (Banff, Alberta)
- Title Source
- Stoney Nakoda Elders provided naming and other culturally relevant information during interviews held for Recognizing Relations, an archives initiative active from 2014-2023.
- The goal of this initiative was to name local Indigenous peoples in photographs held in the WMCR archives as well as encouraging access for Indigenous communities to these images.
- Content Details
- George Kaquitts Identification made through cross-referencing with other fonds
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Unknown woman with two children
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- Part Of
- Byron Harmon fonds
- Scope & Content
- [Unknown woman with two children]
- Date Range
- [ca.1920-ca.1930]
- Reference Code
- V263 / NA - 3032
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- GMD
- Photograph
- Negative
1 image
- Part Of
- Byron Harmon fonds
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Fonds Number
- V263
- Series
- I. Scenic / commercial series
- Sous-Fonds
- V263
- Sub-Series
- A.1.a. Negatives, Main series : 13 x 18 cm and smaller
- Accession Number
- n/a
- Reference Code
- V263 / NA - 3032
- GMD
- Photograph
- Negative
- Other Title Info
- Parallel title is original title
- Date Range
- [ca.1920-ca.1930]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : negative, 13 x 18 cm or smaller
- Scope & Content
- [Unknown woman with two children]
- Name Access
- Harmon, Byron
- Subject Access
- Banff Indian Days
- First Nations
- Indigenous Peoples
- Stoney Nakoda
- Stoney
- Recognizing Relations Collection
- Geographic Access
- Alberta
- Language
- English
- Creator
- Harmon, Byron (Banff, Alberta)
- Title Source
- This image was part of the Recognizing Relations project, an archives initiative undertaken from 2014-2023 to name Indigenous people in photographs held by the Whyte Museum Archives. Identifications were not possible.
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Susan Lefthand and baby, Stoney First Nation
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- Part Of
- Byron Harmon fonds
- Scope & Content
- Susan Lefthand and baby Stoney First Nation
- Date Range
- [ca.1920-1930]
- Reference Code
- V263 / NA - 3034
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- GMD
- Photograph
- Negative
1 image
- Part Of
- Byron Harmon fonds
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Fonds Number
- V263
- Series
- I. Scenic / commercial series
- Sous-Fonds
- V263
- Sub-Series
- A.1.a. Negatives, Main series : 13 x 18 cm and smaller
- Accession Number
- 2770
- Reference Code
- V263 / NA - 3034
- GMD
- Photograph
- Negative
- Parallel Title
- Squaw & papoose
- Date Range
- [ca.1920-1930]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : negative, 13 x 18 cm or smaller
- Scope & Content
- Susan Lefthand and baby
- Stoney First Nation
- Name Access
- Harmon, Byron
- Lefthand, Susan
- Subject Access
- Family and personal life
- First Nations
- Indigenous Peoples
- Public events
- Stoney
- Stoney Nakoda
- Geographic Access
- Alberta
- Language
- English
- Creator
- Harmon, Byron (Banff, Alberta)
- Title Source
- Original identifications by Byron Harmon, his staff or Harmon family *Information provided by Stoney Elders during the Recognizing Relations project, an archives initiative undertaken in 2014 to identify Stoney people in photographs held in the Whyte Museum Archives.
- The goal of this initiative was to name local Indigenous peoples in photographs held in the WMCR archives as well as encouraging access for Indigenous communities to these images.
- Content Details
- Married to George Lefthand* [maiden name unknown] Original identifications by Byron Harmon, his staff or Harmon family
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Lucy Stevens Ear, Stoney Nakoda
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- Part Of
- Byron Harmon fonds
- Scope & Content
- [Daughter of Willie Ear, Stoney Nakoda]
- Date Range
- [ca.1920-ca.1930]
- Reference Code
- V263 / NA - 3036
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- GMD
- Photograph
- Negative
1 image
- Part Of
- Byron Harmon fonds
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Fonds Number
- V263
- Series
- I. Scenic / commercial series
- Sous-Fonds
- V263
- Sub-Series
- A.1.a. Negatives, Main series : 13 x 18 cm and smaller
- Accession Number
- n/a
- Reference Code
- V263 / NA - 3036
- GMD
- Photograph
- Negative
- Parallel Title
- Indian maiden
- Other Title Info
- Parallel title is original title
- Date Range
- [ca.1920-ca.1930]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : negative, 13 x 18 cm or smaller
- Scope & Content
- [Daughter of Willie Ear, Stoney Nakoda]
- Name Access
- Ear, Lucy Stevens
- Harmon, Byron
- Subject Access
- First Nations
- Indigenous Peoples
- Stoney Nakoda
- Stoney
- Recognizing Relations Collection
- Geographic Access
- Alberta
- Language
- English
- Creator
- Harmon, Byron (Banff, Alberta)
- Title Source
- Original title by Byron Harmon, his staff or Harmon family
- Second identification made through 2 correction cards filed with the Archives by Stoney Elders and the Stevens family. Stoney Nakoda Elders provided naming and other culturally relevant information during interviews held for Recognizing Relations, an archives initiative active from 2014-2023.
- The goal of this initiative was to name local Indigenous peoples in photographs held in the WMCR archives as well as encouraging access for Indigenous communities to these images
- Content Details
- Lucy Stevens Ear, Stoney Nakoda (born 1918) was daughter of Hansen Bearspaw (Ade 'jiyabin) and Eunice Stevens. She was married to Billy Ear.
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Unknown woman with baby on her back riding horse
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- Part Of
- Byron Harmon fonds
- Date Range
- [ca.1920-ca.1930]
- Reference Code
- V263 / NA - 3037
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- GMD
- Photograph
- Negative
1 image
- Part Of
- Byron Harmon fonds
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Fonds Number
- V263
- Series
- I. Scenic / commercial series
- Sous-Fonds
- V263
- Sub-Series
- A.1.a. Negatives, Main series : 13 x 18 cm and smaller
- Accession Number
- n/a
- Reference Code
- V263 / NA - 3037
- GMD
- Photograph
- Negative
- Parallel Title
- Banff Indian Days parade
- Other Title Info
- Parallel title is original title
- Date Range
- [ca.1920-ca.1930]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : negative, 13 x 18 cm or smaller
- Name Access
- Harmon, Byron
- Subject Access
- Banff Indian Days
- First Nations
- Indigenous Peoples
- Stoney Nakoda
- Stoney
- Recognizing Relations Collection
- Geographic Access
- Alberta
- Language
- English
- Creator
- Harmon, Byron (Banff, Alberta)
- Title Source
- Original title by Byron Harmon, his staff or Harmon family
- This image was part of the Recognizing Relations project, an archives initiative undertaken from 2014-2023 to name Indigenous people in photographs held by the Whyte Museum Archives. Identifications were not possible.
- Processing Status
- Processed
Images
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