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Part Of
Wing Family fonds
Scope & Content
File consists of 1 album with 226 b&w photographs and 9 colour photographs depicting everyday scenes of the Wing family around Banff. Includes photographs of the two eldest Wing children (Carole and Paul) as babies and young children. Album has 1 colour print of the Bow valley on front and is bound…
Date Range
1949 - 1953
Reference Code
V781 / A / PD – 1
Description Level
5 / File
GMD
Album
Photograph
  3 images     1 Electronic Resource  
Part Of
Wing Family fonds
Description Level
5 / File
Fonds Number
M558 / V781
Series
V781 / A: Wing Family: Photographs
Sous-Fonds
V781
Accession Number
2015.8408
Reference Code
V781 / A / PD – 1
GMD
Album
Photograph
Date Range
1949 - 1953
Physical Description
Photograph Album : 1 photograph album (235 photographs; b&w and col.).
Scope & Content
File consists of 1 album with 226 b&w photographs and 9 colour photographs depicting everyday scenes of the Wing family around Banff. Includes photographs of the two eldest Wing children (Carole and Paul) as babies and young children. Album has 1 colour print of the Bow valley on front and is bound with black cord. Plastic lacing around edges of album is broken in some parts. Images mostly adhered with photo corners.
Name Access
Wing, Edith
Wing, Carole
Wing, Paul
Wing, Fred
Subject Access
Activities
Animals
Asian
Banff townsite
Banff Winter Carnival
Banff Winter Festival
Bow Falls
Bow River
Bow Valley
Buildings
Businesses
Cascades of Time Garden
Castle Mountain
Chateau Lake Louise
Children
Christmas
Clothing and dress
Columbia Icefield
Dogs
Dominion Cafe
Family
Family and personal life
Glaciers
Holidays
Home
Horses
Horseback riding
Lake Louise
Marriage
Personal and Family Life
Personal and Professional Life
Photography
Picnics and picnicking
Portrait
Swimming
Takakkaw Falls
Winter Carnival
Geographic Access
Banff
Lake Louise
Banff National Park
Vancouver
Yoho National Park
Alberta
British Columbia
Title Source
Title based on contents of file.
Processing Status
Processed
Electronic Resources
Images
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Part Of
Wing Family fonds
Scope & Content
Fonds consists of two series. Series I: Photography and Series II: textual. Series I Photography consists of one sub-series: A: Wing Family Photographs Series II textual consists of two sub-series. Sub-series A: Dominion Cafe, and sub-series B: Family History and Documents. Series M558/A: Dominion…
Date Range
1925-2008
Reference Code
M558 / V781
Description Level
1 / Fonds
GMD
Photograph
Album
Photograph print
Textual record
Private record
Published record
Part Of
Wing Family fonds
Description Level
1 / Fonds
Fonds Number
M 558
V 781
Sous-Fonds
M 558
V 781
Accession Number
2015.8408
Reference Code
M558 / V781
GMD
Photograph
Album
Photograph print
Textual record
Private record
Published record
Other Title Info
Edith Wing
Date Range
1925-2008
Physical Description
[13] cm of textual records. 255 photographs: Photograph album : 1 photograph album (235 photographs; b&w and col.). 20 photographs : b&w.
History / Biographical
Fred Yee Wing (1912-1968) was born in China. He mmigrated to Canada in 1921 aboard a CP steam ship RMS Monteagle and landed in Victoria B.C. Edith Belle (Lee) Wing (February 22, 1925 - 2014) was born in Tillsonburg, Ontario. Edith and Fred married in 1945 and had four children: Carole Elaine (Wing) Gray, (April 13, 1947) born Banff Mineral Springs Hospital, Banff, Alberta; Paul Delano Wing, (January 6, 1952), born Calgary General Hospital, Calgary, Alberta; Brian Frederick Wing, (July 27, 1957) born Calgary, Alberta; Donald Francis Wing (August 30, 1960) Banff Mineral Springs Hospital, Banff Alberta. Edith and Fred Wing were the first Chinese family to settle in Banff National Park and owned and operated the restaurant The Dominion Cafe. This has since been recognized by Parks Canada and the Heritage Society of Banff. Following the death of Fred Wing, Edith Wing sold the business and the family moved to Calgary. The Dominion Cafe had a 99 year lease with the Government of Canada. Edith Wing took up photography in the 1940s as a hobby and documented the everyday as well as her family life in Banff. She photographed up until 1968 when her husband, Fred Wing, passed away. She used a Rolleiflex and Kodak 616 Vigilant.
Scope & Content
Fonds consists of two series. Series I: Photography and Series II: textual. Series I Photography consists of one sub-series: A: Wing Family Photographs Series II textual consists of two sub-series. Sub-series A: Dominion Cafe, and sub-series B: Family History and Documents. Series M558/A: Dominion Cafe includes receipt pads, menus, and letterhead. Series M558/B: Family History and Documents includes newspapers with birth announcements, a wedding book. cradle roll certificate, and transcripts from an interview. V781/A: Photographs includes 1 album and 20 photographic prints.
Name Access
Wing, Brian
Wing, Carole
Wing, Donald
Wing, Edith
Wing, Fred
Wing, Paul
Subject Access
Commerce and industry
Community life
Family and personal life
Sports, recreation and leisure
Language
Language is English
Finding Aid
file description
Creator
Wing, Edith
Wing, Fred
Biographical Source Notes
Case File
Title Source
Title based on contents of fonds
Processing Status
Processed
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