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Banff Lantern Slides

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Part Of
Archives General File Collection
Scope & Content
Series consists of 4 lantern slides. Slides are views of the Banff Hot Springs, Banff Avenue with Cascade Mountain, Devil's Lake, and the city of Calgary.
Date Range
[c. 1890]
Reference Code
V8 / 7919 / PS - 1 to PS - 4
Description Level
3 / Series
GMD
Transparency
Lantern slide
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Part Of
Archives General File Collection
Description Level
3 / Series
Fonds Number
M8 / V8 / S8
Series
Accession Number : 7919
Sous-Fonds
V8
Accession Number
7919
Reference Code
V8 / 7919 / PS - 1 to PS - 4
GMD
Transparency
Lantern slide
Date Range
[c. 1890]
Physical Description
4 photographs : b&w slides ; 8.2 x 8.2 cm
Scope & Content
Series consists of 4 lantern slides. Slides are views of the Banff Hot Springs, Banff Avenue with Cascade Mountain, Devil's Lake, and the city of Calgary.
Subject Access
Lantern slide
Tourism
Geographic Access
Banff
Calgary
Alberta
Canada
Language
English
Conservation
All slides were cleaned prior to scanning.
Title Source
Title based on contents of series
Processing Status
Processed
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Part Of
Mary Schaffer fonds
Scope & Content
Transparencies are hand-coloured and black and white lantern slides, mostly copied from prints from a lecture on the early history of Banff town development and Canadian Pacific Railway hotels, including the Banff Springs Hotel, Lake Louise Chalet and Glacier House
Date Range
1883-1912
Reference Code
V527 / PS 1 - 229 to 261
Description Level
5 / File
GMD
Photograph
Lantern slide
Transparency
Part Of
Mary Schaffer fonds
Description Level
5 / File
Fonds Number
M79 / V527
Series
II.A. Photographs: lantern slides
Sous-Fonds
V527
Reference Code
V527 / PS 1 - 229 to 261
GMD
Photograph
Lantern slide
Transparency
Date Range
1883-1912
Physical Description
33 photographs : transparencies; glass
Scope & Content
Transparencies are hand-coloured and black and white lantern slides, mostly copied from prints from a lecture on the early history of Banff town development and Canadian Pacific Railway hotels, including the Banff Springs Hotel, Lake Louise Chalet and Glacier House
Finding Aid
Copy prints are available for reference use
Location (Copy)
Reference prints are available
Title Source
Title based on contents of file
Content Details
LIST OF LANTERN SLIDES - V527 / PS 1 :
#229 - [George Stewart's log building at Siding 29]
#230 - [McCardell with the first "hotel" at the Cave and Basin, 1883]
#231 - [General store at Siding 29 / Bingham]
#232 - [Man with cow on Banff Avenue, 1886]
#233 - [Man with cow on Banff Avenue, 1886] - hand-coloured
#234 - [NWMP at police barracks in Banff]
#235 - [Group of people in front of Moulton Park Theatre]
#236 - [Bathhouse at Upper Hot Springs]
#237 - [Log bath house at Upper Hot Springs]
#238 - [Early bathers in basin pool at Cave and Basin]
#239 - [Early Banff from Beaver Street]
#240 - Banff Hotel and the mountain drive from Summit Mt. [view from Tunnel Mountain by Mary Schaffer]
#241 - [Jim Brewster with tally-ho in Banff Springs Hotel courtyard]
#242 - Hotel & Hermit fr. Glacier Trail. Snow. 9/20/95
#243 - [Early chalet at Lake Louise / Trueman & Caple]
#244 - Lady Aberdeen at Chalet sketching Lake Louise, Rockies, CPR, Oct 18/94
#245 - [Banff Springs Hotel, construction of center tower, ca.1912]
#246 - [Swimmers at Cave and Basin]
#247 - Winter bathing at the hot srings
#248 - [Early Banff Ave.]
#249 - [Group in front of unidentified Banff building]
#250 - [D.C. Baynes; Banff school class, ]
#251 - [View of Banff in winter from rooftop, looking towards Mt. Norquay]
#252 - [View of Banff in winter from rooftop, looking towards Mount Rundle]
#253 - [Banff Livery with sleighs in front]
#254 - [Banff Springs Hotel]
#255 - [Banff Springs Hotel and Bow Valley]
#256 - [Unidentified Indigenous man on Banff Ave.]
#257 - [Two Unidentified Indigenous people on horseback at Banff Indian Days camp near Cascade Mountain]
#258 - [Curling on backwater of Bow River]
#259 - Cutting ice on Bow River at Banff
#260 - Upper Hot Springs [in winter]
#261 - Tobogganing at Banff
Processing Status
Processed
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Part Of
Dan and Mary McCowan fonds
Scope & Content
File pertains to ski jumping, Peter Whyte and skiers at Mount Assiniboine; also, snowshoers and snowshoe tracks
Date Range
[between ca.1885 and 1948]
Reference Code
V408 / PS 36
Description Level
5 / File
GMD
Photograph
Lantern slide
  2 images  
Part Of
Dan and Mary McCowan fonds
Description Level
5 / File
Fonds Number
V408
Series
I.C.2. Dan McCowan : Photography, lantern slides
Sous-Fonds
V408
Reference Code
V408 / PS 36
GMD
Photograph
Lantern slide
Other Title Info
Former title: Skiing : [lantern slides, group 102]
Date Range
[between ca.1885 and 1948]
Physical Description
13 photographs : transparencies
Scope & Content
File pertains to ski jumping, Peter Whyte and skiers at Mount Assiniboine; also, snowshoers and snowshoe tracks
Title Source
Title based on contents of file
Processing Status
Processed
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Part Of
Mary Schaffer fonds
Scope & Content
Transparencies are hand-coloured and black and white lantern slides pertaining to transportation: Canadian Pacific Railway, railway travel and ships, derived from various sources. Includes two transparencies by Mary Schaffer
Date Range
1831-1885
Reference Code
V527 / PS 1 - 810 to 830
Description Level
5 / File
GMD
Photograph
Lantern slide
Transparency
Part Of
Mary Schaffer fonds
Description Level
5 / File
Series
II.A. Photographs: lantern slides
Reference Code
V527 / PS 1 - 810 to 830
GMD
Photograph
Lantern slide
Transparency
Date Range
1831-1885
Physical Description
21 photographs : transparencies; glass
Scope & Content
Transparencies are hand-coloured and black and white lantern slides pertaining to transportation: Canadian Pacific Railway, railway travel and ships, derived from various sources. Includes two transparencies by Mary Schaffer
Finding Aid
Copy prints are available for reference use
Location (Copy)
Reference prints are available
Title Source
Title based on contents of file.
Content Details
LIST OF LANTERN SLIDES - V527 / PS 1 :
#810 - Driving the Golden Spike, by Donald Smith; #on CPR, Nov. 7, 1885 / Notman
#811 - The first engine built by the Canadian Pacific Railway
#812 - Winnipeg in 1870
#813 - Quebec Bridge, Quebec
#814 - DeWitt Clinton and Train 1831 / Chas. Beseler
#815 - Canadian Pacific Railway, arrival of the first through train at the seaboard of British Columbia
#816 - [Group at driving of last spike on the CPR, Nov. 7, 1885]
#817 - [Unidentified locomotive]
#818 - Passengers boarding standard sleeper
#819 - Plowing thro. the snow, of the Selkirks & Glacier
#820 - [Passengers on platform beside Montreal and Boston railway car]
#821 - Wapta & Safety Switch
#822 - Red Sucker Tunnel, Lake Superior
#823 - [Map of Dominion of Canada]
#824 - [Unidentified railway tunnel]
#825 - Prospect Point Vancouver Steamer "Beaver"
#826 - [Unidentified ocean liner]
#827 - [Empress of Britain in lock of Panama Canal]
#828 - [Man padding pont] / E.B. Thompson
#829 - The ferry near Berthier, Que.
#830 - Forest fire
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Unnumbered lantern slides

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Part Of
Tom and Florence Lonsdale fonds
Scope & Content
Photographs are lantern slides used in presentations by Tom Lonsdale. Content pertains to mountain landscapes; roadways and roadside structures; wildlife and flowers; mountain recreation; Banff townsite, events and structures camps. Also includes CPR lantern slides, 50 items, pertaining to mounta…
Date Range
1885-[ca.1920]
Reference Code
V368 / PS 2 - 1 to 535
Description Level
4 / Sub-series
GMD
Photograph
Lantern slide
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Part Of
Tom and Florence Lonsdale fonds
Description Level
4 / Sub-series
Fonds Number
V368
Series
II.B. Tom Lonsdale lantern slides
Sous-Fonds
V368
Reference Code
V368 / PS 2 - 1 to 535
GMD
Photograph
Lantern slide
Date Range
1885-[ca.1920]
Physical Description
535 photographs : transparencies; glass
Scope & Content
Photographs are lantern slides used in presentations by Tom Lonsdale. Content pertains to mountain landscapes; roadways and roadside structures; wildlife and flowers; mountain recreation; Banff townsite, events and structures camps. Also includes CPR lantern slides, 50 items, pertaining to mountain landscape; mountaineering; trains; hotels and camps; flowers and wildlife; CPR hotels across Canada; ships
Title Source
Title based on contents of file
Content Details
LIST OF LANTERN SLIDES - V368 / PS 2 :
1 - 54 Mountains
55 - 79 Glaciers
80 - 118 Rivers and Falls
119 - 175 Lakes
176 - 213 Flowers, purple/blue/pink
214 - 250 Flowers, white
251 - 263 Flowers, yellow
264 - 282 Birds
283 - 303 Bears
304 - 311 Small mammals
312 - 318 Deer
319 - 323 Elk
324 - 328 Moose / antelope
329 - 332 Buffalo
333 - 337 Mountain sheep
338 - 345 Mountain goats
346 - 394 Roads, structures
395 - 405 Indians
406 - 416 Banff townsite
417 - 422 Banff Winter Carnival
423 - 437 Banff Springs Hotel and golf course
438 - 442 Camps
443 - 459 Mountaineering and hiking
460 - 466 Outfitting
467 - 472 Dogsledding
473 - 476 Skiing
477 - 526 C.P.R.
527 - 535 Maps
Processing Status
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