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Banff Winter Carnival fonds
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- Part Of
- Banff Winter Carnival fonds
- Scope & Content
- Banff Winter Carnival photographs, 1950s, are mainly publicity photographs and order proofs by British Photographic Laboratories (Bill Gibbons); some by Alpine Films. Content includes Carnival Queen contests, parades, activities, including masquerade ball, other. Textual records of the Winter Spor…
- Date Range
- 1945-1959
- Reference Code
- M13 / V427
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- GMD
- Photograph
- Photograph print
- Textual record
- Organization record
- Part Of
- Banff Winter Carnival fonds
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- Fonds Number
- M 13
- V 427
- Sous-Fonds
- M 13
- V 427
- Accession Number
- 6341, 6357
- Reference Code
- M13 / V427
- Date Range
- 1945-1959
- Physical Description
- ca.350 photographs : prints. -- 18 textual records
- History / Biographical
- Banff Winter Carnival, also known as Winter Sports of the Canadian Rockies, was the first post-war winter sports programme held in Banff, Alberta. The organization had Banff directors, Calgary directors and Directors-at-large from Alberta and outside the province. A wide variety of social and sports events took place under the organization's direction.
- Scope & Content
- Banff Winter Carnival photographs, 1950s, are mainly publicity photographs and order proofs by British Photographic Laboratories (Bill Gibbons); some by Alpine Films. Content includes Carnival Queen contests, parades, activities, including masquerade ball, other.
- Textual records of the Winter Sports of the Canadian Rockies organization, 1945-1946, include minutes, reports, letters, news reports, press clippings, pamphlets, programmes, posters and leaflets. These records are in the form of a scrapbook and loose items. Many items pertain to involvement of Ethel "Tillie" Knight.
- Name Access
- Banff Winter Carnival
- Subject Access
- Sports, recreation and leisure
- Access Restrictions
- No restrictions on access
- Copyright, privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply
- Language
- Language is English
- Finding Aid
- Finding aids and reference tools: series and file description
- electronic finding aid
- Related Material
- Related to material in Banff Winter Festival fonds [M171/V458]. Negatives for many of the photographs can be found in the Bill Gibbons fonds [V227].
- Creator
- Banff Winter Carnival
- Category
- Sports, recreation and leisure
- Title Source
- Title based on accession record
- Processing Status
- Processed
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