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Photographs. -- [ca.1880]-1949

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Part Of
Norman Sanson fonds
Scope & Content
Series consists of: A. Albums, 1880s-1949, 46 vol., pertaining to Norman Sanson's life and work; document Banff Park Museum, Sulphur Mountain and Sulphur Mountain Observatory; natural history, including mountain flora, collecting trips, weather surveys and snow surveys; Banff events, including Banf…
Date Range
[1880]-1949
Reference Code
V246 / PD / 1 - 51
V246 / PG / 1
Description Level
3 / Series
GMD
Photograph
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Part Of
Norman Sanson fonds
Description Level
3 / Series
Fonds Number
V246
Series
II. Photographs
Sous-Fonds
V246
Reference Code
V246 / PD / 1 - 51
V246 / PG / 1
GMD
Photograph
Date Range
[1880]-1949
Physical Description
46 photograph albums (ca.7500 prints). -- 1 postcard set (37 prints)
Scope & Content
Series consists of: A. Albums, 1880s-1949, 46 vol., pertaining to Norman Sanson's life and work; document Banff Park Museum, Sulphur Mountain and Sulphur Mountain Observatory; natural history, including mountain flora, collecting trips, weather surveys and snow surveys; Banff events, including Banff Winter Carnival, Banff Indian Days, Highland Gatherings and Banff Regatta; mountain travels and travels throughout Canada, United States, England and Europe; friends, associates and Banff personalities. Detailed identifications provided by Norman Sanson. B. Postcard set, ca.1930.
Finding Aid
Printed inventory available. Microfilm copy of albums available for reference use
Related Material
Constitutes Series II of the Norman B. Sanson fonds
Title Source
Title taken from 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
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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Collected Material Series

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Part Of
Luxton family fonds
Scope & Content
Series consists of textual records, photographs and video and sound recordings collected by Eleanor Luxton. Contents include various published and unpublished materials, including sheet music, correspondence, books about Canadian and Indigenous history, magazines, souvenir publications, travel guid…
Date Range
1875-[2004]
Reference Code
LUX / II / F
Description Level
3 / Series
GMD
Textual record
Photograph
Sound recording
Video
Part Of
Luxton family fonds
Description Level
3 / Series
Fonds Number
LUX
Series
LUX / II / F : Collected material
Sous-Fonds
LUX / II : Eleanor Luxton sous-fonds
Reference Code
LUX / II / F
GMD
Textual record
Photograph
Sound recording
Video
Date Range
1875-[2004]
Physical Description
37.0 cm textual records.-- photographs.-- 74 cm sound recordings
Scope & Content
Series consists of textual records, photographs and video and sound recordings collected by Eleanor Luxton. Contents include various published and unpublished materials, including sheet music, correspondence, books about Canadian and Indigenous history, magazines, souvenir publications, travel guides, and pamphlets; visual materials, including commercial postcards, portraits of Georginal Luxton and other family members, photographs of the Tilikum on display in Victoria, and a portfolio of illustrated Stoney Nakoda portraits by R.H. Palenske; oral histories recorded and collected by Eleanor Luxton; and a VHS copy of "Qualicum Wind".
Notes
Series consists of four sub-series:
Textual records
Photographs
Oral Histories (includes printed interview transcripts; transcripts in electronic format written to CD Rom and 3.5" floppy disk; supporting documentation; the recorded interviews on audio cassettes and R120 DAT tapes)
Audiovisual and sound records
Finding Aid
Electronic finding aid available
Title Source
Title based on contents of series
Processing Status
Processed
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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
  8 images  
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
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Part Of
Brett family fonds
Date Range
[ca.1880-ca.1890]
Reference Code
V83 / PD 3
Description Level
5 / File
GMD
Photograph, print
Part Of
Brett family fonds
Description Level
5 / File
Series
V.A. Brett family series : photograph albums
Reference Code
V83 / PD 3
GMD
Photograph, print
Date Range
[ca.1880-ca.1890]
Physical Description
1 photograph album (35 prints)
Title Source
Title based on contents of album
Content Details
LIST OF IMAGES (V83/PD 3) :
1 RGB 14 yrs
2 LHB 19 yrs [portrait of unidentified baby]
3 LHB 16 years
4 RGB 18 years old
5 LHB 16 years
6 Harry 5 months
7 Harry 5 years
8 Earle Brett-three yr. old
9 "Blanche" six months old
10 RGB
11 LHB-14 yrs old
12 RGB 20 years
13 LHB 19 years old
14 RGB 16 yrs
15 RGB 19 yrs
16 RG Brett [with Harry and Blanche]
17 W. M. Brett
18 Earle 18 months
19 Blanche 2 years
20 Harry Brett 1886
21 Mrs. Mollie Shirlie Brownstown, Ind.
22 [Robert G. Brett & baby Harry]
23 [Robert G. Brett]
24 Harry Brett
25 R. G. Brett
26 L. H. Brett
27 Blanche 10 months
28 RGB as Paddy
29 R.G.B. The Orator
30 Uncle Will Brett
31 R.G.B. & "Chum"
32 [Unidentified group of women]
33 Blanche six months old
34 Harry Brett 13 months old
35 Harry Brett 6 years old
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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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[Hunting party preparing to depart from Banff Indian Grounds or Brewster Corrals, Banff]

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Part Of
Pat Brewster fonds
Scope & Content
Image of five people on horseback with five pack horses
Date Range
1850-1910
Reference Code
v91 / 12 / a / na66 - 1716
Description Level
6 / Item
GMD
Photograph
Negative, copy
Photograph, print
  1 image  
Part Of
Pat Brewster fonds
Description Level
6 / Item
Fonds Number
M2 / V91 / S21
Sous-Fonds
V91
Reference Code
v91 / 12 / a / na66 - 1716
GMD
Photograph
Negative, copy
Photograph, print
Date Range
1850-1910
Physical Description
1 photograph : negative : copy negative
Scope & Content
Image of five people on horseback with five pack horses
Subject Access
Discovery and Exploration
Environment and Nature
Sports and Recreation
Transportation
Geographic Access
Alberta
British Columbia
Title Source
Title based on contents of file
Processing Status
Processed
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Part Of
Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
Scope & Content
Image of Castle Mountain
Date Range
[ca. 1888-1930]
Reference Code
V683 / III / A / 15 / PA - 417
Description Level
6 / Item
GMD
Photograph
  1 image  
Part Of
Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
Description Level
6 / Item
Fonds Number
M36 / V683 / S37
Series
V683 / III / A / 15 : Peter and Catharine Whyte: Collected Photographs
Sous-Fonds
V683
Accession Number
.
Reference Code
V683 / III / A / 15 / PA - 417
GMD
Photograph
Date Range
[ca. 1888-1930]
Physical Description
Photograph: 1 print; b&w.
Scope & Content
Image of Castle Mountain
Subject Access
Mountains
Geographic Access
Banff National Park
Language
English
Title Source
Title based on item
Processing Status
Processed
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[Banff Springs Hotel October 1889]

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Part Of
Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
Scope & Content
Image of the Banff Springs Hotel on October 14th, 1889 - notation on back reads "Built 1887-1888 - this picture 1889 October 14"
Date Range
1889
Reference Code
V683 / III / A / 1 / PA - 317
Description Level
6 / Item
GMD
Photograph
Print
  1 image  
Part Of
Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
Description Level
6 / Item
Fonds Number
M36 / V683 / S37
Series
V683 / III / A / 1 : Peter and Catharine Whyte: Personal Photographs
Sous-Fonds
V683
Accession Number
.
Reference Code
V683 / III / A / 1 / PA - 317
GMD
Photograph
Print
Date Range
1889
Physical Description
Photographs: 1 prints; b&w.
Scope & Content
Image of the Banff Springs Hotel on October 14th, 1889 - notation on back reads "Built 1887-1888 - this picture 1889 October 14"
Subject Access
Banff Springs Hotel
Geographic Access
Banff
Language
English
Title Source
Title based on item
Processing Status
Processed
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