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Athabasca Falls
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- Medium
- Library - Postcard
- Published Date
- ca. 1953
- Author
- Gibbons, Wm. JL (Bill Gibbons)
- Publisher
- Canada in Colour Limited
- Call Number
- V295/PG-3
1 image
- Place
- Banff-Jasper-Alberta, Canada
- Publisher
- Canada in Colour Limited
- Published Date
- ca. 1953
- Medium
- Library - Postcard
- Notes
- colour
- reproduced from anso Colour transparencies
- Accession Number
- 17500
- Call Number
- V295/PG-3
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Banff Avenue, Banff, and Cascade Mtn (alt. 9,836 feet), Banff National Park, Canadian Rockies
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue16292
- Medium
- Library - Postcard
- Published Date
- 1958
- Author
- Harmon, Byron
- Publisher
- Scenic Art
- Call Number
- V222-PG-1
1 image
- Variant Title
- Banff Avenue, Banff, and Cascade Mtn. [Cascade Mountain]
- Author
- Harmon, Byron
- Responsibility
- Byron Harmon Photos
- Place
- Richmond California
- Publisher
- Scenic Art
- Published Date
- 1958
- Medium
- Library - Postcard
- Abstract
- On back of postcard: Scenes in Natural Color
- Notes
- Annotated
- colour
- Includes postage stamp
- Accession Number
- 5046
- Call Number
- V222-PG-1
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Banff Avenue from Bridge
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- Medium
- Library - Postcard
- Published Date
- ca. 1951
- Author
- Harmon, Byron
- Call Number
- V466/PG-B99-85
1 image
- Variant Title
- Along the line of the Canadian Pacific Railway
- Author
- Harmon, Byron
- Responsibility
- Byron Harmon
- Place
- Made in Canada
- Published Date
- ca. 1951
- Medium
- Library - Postcard
- Notes
- Annotated
- b&w
- Includes postage stamp
- Accession Number
- 7227
- Call Number
- V466/PG-B99-85
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The Banff Springs Hotel
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- Medium
- Library - Postcard
- Published Date
- ca. 1953
- Author
- Gibbons, Wm. JL (Bill Gibbons)
- Publisher
- Canada in Colour Limited
- Call Number
- V466/PG-C16-1
1 image
- Place
- Banff-Jasper-Alberta, Canada
- Publisher
- Canada in Colour Limited
- Published Date
- ca. 1953
- Medium
- Library - Postcard
- Notes
- colour
- reproduced from anso Colour transparencies
- Accession Number
- 7239
- Call Number
- V466/PG-C16-1
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Banff Springs Hotel, Rocky Mountains, Canada
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- Medium
- Library - Postcard
- Published Date
- ca. 1955
- Publisher
- Folkard Company of Canada Limited
- Call Number
- V466/PG-F71-2
1 image
- Place
- Montreal Printed in Canada
- Publisher
- Folkard Company of Canada Limited
- Published Date
- ca. 1955
- Medium
- Library - Postcard
- Notes
- Annotated
- colour
- Includes postage stamp
- Accession Number
- 6428
- Call Number
- V466/PG-F71-2
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Bill Gibbons fonds
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- Part Of
- Bill Gibbons fonds
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of photographic business records of professional photographer Bill Gibbons in three series: I. Commercial black and white series, ca.1945-ca.1958, ca.5400 photographs; II. Canadian Rockies colour series, ca.1945-ca.1990, predominant ca.1966-ca.1972, ca.8000 photographs; III. Other …
- Date Range
- [ca.1945-ca.1990]
- Reference Code
- M532 / V227
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- GMD
- Photograph
- Negative
- Photograph print
- Postcard
- Transparency
- Textual record
- Private record
- Part Of
- Bill Gibbons fonds
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- Fonds Number
- M 532
- V 227
- Sous-Fonds
- M 532
- V 227
- Accession Number
- 194, 275, 1991, 2020, 5753, 5756, 6760, 7936, 7237
- Reference Code
- M532 / V227
- Responsibility
- Fonds consists of the private business records of Bill Gibbons. Some photographs may have been made by employees.
- Date Range
- [ca.1945-ca.1990]
- Physical Description
- ca.13,404 photographs: negatives, prints, transparencies, albums, postcards. -- 2.5 cm textual records
- History / Biographical
- W. J. L. "Bill" Gibbons, 1914-1994 , was a professional photographer at Banff, Alberta, Canada from 1945 until 1959. Gibbons came to Canada in 1941 and settled in Banff after the war with his wife, Ella Mae (Becker), a Banff native. He established British Photographic Laboratories, with partners Lou Crosby and Jack Anderson, in the basement of the Mount Royal Hotel, moving later to street-level. Bill and Ella Mae Gibbons travelled throughout the mountain parks photographing views for sale in the Banff shop. These were offered as hand-coloured prints, with much of the colouring done or supervised by Ella Mae.
- Later the business expanded to include colour postcards and slide sets. Gibbons employed other photographers, such as Bruno Engler, for specialty work, such as ski photography, and the Banff studio also did portraiture. Gibbons himself did most of the 4 x 5 format landscape work and made extensive use of models, many of who were young women employed by his Banff store. In 1959, Gibbons sold his business to a group of Banff businessmen and moved to Vancouver. In subsequent years, he continued to be active as a photographer and in publishing, working in different areas of the world. He made several photographic trips through the mountain parks, ca.1966-1972.
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of photographic business records of professional photographer Bill Gibbons in three series: I. Commercial black and white series, ca.1945-ca.1958, ca.5400 photographs; II. Canadian Rockies colour series, ca.1945-ca.1990, predominant ca.1966-ca.1972, ca.8000 photographs; III. Other black and white series, ca. 1947, 4 photographs.
- I. Commercial black and white series consists of six sub-series: A. Portraits and documentary views, 1945-1950, 2437 negatives (individual and group portraits, weddings, conferences, events, buildings, facilities and places; Banff and area); B. Banff School of Fine Arts, ca.1949, 277 negatives (privately produced views of classes, group portraits, activities, buildings and facilities); C. "S" sub-series, ca.1950, 1220 negatives (scenic views in the vicinity of Banff, Lake Louise, Banff-Jasper Highway, Jasper National Park, Radium and Columbia Valley, British Columbia and Pacific Coast, First Nations views); D. "T" sub-series, ca.1950, 482 negatives (scenic and commercial views, mainly Jasper, Banff-Jasper Highway and Lake Louise areas); E. Rolliflex and panorama negatives, 1949-1958, 584 negatives (Banff Winter Carnival, Banff School of Fine Arts, and Banff and area); F. Other, ca.1945-1951, 364 items (material similar to that in other series, some unidentified). Accompanied by small number of prints and postcards; also, publication: "Photographing the Canadian Rockies" by Bill J. L. Gibbons, 1948.
- II. Canadian Rockies colour series consists of four sub-series: A. CR1 to CR84, ca.1966-ca.1972, ca.260 prints; B. CR1 to CR443, ca.1966-ca.1972, ca.5130 photographs; C. CR35-2 to CR35-81, ca.1966-ca.1972, ca.2310 photographs; D. Other photographs, ca.1945-ca.1990. Series consists primarily of commercial colour negatives and corresponding proof prints pertaining to Banff, Jasper and Yoho National Parks, also some transparencies and oversize display prints.
- III. Other black and white series. Series consists of 2 black and white prints of crash landing at Sunshine with Al Gaetz and Dick Pike, 1947 and two copy negatives with prints of Bruno Engler and Ella Mae Gibbons, ca.1947.
- Textual records are record book, 1945-1953, 62 p; and book layout.
- Name Access
- Gibbons, Bill
- Subject Access
- Arts
- Buildings and facilities
- Commerce and industry
- Education
- Environment
- Family and personal life
- Sports, recreation and leisure
- Access Restrictions
- Some restriction/s on access
- Copyright, privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply
- Language
- Language is English
- Finding Aid
- Finding aids and reference tools: arrangement outline
- series and file description
- electronic finding aid
- selected modern reference prints
- Creator
- Gibbons, Bill
- Category
- Arts
- Commerce and industry
- Education
- Environment
- 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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Carl Rungius Letters
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- Part Of
- Dorothy Wardle fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 5 cm of handwritten and typed correspondence, 23 x 34 cm or smaller. File pertains to correspondence between Carl Rungius and the Wardle family, as well as correspondence between Dorothy and Jon Whyte regarding gifting copies to the Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies. File docume…
- Date Range
- 1940-1983
- 1940-1956
- 1983
- Reference Code
- M521 / II / B / 1-3
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Private record
- Published record
- Textual record
- Postcard
- Part Of
- Dorothy Wardle fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M521 / V75
- Series
- M521 / II : Wardle Family
- Sous-Fonds
- M521
- Sub-Series
- M521 / II / B : Correspondence
- Accession Number
- 7504
- Reference Code
- M521 / II / B / 1-3
- Date Range
- 1940-1983
- 1940-1956
- 1983
- Physical Description
- 5 cm of textual records (23 x 34 cm or smaller)
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 5 cm of handwritten and typed correspondence, 23 x 34 cm or smaller. File pertains to correspondence between Carl Rungius and the Wardle family, as well as correspondence between Dorothy and Jon Whyte regarding gifting copies to the Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies. File documents, among other things, the death of Louise (Carl's wife) in 1940; exhibiting Carl's work in the National Gallery of Canada, 1942 and 1956; and Carl's visits to the Wardle family home in Ottawa. Records also include a postcard and two Mayfair articles from 1943.
- Notes
- In 1983, Dorothy gifted photocopies of Carl's correspondence with her family. In 2003, the originals were donated as part of Dorothy's estate. The photocopies (accn. 5296) were discarded.
- Carl Rungius was a wildlife and landscape painter who frequented and had a studio in Banff. The Wardle family was good friends with Rungius.
- Name Access
- Wardle, Dorothy
- Wardle, James M.
- Rungius, Carl
- Whyte, Jon
- Subject Access
- Art
- Artist
- Banff
- Community life
- Personal and Family Life
- Personal and Professional Life
- Geographic Access
- Alberta
- Banff
- Banff National Park
- Ottawa
- Ontario
- Canada
- Language
- English
- Conservation
- Some tape leftover on some of the pages, may present issues in the future.
- Category
- Arts
- Communications
- Family and personal life
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Charlie Beil fonds
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- Part Of
- Charlie Beil fonds
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of letters, 1929-1972, including letters to Leslie Peters, 1929-1972 and Julius Peters, 1931-1938; Christmas cards from Beil to members of the Peters family; miscellaneous brochures, pamphlets, etc. illustrated with Beil's works; photographs. Papers discuss Banff Winter Carnival ice…
- Date Range
- [ca.1926-1972]
- Reference Code
- M463 / V496
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- GMD
- Photograph
- Photograph print
- Postcard
- Textual record
- Private record
- Published record
- Part Of
- Charlie Beil fonds
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- Fonds Number
- M 463
- V 496
- Sous-Fonds
- M 463
- V 496
- Accession Number
- 1437, 3191, 3740, 3751
- Reference Code
- M463 / V496
- Date Range
- [ca.1926-1972]
- Physical Description
- 3 cm of textual records. -- 80 photographs : prints, postcards
- History / Biographical
- Charlie Beil, 1894-1976, was an artist at Banff, Alberta, Canada. Beil pursued his interest in art after meeting artist Charlie Russell in Glacier Park, Montana, USA. Prior to that, he worked as a cowboy and served in the U.S. Cavalry. Beil came to Banff in 1930 and settled there permanently in 1934. He established a studio and began to produce murals, dioramas and bronze sculptures. Beil was well-known for the latter and was active as an artist until his death. Charles Beil married Olive Luxton (1915-1983), ca.1940.
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of letters, 1929-1972, including letters to Leslie Peters, 1929-1972 and Julius Peters, 1931-1938; Christmas cards from Beil to members of the Peters family; miscellaneous brochures, pamphlets, etc. illustrated with Beil's works; photographs. Papers discuss Banff Winter Carnival ice sculptures, Olive Beil, Grey Owl, and Beil's life and work as an artist, particularly in the 1930s and 1940s as he was becoming established in Banff. Photographs pertain to paintings, models and sculptures by Charlie Beil; also Calgary Stampede, Banff and Sunshine area views.
- Name Access
- Beil, Charlie
- Subject Access
- Arts
- 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: basic description
- Creator
- Beil, Charlie
- Category
- Arts
- Title Source
- Title based on accession records
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Chief Sitting Eagle
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue16223
- Medium
- Library - Postcard
- Published Date
- ca. 1955
- Author
- Gibbons, Wm. JL (Bill Gibbons)
- Publisher
- Canada in Colour Limited
- Call Number
- V129/PG-5
1 image
- Responsibility
- Evergreen Press Limited
- Place
- Banff-Alberta, Canada
- Publisher
- Canada in Colour Limited
- Published Date
- ca. 1955
- Medium
- Library - Postcard
- Notes
- colour
- reproduced from natural colour transparencies
- Accession Number
- 3907
- Call Number
- V129/PG-5
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Columbia Icefields
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- Medium
- Library - Postcard
- Published Date
- ca. 1955
- Author
- Rowed, Harry
- Publisher
- Canada in Colour Limited
- Call Number
- V295/PG-2
1 image
- Variant Title
- The Columbia Icefields
- Author
- Rowed, Harry
- Responsibility
- Smith Lithograph Co. Limited
- Place
- Banff-Alberta, Canada
- Publisher
- Canada in Colour Limited
- Published Date
- ca. 1955
- Medium
- Library - Postcard
- Notes
- colour
- reproduced from anso Colour transparencies
- Accession Number
- 17500
- Call Number
- V295/PG-2
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