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Elizabeth Aleen Aked
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- Part Of
- Elizabeth Aleen Aked fonds
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of a photograph and memorabilia album documenting Aleen Aked's trip to the Rocky Mountains with her parents in 1939. Photographs and postcards include images of Stoney Nakoda at Morley and Banff Indian Days, Town of Banff, Banff National Park, Lake Louise, Lake Agnes, Aked and her pa…
- Date Range
- 1939
- Reference Code
- V74
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- GMD
- Photograph
- Album
- Photograph print
- Postcard
- Part Of
- Elizabeth Aleen Aked fonds
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- Fonds Number
- V 74
- Sous-Fonds
- V74
- Accession Number
- 7850
- Reference Code
- V74
- Date Range
- 1939
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph album: prints; b&w, postcards; col.
- History / Biographical
- Aleen Aked was born in England in 1907 and moved with her parents to Ontario in 1910. Aked attended the Ontario College of Art and completed her degree with honours in 1928. Aked travelled to Banff and Lake Louise with her parents in 1939 and documented her activities in a photograph album. Aked died in 2003.
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of a photograph and memorabilia album documenting Aleen Aked's trip to the Rocky Mountains with her parents in 1939. Photographs and postcards include images of Stoney Nakoda at Morley and Banff Indian Days, Town of Banff, Banff National Park, Lake Louise, Lake Agnes, Aked and her parents.
- Name Access
- Aked, Elizabeth Aleen
- Subject Access
- Exploration, discovery and travel
- Family and personal life
- Sports, recreation and leisure
- Access Restrictions
- Other restrictions may apply
- Language
- Language is English
- Creator
- Aked, Elizabeth Aleen
- Biographical Source Notes
- The Cairn (Summer/Fall 2004), pp. 6, 9.
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of fonds
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Elizabeth Aleen Aked Travel Album
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- Part Of
- Elizabeth Aleen Aked fonds
- Scope & Content
- Album contains 140 b&w prints and colour postcards, tipped in. Photograph and memorabilia album documents Aleen Aked's trip to the Rocky Mountains with her parents in 1939. Photographs and postcards include images of Stoney Nakoda First Nations at Morley and Banff Indian Days, Town of Banff, Banff …
- Date Range
- 1939
- Reference Code
- V74 / PD - 1
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Photograph
- Album
- Postcard
- Part Of
- Elizabeth Aleen Aked fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- V 74
- Sous-Fonds
- V74
- Accession Number
- 7850
- Reference Code
- V74 / PD - 1
- GMD
- Photograph
- Album
- Postcard
- Date Range
- 1939
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph album: 140 b&w prints; postcards; col.
- History / Biographical
- See fonds level description for biographical history.
- Scope & Content
- Album contains 140 b&w prints and colour postcards, tipped in. Photograph and memorabilia album documents Aleen Aked's trip to the Rocky Mountains with her parents in 1939. Photographs and postcards include images of Stoney Nakoda First Nations at Morley and Banff Indian Days, Town of Banff, Banff National Park, Lake Louise, Lake Agnes, Snowsqualmie Pass, Columbia River, Chukanut Drive (Washington), Puget Sound, Aked and her parents. Album also includes newsclippings and pamphlet pertaining to Banff Indian Days, pamphlets from Radium Hotsprings lodge and hot springs, and the Banff Springs Golf course pamphlet.
- Name Access
- Elizabeth Aleen Aked
- Subject Access
- Exploration, discovery and travel
- Family and personal life
- Sports, recreation and leisure
- Access Restrictions
- Other restrictions may apply
- Language
- Language is English
- Creator
- Aked, Elizabeth Aleen
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Oscar Roe McComb fonds
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- Part Of
- Oscar Roe McComb fonds
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of 119 photographs and 3 digitized photograph albums (356 images) that relate to Oscar Roe McComb and his band members and their travels and tours throughout the Waterton Lakes area, Lake Louise, and Banff National Park. Photographs include views of the foothills nearing Banff, town …
- Date Range
- ca. 1930s
- Reference Code
- V187
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- GMD
- Photograph
- Album
- Photograph print
- Postcard
- Part Of
- Oscar Roe McComb fonds
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- Fonds Number
- V 187
- Sous-Fonds
- V 187
- Accession Number
- 8064
- Reference Code
- V187
- Date Range
- ca. 1930s
- Physical Description
- 119 photographs : prints, postcards; b&w, col.-- 3 digitized photograph albums (356 photographs)
- History / Biographical
- Oscar Roe McComb, b. July 30, 1909, d. 1992, was born in Togo, Saskatchewan and moved to Victoria as a boy and then Vancouver, B.C. He was a musician, playing primarily brass and woodwinds, and his band played the Waterton Lakes, Lake Louise and Banff areas in the 1930s. McComb later played with the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra. He married Mae McComb, b. February 1911, d. 1954 on August 29, 1936 in Waterton Lakes. They had three children. Oscar Roe McComb took the photographs or accumulated the postcards and Mae McComb assembled the photograph albums. Oscar McComb remarried after the death of Mae.
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of 119 photographs and 3 digitized photograph albums (356 images) that relate to Oscar Roe McComb and his band members and their travels and tours throughout the Waterton Lakes area, Lake Louise, and Banff National Park. Photographs include views of the foothills nearing Banff, town of Banff, Banff golf course, Banff Springs Hotel, Bow River and boat house, Mt. Rundle, Cascade Mountain, Main Street of Banff, Cave and Basin, Upper Hot Springs, Bow Falls, Sulphur Mountain Observatory, Hoodoos, Banff Campsites, Banff Zoo, views from Sulphur Mountain, Johnston Canyon and Falls, Sinclair Canyon, Marble Canyon, Lake Louise, Valley of the Ten Peaks, Lake Agnes, Moraine Lake, Victoria Glacier, the Bee Hive, Mt. Lefroy, Chateau Lake Louise, Takkakaw Falls in Yoho, the Great Divide monument, Emerald Lake, Kicking Horse River, wildlife, Ozzie and Mae McComb and band members. Many images are identified and captioned.
- Name Access
- McComb, Mae
- McComb, Oscar Roe
- Language
- Language is English
- Creator
- McComb, Oscar Roe
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of fonds
- Processing Status
- Processed
This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and
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