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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
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Souvenir postcard album, Cuba
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- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of one album of colorized commercial postcards. Content pertains to tourist attractions and communities within Havana and other rural regions of Cuba. Subjects include unidentified local families and individuals, crop harvesting, livestock, boating scenes, market vendors, community ev…
- Date Range
- [ca. 1900 - ca. 1910]
- 1909
- Reference Code
- LUX / II / E / PD - 4
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Album
- Postcard
102 images
1 Electronic Resource
- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- LUX
- Series
- LUX / II / E : Travel and home records
- Sous-Fonds
- LUX / II : Eleanor Luxton
- Accession Number
- LUX
- Reference Code
- LUX / II / E / PD - 4
- Responsibility
- Some items produced by Harris Bros. Co., and Curt Teich & Co.
- Date Range
- [ca. 1900 - ca. 1910]
- 1909
- Physical Description
- 1 album (101 col. postcards ; 9 x 14 cm)
- Scope & Content
- File consists of one album of colorized commercial postcards. Content pertains to tourist attractions and communities within Havana and other rural regions of Cuba. Subjects include unidentified local families and individuals, crop harvesting, livestock, boating scenes, market vendors, community events, city views, Cuba's 1909 presidential inauguration, tourist attractions and landmarks in Havana, rural villages, and Cuban landscapes.
- Notes
- Many items are duplicates of postcards in album LUX / II / E / PD - 3
- Subject Access
- Tourism
- Travel
- Farmland
- Animals
- Churches
- Memorial
- Buildings
- Businesses
- Commerce
- Community events
- Transportation
- Garden
- Boats
- Industry
- Natural resources
- Family and personal life
- Environment
- Geographic Access
- Cuba
- Havana
- Reproduction Restrictions
- Restrictions may apply
- Language
- English
- Related Material
- LUX / II / E / PD - 3
- Category
- Commerce and industry
- Environment
- Exploration, discovery and travel
- Family and personal life
- Transportation
- Land, settlement and immigration
- Natural resources
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
Electronic Resources
Images
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